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*[http://www.chelmsfordbc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6780 The Essex Regiment Museum] Chelmsford Borough Council
*[http://www.chelmsfordbc.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6780 The Essex Regiment Museum] Chelmsford Borough Council
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/essex.html 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]]/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment ([[48th Regiment of Foot|48th]]/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
*[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/essex.html 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]]/ 56th Foot), and the Northamptonshire Regiment ([[48th Regiment of Foot|48th]]/ [[58th Regiment of Foot|58th Foot]])
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/essex.html The Essex Regiment (44th/56th Foot)]  
**[http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/essex.html The Essex Regiment (44th/56th Foot)]
 
*[http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=15 Memorial to those who died 2nd Bn The Essex Regiment 1925-1928] at All Souls Church, [[Cawnpore]]. indian-cemeteries.org
====Historical Books Online====
====Historical Books Online====
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y-ytBG_1lDoC ''Historical Record of the Fifty - Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844''] 1844. Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=y-ytBG_1lDoC&pg=PA29 page 29] in 1805  in Bombay
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=y-ytBG_1lDoC ''Historical Record of the Fifty - Sixth, or the West Essex Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1755, and of its subsequent services to 1844''] 1844. Google Books. Indian Service commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=y-ytBG_1lDoC&pg=PA29 page 29] in 1805  in Bombay
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 06:45, 28 January 2013

Known as The West Essex Regiment

Chronology

  • 1755 raised at Newcastle and Gateshead as the 58th Regiment of Foot under the colonelcy of Lord Charles Manners
  • 1756 became the 58th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became the 56th Regiment of Foot
  • 1804 2nd Battalion raised
  • 1813 3rd Battalion raised
  • 1881 amalgamated with the 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot to become 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment
  • 1958 merged with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)
  • 1964 became 3rd Battalion of the new Royal Anglian Regiment
  • 1992 3rd Battalion disbanded

Service in British India

External Links

Historical Books Online