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The Norfolk Regiment |
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pre 1881 |
post 1881 |
| 1st
Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot |
1st
Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment |
| 2nd
Battalion, 9th Regiment of Foot |
2nd
Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment |
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Earliest recognised formation: |
1685, when raised as Henry Cornewall's Regiment of Foot. |
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| Motto: |
"Firm" |
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Regimental Journal: |
The Britannia |
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| WWI: |
Battle Honours; 70 |
Victoria Crosses; 1 |
Died; 6000 |
| WWII: |
Battle Honours; 20 |
Victoria Crosses; 5 |
Died; ??? |
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| Amalgamated: |
1959 with the Suffolk Regiment, to form the
1st East
Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) |
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2nd Battalion was operational 1799-1802 and 1804-1815 ( disbanded 1815, not reformed
again until
1857), and a 3rd was raised 1799 (disbanded 1802) |
The Peninsula War 1808 -
1814 1st and 2nd battalions present. |
Military General Service Medal.
1793 - 1814 |
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76 | 203 |
85 | 90 |
42 | 32 |
150 |
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Total Medals |
Max clasps |
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186 |
196 | 51 |
97 | 359 |
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Four recipients were also
entitled to Egypt clasps for service with other units; two
officers on the Staff Officers list, and Privates Edward Cosby
and John Harris for service with the 22nd Light Dragoons |
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Battle Honours: Rolica, Vimiera, Corunna,
Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, San Sebastian, Nive, Peninsula. |
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First Afghan War 1839-1842 | Cabul Medal 1842 | | number: |
831 | | | Battle Honour: Cabool 1842. |
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The First Sikh War 1845 - 1846.
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The Sutlej Medal 1845 -46 | Battle
Date | Moodkee 1845
18/12/1845 |
21-22/12/1845 |
10/02/1846 | | numbers: |
899 | 866 |
637 |
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A recipients first battle corresponds to the medal reverse type, followed by clasp(s) for subsequent battles. |
Battle Honours: Moodkee, Ferozeshah, Sobraon |
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Crimean War 1854 - 1856 | Crimea Medal 1854 -56 | | | | Clasp: → | ..none... |
| Total Medals | | Number: → |
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? | | | | | | Battle Casualties; | | Action. | Killed | Died of Wounds | 'Wounded' | Dangerously
Wounded | Severely
Wounded | Slightly
Wounded | Missing | Total | | 1st Attack on the Redan |
2 | 1 |
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14 | 32 |
- | 49 | | 2nd, 3rd, 4th, & 5th Bombardments of Sebastopol and Minor Actions. |
5 | - |
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23 | 14 |
- | 47 | | | | | | | | | | | grand total |
96 | | | Men who served in the Crimea also eligible for: | Turkish Crimea Medal 1855 | | | Battle Honour: Sevastopol. |
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2nd Battalion reformed 1857 | | | |
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Afghan War 1878-1880
2nd Battalion |
Afghanistan Medal
1878 -1880 |
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...none... |
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total medals |
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474 |
11 |
510 |
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996 |
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General Roberts' march, Kabul to Kandahar 9-31 August 1880 |
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Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880 |
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5 |
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Battle Honour: Kabul, Afghanistan 1879-80 |
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Norfolk Regiment | | |
Third Anglo-Burmese War 1885-87, and aftermath.
2nd Battalion |
India General Service Medal 1854 - 95 |
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206 |
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Battle Honour: Burma 1885-7 |
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Expeditions against the Chins 1889-1893 1st Battalion & 2nd
Battalion (detachments) |
India General Service Medal 1854 - 95 |
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battalion: |
2nd |
1st |
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200 |
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Anglo - Boer War 1899 - 1902 2nd Battalion (Jan 1900-end of the war)
A significant number of men from the volunteer battalions also served. |
Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902, with or without the
King's South Africa Medal 1901 - 1902 |
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Common clasps: Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; also: |
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Casualties: |
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Officers |
NCOs and Men |
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KIA & DOW/ DOD |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
KIA & DOW |
Death from disease |
Wounded |
Missing / POW |
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2nd Battalion |
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4/- |
5 |
2 |
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Battle Honour: Paardeburg, South Africa 1900-1902. |
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Tibet Expedition 1903-04 1st Battalion, machine gun
detachment only. |
Tibet Medal 1903-04 |
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Somaliland Operations 1902-04 1st
Battalion, small detachment. | Africa General Service 1899-1956 | | clasp: |
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The Great War 1914 - 1918
( 19 battalions; 9 served overseas:- ) |
Generally awarded the
British War Medal &
Victory Medal, men overseas prior to 1/1/1916 also a
1914 or
1914-15 Star. |
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Battalion → |
1 |
2* |
1/4 |
1/5 † |
7 |
8** |
9 |
12***
Norfolk
Yeomanry |
1st
Garrison |
date of first overseas service.
