POLITICAL HISTORY 



assembling of six regiments of local militia to perform twenty-eight days' 

 exercise ; they were stationed at Yarmouth, Lynn, SwafFham, and Norwich. 

 In the summer of 1811 the East Norfolk Regiment of Militia volunteered 

 for Ireland, and in the early autumn arrived at Cahir ' a fine body of men 

 about 700 strong,' according to the Limerick Gazette} After Waterloo had 

 given peace to Europe the Norfolk volunteers were disbanded, while the 

 trainings of the regular militia were held at irregular intervals. In 1831, 

 after a lapse of five years, the Norfolk Militia were again called out, and this 

 action may have been due to the political unrest then existing, but there was 

 no further training till the reorganization of the early fifties. The later 

 history of the county representatives of the old Constitutional force, though 

 full of interest, local and regimental, cannot be told here, but we may 

 mention that the third battalion of the territorial regiment, the old West 

 Norfolk Regiment of Militia, was embodied from 25 January, 1900, to 

 II April, 1902, and served in South Africa; the fourth battalion, the old 

 East Norfolk Regiment of Militia was embodied from i May, 1900, to 



17 July, 1901- 



Besides its infantry militia the county possesses the Prince of Wales's 

 Own Norfolk Royal Garrison Artillery, with head quarters at South Denes, 

 Yarmouth. It was originally formed in 1853 by men drafted for the purpose 

 from the East and West Norfolk Militia. 



The county regiment of Imperial Yeomanry, the King's Own, has the 

 distinguished honour of claiming as honorary colonel His Majesty the King. 

 Their uniform is blue with yellow facings. 



Mention has already been made of the activity of Norfolk men in 

 coming forward during the war with Napoleon to aid in national defence. 

 The same spirit is still alive in the county, and four volunteer battalions of 

 infantry, with head quarters at Norwich (first and fourth), Yarmouth and East 

 Dereham, furnished service companies for South Africa in the years 1900-2. 

 To the third battalion is attached a cadet corps from Gresham's school. Holt. 

 The First Norfolk Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) comprises five 

 batteries and six companies. 



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