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{{Short description|Infantry regiment of the British Army}}
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{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                     = Royal Anglian Regiment
| image                         = Royal Anglian Regiment cap badge.gif
| caption                       = 
| dates                         = 1 September 1964 – present
| allegiance                    = {{flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch                        = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| type                          = [[Line infantry]]
| role                          = 1st Battalion - [[Light infantry|Light Infantry]]<br>2nd Battalion – Light Mechanised Infantry<br>[[3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment|3rd Battalion]] – [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Army Reserve]]
| size                          = Three battalions
| command_structure             = [[Queen's Division]]
| garrison                      = Regimental Headquarters - [[Bury St Edmunds]]<br>1st Battalion – [[Kendrew Barracks]], [[Cottesmore, Rutland]]<br>2nd Battalion – 
 Kendrew Barracks<br>3rd Battalion – Bury St Edmunds
| nickname                      = ''The Vikings'' (1st Battalion)<br>''The Poachers'' (2nd Battalion)<br>''The Steelbacks'' (3rd Battalion)
| motto                         = Regimental Motto: ''Stabilis''
| colors                        = 
| march                         = Quick – ''[[Rule Britannia]]/Speed the Plough''<br>Slow – ''The Northamptonshire''
| mascot                        = 
| battles                       = 
| anniversaries                 = 1 August – [[Minden Day]] <br>1 September – Regimental Formation Day
| notable_commanders            = 
| identification_symbol         = [[File:1trf.png|50px]] [[File:2trf.png|50px]] [[File:3trf.png|50px]]
| identification_symbol_label   = Tactical Recognition Flashes
| identification_symbol_2       = Salamanca Eagle<br><small>From the Essex Regiment</small>
| identification_symbol_3       = R ANGLIAN
| identification_symbol_2_label = Arm Badge
| identification_symbol_3_label = Abbreviation
| current_commander             = 
| ceremonial_chief              = [[Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester]]
| ceremonial_chief_label        = Colonel-in-Chief
| colonel_of_the_regiment       = Major General Dominic James Stead Biddick<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=64276|date=2 January 2024 |page=26495|supp=y}}</ref>
| website                       = {{Official URL}}
}}
The '''Royal Anglian Regiment''' is an [[infantry]] [[regiment]] of the [[British Army]]. It consists of two Regular [[battalion]]s and one [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Reserve]] battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964, making it the oldest of the [[line regiment]]s now operating in the British Army, and can trace its history back to 1685. The regiment was the first of the large infantry regiments and is one of the six regiments of the [[Queen's Division]].

==History==
===Formation===
The regiment was formed on 1 September 1964 as the first of the new [[Large regiment|large infantry regiments]], through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the [[East Anglian Brigade]]:<ref>{{cite book |title=A Register of the Regiments and Corps of the British Army |last=Swinson |first=Arthur |year=1972 |publisher=The Archive Press |location=[[London]] |isbn=0-85591-000-3 |page=270 }}</ref>
* 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Battalion from the 1st Battalion of the [[1st East Anglian Regiment|1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)]]
* 2nd (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) Battalion – 1st Battalion, [[2nd East Anglian Regiment|2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)]]
* 3rd (16th/44th Foot) Battalion – 1st Battalion, [[3rd East Anglian Regiment|3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)]]
* 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion – 1st Battalion, [[Royal Leicestershire Regiment]].

The Royal Anglian Regiment was established to serve as the [[county]] regiment for the following counties:
{{div col|colwidth=18em}}
* [[Bedfordshire]]
* [[Cambridgeshire]]
* [[Essex]]
* [[Hertfordshire]]
* [[Leicestershire]]
* [[Lincolnshire]]
* [[Norfolk]]
* [[Northamptonshire]]
* [[Rutland]]
* [[Suffolk]]
{{div col end}}
Initially formed of seven battalions (four [[Regular army|regular]] and three [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]]), the regiment was reduced in 1975 with the loss of the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion to three regular battalions and three TA. The regiment was reduced again in 1992 to two regular and two TA battalions with the loss of the 3rd (16th/44th Foot) and 5th Battalions.<ref name=beds>{{cite web|url=http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/history/16thfoothistory.html|title=The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War|publisher=Bedford Regiment|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

The remaining Territorial battalion of the regiment, the [[East of England Regiment]] was re-designated on 1 April 2006 as the [[3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment]] as part of the reforms.<ref name="beds" />

===Early operational history===

====Northern Ireland====

The regiment carried out a series of tours-of-duty throughout "[[the Troubles]]" in [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment.html|title=Royal Anglian Regiment |publisher=British Army units 1945 on|access-date=23 June 2022}}</ref>

====Yugoslav Wars====

During the [[Yugoslav Wars]], the 2nd Battalion was deployed to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] in April 1994 as part of the [[United Nations]] peacekeeping force [[UNPROFOR]].<ref>{{cite hansard|house=[[House of Commons (United Kingdom)|House of Commons]]|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1994/feb/10/operation-grapple|title=Operation Grapple|date=10 February 1994}}</ref> During the tour, Corporal Andrew Rainey became one of the first ever non-officers to be awarded the [[Military Cross]], for his actions during a heavy contact between 3 Platoon, A Company and a [[Bosnian Serb Army]] unit on the confrontation line in the north of the [[Maglaj]] Finger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ospreypublishing.com/articles/modern_warfare/poacher_MC_in_bosnia |title=Rainey and 'Reggie': A Poacher's MC in Bosnia |publisher=Osprey Publishing |date=1 March 2000 |first=Simon |last=Dunstan |access-date=26 April 2014 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313112939/http://www.ospreypublishing.com/articles/modern_warfare/poacher_MC_in_bosnia |archive-date=13 March 2012 }}</ref>

