East Norfolk Militia

===Napoleonic Wars===

===Napoleonic Wars===

[[File:Norfolk_Miliita_musket_training_Mousehold_Heath.jpg|thumb|right|The Norfolk Militia undergoing musketry training on [[Mousehold Heath]].]]

[[File:Norfolk Miliita musket training Mousehold Heath (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Norfolk Militia undergoing musketry training on [[Mousehold Heath]]]]

[[File:Norfolk_Militia_at_Cromer.jpg|thumb|right|The Norfolk Militia conducting training in front of a crowd at [[Cromer]].]]

[[File:Norfolk_Militia_at_Cromer.jpg|thumb|right|The Norfolk Militia conducting training in front of a crowd at [[Cromer]]]]

The Peace of Amiens was short-lived and Britain declared war on France once more on 18 May 1803, the East Norfolk Militia having already been re-embodied at Yarmouth on 21 March. In June it was distributed across Suffolk at Beccles (2 Companies), [[Bungay]] (1), [[Lowestoft]] (1), [[Halesworth]] and [[Blythburgh]] (2), and [[Saxmundham]] and [[Framlingham]] (2).<ref name = Hay/><ref name = Frederick/><ref>Harvey, pp. 91–2.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/norfolkandnorwi00matcgoog/page/n93/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Militia Matchett, p. 65.]</ref><ref name = Petre375>Petre, pp. 375–6.</ref> In June 1804 the West and East Norfolks, with other militia regiments, were stationed at [[Colchester Garrison|Colchester Barracks]], using Lexden Heath for parades. On 25 July 1804 both regiments marched from Colchester and arrived at Coxheath Camp in Kent on 27 July after a rapid and fatiguing march. The East and West Norfolks with the [[Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own)|Royal Buckinghamshire Militia]] formed Maj-Gen Baird's Brigade.<ref>Harvey, pp. 92–3.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/norfolkandnorwi00matcgoog/page/n107/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Militia Matchett, p. 79.]</ref>

The Peace of Amiens was short-lived and Britain declared war on France once more on 18 May 1803, the East Norfolk Militia having already been re-embodied at Yarmouth on 21 March. In June it was distributed across Suffolk at Beccles (2 Companies), [[Bungay]] (1), [[Lowestoft]] (1), [[Halesworth]] and [[Blythburgh]] (2), and [[Saxmundham]] and [[Framlingham]] (2).<ref name = Hay/><ref name = Frederick/><ref>Harvey, pp. 91–2.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/norfolkandnorwi00matcgoog/page/n93/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Militia Matchett, p. 65.]</ref><ref name = Petre375>Petre, pp. 375–6.</ref> In June 1804 the West and East Norfolks, with other militia regiments, were stationed at [[Colchester Garrison|Colchester Barracks]], using Lexden Heath for parades. On 25 July 1804 both regiments marched from Colchester and arrived at Coxheath Camp in Kent on 27 July after a rapid and fatiguing march. The East and West Norfolks with the [[Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own)|Royal Buckinghamshire Militia]] formed Maj-Gen Baird's Brigade.<ref>Harvey, pp. 92–3.</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/details/norfolkandnorwi00matcgoog/page/n107/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Militia Matchett, p. 79.]</ref>