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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br /> | + | *[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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_Regiment Essex Regiment] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Anglian_Regiment Royal Anglian Regiment] Wikipedia<br> |
| − | [http://www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk/essex.html Royal Anglian Regiment Museum] www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk<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 | ||
| + | *[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<br /> | ||
====Historical Books Online==== | ====Historical Books Online==== | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 5 November 2011
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
- 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- Essex Regiment Wikipedia
- Royal Anglian Regiment Wikipedia
- 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot including deployments Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Essex Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Essex Regiment Museum Chelmsford Borough Council
- Royal Anglian Regiment Museum www.royalanglianmuseum.org.uk
Historical Books Online
- 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 page 29 in 1805 in Bombay
