3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment
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| 3rd Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment | |
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 Cap Badge of the Royal Anglian Regiment |
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| Active | April 2006- |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Army |
| Type | TA Infantry |
| Role | TA Reserve |
| Size | One Battalion |
| Part of | 49th (East) Brigade |
| Garrison/HQ | Bury St Edmunds |
| March | Quick - Rule Britannia/Speed the Plough Slow - The Northamptonshire |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander |
Lt Colonel D G Vincent MBE |
| Colonel in Chief (Royal Anglian Regiment) | HRH The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO |
| Notable commanders |
General Sir Michael Walker GCB, CMG, CBE |
| Insignia | |
| Tactical Recognition Flash |  |
The 3rd battalion Royal Anglian Regiment is the Territorial Army unit of the Royal Anglian Regiment and is made up of volunteers who train in their spare time as soldiers. It was established on the 1st of April 2006, it was formed from five of the six companies of the East of England Regiment with A, B, C, E and HQ companies (all Royal Anglian cap badge) going to 3 Royal Anglian and D company (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters cap badge) going to the 4th (V) battalion Mercian Regiment.
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[edit] Organisation
The battalion headquarters is located in Bury St Edmunds just up the road from the Regimental headquarters at the keep. The company locations are as follows:
- A (Norfolk & Suffolk) Company - Norwich and Lowestoft
- B (Lincolnshire) Company - Lincoln and Grimsby
- C (Leicestershire & Northamptonshire) Company - Leicester and Northampton
- E (Essex & Hertfordshire) Company - Chelmsford and Hertford
- HQ (Suffolk & Cambridgeshire) Company - Bury St Edmunds
[edit] Roles
The battalion is primarily an infantry unit who's role is to provide formed units on operations and to provide individual replacements to their regular counterparts as and when they are needed. The battalion has a number of generalised departments which are based at each company location, these are:
- Adjudant General's Corps (Pay and admin)
- CIS, providing Communication, Information and Security
- Royal Army Medical Corps
- MT Platoon, providing motor transport
- Chef's, providing catering support
- Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers maintaining the battalions vehicles
- Rifle Platoon
- Stores
But also has a number of specialist/support platoons, these are:
- Military Intelligence Cell - Based at HQ company
- Psy Ops (Psychological Operations) - Based at HQ company
- Mortars - Based at A Company
- Anti-Tank - Based at B company
- Assault Pioneers - Based at C company
- Machine Guns - Based at E company
[edit] Experience
Although only a part time unit and having only been established in 2006 the battalion has already accumulated a wealth of operational experience. Most members of the battalion have deployed at least once and many members have deployed multiple times. Here are some of the theatre's members of 3rd battalion have served in:
- Afghanistan
- Bosnia
- Cyprus
- Iraq
- Kosovo
- Northern Ireland
[edit] Nickname
The 3rd battalion stands out from its regular counterparts as it is currently without a nickname. It is understood that the regimental council will be making a decision on this in late 2008 and that the front-runner is the former Northamptonshire regiments nickname of the "Steelbacks"
