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	The Essex Regiment [UK]
		The Essex Regiment, by Brad Chappell (The Regimental Warpath 1914-1918)
		VCs in the Essex Regimental Museum, by Iain Stewart.
		A history of the Regimental Chapel of the Essex Regiment and 3rd Battalion (Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex), the Royal Anglian Regiment.
	www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm (549 words)

	Essex Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Essex Regiment was formed in 1881 following the union of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot.
		The names of 949 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave.
		In July 1920 the Essex Regiment captured Tom Hales, commander of the IRA West Cork Brigade, and Patrick Harte, quartermaster of the West Cork Brigade.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Essex_Regiment (1315 words)

	104 history
		In 1794 six troops of the 'Loyal Essex Regiment of Fencible Cavalry' (later to be renamed 'The Essex Light Dragoons') were formed from the Harlow area against threats of a French invasion with landings on the Essex coast.
		In 1908 the regiment, as the Essex Yeomanry, became part of the Territorial Force, and in 1909 received from Edward VII its guidon and regimental motto 'Decus Et Tutamen' (Shield and Protection).
		In 1942 an Essex Yeomanry battery from 104th Regiment RHA was sent to Burma with the 7th Armoured Brigade to cover the withdrawal from Rangoon to Imphal.
	members.tripod.com /black_knight_brigade/history.htm (623 words)

	History Of The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment
		On 1 October 1954 it was amalgamated with The Kent Regiment and redesignated The Essex and Kent Scottish Regiment.
		THE KENT REGIMENT was authorized on 1 January 1901 as the 24th Kent Regiment with headquarters in Chatham.
		The Essex Scottish Regiment, CASF was mobilized on 1 September 1939 and sailed for England on 16 July 1940.
	www.ciaccess.com /~59army/ekscot.html (1092 words)

	Regiments
		The 56th arrived in India in 1805 and was amalgamated with the 44th Regiment of Foot in 1881 to become the Essex Regiment.
		The 32nd Regiment served with distinction during the Indian Mutiny and was awarded the Battle Honor"Defence of Lucknow." The 46th first arrived in India in 1817.
		The 53rd Regiment served with distinction during the Sikh War and was took part in the battles of Aliwal and Sobraon.
	www.indiaman.com /regiments.htm (718 words)

	East Essex Regiment (44th Foot) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This regiment was formed in 1741 as Long's Regiment, then in 1751 it was numbered as the 44th Foot.
		On 16th June the regiment arrived at Talienwhan Bay, near the entrance of the Gulf of Pecheli, where the troops were employed in digging wells.
		The Regiment was still at Thyetmo in 1881, when it was designated the First Battalion, The Essex Regiment, under which title it served in the South African War (1899-1902).
	members.ozemail.com.au /~clday/44hist.htm (503 words)

	Essex Troop
		Cavalry Regiment was converted from a cavalry regiment to a horse/mechanized regiment.
		Cavalry Regiment (Essex Troop) is believed to be the only outfit in the U.S. Army whose units took part in both the liberation of Paris and the liberation of Rome.
		The history of the ESSEX TROOP cavalry is the history of cavalry in Newark, Essex County and New Jersey since 1756.
	www.virtualnewarknj.com /military/units/essextroop/essextroop.htm (3967 words)

	History
		The 1st Battalion The Essex Regiment, or 44th Regiment of Foot, was one of seven additional regiments of infantry ordered to be formed in 1740 to augment the Regular Army during the War of the Austrian Succession.
		During the long period (from about 1770 to 1855), when infantry regiments were distinguished by the shape and spacing of the "loops," or bars of lace, across the front of their coats, the 44th wore square-ended loops at equal distances.
		The outposts of the infantry regiments were between the guns and the 44th, the men not having had time to rejoin the units to which they belonged.
	www.44thregiment.itgo.com /history.html (6120 words)

	70 (EY) Signal Squadron
		In 1889 an Essex Troop of the Loyal Suffolk Hussars was raised and went to South Africa as mounted infantry with the Imperial Yeomanry.
		The Essex Yeomanry went to France in 1914 and served with particular distinction during the second Battle of Ypres and the Advance from Arras with the 8th Cavalry Brigade.
		The Essex Yeomanry was re-raised in 1947 to form the 304th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment TA.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalsignals/70sigsqn/index.htm (429 words)

	Essex Men at the Battle of Worcester
		Essex's Trained Bands were by no means free of such problems, although they appear to have been better than most, and were reasonably well-clothed and armed.
		If the Essex Trained Bands were organised as they had been in 1623 (and there is no reason to believe otherwise), the county had 19 companies of foot, 1 troop of heavy horse and two of light horse.
		All three Easex regiments were already moving towards Bedfordshire, as orders issued the same day appointed Dr. Richard Harlackenden "Phisitian and Surgeon to the whole Brigade, now upon their march to the rendezvous at Dunstable".
	www.magweb.com /sample/secw/sec52ess.htm (2943 words)

