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	Royal Anglian Regiment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.
		As one of the existing large regiments, the Royal Anglian Regiment is unaffected by the restructuring of the infantry that was announced in 2004.
		However the Regiment is expected to regain its third battalion as succsessors to the East of England Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment (846 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.
		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.
		In 1964 the regiments of the East Anglian Brigade formed the new Royal Anglian Regiment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Essex_Regiment (1305 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		(the Royal Anglian Regiment is unaffected by the restructuring of the infantry that was announced in 2004.
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	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_anglian_regiment.htm (1296 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment - Amalgamations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Royal Norfolk Regiment with The Suffolk Regiment
		The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment with The Essex Regiment.
		On 1 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.genuki.org.uk /big/eng/CAM/RoyalAnglian.html (188 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Royal Anglian Regiment is the regiment of ten 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 former county regiments between 1958 and 1960.
		The regiment was the first large regiment of infantry to be formed in the British Army and comprises two regular battalions, the 1st (nicknamed the Vikings) and the 2nd (the Poachers) and two Territorial Army battalions, the 6th and 7th (the Tigers).
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Flats/6804/32.html (170 words)

	Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was baptised in the Private Chapel of Buckingham Palace on October 30, 1930 by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury and her godparents were the Prince of Wales, Princess Ingrid of Sweden, Princess Victoria, Lady Rose Leveson-Gower and the Hon.
		She was President of the National Society and of the Royal Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
		In the 1970s, revelations of an affair with Roddy Llewellyn, a much younger gardener, led to her divorce from the Earl of Snowdon, although the marriage was generally regarded as over long before the affair was made public.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Margaret (1252 words)

	British Units (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Household Regiments ordinarily served as bodyguards to the king at London and Westminster.
		It 1727 it was deginated the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
		Colonel John Yorke was in charge of the 182 men from the 33rd Regiment as well as being responsible for the brigade consisting of the 17th, 23rd, 33d and 71st Regiments.
	www.nps.gov /colo/Ythanout/britunits.htm (770 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
		The 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment are called 'The Vikings', which reflects the influence of the Nordic warriors on the eastern part of the regimental area from which soldiers are recruited.
		The 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment are called “The Poachers”, the nickname of one of their predecessors, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.
		The Regiment Association and its County branches throughout the region maintains its link with retired and serving members of the Former Regiments and the Royal Anglian Regiment and provides welfare support for those of its members in need.
	www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk /today.html (493 words)

	The Suffolk Regiment
		The Suffolk Regiment has a 274 year history, and was originally raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1685, as the 12th Regiment of Foot, to suppress the threatened Monmouth Rebellion.
		The Regiment was stationed in Gibraltar for 14 years from 1769 to 1783, and was involved in the Siege of Gibraltar by the Spanish and French from 1779 to 1783.
		The Royal Anglians still retain links to a Regiment in Australia and one in New Zealand resulting from this period, although the long hair and moustachios adopted in New Zealand were more short lived.
	www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk /sebc/visit/sufreg.cfm (2078 words)

	Defence Internet \| Defence News \| East of England Regiment (Volunteers) form the 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A Formation Parade to inaugurate the new regiment was held this week at Beckingham training area near Newark. The parade saw the East of England Regiment flag lowered for the final time by Corporal Dave Metcalfe, who at 62 years old is the oldest soldier in the Battalion.
		Following the flag changing ceremony the soldiers were presented with their Royal Anglian flash by the Colonel of the Regiment, Major General John Sutherell, assisted by the Honorary Colonels of each Company.
		The East of England Regiment was formed in July 1999 from the amalgamation of the Royal Anglian Regiment and The Worcester and Sherwood Foresters TA Companies.
	www.mod.uk /DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/EastOfEnglandRegimentvolunteersFormThe3rdBattalionTheRoyalAnglianRegiment.htm (696 words)

	Cambridgeshire Genealogy - The Cambridgeshire Regiment
		Usually, such facings are only permitted to a Royal regiment and it is probable that their adoption was due to the influence of the Duke of Clarence, who took a close interest in the unit.
		The Regiment's long association with The Suffolk Regiment began in 1887 when the 1st Cambridgeshire RVC became the 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion The Suffolk Regiment.
		Note: The forerunner of The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA), the 30th Foot (Cambridgeshire) had its origin in 1702 and served with distinction in most campaigns of the 18th and 19th centuries until 1881 when it became 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, now the Queen's Lancashire Regiment.
	www.rootsweb.com /~engcam/Military/cambregt.htm (945 words)