====Croatia====

In 1995 the 1st Battalion was sent to Croatia as part of 24 Airmobile Brigade between July and October of that year. The Vikings returned to the UK having suffered no casualties.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britains-smallwars.com/Bosnia/bosnia-units.html|title=British units deployed to Bosnia|publisher=Britain's small wars|access-date=26 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420053930/http://britains-smallwars.com/Bosnia/bosnia-units.html|archive-date=20 April 2014}}</ref>

====Sierra Leone====

Shortly after British forces intervened in [[Sierra Leone]] during [[Sierra Leone Civil War|its civil war]], the 2nd Battalion briefly joined the IMATT force in June 2000 to help train the [[Military of Sierra Leone|Sierra Leonean armed forces]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britains-smallwars.com/Sierraleone/forces.html|title=UK Forces Deployed in Sierra Leone|publisher=Britain's small wars|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

===Recent operational history===

==== Afghanistan ====

===== Operation Fingal =====
[[File:Anglians Helmand 2.JPG|thumb|Royal Anglian Regiment in Afghanistan]]
In March 2002, a majority of the 1st Battalion were sent to [[Afghanistan]] as part of [[Operation Fingal]] which involved military leadership and the provision of a 2,000-strong contingent to coalition forces in Afghanistan. The Battalion was based in the capital [[Kabul]] as part of the [[International Security Assistance Force]] (ISAF).  The following February, the 2nd Battalion's A Company were posted to Kabul and were replaced by C Company in June.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://britains-smallwars.com/Terror/units.html|title=Operation Veritas: British Units Deployed|publisher=Britain's small wars|access-date=26 April 2014|archive-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417215433/http://britains-smallwars.com/Terror/units.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===== Operation Herrick =====
From March to September 2007, as part of [[12th Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Mechanised Brigade]], 1st Battalion was deployed to Afghanistan as part of [[Operation Herrick]] 6. They were stationed in [[Helmand Province]]. This deployment was the subject of the [[Sky One]] documentary ''[[Ross Kemp in Afghanistan]]'', broadcast in January/February 2008. A book, ''Attack State Red'', published by Penguin in 2009, was written by [[Richard Kemp]], a former commanding officer, about the battalion on this tour. The fighting attracted much media attention due to the ferocity of the combat, with soldiers often having to resort to using [[bayonets]]. The battalion suffered nine casualties during its tour, five from attacks and four accidental.<ref>{{cite news|title=British military fatalities in Afghanistan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10629358|publisher=BBC|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite hansard|house=[[House of Commons (United Kingdom)|House of Commons]]|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200607/ldhansrd/text/71030w0005.htm|date=30 October 2007|column_start=189|column_end=190|title=UK military fatalities in Afghanistan}}</ref>

In a reported [[friendly fire]] incident, on 23 August 2007, one of a pair [[USAF|United States Air Force]] [[F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15E]] fighter aircraft called in to support a patrol of the 1st Battalion in Afghanistan dropped a bomb on the same patrol, killing three men, and severely injured two others. It was later revealed that the British [[forward air controller]] who called in the strike had not been issued a noise-cancelling headset, and in the confusion and stress of the battle incorrectly confirmed one wrong digit of the co-ordinates mistakenly repeated by the pilot, and the bomb landed on the British position 1,000 metres away from the enemy. The coroner at the soldiers' inquest stated that the incident was due to "flawed application of procedures" rather than individual errors or "recklessness".<ref>{{cite news | url = https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8645456.stm | title = 'Flawed' actions led to fatal 'friendly fire' bombing | access-date = 2011-02-15 | date = 26 April 2010 | publisher = BBC}}</ref>
[[File:Soldiers_in_Contact_-_HERRICK_6.jpg|thumb|A patrol from the 1st Battalion in contact with insurgents during Operation Herrick 6]]

With very little notice the 1st Battalion would deploy again to Helmand Province in late 2009 where soldiers from 1st Battalion saw action guarding checkpoints in the Nad-e-Ali area, in central Helmand province later in the year.<ref>{{cite news |author=Esther Addley |title=Bury St Edmunds funeral for 100th British soldier killed in Afghanistan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/23/afghanistan-adam-drane-funeral-suffolk |access-date=6 February 2015 |work=The Guardian|date=23 December 2009 }}</ref> Deploying alongside them were elements of the sister 3rd Battalion, who deployed to Afghanistan as part of [[11 Light Brigade]] in October 2009.<ref>{{cite hansard | house=[[House of Commons (United Kingdom)|House of Commons]] | url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200809/ldhansrd/text/90715-wms0001.htm|title= Afghanistan| date = 15 July 2009 | column_start = 79 | column_end = 82 }}</ref>

The 1st Battalion and elements of 3rd Battalion again deployed to Afghanistan as part of 12th Mechanised Brigade in March 2012 as part of Operation Herrick 16 in the closing stages of the conflict.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/military-operations/op-herrick-16-12-mb-units|title=Op Herrick 16 – 12 Mechanised Brigade|publisher=Defence Viewpoints|access-date=19 May 2018}}</ref>

