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  2. East Norfolk Militia - Wikipedia

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    The East Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia. First organised during the Seven Years' War it carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, but was disbanded in 1908.

  3. Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet - Wikipedia

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    Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet, as Colonel of the East Norfolk Militia, portrait c.1759 by David Morier. Colonel Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet (c. 1714 – 21 May 1777), was an English Tory politician and militia officer. Wodehouse was born in 1714, the son of Sir John Wodehouse, 4th Baronet, and Mary Fermor.

  4. Norfolk Militia - Wikipedia

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    The Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military force in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia.From their formal organisation as Trained Bands in 1558 until their final service as the Special Reserve, the Militia regiments of the county carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars.

  5. Norfolk Trained Bands - Wikipedia

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    The Norfolk Trained Bands were a part-time military force in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia from 1558 until they were reconstituted as the Norfolk Militia in 1662. They were periodically embodied for home defence, for example during the Rising of the North in 1569 and the Armada Crisis of 1588.

  6. Norfolk Artillery Militia - Wikipedia

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    The long-standing national Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the Militia Act 1852 (15 & 16 Vict. c. 50), enacted during a period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas).

  7. John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse - Wikipedia

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    Wodehouse was the eldest son of John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse and Sophia Berkeley. [1] [2] On 10 October 1793 he was commissioned as Captain in the East Norfolk Militia commanded by his father.

  8. Category:Norfolk Militia - Wikipedia

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    0–9. 1st Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 1st Norfolk Militia; 1st Western Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia; 2nd Eastern Regiment, Norfolk Local Militia

  9. George Berney Brograve - Wikipedia

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    On 18 December 1802 he was commissioned as a Captain in the East Norfolk Militia. He was promoted to be the regiment's Major on 7 March 1804 and its Lieutenant-Colonel on 7 May 1805. He commanded the regiment during its deployment to the Sussex Coast during the invasion scare of 1805, but resigned his commission on 19 May 1806.