2nd East Anglian Regiment

2nd East Anglian Regiment
Active1 June 1960 – 1 September 1964
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
RoleLine infantry
SizeBattalion
Regimental HQThe Barracks, Northampton
Nickname(s)The Poachers
FacingsBlue
Commanders
Colonel-in-ChiefPrincess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester
ColonelBrigadier Ralph Henry Lefroy Oulton, CBE

The 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Duchess of Gloucester's Own Royal Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) was a short-lived infantry regiment of the British Army from 1960 to 1964. Its lineage is continued by the Royal Anglian Regiment.


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