[[File:TORAL_Medals.jpg|thumb|The Duke of Gloucester presents medals to members of the 1st Battalion on 1 August 2019, following [[Operation Toral]] 7; red and yellow roses are worn in the soldiers' hats to mark [[Minden Day]]]]

====Iraq====
In 2005, 1st Battalion undertook a tour in Iraq as part of [[Operation Telic]] 6 where the battle group was responsible for the [[Basra]] Rural South area of operations. C (Essex) Company was detached to act as a Brigade Operations Company and was involved in several high-profile arrest operations.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 August 2006 |title=We're at the top of the Basra hit list |url=http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/we-re-at-the-top-of-the-basra-hit-list-1-911513 |access-date=26 April 2014 |publisher=Northampton Chronicle |archive-date=26 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180126071022/https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/we-re-at-the-top-of-the-basra-hit-list-1-911513 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In Spring 2006, 2nd Battalion deployed to Iraq as part of Op Telic 8 and formed Basra City South Battlegroup.  C (Northamptonshire) company was detached to operate as part of Force Reserve and was involved in many high-profile arrest and strike operations.  During the tour the regiment mourned the loss of two soldiers; on 13 May 2006 Privates Joseva Lewaicei and Adam Morris died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb attack in Basra.  A third soldier was badly injured.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4772491.stm|title=Dead British soldiers are named|publisher=BBC|date=15 May 2006|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

==== Cyprus ====
In autumn 2017 the 2nd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment deployed to [[Cyprus]], assuming the role of Regional Standby Battalion and was held at very high readiness to deploy anywhere in the world.<ref name="gear">{{cite web|url=http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/poachers-gear-up-rapid-deployment-182655|title=Poachers gear up for rapid deployment force role in Middle East and North Africa|date=9 July 2017|publisher=Leicester Mercury|access-date=19 October 2017}}</ref> In August 2019 it returned to [[Kendrew Barracks]] in Rutland.<ref name="kendrew">{{cite web|url=https://www.forces.net/news/poachers-leave-cyprus-style|title=Goodbye Cyprus: Surprise Send-Off For The Poachers' Commanding Officer|date =16 July 2019|access-date=7 October 2019}}</ref>

In summer 2021 the 1st Battalion deployed to Cyprus and, as with the 2nd Battalion in the years before, assumed the role of Regional Standby Battalion to be ready to deploy anywhere in the world. Elements of the battalion were deployed at short notice on [[Operation Pitting]], helping to recover British nationals and Afghan refugees following the fall of Kabul to the Taliban.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Soldiers Reflect On Checkpoint Role Helping Afghan Refugees Reach Britain |url=https://www.forces.net/news/soldiers-reflect-checkpoint-role-helping-afghan-refugees-reach-britain |access-date=2022-08-15 |website=Forces Network |date=10 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

===Recent history===
[[File:The Royal Anglian Regiment at the Castlemartin Ranges MOD 45167997.jpg|thumb|A [[Ocelot (vehicle)|Foxhound]] of 2 Royal Anglian on exercise at [[Castlemartin Training Area|Castlemartin]], 2021]]
On 9 October 2019, 100 men from C and D companies marched through [[Haverhill, Suffolk|Haverhill]] and received the [[freedom of the city|freedom of the town]].  The battalion was led by their commanding officer [[Lieutenant Colonel]] Phillip Moxey [[Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire|MBE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2019/10/1rang-freedom-of-haverhill/|title=Vikings exercise the Freedom of Haverhill|website=www.army.mod.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-10-16}}</ref>  In 2020 during the [[2019–20 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom|2019–20 coronavirus pandemic]], members of the regiment helped assist the [[NHS]] for testing of COVID-19 patients, and provided checkpoints throughout [[London]] in collaboration with the [[Grenadier Guards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B-6npzdnzbC/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B-6npzdnzbC |archive-date=2021-12-26 |url-access=registration|title=Royal Anglian Regiment and Grenadier Guards boosts staff in London.|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2020-04-14}}{{cbignore}}</ref> 1 Royal Anglian also helped build [[NHS Nightingale London]], a temporary critical care hospital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: Pictures Show Military Personnel Helping To Build NHS Nightingale |url=https://www.forces.net/news/coronavirus-pictures-show-military-personnel-helping-build-nhs-nightingale |access-date=12 August 2021 |work=[[BFBS]] |date=28 March 2020}}</ref>

==Regimental museum==
The [[Imperial War Museum Duxford#Royal Anglian Regiment Museum and Memorial|Royal Anglian Regiment Museum]] is based at the [[Imperial War Museum Duxford]] in Cambridgeshire.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/royal_anglian_memorial_unveiled_we_will_never_forget_their_sacrifices_1_1156020 |title=Royal Anglian memorial unveiled: we will never forget their sacrifices |author=Collett, Amy |date=14 September 2010 |work=PeterboroughToday.co.uk |publisher=Johnston Publishing Limited |access-date=28 September 2010 |archive-date=1 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231855/http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/royal_anglian_memorial_unveiled_we_will_never_forget_their_sacrifices_1_1156020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Regimental ethos==
The regimental ethos is as follows:<ref>{{Cite book|title=Aden to Afghanistan|last=Bowns|first=Steven|publisher=Osprey|year=2014|isbn=978-1-4728-0805-9|location=Oxford|page=21}}</ref>
{{quote|We are a county based Regiment bound together by a closely-knit family spirit. Our approach is classless, based on mutual respect and trust, where developing and believing in our soldiers is paramount. We are a forward looking, self-starting and welcoming team for whom the mission remains key.}}

