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^[1]

In 1995, each battalion renamed its companies in order to perpetuate its lineage from the old County regiments:

·         1st Battalion 'The Vikings'

o    A (Royal Norfolk) Company (after the Royal Norfolk Regiment)

o    B (Suffolk) Company (after the Suffolk Regiment)

o    C (Essex) Company (after the Essex Regiment)

o    D (Cambridgeshire) Company (after the Cambridgeshire Regiment)

·         2nd Battalion 'The Poachers'

o    A (Royal Lincolnshire) Company

o    B (Royal Leicestershire) Company

o    C (Northamptonshire) Company

o    D (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company

·         3rd (V) Battalion 'The Steelbacks'

o    A (Norfolk) Company

o    B (Lincolnshire) Company

o    C (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Company

o    E (Essex & Hertfordshire) Company

o    HQ (Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) Company