The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Queen's Division.
The regiment was formed on 1 September 1964 as the first of the new large infantry regiments, through the amalgamation of the four regiments of the East Anglian Brigade.
- 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Battalion from the 1st Bn of the 1st East Anglian Regiment
- 2nd (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) Battalion - 1st Bn, 2nd East Anglian Regiment
- 3rd (16th/44th Foot) Battalion - 1st Bn, 3rd East Anglian Regiment
- 4th (Leicestershire) Battalion - 1st Bn, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
The Royal Anglian Regiment serves as the county regiment for the following counties:
- Bedfordshire
- Cambridgeshire
- Essex
- Hertfordshire
- Leicestershire
- Lincolnshire
- Norfolk
- Northamptonshire
- Rutland
- Suffolk
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