East Norfolk Militia

2nd or East Norfolk Militia
4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment
Cap badge of the Norfolk Regiment
Active7 October 1758–15 July 1908
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1758–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1908)
Branch Militia
RoleInfantry
Size1 Battalion
Part ofNorfolk Regiment
Garrison/HQGreat Yarmouth
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet
John Wodehouse, 1st Baron Wodehouse
John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse
Sir Edmund Lacon, 3rd Baronet

The East Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military unit in the English county of Norfolk in East Anglia. First organised during the Seven Years' War it carried out internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It later became a battalion of the Norfolk Regiment, but was disbanded in 1908.


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