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
Other
- The Royal Norfolk Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- Regimental History Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum
- 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.
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