Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958.
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18 Facts About Essex Regiment
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In 1958, the Essex Regiment was amalgamated with the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment to form the 3rd East Anglian Regiment.
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The lineage of the Essex Regiment is continued by 'C' Company of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglian Regiment.
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Essex Regiment was formed in 1881 by the union of the 44th and 56th Regiments of Foot, which became the 1st and 2nd battalions respectively of the new regiment.
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Essex Regiment Brigade joined the East Anglian Division of the TF.
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The Newfoundland Regiment advancing to the left of the Essex battalion was almost entirely wiped out as it advanced towards the German lines.
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Names of 959 members of the Essex Regiment are recorded on the Thiepval Memorial, commemorating the officers and men of the regiment who died on the Somme and have no known grave.
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The four Essex Regiment battalions saw some hard fighting, but lost even more men to sickness.
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The Essex Regiment battalions were relieved from this duty on 4 March 1916 by the 2nd County of London Yeomanry and moved into the No 1 Section of the Suez Canal Defences.
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Consequently, he and his fellow Essex Regiment men were regarded by Irish loyalists as an efficient force.
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In July 1920, the Essex Regiment captured Tom Hales, commander of the IRA's 3rd Cork Brigade, and Patrick Harte, quartermaster of the West Cork Brigade.
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In March 1921, at Crossbarry, County Cork, the Essex Regiment encircled the IRA's "West Cork Flying Column" with 1,200 troops and soon managed to expose a company-sized element of the IRA.
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However, rather than attempting to immediately destroy this IRA element, which had been met in contact, Percival, the RIC and the Essex Regiment were ordered to link with the larger regular forces in an attempt to encircle the IRA force.
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However, as the RIC and Essex Regiment group were about to spring their ambush, an Irish regular force racing to the ambush site ran into the IRA detachment and was quickly engaged.
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The 64th Searchlight Regiment was redesignated 639th Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery and joined the 305th Infantry Brigade.
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The 9th Battalion, Parachute Essex Regiment ended the war in May 1945 near the Baltic sea and was later sent with the rest of the 6th Airborne Division in Palestine.
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In 1947, the 59th HAA Regiment was reformed at Walthamstow as the 459th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery,.
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Essex Regiment had inherited a unique facing colour from the 56th Foot: a shade of purple originally described as "deep crimson" and later "Pompadour".
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