Royal Anglian Regiment

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The Royal Anglian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1964, that recruits primarily from the East of England and upholds traditions from several historic county regiments.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment
regiment of the British Army
alliance Canterbury, and Nelson-Marlborough and West Coast Regiment
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
The Royal New South Wales Regiment
surface form: Royal New South Wales Regiment
battleHonour War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
surface form: Afghanistan 2001–2014

Falklands War
surface form: Falkland Islands 1982

Iraq War
surface form: Iraq 2003–2011

Northern Ireland
branch British Army
capBadge castle and key of Gibraltar
country United Kingdom
formedByAmalgamationOf Essex Regiment
surface form: 1st East Anglian Regiment

2nd East Anglian Regiment
3rd East Anglian Regiment
Royal Leicestershire Regiment
garrison Bury St Edmunds
Kendrew Barracks
Royal Arsenal
surface form: Woolwich Barracks
hasBattalion Royal Anglian Regiment self-linksurface differs
surface form: 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment

Royal Anglian Regiment self-linksurface differs
surface form: 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment

3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
hasColonelInChief Duke of Gloucester
surface form: Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
inception 1964
motto Glory of God
surface form: Omnia Gloria Dei
nickname The Poachers
The Steelbacks
The Vikings
partOf Infantry of the British Army
primaryLanguage English
recruitsFrom Bedfordshire
Cambridgeshire, England
surface form: Cambridgeshire

East of England
Essex
Hertfordshire
Leicestershire
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
role light infantry
mechanised infantry
size multiple battalions
type line infantry regiment
upholdsTraditionsOf Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Essex Regiment
Northamptonshire Regiment
Royal Leicestershire Regiment
Royal Norfolk Regiment
Suffolk Regiment

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Minden Day associatedWith Royal Anglian Regiment
Royal Anglian Regiment hasBattalion Royal Anglian Regiment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
Royal Anglian Regiment hasBattalion Royal Anglian Regiment self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment alliance Royal Anglian Regiment
5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment alliance Royal Anglian Regiment