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The Essex Regiment

Essex Regiment
Essex Regiment Cap Badge.jpg
Cap badge of the Essex Regiment.
Active 1881–1958
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Role Line infantry
Size

Two Regular battalions
Two Militia battalions, later one Special Reserve battalion
Four Volunteer and Territorial Battalions

Up to 23 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ Warley Barracks, Brentwood
Nickname(s) The Pompadours
Motto(s) Montis insignia calpe (Badge of the Rock of Gibraltar)
Anniversaries

Arras, 28 March
Gallipoli, 25 April
Salamanca, 22 July

Gaza, 4 November
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Edward Bulfin

Two Regular battalions
Two Militia battalions, later one Special Reserve battalion
Four Volunteer and Territorial Battalions

Arras, 28 March
Gallipoli, 25 April
Salamanca, 22 July

The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot and the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot.

In 1958, the Essex Regiment was amalgamated with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot). However, the existence was short-lived and, in 1964, was amalgamated again with the 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk), the 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) and the Royal Leicestershire Regiment to form the Royal Anglian Regiment. The lineage of the Essex Regiment is continued by 'C' Company of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment.


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