Great Britain (Volunteers)

The Royal Anglian Regiment (Volunteers)

formed from elements of
4th Battalion,
The Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA)

and
4th/6th Battalion,
The Royal Lincolnshire
Regiment
(TA)

and
The Suffolk and
Cambridgeshire Regiment
(TA)

and
1st Battalion,
The Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire Regiment
(TA)

and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment
(TA)

and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Essex Regiment (TA)

and
4th/5th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment
(TA)

formed from elements of
4th Battalion,
The Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA)

formed from elements of
The Suffolk and
Cambridgeshire Regiment
(TA)

and
308th (Suffolk and Norfolk
Yeomanry) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

formed from elements of
1st Battalion,
The Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire Regiment
(TA)

and
286th (Hertfordshire and
Bedfortshire Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

formed from elements of
4th/5th Battalion,
The Essex Regiment (TA)

Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: 5th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
The Royal Norfolk Territorials The Suffolk and
Cambridgeshire Regiment
(Territorials)
The Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire Regiment
(Territorials)
The Essex Regiment
(Territorials)
East-Anglia
Norfolk
SuffolkCambs
BedsHerts
Essex
1969:


reduced to cadre as
The Royal Norfolk Regiment

reduced to cadre as
The Suffolk and
Cambridgeshire Regiment

reduced to cadre as
The Bedfordshire and
Hertfordshire Regiment

reduced to cadre as
The Essex Regiment

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1971: A (Royal Norfolk) Company, D (Cambridgeshire) Company, B (Bedfordshire) Company, C (Essex) Company,
6th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
1996: 158th (Royal Anglian)
Transport Regiment,
Royal Logistic Corps
(Volunteers)





from
3rd (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Worcestershire and
Sherwood Foresters Regiment
(29th/45th Foot)






from
7th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment

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1999: D (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire
(Worcestershire and
Sherwood Foresters Regiment)) Company,
A (Norfolk and Suffolk) Company, E (Essex and Hertfordshire) Company, B (Lincolnshire) Company,
C (Leicestershire and
Northamptonshire) Company,
The East of England Regiment


2006: 3rd Battalion ‘The Steelbacks’,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
RAR