==Structure==
In 1995, each battalion renamed its [[company (military unit)|companies]] in order to perpetuate its lineage from the old county regiments.<ref name=bau1945>{{cite web|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment.html|title=Royal Anglian Regiment|publisher=British Army units 1945 on|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref> The current structure is as follows:

'''1st Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 'The Vikings''''

*A ([[Royal Norfolk Regiment|Royal Norfolk]]) Company
*B ([[Suffolk Regiment|Suffolk]]) Company
*C ([[Essex Regiment|Essex]]) Company
*D ([[Cambridgeshire Regiment|Cambridgeshire]]) Company

Following the [[Future Soldier (British Army)|Future Soldier]] announcements, the 1st Battalion moved to Kendrew Barracks, Cottesmore, Rutland, as part of [[11th Security Force Assistance Brigade]] and re-roled to a [[Security Force Assistance]] (SFA) role.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Army |first=British |date= |title=Future Soldier Guide |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/media/15057/adr010310-futuresoldierguide_30nov.pdf |access-date=15 August 2022}}</ref> This move saw the 1st and 2nd Battalions based together for the first time. 11th SFA Brigade was redesignated 11th Brigade in 2024, transitioning back to Field Army Troops, with the combat role of tactical recce-strike.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SOLDIER - December 2024 |url=https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=1a92be17-44b0-4dd4-b740-89057cd9a275 |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk |page=15 |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''2nd Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment 'The Poachers''''

*A ([[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment|Royal Lincolnshire]]) Company
*B ([[Royal Leicestershire Regiment|Royal Leicestershire]]) Company
*C ([[Northamptonshire Regiment|Northamptonshire]]) Company
*D ([[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment|Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire]]) Company
*HQ (Rutland) Company<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment/2nd-battalion-the-royal-anglian-regiment/ |title=2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=6 December 2019 |website=army.mod.uk |publisher=Royal Anglian Regiment |access-date=6 December 2019 |quote=HQ “Rutland” Company}}</ref>

The 2nd Battalion operates in the Light Mechanised Infantry role, as part of [[7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team]], and is currently based at Kendrew Barracks.<ref name=kendrew/>

'''[[3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment]] "The Steelbacks"'''

*1 ([[Royal Norfolk Regiment|Norfolk]]) Company
*2 ([[Royal Leicestershire Regiment|Leicestershire]] & [[Northamptonshire Regiment|Northamptonshire]]) Company
*3 ([[Essex Regiment|Essex]]) Company
*4 ([[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment|Lincolnshire]]) Company
*HQ ([[Suffolk Regiment|Suffolk]] & [[Cambridgeshire Regiment|Cambridgeshire]]) Company

The 3rd Battalion operates in the light infantry role under 7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East and is based at [[Bury St Edmunds]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24033558|title=Territorial Army faces new challenge as regulars are cut|date=11 September 2013|publisher=BBC|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

Under the new rotations announced in Future Soldier the 2nd Battalion continued to rotate as a resident unit of British Forces Cyprus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report_v2.pdf |title=Transforming the British Army: An Update| page=7|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>

==Battalion nicknames== 
The battalion nicknames are as follows:
<br>

'''The Vikings – 1st Battalion'''

The nickname stems from the late 1960s when the Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion, The 1st East Anglian Regiment Lt Col A F Campbell, MC said it described the Nordic influence on the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. The nickname stuck, was adopted by the 1st Battalion on formation, and is still widely used today.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vikingveterans.com/history-of-the-1st-battalion-the-royal-anglian-regiment/|title=History of the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment|publisher=Viking Veterans|access-date=6 July 2018}}</ref>

'''The Poachers – 2nd Battalion'''

This stems from the Regimental March, ''[[The Lincolnshire Poacher]]'', of one of their predecessors, the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/music.shtml |title=The Royal Anglian and Royal Lincolnshire Regimental Association |publisher=thelincolnshireregiment.org |access-date=11 December 2014 |archive-date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307215453/http://www.thelincolnshireregiment.org/music.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

'''The Steelbacks – 3rd Battalion'''

This was the nickname of the 58th Regiment of Foot, later the 2nd Battalion the Northamptonshire Regiment. It was subsequently the nickname of the former 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment. It stems from Private Hovenden of the 58th being described as a 'Steelback' after a flogging in 1813.<ref>{{cite book |title= 5th Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment (The Steelbacks) |author= Stallard CG |publisher= Alexander-Davis Associates | year= 1992 }}</ref>

'''The Pompadours – Disbanded 3rd Battalion'''

This was the nickname of the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot, an infantry regiment in the British Army, active from 1755 to 1881. The regiment was originally uniformed with a deep crimson [[facing colour]], which in 1764 was changed to purple. During the 18th century the fugitive nature of the dye required to produce this unusual military colour produced varying shades.<ref>Carman, p. 80</ref><ref>{{harvtxt|Cannon|1844|p=14}}, Wickes, p. 83, notes that the intention originally was to change to blue, but this was not allowed as it was not a royal regiment.</ref> The colour was often called "pompadour", from which the regiment's nickname of "The Pompadours" came.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last=Cannon |first=Richard |date=1844 |title=Historical Record of the Fifty-Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot  |wslink=Historical Record of the Fifty-Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot |page=10}}</ref> The reasons for the name of the colour are unclear; it is often said that the shade was [[Madame de Pompadour]]'s [[Color preferences|favourite colour]]. Some soldiers of the regiment preferred to claim that it was the colour of her [[Undergarment|underwear]].<ref name="redcoat">Holmes, p. 43</ref>

