44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot

44th Regiment of Foot
Colours of the 44th Regiment of Foot
Active1741–1881
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1741–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1881)
Branch British Army
RoleInfantry
SizeOne battalion (two battalions 1803–1816)
Garrison/HQWarley Barracks, Brentwood
Nickname(s)The Fighting Fours
ColoursOld colours of the 44th are laid up at Essex Regiment Chapel.
EngagementsJacobite rising
French and Indian War
American Revolutionary War
French Revolutionary Wars
Napoleonic Wars
First Anglo-Burmese War
First Anglo-Afghan War
Crimean War
Second Opium War
Commanders
Notable
commanders
James Long
Charles Staveley

The 44th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, raised in 1741. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot to form the Essex Regiment in 1881.