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The [[First World War#Garrison Battalions|2nd Garrison Battalion]], Essex Regiment was formed in Halton Park in January 1916 and moved to India, where it then remained until the end of 1918. It was based at [[Nasirabad]] as part of the Nasirabad Brigade, according to this Great War Forum 5th (Indian) Division.<ref>jimmybobjunior et al. [httphttps://1914-1918www.invisionzonegreatwarforum.comorg/forumstopic/index.php60313-essex-regiment-in-india/ Essex Regiment In India?showtopic=60313&#entry525055 post]''Great War Forum'' 28 September 2006. Retrieved 26 April 2019.</ref>

Charles Dixon, was in B Company based at Inkerman Barracks, Nasirabad. There is a photograph taken at [[Landi Kotal]] Fort, NWF. He was also based at [[Mount Abu]] Sanitorium in May 1918<ref>[https://sites.google.com/site/charlesgeorgedixon18961917/lest-we-forget-my-family-s-military-memorial/charles-dixon-1871-1918 Charles Dixon 1871- 1918]</ref> This was during the hot season when many troops were sent to [[Hill station|hill stations]]. A company is reported to have gone to Basra in Mesopotamia for work on Lines of Communication.<ref>[http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/regiments-and-corps/the-british-infantry-regiments-of-1914-1918/essex-regiment/ Essex Regiment] longlongtrail.co.uk</ref> ==Regimental flash==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> ==Regimental histories==*''The Essex Regiment, 2nd Battalion (56th) (Pompadours)'' by John Wm. Burrows [1927] Series: Essex units in the War, 1914-1919 ; v. 2. Available at the [[British Library]] UIN: BLL01009576056 . Also 2nd edition 1937. UIN: BLL01001096558*''The Depot, 1st & 2nd Garrison, 3rd, 4th (Res), 12th, 14th, 18th, 19th & Training Res Bns, the Essex Regiment 1914-1921''. Series: Men of essex ; v. 6 The Essex Branch of the Western Front Association [2002?] Limited ed. of 50 numbered copies. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01009917819*''The Essex Regiment, 1929-1950'' by Colonel T. A. Martin. 1952. Available at the BL UIN: BLL01001096547 ==Regimental journal==''The Essex Regiment Gazette'' commenced in 1909 and was suspended from 1914-1921.<ref>owen4256. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/115512-2nd-bn-essex-regiment/?do=findComment&comment=1103713 2nd Bn Essex Regiment] ''Great War Forum'' 23 January 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2019.</ref><br>The [[British Library]] holds copies from Vol. 7, no. 1 (July 1921) UIN: BLL01001096549 ==External Linkslinks==

*[httphttps://www.chelmsfordbcchelmsford.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=6780 The museums/visit/essex-regiment-museum/ Essex Regiment Museum] Chelmsford Borough Councilat the Chelsmford Museum, Essex.*[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|44thFoot]]/ 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)*[http://www.royalanglianmuseumessexrecordoffice.co.uk Essex Record Office] appears to hold some material relating to the Essex Regiment, but probably a limited amount.*[http://blogs.orgbl.uk/essexuntoldlives/2016/07/the-high-cost-of-life-in-india.html "The Essex high cost of life in India"] 14 July 2016. British Library Untold lives blog. States that inspection of two pages of the Bombay Burial Register, covering 26 March-9 July 1812 reveals nineteen entries for burials of individuals connected with the 47th Regiment (44th, and a further 15 for the 2/56th Foot)]Regiment.

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071115203916/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, now archived.*From a collection of postcards at the [http://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch ETH-Bibliothek Zürich], sent by F.G. Prew, a soldier, believed to be in the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, to Adolf Feller of Switzerland, during the late 1920s and early 1930s**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043223-RE_171819.html Trooping the Colours at Landikotal] probably sent 1928/1929 (although stated to be 1931) with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043223-VE_216209.html message] "A View of my Regt. trooping the colours on Arras Day 28th March in recognition of the victory won on that day in the Great War. Our Band & Drums are seen on the right of the colour company." Note: As a result of the battalion’s heroics on 28 March 1918 the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment annually celebrated, between the years 1919-1939, what was known as "Arras Day" to commemorate their distinguished action.<ref> [http://www.stanwickwarmemorial.co.uk/63.html Stanwick War Memorial-John George Morris, 201997, Private, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment] (Scroll down)</ref>**[http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043221-RE_171821.html Regimental March Past, March 28th 1929, Landikotal] with [http://www.e-pics.ethz.ch/index/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv/ETHBIB.Bildarchiv_Fel_043221-VE_216207.html message]**There were postcards of, or sent from several locations including Cawnpore, (see the [http://ba.e-pics.ethz.ch ETH-Bibliothek Zürich] website), [[Landi Kotal]], [[Nowshera]], [[Peshawar]] , and during the summer months [[Chakrata|Kailana]] in 1928 and [[Murree]] in 1930-31 ====Historical Books Onlinebooks online====