'''The Tigers – Disbanded 4th Battalion'''

This was the nickname of the Leicestershire Regiment (Royal Leicestershire Regiment after 1946), a line infantry regiment with a history going back to 1688. In 1804 the regiment moved to [[India]],<ref>{{cite book|last=Cannon|first=Richard|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu56356129;view=1up;seq=5|title=Historical record of the 17th or the Leicestershire Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1688 and of its subsequent services to 1848|series=Historical records of the British Army |year=1848|publisher=Parker Furnivall & Parker |page=31}}</ref> and remained there until 1823.{{sfn|Cannon|1848|p=37}} In 1825 the regiment was granted the badge of a "royal tiger" to recall their long service in the sub-continent.{{efn|24 June 1825: His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 17th or Leicestershire Regiment of foot bearing on its colours and appointments the figure of the "Royal Tiger," with the word "Hindoostan" superscribed, as a lasting testimony of the exemplary conduct of the Corps during its period of service in India, in the year 1804 to 1823.{{London Gazette|issue=18149 |date=25 June 1825 |page=1105}}}}

==Traditions==
[[File:RoyalAnglianRegimentHighStBedford.jpg|thumb|370px|March past in Bedford]]

===Marches===
The regimental marches are as follows:<ref name=pamphlet>Pamphlet distributed to all soldiers who joined the Regiment in 2018</ref>
* Regimental quick march: ''[[Rule Britannia]]'' and ''Speed the Plough'' – the former inherited from the Royal Norfolk Regiment
* Regimental slow march: ''The Northamptonshire''

===Regimental days===
The regimental days are as follows:<ref name=pamphlet/><br>
'''The Regiment'''
* 1 September – The Royal Anglian Regiment Formation Day
'''The 1st Battalion'''
* 1 August – [[Minden Day]]
'''The 2nd Battalion'''
* 27 July – Talavera Day

Celebrated by the individual battalions (in date order)

* 2nd Battalion: 10 February – [[Battle of Sobraon|Sobraon]] Day
* 1st Battalion: 17 March – [[St Patrick's Day]]
* 1st Battalion: 25 April – [[Almanza]] Day
* 2nd Battalion: 25 June – [[Hindustan|Hindoostan Day]]
* 1st Battalion: 27 June – [[Battle of Dettingen|Dettingen]] Day
* 1st Battalion: 22 July – [[Battle of Salamanca|Salamanca]] Day
* 2nd Battalion: 27 July – [[Battle of Talavera|Talavera]] Day
* 1st Battalion: 1 August – [[Minden Day]]
* 2nd Battalion: 13 August – [[Battle of Blenheim|Blenheim Day]]

===Uniform===
Uniforms are as follows:<ref name=pamphlet/><br>
;Cap badge : The cap badge consists of the [[Order of the Garter|garter]] star, a silver star of eight points, denoting the royal status of the regiment. Mounted upon which, is the castle of [[Gibraltar]] with a scroll inscribed 'ROYAL ANGLIAN' in gold. The Suffolks, Essex and Northamptonshire Regiments served at the [[Great Siege of Gibraltar]] from 1779 to 1783, the key identifies that Gibraltar was the "key to the Mediterranean".<ref name=guide>The Royal Anglian Regiment : A Soldiers Guide, 2018</ref>

;Beret : The 1st Battalion the Royal Norfolk Regiment joined [[24th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|24th Guards Independent Brigade Group]] in 1942; the Guards officers wore a [[khaki]] beret and the Norfolks adopted it at the time. The beret went out of use after the war but was re-adopted in 1960, and has continued in use. It was adopted by the rest of the Royal Anglian Regiment in 1970 and the wearing of it extended to [[Warrant officer|warrant officers]]. The complete regiment went to khaki berets in 1976.<ref name=guide/>

;Black patch :The black patch behind the cap badge commemorates the burial of [[John Moore (British Army officer)|Sir John Moore]] at [[Battle of Corunna|Corunna in 1809]] by officers and men of the 9th of Foot (which became the Norfolk Regiment), the rearguard of the withdrawing British Expeditionary Force.<ref name=guide/>

;Tactical recognition flashes (TRFs) : The 1st Battalion wear the red and yellow Minden Flash. It originates from the Suffolk Regiment who adopted it after [[Dunkirk evacuation|Dunkirk]]; it symbolises the red and yellow of the roses at the [[Battle of Minden]]. The 2nd Battalion wear the black, yellow, black of the [[Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment]]. The 3rd Battalion wear the Regimental colours, blue, red and yellow.