(first theatre red
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16/8
1914 |
15/11
1914 |
10/8
1915 |
10/8
1915 |
31/5
1915 |
25/7
1915 |
30/8
1915 |
11/12
1917 |
?/12
1915 |
| France &
Flanders |
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Gallipoli |
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(Suvla) |
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Egypt & Palestine |
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Mesopotamia | |
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Italy |
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India |
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Star
possible ? |
1914 or 1914-15 |
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or 1914-15 only |
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a glance: |
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died
Extracted from : "Soldiers / Officers
Died in the Great War" (consider approximate - in addition the
regiment as a whole lost at least an additional 105 officers who
are recorded with 'battalion not shown', or with battalions
not shown here, or who we have not yet allocated a
battalion.) |
1223 |
560 |
395 |
551 |
1150 |
692 |
1054 |
134 |
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*2nd Battalion in India at the start,
sent to Mesopotamia. The Battalion was captured at Kut al Amara 29/4/16, although a
temporary composite battalion was reformed shortly afterwards from the recovered wounded and new drafts of the 2nd
Dorsets and 2nd Norfolks (nicknamed the Norsets).
The battalion was fully reconstituted on the 16th July 1916.
**Disbanded 12th Feb 1918 to reinforce the 7th and 9th
Battalions
***Formed in Egypt from the dismounted Norfolk Yeomanry
† AKA the "Vanished Battalion" suffered grievous losses in an
assault led by the "cane waving and smoking" Colonel
Proctor-Beauchamp on the Turkish positions two days after
arrival in theatre, 12th August 1915. |
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Regular |
Territorial Force |
New Armies |
Garrison. |
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Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19
35 officers and 180 men of the Norfolk Regiment also qualified for this
medal. |
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VCs: 1 Sherwood-Kelly ( Serving as Commanding
Officer 1st Battalion,
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers see that page for citation)
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Battle Honours: Mons; Le Cateau; Marne 1914;
Ypres 1914, 1915, 1917, 1918; Somme 1916, 1918; Hindenburg Line;
Landing at Suvla; Gaza; Shaiba; Kut al Amara 1915, 1917.
Retreat from Mons; Aisne 1914; La Bassée 1914; Gravenstafel; St
Julien; Frezenberg; Bellewaarde; Loos; Albert 1916, 1918; Delville
Wood; Pozières; Guillemont; Flers-Courcelette; Morval; Thiepval; Le
Transloy; Ancre Heights; Ancre 1916, 1918; Arras 1917; Vimy 1917;
Scarpe 1917; Arleux; Oppy; Pilckem; Langemarck 1917; Polygon Wood;
Broodseinde; Poelcapelle; Passchendaele; Cambrai 1917, 1918; St
Quentin; Bapaume 1918; Lys; Bailleul; Kemmel; Scherpenberg; Amiens;
Epéhy; Canal du Nord; St Quentin Canal; Beaurevoir; Selle; Sambre;
Fiance and Flanders 1914-18; Italy 1917-18; Suvla; Scimitar Hill;
Gallipoli 1915; Egypt 1915-17; El Mughar; Nebi Samwil; Jerusalem;
Jaffa; Tell'Asur; Megiddo; Sharon; Palestine 1917-18; Ctesiphon;
Defence of Kut al Amara; Mesopotamia 1914-18. |
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Operations against the Waziris and Mahsuds, North West Frontier 1919 - 24 2nd Battalion |
India General Service Medal 1908 | | clasp: |
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Granted the "Royal" title in 1935 to become "The Royal Norfolk Regiment" | | |
Operations on the North West Frontier 1936-39 1st Battalion | India General Service Medal 1936-39 | | clasp: |
North West Frontier 1937-36 |
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North West Frontier 1937-39 |
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WW2 1939 - 1945 |
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Battalion → |
1st |
2nd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
7th |
30th |
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France and
Belgium 1940.
