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The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, or Foreign Service Helmet badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. Based on the regimental nickname the Purple Pompadours, the flash was a tall strip of purple material.<ref> Bates, Stuart. [http://gmic.co.uk/topic/8447-wolseley-pattern-foreign-service-helmet/?do=findComment&comment=172664 Wolseley Pattern Foreign Service Helmet] ''GMIC Forum'' 30 Apr 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2016.</ref>
==External Linkslinks==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br />
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Regiment Essex Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060352/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/056-757.htm 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233610/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/056-1.htm deployments] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071228194647/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/044Essex.htm The Essex Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080113181810/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/044-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071221233610/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/056-1.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site
*[httphttps://www.chelmsford.gov.uk/essexregimentmuseum museums/visit/essex-regiment-museum/ Essex Regiment Museum and The Essex Yeomanry] at the Chelsmford Museum, Essex.
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk Royal Anglian Regiment Museum] www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk. Covers the Royal Norfolk Regiment ([[9th Regiment of Foot|9th Foot]]), the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment ([[10th Regiment of Foot|10th Foot]]), the Suffolk Regiment ([[12th Regiment of Foot|12th Foot]]), the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment ([[16th Regiment of Foot|16th Foot]]), the Royal Leicestershire Regiment ([[17th Regiment of Foot|17th Foot)]]), the Essex Regiment ([[44th Regiment of Foot|44th Foot]]/ 56th Foot]), and the Northamptonshire Regiment ([[48th Regiment of Foot|48th]]/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
**Includes Virtual Tour/History Wall with Antecedent Regiments/The Essex Regiment (44th/56th Foot) (click or hover mouse)