;Eagle : The Salamanca Eagle is worn on the left sleeve on No. 1 and No 2 dress tunics. It is a replica of the French 62nd Regiment's [[French Imperial Eagle]] standard which was captured by the 2/[[44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot]] at the [[Battle of Salamanca]] during the [[Peninsular War]]. The Eagle is mounted on a backing of Pompadour purple, representing the 3rd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment (The Pompadours) disbanded in 1992. The British Army captured a total of six of Napoleon's eagles (two at Salamanca, two at Madrid and two at [[Battle of Waterloo|Waterloo]]), four of which were taken with bayonet. The original eagle is still held in the [[Essex Regiment Museum#Regimental museum|Essex Regiment Museum]] and is displayed in the 1st Battalion on Salamanca Day.<ref name=guide/>

;Collar badges : The 1st Battalion wear a figure of [[Britannia]] superimposed on a castle and key. Britannia was awarded to the Norfolk Regiment for service at the [[Battle of Almansa]] and the castle was the cap badge of the Suffolk Regiment, commemorating the siege of Gibraltar. The 2nd Battalion wear the [[sphinx]] with underneath a scroll inscribed 'TALAVERA'. The sphinx is from the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment, for service in Egypt, 'TALAVERA' is from the [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot]]'s role at [[Battle of Talavera|that 1809 battle]]. The 3rd Battalion wear the cap badge as their collar badge.

;Lanyards : The lanyard of the 1st Battalion is yellow from the Royal Norfolk Regiment. The 2nd Battalion wear black to commemorate the Northamptonshire Regiment. The 3rd Battalion wears the black and primrose yellow lanyard of the former Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment.

;Buttons : All ranks wear the Royal Leicestershire Regiment buttons, a tiger surrounded by an unbroken laurel wreath. The tiger is in memory of the regiment's service in India, the wreath commemorates the [[Battle of Princeton]] in the [[American War of Independence]].<ref name=guide/>

===Band===
The first trace of a band within the Northamptonshire Regiment was recorded in 1798, during which a "German bandmaster was engaged". Military bands have continued in this regiment over the years after Territorial Army battalions of the former regiments were affiliated were merged. In 1986, the first women were recruited into the band from the [[Women's Royal Army Corps]]. In 1996, the 5th Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment was reorganized with the regimental Council electing to keep the band, under the name of the Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment following the amalgamation of the Regular Royal Anglian bands into the Bands of the Queen's Division.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment/the-band-of-the-royal-anglian-regiment/ |title=The Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment &#124; The British Army |publisher=Army.mod.uk |date=1964-09-01 |access-date=2020-04-11}}</ref>

==Order of precedence==
{{S-start}}
{{order of precedence |
  before= [[Royal Regiment of Fusiliers]] |
  title= [[British Army Order of Precedence|Infantry Order of Precedence]]|
  after= [[Royal Yorkshire Regiment]]
}}
{{S-end}}

==Lineage==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! 1880<ref name="London Gazette">{{cite news|last1=The London Gazette|first1=Page 3300-3301|title=Childers Reform|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/24992/page/3300|access-date=27 October 2016|issue=24992|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|date=1 July 1881}}</ref> !! 1881 [[Childers Reforms]]<ref name="London Gazette"/> !! 1921 Name changes !! [[1957 Defence White Paper]] !! [[1966 Defence White Paper]] !! 1990 [[Options for Change]] !! 2003 [[Delivering Security in a Changing World]]
|-
| [[9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[The Norfolk Regiment]]<br />renamed in 1935:<br />[[The Royal Norfolk Regiment]]
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk)]]
| rowspan="9" colspan="3" style="text-align: center;" | [[The Royal Anglian Regiment]]
|-
| [[12th (East Suffolk) Regiment of Foot]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[The Suffolk Regiment]]
|-
| [[10th (North Lincoln) Regiment of Foot]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[The Lincolnshire Regiment]]<br />renamed in 1946:<br />[[The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[2nd East Anglian Regiment|2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire)]]
|-
| [[48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[The Northamptonshire Regiment]]
|-
| [[58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot]]
|-
| [[16th (Bedfordshire) Regiment of Foot]]
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[The Bedfordshire Regiment]]<br />renamed in 1919:<br />[[The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment]]
| rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)]]
|-
| [[44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot]]
| rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | [[The Essex Regiment]]
|-
| [[56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot]]
|-
| [[17th (Leicestershire) Regiment of Foot]]
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| [[The Leicestershire Regiment]]<br />renamed in 1946:<br />[[The Royal Leicestershire Regiment]]
|}

==Alliances==
The regiment's alliances are as follows:
*{{CAN}} – [[Lincoln and Welland Regiment]]
*{{CAN}} – [[Essex and Kent Scottish]]
*{{CAN}} – [[Lake Superior Scottish Regiment]]
*{{CAN}} – [[Sherbrooke Hussars]]
*{{AUS}} – [[Royal Tasmania Regiment]]
*{{NZL}} – [[Auckland (Countess of Ranfurly's Own) and Northland Regiment]]
*{{PAK}} – 5th Battalion, [[Frontier Force Regiment|The Frontier Force Regiment]]
*{{MAS}} – 1st Battalion, [[Royal Malay Regiment|The Royal Malay Regiment]]
*{{BAR}} – [[Barbados Regiment]]
*{{RSA}} – [[Chief Makhanda Regiment]]
*{{RSA}} – [[General de la Rey Regiment]]
*{{BER}} – [[Royal Bermuda Regiment]]
*{{GIB}} – [[Royal Gibraltar Regiment|The Royal Gibraltar Regiment]]
*{{BLZ}} – [[Military of Belize|The Belize Defence Force]]
*{{navy|UK}} – {{HMS|St Albans|F83|6}}