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		The regiment is one of the oldest serving in the Sealed Knot, and represents both the Pike and Musket arms of a typical foot regiment in the Civil War.
		The 1643 campaign saw Essex's regiment as part of the force sent to relieve the siege of Gloucester, fighting through the King's army on the way back at the first battle of Newbury.
		The Regiment was finally disbanded early in 1645 when the army was dissolved during the formation of the New Model Army, in whose ranks many of Essex's former soldiers marched.
	members.lycos.co.uk /lordgeneral/history.html (274 words)

	Chelmsford Borough Council - The Essex Regiment Museum
		In 1741 what was later to be known as the 44th Regiment of Foot was one of seven infantry regiments raised during the War of the Austrian Succession.
		The 56th Foot, together with the 12, 39 and 48th Regiments, was awarded the battle honour "Gibraltar, 1779-83", with the right to bear on its Colour a "Castle and Key" with the motto "Montis Insignia Calpe" (the sign of the Rock of Calpe - Calpe being the ancient name for Gibraltar).
		The 44th became the 44th or East Essex Regiment, and the 56th, the Pompadours, the West Essex Regiment.
	www.chelmsford.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=6780 (636 words)

	The British Regimental System
		It was common for Regiments to be known by the name of their commander for many years, as often it would be this commander who had paid for the creation of the Regiment to serve his Monarch.
		Most Regiments had some geographical base they were intended to recruit from, though this was frequently breached as the need to fill the ranks sent recruiters far a field, a practice equally common in the British Army.
		The practice of referring to a Regiment by the name of its current Colonel ended in 1751, and in 1782, the now numbered Regiments were linked to a county, and some counties were able to support more than one Regiment (the 44th East Essex and 56th West Essex Regiments for example).
	www.bayonetstrength.150m.com /stuff/british_regimental_system.htm (2417 words)

	The Battle of the Somme (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Part of the 88th brigade in the 29th British Division, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment was assigned a role with the second attacking wave.
		Because the forward trenches were clogged with bodies and debris, the advance of the Essex regiment was delayed and the Newfoundlanders were forced to cross 900 metres of exposed front independently.
		Decades ago, the 1st Newfoundland Regiment fought for the land in front of a rocky hilltop now marked by a bronze statue of a caribou - the symbol of the regiment and the crowning piece of the Newfoundland Beaumont-Hamel Memorial.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /beaumont/somme2.htm (1222 words)

	Essex Regiment
		In 1801 the regiment formed part of the force under Abercromby in Egypt, landing in Aboukir Bay, and being engaged at Alexandria, Cairo, and the siege of Alexandria.
		The East Essex began life as 55th Foot but in 1748 it was renumbered 44th, and this history is presented as a chronology, a year-by-year record of the regiment's services.
		The regiment took part in the Crimean War, in the campaigns in Burma and in Afghanistan (1841/42) where, in the retreat from Kabul the regiment lost 22 and officers and 632 other ranks killed (out of a total of 684); it also took part in the China War 1860 (Taku Forts).
	www.regimental-art.com /essex_regiment.htm (1819 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
		The Colours of a Regiment were carried into battle, paraded in front of the troops so that they could be recognised and used as a rallying point and were defended from falling into enemy hands at all costs.
		The 2nd Battalion 44th (East Essex) Regiment won great glory for itself at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812 when it captured the Eagle, the equivalent of a British Regiment's Colours, of the French 62nd Regiment.
		The Eagle was carried on parade by the Essex Regiment, a tradition inherited by the 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment and now the 1st Battalion.
	www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk /tour6.html (742 words)

	Tribute to War Vets
		In 1885 the 21st Essex Battalion Infantry was organized, and in 1887 the name was changed to 21st Battalion Essex Fusiliers, and from this Unit a draft was sent to South Africa.
		The Regiment was allied with The Essex Regiment of the British Regular Army.
		The Tartan worn by the Regiment is the McGregor- in honour of the late Lieut.-Colonel Walter McGregor and other members of the McGregor family who have long been staunch friends of the Regiment.
	www.waynecook.com /tribute.html (1488 words)

	Essex Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		04 Aug 1914 at Brentwood in the Essex Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th Div).
		04 Aug 1914 at West Ham in the Essex Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th Div).
		04 Aug 1914 at Walthamstow Lodge, Church Hill, Walthamstow in the Essex Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th).
	www.warpath.orbat.com /regts/essex.htm (247 words)

	The 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot - history
		The regiment was one of seven additional regiments of infantry ordered raised in 1740 to augment the regular army during the "War of the Austrian Succession".
		Line Regiment was caputered by Lieutenant Pearce at Salamanca, on the 22nd of July, 1812.
		The Cardwell reforms of 1873 required the infantry regiments to be organised in Districts, usually corresponding to a single county, each with two regular infantry battalions.
	www.freewebs.com /44th/history.html (972 words)

