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The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three.
The 1st Garrison Battalion, Essex Regiment, was a unit formed from older or unfit men for line of communication duties during World War I. It served at Gallipoli, carrying out a multitude of tasks both at the bases and under fire on the beaches. The battalion continued serving at the bases in Egypt and at Salonika until after the end of the war.
The 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Army.First formed in the docks of East London in 1860, it served as infantry at Gallipoli and in Palestine during the First World War.
to the/ glorious memory of/ our comrades of the/ 7th battalion/ the essex regiment(t)/ and the/ 3rd east anglian/ field ambulance ramc (t)/ who gave their lives in/ the great war/ 1914 - 1918/ and of the/ 59th (the essex regiment)/ haa artillery/ royal artillery regiment (ta)/ who gave their lives in/ the second world war/ 1939 - 1945/ we are ...
1/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 1/6th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 1/7th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 161st Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 23 April 1916, moved to 54th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 19 April 1918) 161st Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 17 May 1917) 162nd (East Midland) Brigade
The Essex Regiment chose to designate its battalions '1/' and '2/' as it did in the First World War. During 1939 the 6th Battalion, Essex Regiment duplicated and both the 1/6th and 2/6th battalions became the 64th and 65th Searchlight Regiment respectively, but still remained part of the Essex
[3] [4] [6] [72] [73] When the TA doubled in size after the Munich Crisis, 213 (Essex) Bty joined 85th Field Regiment's new duplicate, 134th (East Anglian) Field Regiment. [73] [74] During World War II 134th Field Rgt went to India and became 134th (East Anglian) Jungle Field Rgt. It converted again into 134th (East Anglian) Medium Rgt in ...
During the Second World War, Colchester's "Terriers" included 2nd/5th Battalion Essex Regiment and 104th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Essex Yeomanry). The Army Reserve is currently represented in Colchester by 161 Squadron 254 Medical Regiment, 36 (Eastern) Signal Squadron, 71 (City of London) Yeomanry Signal Regiment and a troop from 202 ...