	Leicester City Council - THE ROYAL ANGLIAN REGIMENT
		The Royal Anglian Regiment was formed in September 1964 following a series of reorganisations within the British Army.
		The amalgamations of the Suffolk Regiment with the Royal Norfolk Regiment, the Northamptonshire Regiment with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment and the Bedford & Hertfordshire Regiment with the Essex Regiment took place between 1958 and 1961.
		The Royal Anglians – who, as a newly-formed regiment, have not earned their own honours – are proud to recognise the Battle Honours of their former regiments and these are displayed today on the colours of each battalion.
	www.leicester.gov.uk /index.asp?pgid=744&mtype=print (321 words)

	Royal Anglian Regiment Museum
		The aim of our Museum is to publicise the history and military accomplishments of the Regiment by collecting, recording and conserving items associated with the Regiment and by making it available to the public.
		The Royal Anglian Regiment is the Regiment of the ten Counties of East Anglia and the East Midlands and was the first Large Regiment of Infantry.
		The Museum covers the history of the East and Royal Anglian Regiments since the amalgamations of the former County Regiments from 1958-60.
	www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk (82 words)

	BSI Reports: Week 103: 6-Oct 2003
		Another Royal Anglian report [CJ0002.0018] recorded the cars’ arrival at barrier 20 as at about 16:25 and their departure for the bridge being at 16:36.
		The 1 RAR radio log [typed transcript is at W0106.0007] records a message regarding the cars at the barrier at 16:31 and the incident in which Soldier 042 was shot at 16:41.
		On 30 January 1972 INQ 1924 was deployed in the Royal Anglians’ command vehicle in the compound on the west side of the Craigavon Bridge.
	www.birw.org /bsireports/100_120/report103.html (16654 words)

	The Crater to The Creggan
		East Anglian scaled the heights of the great Jebel, their route up the jagged slopes lit by flares dropped by Shackleton bombers, and by 04.50 hours were on the summit, looking down at the lights of Aden town 40 miles to the south.
		Part of the Royal Anglian contribution to SAF was now three of the four commanding officers, and this at one of the most critical times in the war as the first major offensive against the enemy was about to be launched.
		The services of Royal Anglian officers to the Arab forces in the Gulf are part of this tradition, and it is to be hoped that, with positions of responsibility being increasingly assumed by the indigenous population, their efforts to train and lead will not have been wasted.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /Aden/Creggan.htm (5864 words)

	CNN.com - WWI mass grave unearthed in France - June 20, 2001
		The corpses are believed to be members of a regiment reported missing on the first day of the Battle of Arras in 1917.
		On that day, members of the 10th battalion of the Lincolnshire Regiment were fighting in the same area where the remains were discovered, retired Captain John Lee said.
		The Lincolnshire Regiment was formed in 1685, but was amalgamated in 1964 to form part of the Royal Anglian Regiment.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/europe/06/20/france.grave (456 words)

	C4 News - UK - ITN - Legal landmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Soldiers from the Royal Anglian Regiment were present on the Derry City Walls and fired towards the areas where the killings took place.
		A soldier from the Royal Anglian Regiment who says he was part of a 14 man patrol on the Derry City walls had contacted the programme.
		After the previous broadcast, a soldier from the Royal Anglian Regiment who says he was part of a 14 man patrol on the Derry City walls had contacted the programme.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/02/week_2/13_ruling.html (1988 words)

	The Royal Anglian Regiment
		Formed 1 September 1964 as a Large Regiment by conversion of Regiments of East Anglian Brigade.
		Formed 1 April 1967 with Headquarters at Peterborough as TAVR II unit begin the successor to 4th/5th Battalion The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA), 4th Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA), The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA), 4th/6th Battalion The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (TA), 4th/5th Battalion The Essex Regiment (TA) and 4th/5th Battalion The Royal Leicestershire Regiment.
		Battalion reroled as 158 (Royal Anglian) Transport Regiment Royal Logistic Corps (V) with 'HQ', 1st and 3rd Company redesignated as 200, 201 and 203 Squadrons respectively.
	www.win.tue.nl /~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RAR (1271 words)

	Regiment may be home within weeks
		British troops - including a large contingent of soldiers of the Royal Anglian Regiment from the region - could be on their way home from Afghanistan within weeks.
		Speaking in Kabul yesterday morning, a senior British military source said he was hopeful that Turkey would be taking over from the UK as lead nation in the current peacekeeping role by the end of June.
		That could mean that members of the 1st Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment - currently patrolling the Afghan capital as part of the International Security Assistance Force - may be on their way back to the UK soon.
	www.edp24.co.uk /Content/Features/Kabul/asp/020429Home.asp (530 words)

