1st or West Norfolk Militia 3rd Battalion, Norfolk Regiment | |
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Active | 7 October 1758–1 April 1953 |
Country | Kingdom of Great Britain (1758–1800) United Kingdom (1801–1953) |
Branch | Militia/Special Reserve |
Role | Infantry |
Size | 1 Battalion |
Part of | Norfolk Regiment |
Garrison/HQ | Norwich |
Engagements | Second Boer War |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Field Marshal George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford Horatio Walpole, 2nd Earl of Orford |
The West Norfolk Militia was an auxiliary military regiment 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, served in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and supplied thousands of recruits to the fighting battalions during World War I. After 1921 the militia had only a shadowy existence until its final abolition in 1953.
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