Essex Regiment

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Essex Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the late 19th century and distinguished by its service in major conflicts including both World Wars.

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Surface form Occurrences
1st East Anglian Regiment 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
alliedUnit The Essex and Kent Scottish NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Perth Regiment (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCounty Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleHonour Albuhera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cassino NERFINISHED ⓘ
El Alamein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallipoli 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Talavera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ypres 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateAmalgamated 1958 ⓘ
dateFormed 1881 ⓘ
disbandedAsIndependentRegiment 1958 ⓘ
formedBy Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedFrom 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Warley Barracks NERFINISHED ⓘ
Warley, Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
motto Faithful ⓘ
nickname The Pompadours NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWorldWarIIUnit 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment GENERATED ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment GENERATED ⓘ
notableWorldWarIUnit 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment GENERATED ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment GENERATED ⓘ
partOf Line infantry of the British Army ⓘ
raisedBattalionType regular battalion ⓘ
service battalion ⓘ
territorial battalion ⓘ
regimentalColourFeature purple facings ⓘ
regimentalMuseum Essex Regiment Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseumLocation Chelmsford NERFINISHED ⓘ
role line infantry ⓘ
servedInConflict First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
servedInTheatre Far East NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallipoli NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Royal Anglian Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Royal Anglian Regiment → formedByAmalgamationOf → Essex Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1st East Anglian Regiment
Royal Anglian Regiment → upholdsTraditionsOf → Essex Regiment ⓘ