- West Suffolk Militia
The West Suffolk Militia was a
militia regiment in theUnited Kingdom from 1759 to 1881, when it was amalgamated intoThe Suffolk Regiment .The regiment was organised at
Bury St. Edmunds in 1759. It was embodied in 1778, at which time it was ranked the 39th regiment of militia, and remained active for five years. It was regularly re-ranked through its embodiment, becoming the 36th in 1779, 42nd in 1780, 31st in 1781, and 26th in 1782.It was embodied again in 1793 for the
French Revolutionary Wars , ranked as the 19th. With the resumption of hostilities in 1803, it was embodied as the 59th, and disembodied with the peace in 1814.In 1833, it was ranked as the 10th. It was embodied during the
Crimean War , from December 1854 to June 1856.In 1881, under the
Cardwell Reforms , the regiment was transferred intoThe Suffolk Regiment as the 3rd Battalion. This was embodied for theSouth African War in December 1899, and disembodied in mid-1901, with a second spell of service in 1902.During the
Haldane Reforms in 1908 the battalion was transferred to theSpecial Reserve , and was embodied on mobilisation in 1914 for theFirst World War . As with all Special Reserve battalions, it served as a regimental depot, and was disembodied following the end of hostilities in 1919, with personnel transferred to the 2nd Battalion. The battalion nominally remained in existence throughout theSecond World War , but was never activated, and was finally disbanded in 1953.References
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/volmil-england/militia/suff-w.htm West Suffolk Militia] , regiments.org
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