===The Royal Bermuda Regiment===
[[File:Bermuda Regiment - Training Company PSI and Senior NCOs - Warwick Camp 1992.jpg|thumb|A [[Permanent Staff Instructor]] (PSI), seconded from the Royal Anglians, with senior [[Non-Commissioned Officer]]s of the [[Royal Bermuda Regiment]].  The PSI wears a Royal Bermuda Regiment cap badge on a Royal Anglian khaki beret. The Royal Anglian Regiment provides a PSI to each of the Royal Bermuda Regiment's companies, as well as to the companies of its own [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] [[battalion]].]]
[[File:Badges of the Bermuda Regiment and related Regiments.jpg|thumb|The badge of the Royal Anglian Regiment (right) and of one of its predecessors, the [[Royal Lincolnshire Regiment]] (left), the Royal Bermuda Regiment (bottom), and both of its predecessors, the [[Bermuda Militia Artillery]] ([[Royal Artillery]]) and the [[Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps]] (second and third from left).]]
The Royal Anglian Regiment has a unique relationship with the [[Royal Bermuda Regiment]] (RBR), a Territorial battalion of the [[British Overseas Territory]] of [[Bermuda]] (which was designated an [[Imperial fortress]] until the 1950s,<ref>{{bulleted list|
|{{cite book |last=Young |first=Douglas MacMurray |author-link= |date=1961 |title=The Colonial Office in The Early Nineteenth Century |url= |location=London |publisher=Published for the Royal Commonwealth Society by Longmans |page=55 |isbn=}}
|{{cite book |last=Keith |first=Arthur Berriedale |author-link= |date=1909 |title=Responsible Government in The Dominions |location=London |publisher=Stevens and Sons Ltd |page=5 |isbn= |quote=<!--Bermuda is still an Imperial fortress-->}}
|{{cite book |last=May |first=Edward Sinclair |author-link= |date=1903 |title=Principles and Problems of Imperial Defence |url= |location=London |publisher=Swan Sonnenschein & Co. |page=145 |isbn= |quote=<!-- In the North American and West Indian station the naval base is at the Imperial fortress of Bermuda, with a garrison numbering 3068 men, of whom 1011 are Colonials; while at Halifax, Nova Scotia, we have another naval base of the first importance which is to be classed amongst our Imperial fortresses, and has a garrison of 1783 men.-->}}
|{{cite book |last=Willock |first=Roger |title=Bulwark Of Empire: Bermuda's Fortified Naval Base 1860–1920 |year=1988 |location=Bermuda |publisher=The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press |isbn=9780921560005}}
|{{cite book |last=Gordon |first=Donald Craigie |date=1965 |title=The Dominion Partnership in Imperial Defense, 1870-1914 |location=Baltimore, Maryland, USA |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |page=14 |isbn= |quote=<!-- There were more than 44,000 troops stationed overseas in colonial garrisons, and slightly more than half of these were in imperial fortresses: in the Mediterranean, Bermuda, Halifax, St. Helena, and Mauritius. The rest of the forces were in colonies proper, with a heavy concentration in New Zealand and South Africa. The imperial government paid approximately £1,715,000 per annum toward the maintenance of these forces, and the various colonial governments contributed £370,000, the largest amounts coming from Ceylon and Victoria in Australia.-->}}
|{{cite book |last=MacFarlane |first=Thomas |author-link= |date=1891 |title=Within the Empire; An Essay on Imperial Federation |location=Ottawa |publisher=James Hope & Co. |page=29 |isbn= |quote=<!-- Besides the Imperial fortress of Malta, Gibraltar, Halifax and Bermuda it has to maintain and arm coaling stations and forts at Siena Leone, St. Helena, Simons Bay (at the Cape of Good Hope), Trincomalee, Jamaica and Port Castries (in the island of Santa Lucia).-->}}
|{{cite news |last=Harris |first=Dr. Edward Cecil |date=2012-01-21 |title=Bermuda's role in the Sack of Washington |url=https://www.royalgazette.com/archive/lifestyle/article/20120121/bermudas-role-in-the-sack-of-washington/ |work=The Royal Gazette |location=City of Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda |access-date=2021-08-08}}
|{{cite magazine |last=Grove |first=Tim |date=2021-01-22 |title=Fighting The Power |url=https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/fighting-the-power/ |magazine=Chesapeake Bay Magazine |location=Annapolis |publisher=Chesapeake Bay Media, LLC |access-date=2021-08-08}}
|{{cite magazine |last=Kennedy, R.N. |first=Captain W. R. |date=1885-07-01 |title=An Unknown Colony: Sport, Travel and Adventure in Newfoundland and the West Indies |url= |magazine=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine |publisher=William Blackwood & Sons |access-date= |page=111 |quote=<!--As a fortress, Bermuda is of the first importance. It is situated almost exactly half-way between the northern and the southern naval stations; while nature has made it practically impregnable. The only approach lies through that labyrinth of reefs and narrow channels which Captain Kennedy has described. The local pilots are sworn to secrecy ; and, what is more reassuring, by lifting buoys and laying down torpedoes, hostile vessels trying to thread the passage must come to inevitable grief, So far Bermuda may be considered safe, whatever may be the condition of the fortifications and the cannon in the batteries. Yet the universal neglect of our colonial defences is apparent in the fact that no telegraphic communication has hitherto been established with the West Indies on the one side, or with the Dominion of Canada on the other.-->}}
|{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=SUPPLY—ARMY ESTIMATES |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1839/mar/22/supply-army-estimates |house=House of Commons |date=1839-03-22 |volume=46 |column_start=1141 |column_end=1142 |speaker=Sir Henry Hardinge |position=MP for Launceston}}
