Royal Anglian Regiment

Royal Anglian Regiment
Active	1 September 1964 – present
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Line infantry
Role	1st Battalion - Light Infantry 2nd Battalion – Light Infantry 3rd Battalion – Army Reserve
Size	Three battalions
Part of	Queen's Division
Garrison/HQ	Regimental Headquarters - Bury St Edmunds 1st Battalion – Cyprus 2nd Battalion – Cottesmore 3rd Battalion – Bury St Edmunds
Nickname(s)	The Vikings (1st Battalion) The Poachers (2nd Battalion) The Steelbacks (3rd Battalion)
Motto(s)	Regimental Motto: honi soit qui mal y pense 1st Battalion Motto: Stabilis
March	Quick – Rule Britannia/Speed the Plough Slow – The Northamptonshire
Anniversaries	1 August – Minden Day 1 September – Regimental Formation Day
Website	www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/infantry/royal-anglian-regiment/
Commanders
Colonel-in-Chief	The Duke of Gloucester
Colonel of the Regiment	Major General Dominic James Stead Biddick[1]
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flashes
Arm Badge	Salamanca Eagle From the Essex Regiment
Abbreviation	R ANGLIAN

The Royal Anglian Regiment (R ANGLIAN) is an infantry regiment of the British Army. It consists of two Regular battalions and one Reserve battalion. The modern regiment was formed in 1964, making it the oldest of the Line Regiments now operating in the British Army, and can trace its history back to 1685. The regiment was the first of the large infantry regiments and is one of the three regiments of the Queen's Division.