East Suffolk Militia

East Suffolk Militia
Suffolk Artillery Militia
Active27 April 1759–15 October 1909
Country Kingdom of Great Britain (1759–1800)
 United Kingdom (1801–1909)
Branch Militia
TypeInfantry
Artillery (after 1853)
Size1 Regiment
Garrison/HQIpswich
Motto(s)Pro aris et focis ('For hearth and home')[1]
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Francis Vernon, 1st Earl of Shipbrook
Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney

The East Suffolk Militia was an auxiliary[a] military unit in the English county of Suffolk in East Anglia. First organised as one of two regiments in the county during the Seven Years' War it served on internal security and home defence duties in all of Britain's major wars. It was converted to artillery in 1853 and continued in that role until its disbandment in 1909.

  1. ^ Sleigh, p. 75.


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