9th Regiment of Foot

The Norfolk Regiment

Chronology

• 1685 raised as Henry Cornewall's Regiment of Foot by James II
• 1751 became the 9th Regiment of Foot
• 1782 became the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
• 1881 became the Norfolk Regiment;
• 1935 became the Royal Norfolk Regiment
• 1959 amalgamated with The Suffolk Regiment to become the 1st Battalion 1st East Anglian Regiment.
• 1964 became 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment.

External Links

Historical Books Online

• Historical Record of the Ninth, or the East Norfolk Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1847 by Richard Cannon 1848 Google Books Indian Service commences page 85 in 1835 at Calcutta
• A narrative of four months' campaign in India, 1845-6 including the Battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur. & Sobraon, by J W. Baldwin 1853 Google Books

Other

• Wikipedia:
  • 9th Regiment of Foot
  • Royal Norfolk Regiment
  • Royal Anglian Regiment
• Royal Norfolk Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived website.
• The Royal Anglian Regiment Museum. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (10th Foot), the Suffolk Regiment (12th Foot), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (16th Foot), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment (17th Foot)), the Essex Regiment (44th/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment (48th/ 58th Foot).
  • The Royal Norfolk Regiment (9th Foot)
• Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum.
  • Regimental history
  • Various pages contain photographs as follow:
    • Photograph of Three NCOs with their wives and children and two very young recruits in India, 1902-1905
    • Photograph of Army children at a school in India, 1902-1905.
    • Photograph of Pupils and teacher of the Depot School in Deolali, India, in 1905.
    • Photograph of A baby on a leopard skin rug in India, 1902-1905.
    • Photograph of A regimental wedding in India, 1902-1905
    • Wives and children of NCOs and men in Bareilly, India, between 1898 and 1905
• The Diary of Frederick Pendall, a member of the Norfolk regiment who was in Belgaum from March 1917 to March 1918 (archived website) This link contains a photograph and advises he was "Pte 26695 Norfolk Regiment 1916-1919"
• Photographs of 1st Bn The Royal Norfolk Regiment In India 1933-1939 Flickr, Brian Harrington Spiers’ photostream
• Film: The Army In India Northern Command, 1933-34 colonialfilm.org.uk. Includes Stretcher drill by Bandsmen of 1st Battalion The Norfolk Regiment at Sialkot, 1933.
• Details of the book The 2nd Norfolk Regiment from Le Paradis to Kohima by Peter Hart. During World War 2, the Regiment spent time in India and fought at Kohima, Assam in the battles around the Indian-Burmese Border. 2011 reprint, originally published 1998 under the title At the Sharp End. Available through Amazon.co.uk from the FIBIS Shop
• Film:Calling Blighty: Burma 1945 East Anglian Film Archive 2nd Battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment in Burma
• The book A Norfolk Soldier in the First Sikh War: Experiences of a Private of H.M. 9th Regiment of Foot in the Battles for the Punjab, India 1845-6 by by J W Baldwin was reprinted by Leonaur in 2006. Available from the FIBIS Shop

It was originally published in 1853 under the title A narrative of four months' campaign in India between the years 1845-6, including the battles of Moodkee, Ferozeshuhur, & Sobraon. See Historical books online, above