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The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division. As one of the existing large regiments, the Royal Anglian Regiment was largely unaffected by the restructuring of the infantry announced in 2004. ==History== The regiment was formed on 1 September 1964 as the first of the new large infantry regiments, through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade: * 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Battalion from the 1st Battalion of the 1st East Anglian Regiment * 2nd (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) Battalion - 1st Battalion, 2nd East Anglian Regiment * 3rd (16th/44th Foot) Battalion - 1st Battalion, 3rd East Anglian Regiment * 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion - 1st Battalion, Royal Leicestershire Regiment. The Royal Anglian Regiment was established to serve as the county regiment for the following counties: * Bedfordshire * Cambridgeshire * Essex * Hertfordshire * Leicestershire * Lincolnshire * Norfolk * Northamptonshire * Rutland * Suffolk Initially formed of seven battalions (four regular and three Territorial Army), the regiment was reduced in 1975 with the loss of the 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion to three regular battalions and three TA. The regiment was reduced again in 1992 to two regular and two TA battalions with the loss of the 3rd (16th/44th Foot) and 5th Battalions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War )〕 In 1995, each battalion renamed its companies in order to perpetuate its lineage from the old county regiments:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Anglian Regiment )〕 *1st Battalion 'The Vikings' * *A (Royal Norfolk) Company (after the Royal Norfolk Regiment) * *B (Suffolk) Company (after the Suffolk Regiment) * *C (Essex) Company (after the Essex Regiment) * *D (Cambridgeshire) Company (after the Cambridgeshire Regiment) *2nd Battalion 'The Poachers' * *A (Royal Lincolnshire) Company * *B (Royal Leicestershire) Company * *C (Northamptonshire) Company * *D (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company *3rd Battalion 'The Steelbacks' * *A (Norfolk) Company * *B (Lincolnshire) Company * *C (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Company * *E (Essex & Hertfordshire) Company * *HQ (Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) Company 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Anglian Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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