(Dunkirk ) |
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North Africa & Middle East |
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Far East |
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Surrendered Singapore 15/2/42 |
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Surrendered Singapore 15/2/42 |
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Surrendered Singapore 15/2/42 |
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Burma |
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Sicily / Italy |
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N.W. Europe |
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Notes. |
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In India at the start left for the UK
30/9/40. D-Day Landers with the 185th Infantry Brigade
brigade, 3rd Infantry Division. |
4th Infantry Brigade for the duration. France and Belgium 21/9/39 -
30/5/40
Moved to India 7/6/42, Burma 15/4/44-9/4/45 then back to India . |
54th Infantry Brigade. Moved to India from the UK arriving 29/12/41
- then on to Malaya arriving 29/1/42. Surrendered to the Japanese
Singapore Island 15/2/42 |
53rd Infantry Brigade. Moved to Malaya from the UK (diverted from
India) arriving 13/1/42. Surrendered to the Japanese Singapore
Island 15/2/42 |
Under GHQ BEF for France and Belgium . 176th Infantry Brigade from
1942 - landed NW Europe 29/6/44 |
42nd Infantry Brigade. Arrived North Africa 25/8/43. Battalion
renamed 170th and later 121st Infantry Brigade for deception
purposes |
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WW2 Stars common to the Battalion. (excluding
39-45 star
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Key: A =
Africa, P =
Pacific, B =
Burma, I =
Italy, F&G =
France and Germany |
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†A surrendered body of
men were executed by the Germans see
Le
Paradis Massacre |
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VCs: 5; Bates, Gristock, Jamison, Knowland,
Randle. (see separate
Norfolks WW2 VC page)
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Most also entitled to the
1939-45 War Medal and many the
Defence Medal |
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Battle Honours: St Omer-La Bassée; Normandy Landing;
Brieux Bridgehead; Venraij; Rhineland; North-West Europe 1940,
1944-5; Singapore Island; Kohima; Aradura; Burma 1944-5. Defence
of Escaut; St Valéry-en-Caux; Caen; Le Perier Ridge; Hochwald;
Lingen; Brinkum; Johore; Muar; Batu Pahat; Malaya. |
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Korean War 1950 - 1953 1st Battalion
(Oct 1951 - Sept 1952) | Queen's Korea Medal | | number: | ? | | | | | | Casualties / Honours and Awards. (extracted from "The 38th Parallel" Peter Gaston: Pub A.D. Hamilton Glasgow 1976 and the separate POW roll compiled by the same individual ) | | | Casualties | KIA or DOW | Wounded | POW | | |
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OBE | DSO | MC | MM | US Bronze Star | | number: |
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4 | 5 |
1 | | | Battle Honours :
Korea 1951-52 |
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The Cyprus Emergency 1955 - 1960 1st Battalion (Oct
1955- Dec 1956) | General Service Medal 1918-62 | | clasp: |
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CO; Lt. Col. W.H. Brinkley |
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Selected Links |
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The Regimental Museum. (Located in ) |
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County location |
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Selected Bibliography; |
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Publisher |
| Compiled by Richard
Cannon, Esq., Adjutant-General's Office, Horse Guards. |
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. 135 pp. |
London: Parker, Furnivall,
& Parker, 1848. |
| Compiled by Col. C. H.
Shepherd. |
Historical Records of The
2nd Battalion of Her Majesty's Ninth Regiment of Foot, now
the 2nd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment. 91 pp. |
Cork: printed by Guy
and Co. Ltd., 1898 |
| F. Loraine Petre. |
The History of The Norfolk
Regiment, 1685-1918. (2 volumes) ???pp |
Norwich: Jarrold & Sons
Ltd. 1924 |
| Lieut.-Commdr. P. K. Kemp.
Foreword by Brig. W. J. O'B. Daunt. |
" " " Vol. 3.
History of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1919-1951. 192
pp |
Norwich: Regimental
Association of The Royal Norfolk Regiment, 1953 |
| By the Battalion [Major H.
M. Wilson et al] |
The History of the 1st
Battalion The Royal Norfolk Regiment during the World War,
1939-45. 111 pp. |
Norwich: Jarrold & Sons
Ltd. 1947 |
| (Lieut.-Col. I. H. F.
Freeland) |
A History of 7th Battalion
The Royal Norfolk Regiment in World War No. 2. July
1940-August 1944. 53 pp. |
printed in Germany. No
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Additional Bibliography for this
Page. |
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| Officers of the
Regiment. |
Unpublished rolls in
the care of the National Archives; WO 100/ etc. |
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Additional bibliography
same as Northumberland Fusiliers
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