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An East Norfolk Militia button believed to date from 1770–80 has "E" over NORFOLK over "B" (for Battalion). A button from ca 1780–1800 has an ornate 'EN' within an eight-pointed cut star. [ 97 ] The officers' buttons until 1881 carried the castle and lion within a crowned garter inscribed EAST NORFOLK.
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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.
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The 3rd (Militia) Battalion (the former 1st Norfolk Militia) was embodied in January 1900 for service during the Second Boer War. 540 officers and men left Queenstown in the SS Orotava the following month for Cape Town. [61] As the Norfolk Regiment, it first saw action at the Battle of Poplar Grove in March 1900 during the Second Boer War. [62]
Members of the Norfolk Militia undergoing musket training in 1759. The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Militia units were repeatedly raised in Great Britain during the Georgian era for internal security duties and to defend against external invasions. The Militia Act 1757 (30 Geo. 2. c.