	THE AMERICAN CONTINGENT OF THE TENTH REGIMENT OF FOOT
		He knew that many regiments of regulars were garrisoned in the Boston area in 1775, among these were the 4th Foot, 5th Foot, 10th Foot, 23rd Foot and the 64th Foot.
		Having served in the 10th Mountain Division during WWII, Kehoe picked the 10th Regiment of Foot as the regiment he was interested in establishing.
		Sir Christopher was the president of the 10th Foot Royal Lincolnshire Regimental Association and formally authorized Kehoe to establish an American Contingent of the 10th Regiment of Foot on 15 July 1968.
	www.redcoat.org /organization/10foot_ac.html (772 words)

	The Royal Anglian Regiment [UK]
		formed by union of the regiments of the East Anglian Brigade, constituting the county regiment for Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Essex, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire and Rutland
		Royal Anglian Regiment Museum, Duxford (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
		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/009RAR.htm (470 words)

	BSI Reports: Week 104: 13-15 Oct 2003
		The timing Soldier 203 gave in his RMP statement and his statement for the Widgery tribunal was “about 16:45.” This accords with messages in the 1 Royal Anglian Regiment log [W0106.0007] at 16:41 and at the same time on the Porter tapes [W0137].
		Another Royal Anglian incident report [C1347.0018] records that the two cars containing Gerard Donaghy and Joe Friel were stopped at barrier 20 and then driven to the bridge at 16:36.
		The 1 RAR shot plot records two incoming shots at 16:30, although the direction is stated to be unknown, and 5 outgoing shots at 16:45.
	www.birw.org /bsireports/100_120/report104.html (12885 words)

	Remarks at Braddock's Grave
		On behalf of Her majesty the Queen, the Patron of our regiment, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, my immediate Commanding Officer, Major General Anthony Reed, and the citizens of the Commonwealth, I wish you welcome.
		Col. Davis then continued with a letter from an officer of the Royal Anglican Regiment which is descended from the 44th and 48th Regiments of Foot that fought under General Braddock at the Battle of the Monongahela on July 9, 1755.
		The successors of the 44th of Foot and the 48th of Foot and the US Forces are standing side by side against adversity in the Brotherhood of Arms.
	www.fortedwards.org /braddock/july1617/remarks.htm (365 words)

	House of Commons Hansard Debates for 21 Jun 2004 (pt 4)
		Great importance is attached to the historic links that the infantry, the Royal Artillery, the Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps have with the areas from which they traditionally recruit.
		Whereas the Scottish regiments find difficulty in recruiting, the Royal Anglian Regiment does not, and the reinstatement of the Third Battalion—the former Essex Regiment—would go a long way towards filling the Army's vacancies.
		The Royal Anglian Regiment has an especially good record on retaining trained soldiers as well as on its ability to recruit them.
	www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040621/debtext/40621-04.htm (1452 words)

	British Light Infantry Regiments & National Service
		The 17thFoot raised in 1688 as Richards regiment became the Leicestershire Regiment in 1782.
		The royal tiger badge was as was the custom at the time awarded for long loyal service in India.
		In 1964 it became 4th The Royal Anglian Regiment but was totally disbanded in 1970.
	www.britisharmedforces.org /i_regiments/leics_index.htm (279 words)

	The Pompadour
		Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment came into being when the East Anglian Regiment became The Royal Anglian Regiment.
		Battalion was on duty in Berlin, guarding the last three Nazi War criminals, Rudolf Hess, Albert Speer and Baldur Von Schirach, in Spandau Prison, as well as the "Russian War Memorial" and patrolling the Berlin Wall.
		Then on the 5th October 1992 the Battalion was disbanded and its men where merged into the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Royal Anglian Regiment, and so ended the History of the 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /trebor/history/history.html (613 words)

	Royal Norfolk Regiment
		Military Art Prints of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, Now part of the Royal Anglian Regiment/ The Norfolk regiment is shown Uniform Military Prints by Harry Payne.
		A portrait exists of an officer of this regiment with a coat exactly like this, but with an epaulette of the same general shape but with its embroidery differing in some respects.
		The Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot) entered the war with two regular, one reserve and three TF battalions (one of the latter, the 6th, was a cyclist battalion); by the end the number had grown to nineteen of which eight went on active service whose losses in dead numbered 5,576.
	www.regimental-art.com /royal_norfolk_reg.htm (1516 words)

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