Essex Regiment Timeline 1741 to 1914   1741 Formation of 55th Regiment ( later called the 44th) 1741 Col James Long appointed first Colonel of the Regiment 1742 Regiment Stationed in UK 1745 Scotland in campaign against Prince Charles Edward including Battle of Preston Pans 1748 The Regiment renumbered to the 44th 1749 The Regiment posted to Ireland 1755 Embarked for North America 1755 Action at Fort du Quesne 1758 Attack of Fort Ticonderoga 1759 Capture of Fort Niagara 1760 Surrender of Fort Levi 1760 Conquest of Canada completed 1765 Returned to the UK 1766 Stationed in Ireland 1775 Embarked for Boston,North America 1776 Expedition against Staten Island 1776 Landing on Long Island 1776 Action at Brooklyn 1776 Capture of New York 1776 Action at White Plains 1776 Reduction of Forts Washington and Lee 1777 Operations against Danbury 1777 Action at Ridgefield 1777 Defence at Compo 1777 Expedition against Philadelphia 1778 Expedition against Bedford 1779 Stationed at New York 1780 Embarked for Canada 1782 Styled by Royal Authority as the " East Essex Regiment" 1786 Returned to the UK 1789 Stationed in Scotland 1792 Stationed in Ireland 1793 Flank Companies embarked for Barbados 1794 Expedition against Martinique 1794 Capture of St Lucia 1794 Capture of Guadaloupe 1794 Battalion Companies embarked for Ostend to join with the army of the Netherlands 1794 Attack on Boxtel 1795 Return to UK from Holland 1795 Embark for West Indies 1796 Recapture of St Lucia 1797 Return to the UK from the West Indies 1798 Embarked for Gibraltar 1800 Transferred from Gibraltar to Egypt 1801 Battle of Alexandria 1801 Capture of Rosetta 1801 Siege of Cairo 1801 Siege of Alexandria 1801 The "Sphinx" and the word "Egypt" authorised for the Regimental Colour as an honour for the service in Egypt 1801 Regiment returned to UK via Malta 1802 Stationed in Ireland 1803 Formation of the Second Battalion at Mallow . The men in the Original Regiment renamed First Battalion Second 1803 First Battalion returned to England First 1804 Moved from Mallow to the Isle of Wight and then Guernsey First 1805 Stationed at Malta First 1808 Flank Companies employed in Sicily First 1808 Battle of Malta First 1808 Full Regiment embarks for Sicily First 1809 Expedition against Naples First 1809 Capture of Islands of Ischia and Procida First 1809 Attempt of the castle of Scylla First 1809 Expedition against the Ionian Islands First 1809 Stationed at Alderney Second 1810 Embarked for Cadiz Second 1810 Defence of Matagorda Second 1810 Stationed in Portugal Second 1810 Stationed in Sicily First 1811 Stationed at Malta First 1811 Pursuit of Marshall Massena Second 1811 Battle of Fuentes d'Onor Second 1811 Pursuit of the garrison of Almeida Second 1812 Siege and capture of Ciudad Rodrigo Second 1812 Siege of Badajoz Second 1812 The word " Badajoz" authorised for the Colours Regiment 1812 Capture of Salamanca Second 1812 Capture of the French Eagle Second 1812 The word " Salamanca" authorised for the Colours Regiment 1812 Siege of Burgos Second 1812 Flank Companies embark for Sicily First 1813 stationed at Minorca and then embarked to east coast of Spain to join main army at Tarragona First 1813 The remaining men of the 6 companied incorporated into 4 companies and embarked for the UK Second 1813 Sobriquet of the " little fighting fours" Second 1813 The word " Peninsula" authorised for the Colours Regiment 1813 The 4 companies merged with 4 companies from the old 30th and embarked to Holland Second 1814 Advance on Antwerp Second 1814 Two actions at Merxem Second 1814 Attack on Bergen-op-Zoom Second 1814 March to Villafranca First 1814 Embarked to United States First 1814 Advance on Washington First 1814 Battle of Bladensburg First 1814 The word " Bladensburg" authorised for the Colours First 1814 Action near Baltimore First 1814 Landing on the Pontomac First 1814 Embark for West Indies First 1815 Expedition against New Orleans First 1815 Stationed