By 1948 the Essex Regiment was already a single regular battalion regiment and in 1958 the 1st Battalion was amalgamated with the Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regiment as the single-Battalion 3rd Battalion, East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th of Foot).
In 1964 it became the 3rd Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment, which continued until 1992 when it was reduced to a single Company (C Coy) of the 1st Battalion, the Royal Anglian Regiment.
Alongside the regular army element the County has also been represented through the Territorial Army / Army Reserve:
5th (V) Bn Royal Anglian Regiment
- 1967 to 1973: 3 (16th/44th Foot) Coy
- 1973 to 1992: 3 (Essex) Coy
- 1985 to 1992: 1 (Essex) Coy
6th (V) Bn Royal Anglian Regiment
- 1971 to 1975: C (Essex) Coy
- 1992 to 1996: B (Suffolk & Essex) Coy & C (Essex) Coy
- 1996 to 1999: C (Essex) Coy
The East of England Regiment
- July 1999 to 2006: E (Essex & Herts) Coy
3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
- 2006 to date: E (Essex & Herts) Coy
East Anglia Brigade, 1958-1964.
Officers’ silver and gilt cap badge; Other Ranks anodised aluminium badge.
KK2029
Royal Anglian Regiment, 1964-date.
Officers’ silver and gilt cap badge; Other Ranks anodised aluminium badge and blackened badge for field use; regimental purchase cloth badge worn on the ski-cap.
KK2042
