combined regiment later being designated 300 (Tower Hamlets) Light Air Defence Regiment. Territorial Army (later Army Reserve) The "Essex" tradition also continued in the Territorial Army, renamed the Army Reserve in 2013. The Essex infantry reservists are now represented by 3 (Essex and Hertford) Company, 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment. Regimental museum The Essex Regiment Museum is based at Oaklands Park in Chelmsford. Battle honours The regiment earned the following Battle Honours: From 44th Regiment of Foot: Egypt, Badajoz, Salamanca, Peninsula, Bladensburg, Waterloo, Ava, Alma, Inkerman, Sevastopol, Taku Forts From 56th Regiment of Foot: Moro, Gibraltar 1779–83, Sevastopol Havannah, Nile 1884–85, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, South Africa 1899–1902 Great War (31 battalions): Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, Messines 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915, '17, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Pozières, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval, Le Transloy, Ancre Heights, Ancre 1916 '18, Bapaume 1917 '18, Arras 1917 '18, Scarpe 1917 '18, Arleux, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Menin Road, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Cambrai 1917 '18, St. Quentin, Avre, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Béthune, Amiens, Drocourt-Quéant, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, St Quentin Canal, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Helles, Landing at Helles, Krithia, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915–16, Rumani, Egypt 1915–17, Gaza, Jaffa, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917–18 Second World War: St. Omer-La Bassée, Tilly sur Seulles, Le Havre, Antwerp-Turnhout Canal, Scheldt, Zetten, Arnhem 1945, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Abyssinia 1940, Falluja, Baghdad 1941, Iraq 1941, Palmyra, Syria 1941, Tobruk 1941, Belhamed, Mersa Matruh, Defence of Alamein Line, Deir el Shein, Ruweisat, Ruweisat Ridge, El Alamein, Matmata Hills, Akarit, Enfidaville, Djebel Garci, Tunis, Ragoubet Souissi, North Africa 1941–43, Trigno, Sangro, Villa Grande, Cassino I, Castle Hill, Hangman's Hill, Italy 1943-44, Athens, 1944–45, Kohima, Chindits 1944, Burma 1943–45 Recipients of the Victoria Cross The following members of the Essex Regiment have been awarded the Victoria Cross according to The Essex Regiment Museum: McDougall, John - ribbon and bar held at Essex Regiment Museum McWheeney, William - medal held at Essex Regiment Museum Newman, Augustus Charles - Ashcroft Collection Parsons, Francis Newton - medal held at Essex Regiment Museum Rogers, Robert Montresor - not publicly held Wearne, Frank Bernard - Ashcroft Collection Regimental Colonels Colonels of the regiment were: 1881–1883 (1st Battalion): Gen. Sir Thomas Reed, GCB (ex 44th Foot) 1881–1889 (2nd Battalion): Gen. Henry William Breton (ex 56th Foot) 1883–1896: