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Regimental History > The Regiment in The First World War > The Changing Name of The Regiment
The Changing Name of the Regiment
Here is a list of the various names by which the Regiment was known over the years.
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Colonel Henry Cornwall's  
Regiment of Foot

buller pointColonel Oliver Nicholas'
Regiment of Foot
buller point1688Colonel Thomas Cunningham's
Regiment of Foot
buller point1689 Colonel William Steuart's
Regiment of Foot
buller point1715Colonel James Campbell's
Regiment of Foot
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Lord Cathcart's
Regiment of Foot

buller point1718Colonel James Otway's
Regiment of Foot
buller point1725 Colonel Richard Kane's
Regiment of Foot
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Colonel William Hargrave's
Regiment of Foot

buller point1739 Colonel George Reade's
Regiment of Foot
buller point1747 9th Foot
buller point1782 9th East Norfolk Regiment :
The first association with the county.
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The Norfolk Regiment :
With Cardwell's reforms the regiment was
firmly identified with the county.

buller point1935  The Royal Norfolk Regiment :
On his Silver Jubilee King George V,
Colonel in Chief of the Regiment,
conferred the title Royal on the Regiment.
buller point1959   The 1st East Anglian Regiment :
Formed from an amalgamation
with the Suffolk Regiment.
buller pointThe 1st
(Norfolk, Suffolk Cambridgeshire) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
The changing uniform of the Regiment from a number of watercolours by R. Simpkin in the Museum collection.
Related subjects:
bullet point The Changing Name of The Regimet
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bullet pointBattle Honours
bullet pointBritannia
bullet pointHoly Boys
bullet pointThe Regiment in The First World War
bullet pointThe Second World War
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