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'''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 Regiment of Foot|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==
*'''1804''' [[Bombay]]
*'''1857''' [[Bombay]]
==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/Essex_Regiment Essex 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 /> ====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
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
