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The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. ... (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) ...
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.
When the Military Service Act 1916 swept away the Home/Overseas Service distinction, all TF soldiers became liable for drafting overseas if medically fit, and the provisional battalions became numbered battalions of their parent regiments on 1 January 1917. 66th Provisional Battalion became 16th Battalion, Essex Regiment at Fleet, Hampshire ...
6th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 7th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment (1940–42) 13th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (West Ham) 16th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 17th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 26th Training Reserve Battalion; 59th (Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery; 64th (Essex Regiment ...
It was despatched to India during the Indian Mutiny, but did not see active service. The regiment was amalgamated with the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot to form the 2nd Battalion of the Essex Regiment in 1881, as part of the Childers Reforms; the Essex Regiment's lineage is currently maintained by the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment ...
Essex Regiment: 13th (Service) West Ham West Ham, 27 December 1914 Mayor and Borough of West Ham: 100th Brigade, 33rd Division [44] [82] 14th (Reserve) Brentwood, September 1915 Depot companies of 13th Battalion 23rd Reserve Brigade [82] Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) 15th (Service) Nottingham Nottingham, February 1915
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