at Ostend Second 1815 Action at Quatre Bras Second 1815 Battle of Waterloo Second 1815 The word " Waterloo" authorised for the Colours Second 1815 Return to England Second 1815 After the end of the Napoleonic wars the size of the army was reduced. The First and Second Regiment were amalgamated Second 1816 Stationed in Ireland 1821 Stationed in UK 1822 Stationed at Calcutta 1823 Stationed at Dinapore 1824 Stationed at Calcutta 1824 War against the Court of Ava 1824 Embarked to Chittagong 1825 Advance on Rangoon 1825 Attacks on Ramoo and Ramree 1825 Advance on Arracan 1825 Forcing of the Padawa Pass 1825 Attack on the Burmese works at Mahattee 1825 Capture of Arracan 1825 Four Companies detached to Ramree 1825 Withdrawal from Arracan 1826 The word " Ava" authorised for Colours 1826 Stationed at Ghazeepore 1828 Stationed at Cawnpore 1833 Marched at Chinaurah 1835 Stationed at Calcutta 1837 Stationed at Ghazeepore 1838 Marched to Kurnaul 1841 Capture of the Forts in the Nazian Valley 1841 Stationed at Cabul 1841 Expedition to the Zoormut Valley 1841 Attack on the Mahomed Shereef Fort 1841 Storming the Rika-Bashee Fort 1841 Attack on the Heights of the Be-Maroo 1841 Mahomed Shereef Fort lost to the Afghans 1842 Retreat from Cabul 1842 Massacre at the Khoord Cabul Pass 1842 Last stand of the Regimen  in Jugdulluck 1842 Preservation of the Regimental Colours by Lt Souter 1842 Termination of the siege of Jellalabad 1842 Return of surviving troops to India 1843 Embark to England 1843 New percussion muskets issued to the Regiment 1845 Embarked to Ireland 1846 Eight new companies recruited 1848 Organised into First and Reserve Battalions once recruiting completed 1848 Embarked for Malta 1848 Regimental Depot at Parkhurst 1850 Regiment reduced by 10 companies- Reserve Battalion broken up 1851 Regiment embarked for Gibraltar 1854 War with Russia 1854 Embarked to Malta 1854 Regiment armed with Mimie Rifles 1854 Embarked to Gallipoli as part of Third Division 1854 Embarked for Crimea 1854 Battle of the Alma 1854 March on Sebastapol 1854 Battle of Inkermann 1855 Attack on the cemetery at Sebastapol 1855 Attack on the Redan 1855 Termination of the siege of Sebastapol 1855 Alma. Inkermann and Sebastapol authorised on the Regimental Colour 1855 Sgt McWhinney presented with Victoria Cross 1856 Embarked to England 1856 Reduced by 12 Companies 1857 Embarked for Madras , India 1857 Regiment Deport moved to Colchester 1860 Regiment Embarked for Pehtang China 1860 Attack of the Sinho Intrenchment 1860 Capture of Tamgku 1860 Attack on the Taku forts 1860 Lt Rogers and Private McDougall awarded the Victoria Cross 1860 Taku Fort authorised for the Regimental Colours 1860 Capture of Peking and termination of the war 1861 Embarked for Bombay, India 1861 Stationed at Belgaum 1865 Embarked for England - Stationed at Dover 1867 Stationed at Aldershot 1867 Snider Rifles issued 1868 Embarked for Ireland 1869 Glengarry cap taken into wear 1871 Embarked for Kampti , India 1875 Stationed at Secunderabad 1877 Embarked for  Thayetmyo, Burma 1881 Renamed 1st Battalion Essex Regiment 1884 Embarked for Colchester, England 1891 Embarked for Ireland 1899 Quartered at Warley Barracks 1899 Embarked for South Africa as part of Boer War Force 1900 Attack on Plessis Poort 1900 march from Modder River to Bloemfontein 1900 Battle at Paardeberg 1900 Bayonet charge at Driefontein 1900 Lt Parsons awarded posthumous Victoria Cross 1900 Battle of Diamond Hill 1902 Embarked for Bangalore, India    1906 Embarked for Thayetmyo, Burma 1908 Transferred to Sitapur and Ranikhet, Burma 1913 Embarked to Mauritius - HQ and half Battalion at Pretoria 1914 World War One The place names have been taken from records of the Essex Regiment. Some of the place names are spelt differently to the usage nowadays. As example is that  Cabul is now Kabul. The origional spellings have been retained in this document.

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