The Essex Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958. The regiment served in many conflicts such as the Second Boer War and both World War I and World War II, serving with distinction in all three. It was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 44th Regiment of Foot and the 56th Regiment of Foot.
Cap badge of the Essex Regiment.
Poster calling on the men of Essex to volunteer for Kitchener's Army
The Thiepval Memorial
The No.2 Third Tipperary Brigade Flying Column during the War of Independence
44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot
The 44th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 56th Regiment of Foot to form the Essex Regiment in 1881.
Colonel Sir Peter Halkett, killed at the Battle of the Monongahela, July 1755
Soldier of 44th regiment, 1742
A French Imperial Eagle similar to that captured at the Battle of Salamanca in July 1812
Arakan, Burma, captured by the regiment in March 1825