The Essex Regiment

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:infantry
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:The_Essex_and_Kent_Scottish_Regiment_(Canada)
gptkb:The_Royal_New_South_Wales_Regiment_(Australia)
The Cape Town Highlanders (South Africa)
gptkbp:associated_county gptkb:Essex
gptkbp:awardedVictoriaCross 7
gptkbp:badge Sphinx over Egypt
gptkbp:battleHonours gptkb:Afghanistan
gptkb:Italy
gptkb:Normandy
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkb:Somme
gptkb:Gallipoli
gptkb:Ypres
gptkb:El_Alamein
Burma
gptkbp:branch gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:category Military units and formations disestablished in 1958
Military units and formations established in 1881
Regiments of the British Army
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:disbanded 1958
gptkbp:formed 1881
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:Warley_Barracks
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Essex Regiment
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:The_Royal_Anglian_Regiment
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Virtutis_Fortuna_Comes
gptkbp:museum gptkb:Chelmsford,_Essex
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Pompadours
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Brigadier_Eric_Edward_Dorman-Smith
gptkb:Major_General_Sir_Charles_Loewen
gptkbp:number_of_battalions_(WWI) 24
gptkbp:number_of_battalions_(WWII) 9
gptkbp:parent gptkb:44th_(East_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot
gptkb:56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:British_Expeditionary_Force
gptkb:Territorial_Force
gptkbp:regimentalColour yellow facings
gptkbp:regimentalDepot gptkb:Warley,_Essex
gptkbp:regimentalMarch gptkb:The_Essex
gptkb:The_Lincolnshire_Poacher
gptkbp:regimentalMuseum gptkb:Essex_Regiment_Museum
gptkbp:serves gptkb:First_World_War
gptkb:Second_Boer_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:type line infantry
gptkbp:website https://www.essexregiment.co.uk/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:1st_Battalion,_The_Royal_Anglian_Regiment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6