|{{cite magazine |last=VERAX |first=(anonymous) |date=1889-05-01 |title=The Defense of Canada. (From Colburn's United Service Magazine) |url= |magazine=The United Service: A Quarterly Review of Military and Naval Affairs |location= |publisher=LR Hamersly & Co. |access-date= |page=552 |quote=<!--The objectives for America are clearly marked,—Halifax, Quebec, Montreal, Prescott, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. Halifax and Vancouver are certain to be most energetically attacked, for they will be the naval bases, besides Bermuda, from which England would carry on her naval attack on the American coasts and commerce.-->}}
|{{cite book |last1=Dawson |first1=George M. |last2=Sutherland |first2=Alexander |date=1898 |title=MacMillan's Geographical Series: Elementary Geography of the British Colonies |location=London |publisher=MacMillan and Co. |page=184 |isbn= |quote=<!--There is a strongly fortified dockyard, and the defensive works, together with the intricate character of the approaches to the harbour, render the islands an almost impregnable fortress. Bermuda is governed as a Crown colony by a Governor who is also Commander-in-Chief, assisted by an appointed Executive Council and a representative House of Assembly.-->}}
|{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1890 |title=METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS AT THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL STATIONS OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS AND THE ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT 1852—1886. |location=London |publisher=Meteorological Council. HMSO |page= |isbn=}}
|{{cite book |last=Ingham-Hind |first=Jennifer M. |title=Defence, Not Defiance: A History Of The Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps |year=1992 |location=Bermuda |publisher=The Island Press |isbn=0969651716}}
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/983/multiple=1&unique_number=1147 |title=World Heritage List: Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[UNESCO]] |access-date=2021-07-28 }}</ref> with the [[Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda]] reduced to a base in 1951, the naval [[Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station|Commander-in-Chief]] of the [[America and West Indies Station]] abolished with the station in 1956,<ref>{{cite book |last=Stranack, Royal Navy |first=Lieutenant-Commander B. Ian D |date=1977 |title=The Andrew and The Onions: The Story of The Royal Navy in Bermuda, 1795–1975 |url= |location=Bermuda |publisher=Island Press Ltd <!--., Bermuda, 1977 (1st Edition); Bermuda Maritime Museum Press, Royal Naval Dockyard Bermuda, Ireland Island, Sandys, Bermuda, 1990 (2nd Edition)--> |page= |isbn=9780921560036}}</ref> and the [[Bermuda Garrison|Bermuda Command]] Headquarters and all regular units and detachments of the garrison withdrawn in 1957).<ref>{{cite book |last=Harris |first=Edward C. |author-link=Edward C. Harris |title=Bermuda Forts 1612–1957 |year=1997 |location=Bermuda |publisher=The Bermuda Maritime Museum Press |isbn=9780921560111}}</ref><ref>{{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=UNITED KINGDOM GARRISON, BERMUDA (WITHDRAWAL) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1957/may/22/united-kingdom-garrison-bermuda |house=House of Commons |date=1957-05-22 |speaker=Denis Keegan |position=Member of Parliament for Nottingham South}}; {{cite Hansard |jurisdiction=Parliament of the United Kingdom |title=UNITED KINGDOM GARRISON, BERMUDA (WITHDRAWAL) |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1957/may/22/united-kingdom-garrison-bermuda |house=House of Commons |date=1957-05-22 |speaker=Frederic Bennett |position=Member of Parliament for Torquay}}</ref> Although the Royal Bermuda Regiment is usually described as an affiliated regiment, its relationship to the Regiment is more akin to that of one of Royal Anglian's own TA battalions. The Royal Bermuda Regiment sent troops to the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]], to support the [[The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment|Lincolnshire Regiment]] in June, 1915, during the First World War. From the 1990s, senior NCOs were loaned to the Royal Bermuda Regiment for the duration of its annual recruit camps, with one attached to each [[platoon]] of its training company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/royal-anglian-soldiers-boost-bermuda-regiment|title=Royal Anglian soldiers boost Bermuda Regiment|date=19 January 2011|publisher=Ministry of Defence|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref>

==Popular culture==
In 1989, the Band and fifty members of the 3rd Battalion were featured in the opening and closing sequences of BBC historical sitcom ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]'' with the band, men and actors [[Rowan Atkinson]], [[Hugh Laurie]], [[Stephen Fry]], [[Tony Robinson]] and [[Tim McInnerny]] dressed in First World War period uniforms marching to "[[The British Grenadiers]]" and the ''Blackadder'' theme song. It was shot on location at the former [[Colchester]] Cavalry Barracks.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096548/trivia|title=Blackadder Goes Forth|publisher=IMDB|access-date=26 April 2014}}</ref><ref name=LookEast>{{Cite news |last=Saggers |first=Jane |title=Blackadder location filming report |newspaper=[[BBC Look East]] |location=Colchester |publisher=BBC |date=11 September 1989 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GB0SkJLGQs |access-date=10 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422043716/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GB0SkJLGQs |archive-date=22 April 2016}}</ref> 

== See also ==
* [[6th (Volunteer) Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment]]
* [[Gibraltar Barracks, Bury St Edmunds]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.royalanglianregiment.com The Royal Anglian Regiment Portal (Independent)]
* [http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515193721/http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/index.html |date=15 May 2009 }}

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