Cambridgeshire Regiment

Cambridgeshire Regiment

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allegiance=British Army
type=Territorial Infantry
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dates=1908-1961
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The Cambridgeshire Regiment was a territorial infantry regiment of the British Army from 1908 to 1961.

Pre 1908

The regiment had its origins in the rifle volunteer corps formed in Cambridgeshire in 1860. By 1880 the volunteer units in the county had amalgamted as the battalion-size 1st Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps. In the following year, as part of the Childers Reforms, the 1st Cambridgeshire RVC were nominated as a volunteer battalion of the Suffolk Regiment. In 1887 the unit was renamed as the 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment

The 3rd Volunteer Battalion sent voluntary detachments to reinforce the regular Suffolk Regiment in the Second Boer War, earning the battle honour:

*South Africa 1900-01

1908 - 1919

On the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, the 3rd VB became The Cambridgeshire Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF). In the following year the Cambridgeshires were constituted a separate regiment, with the title 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment, although remaining part of the "corps" of the regular Suffolk Regiment

On the outbreak of the First World War, the Territorial Force was doubled in size, with the Cambridgeshire Regiment forming a 2/1st Battalions. In 1915 a further increase in the size of the TF led to the formation of 3/1st and 4/1st Battalions.

The regiment's 1/1st battalion fought on the Westen Front, and the following ten representative battle honours were placed on the King's colours of the regiment after the war:

*Ypres 1915 '17
*Somme 1916 '18
*Ancre Heights
*Pilckem
*Passchendaele
*Kemmel
*Amiens
*Hindenburg Line
*Pursuit to Mons
*France and Flanders 1915-18

1920 - 1947

The Territorial Force was reformed as the Territorial Army in 1920, and the 1st Battalion was reraised.

In 1939, just prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, the TA was again doubled in size. Consequently a 2nd Battalion was raised. Both battalions served in the Far East, and were in Singapore at the time of its fall.

The regiment received the award of four battle honours for the conflict:

*Johore
*Batu Pahat
*Singapore Island
*Malaya 1942

1947 - 1961

In 1947 the regiment was converted to an artillery role, becoming the 629th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Cambridgeshire Regiment). In 1956 the regiment returned to its traditional role and designation as 1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA).

There was a general reduction in the size of the Territorial Army in 1961, and 1st Cambridgeshires were amalgamated with the 4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment to form the Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA). Since 1967 the lineage of the Cambridgeshire Regiment has been continued by the Royal Anglian Regiment.

The history of the Cambridgeshire Regiment and its predecessors and successors is recorded at the Royal Anglian Regiment Museum based at the Land Warfare Hall of the Imperial War Museum Duxford.

External links

* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/vinf-ea/cb1908.htm The Cambridgeshire Regiment (regiments.org), accessed September 7, 2007]
* [http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Regiments/cambregt.html Roll of Honour entry]
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/cambridge.htm The Cambridgeshire Regiment in 1914-1918 (www.1914-1918.net), accessed September 7, 2007]
* [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/HistoryAndHonour/CambridgeshireregimentalFamilyRevisitsSceneOfFinestHour.htm Cambridgeshire 'Regimental family' revisits scene of finest hour (Ministry of Defence), accessed September 7, 2007]
* [http://www.cambridgeshirehistory.com/Military/cambsregimenthistory.html Cambs. Regt - History (Cambridgeshire History), accessed September 7, 2007]


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