	History
		The Royal Anglian Regiment is the Regiment of the nine Counties of East Anglia and the East Midlands.
		It was formed in 1964 from the Regiments of the East Anglian Brigade, which themselves had been formed through a series of amalgamations of the former County Regiments between 1958-60.
		On 1st September 1964 the four Regiments of The East Anglian Brigade became the four Battalions of The Royal Anglian Regiment, the first Large Regiment of Infantry to be formed in the British Army.
	www.army.mod.uk /royalanglian/regimental_headquarters/history/index.htm (303 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
		A famous Battle Honour was won at SALAMANCA in 1812 during the Duke of Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsular War against Napoleon's French troops, during which an Eagle, the highly treasured emblem of a French Regiment, was captured.
		Members of the Regiment were known as "The Pompadours" because of their rose-purple facings, a colour popular with Madame de Pompadour, a well-known lady of the French court in the eighteenth century.
		Colour Sergeants, 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment with the old 56th Pompadour regimental colours, c.
	www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk /essex.html (131 words)

	Essex Scottish - Veterans Affairs Canada
		It wasn't until 12 June 1885, however, that the regiment, known as the 21st Essex Battalion of Infantry, was authorized.
		On that ill-fated day, a misleading message was received by the headquarters ship, which led officials to believe that the Essex Scottish Regiment had breached the seawall successfully and were making headway in the town, when in fact they were on the pebble covered beach, pinned down and being fired at by the enemy.
		By the wars end, the Essex Scottish Regiment had suffered more than 550 war dead and had been inflicted with the highest number of casualties of any unit in the Canadian Army during the Second World War, more than 2,500.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=history/secondWar/dieppe/regiment/essex_scottish (325 words)

	A Brief History of the Windsor Regiment
		Regiment (Tank) came from the Essex Scottish, the predecessor of the EandK Scots
		In 1949 the Essex Regiment (Tank) became The Windsor Regiment (RCAC).
		Regiment went back to the recce role which lasted for 14 years.
	www.windsorregt.ca /history.html (1017 words)

	Essex Police Memorial Trust: George Culver Shipgood
		Born in Stratford, Essex, the son of Thomas Shipgood, a labourer.
		George enlisted into the army in Southend that December, and was originally with the Rifle Brigade before he joined the 9th Battalion, Essex Regiment as Private 24160.
		He was killed in action on the Somme at Ovillers on Monday 3rd July 1916, leaving his widow and a daughter (only a few days old at the time of her father’s death) at the family home in Dalmatia Road, Southchurch.
	www.essex.police.uk /memorial/ww1_shi.htm (170 words)

	Essex Scottish
		The Essex Scottish Regiment was raised in the Windsor, Ontario area.
		In August 1942 the Essex Scottish were decimated at the Dieppe Raid.
		A bonus was the fact that the regiment was also from Ontario and wore the MacGregor tartan.
	bcoy1cpb.pacdat.net /essex_scottish.htm (227 words)

	HELLFIRE CORNER - Essex Regiment - Charles Holman
		I contacted the Essex regimental Museum on his behalf to find out about a captain - the one who recommended him for the MM - as Charles could not remember the officer's name.
		The 1st Essex were "on the Somme" from beginning to end.
		The 1st Essex Regiment of the 29th Division to which you were attached is particularly famous for its sacrifice and acts of bravery during the First World War in the Cambrai region.
	www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk /holman.htm (2470 words)

	America's Greatest Generation: Army Heroes: the Perth Regiment
		We had four regiments to choose from: The Royal Canadian Regiment, better known as the RCR, Canada's premier Regiment with a long and glorious history behind it; the second was The Highland Light Infantry out of Galt/Kitchener/Waterloo area; the third was the Regiment most of the company wanted to join, Windsor's own Essex Scottish Regiment.
		It was one of Canada's premier Permanent Force regiments with a long honoured history and I felt it would be as good a third choice as any&emdash;maybe an even better choice in the long run.
		We'd made an unfair judgment when we considered the Perths a no-account Regiment, a deadbeat outfit that we'd be ashamed to admit we were a member of.
	carol_fus.tripod.com /army_hero_perthrgmt.html (1924 words)

	May 16
		He was commissioned into the Essex Regiment in 1955 and volunteered for the Special Air Service at the earliest opportunity.
		He was on operations with the Regiment in various theatres, including North Borneo during Indonesia’s confrontation with Malaysia, and later in the Middle East.
		He interspersed his SAS service with that of the military mainstream, being the brigade major of 51 Infantry Brigade and commanding 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment, into which the Essex Regiment had been incorporated.
	www.geocities.com /sascentre/timesnews/timesmay_16.htm (786 words)

	101st Engineer Battalion
		In 1680, the regiment was divided and became known as The First, or Lower Regiment.
		Upon reentry the regiment was placed in service for 9 months and was stationed at New Berne, North Carolina, and assigned to General Foster's Division, Second Brigade, and engaged in Picket Duty.
		On April 9, 1863, elements of the regiment were part of a force in action under General Spinola at Blounts Creek, NC.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/101eng.htm (507 words)

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