The 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British military. ...

It was formed on 2 June 1958 by the amalgamation of the 1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment and the 1st Battalion, The Essex Regiment, forming the 1st Battalion, 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot). 2 June is the 153rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (154th in leap years), with 212 days remaining. ... 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Essex Regiemnt was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...

The two predecessor regiments had been based in West Germany and the new Regiment remained in Dortmund -- home of the Essex Regiment -- as part of the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). In 1959 the Regiment arrived in Malaya to take part in the Malayan Emergency, which had been raging since 1948, joining 28 Commonwealth Brigade. The Emergency was declared over on 31 July 1960. The Regiment, however, remained in Malaya until 1962 when it was posted to Northern Ireland, at that time a peaceful place, completely different to what it was to experience during 'The Troubles', especially in the 1970s and 1980s. Map of Germany showing Dortmund Dortmund is a city in Germany, located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. ... There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Federation of Malaya, or in Malay Persekutuan Tanah Melayu, was formed in 1948 from the British settlements of Penang and Malacca and the nine Malay states and replaced the Malayan Union. ... Malayan emergency was an insurrection and guerilla war of Malay Races Liberation Army in Malaysia from 1948-1960. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining, as the final day of July. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Northern Ireland is one of four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ... The Troubles is a generic term used to describe a period of sporadic communal violence involving paramilitary organisations, the police, the British Army and others in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s until the mid-1990s. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

The Regiment's brief existence came to an end when it amalgamated with the three other battalions of the East Anglian Brigade on 1 September 1964 to form one of the new large regiments, the Royal Anglian Regiment; the 3rd East Anglian Regiment became the 3rd Battalion (16th/44th Foot). The Battalion was disbanded in 1992. September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Royal Anglian Regiment is an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Other Information

• Colonel-in-Chief: HM Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother
• Alliances:
  • 11th/44th Infantry Battalion (The City of Perth Regiment) -- Australia (1958-1964)
  • The Essex and Kent Scottish -- Canada (1958-1964)
  • The First City Regiment -- South Africa (1958-1961)