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There were widespread mergers within the TA's AA regiments after Anti-Aircraft Command was disbanded in 1955: 459 (M) HAA Regiment absorbed 482 (M) HAA Regiment (the former 82 HAA Regiment, to which 59th had provided a battery on formation) and 599 and 600 HAA Regiments, which had been created from the 1/6th and 2/6th Btns, The Essex Regiment.
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 East Regiment became the Essex Regiment in 1643, and was then expanded in 1680 to form the 1st (South) and 2nd (North) Essex Regiment, and expanded again in 1689 to form the 1st (Lower), 2nd (Upper) and 3rd (Middle) Essex Regiments, and yet again in 1774 to form the 1st-6th Essex Regiments.
13th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (West Ham) 14th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery; 16th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 17th Battalion, Essex Regiment; 28th (Essex) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers; 28th (Essex) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery; 36 (Essex Yeomanry) Signal Squadron; 44 (Cinque Ports) Signal Squadron; 44th (East ...
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 ...
[7] [18] [58] In the 1930s the increasing need for anti-aircraft (AA) defence, particularly for South East England, was addressed by converting a number of TA infantry battalions to the AA role, the 7th Essex being transferred to the Royal Artillery (RA) on 15 December 1935 as 59th (Essex Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA. The personnel ...
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 ...
Essex 1st VB, The Essex Regiment: 4th Bn, The Essex Regiment 2nd VB, The Essex Regiment 5th Bn, The Essex Regiment 3rd VB, The Essex Regiment: 6th Bn, The Essex Regiment: 4th VB, The Essex Regiment: 7th Bn, The Essex Regiment: Raised 1908: The Essex and Suffolk Cyclist Battalion. 1910 redesignated: 8th (Cyclist) Bn, The Essex Regiment Fife