The 9th arrived in the Spanish Peninsula in 1808 and fought at Roliça and Vimiero. Following the retreat from Corunna the 9th buried Sir John Moore and were the last British regiment to leave Spanish soil.
Following the disastrous Walcheren expedition to the Low Countries the Regiment returned to the Peninsula and fought at Busaco, Salamanca, Vittoria, at the Siege of San Sebastián, and at Nive. The Regiment fought alongside Portguese troops as part of Manley Power's brigade which was in Picton's Fighting Third at the Battle of Vittoria, where the 3rd Battalion took a key bridge under heavy fire.
The Regiment was sent to Canada with most of Wellington's veteran units to prevent the threatened invasion by the United States, and so arrived in Europe too late for Waterloo. The 1st Battalion participated in the Army of Occupation in France, whilst the 2nd Battalion was disbanded at the end of 1815.
[edit]Nineteenth Century
The regiment saw action at Kabul in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and in the First Anglo-Sikh War they fought with exceptional valour at the Battle of Mudki, Battle of Ferozeshah and the Battle of Sobraon.
In the Crimean War, the regiment fought at the Siege of Sevastopol.
The 2nd battalion was raised once more in 1857, and was landed at Yokohama as part of the British intervention there in the 1860s. The battalion saw action on the North-West Frontier in 1877, and then in the Second Anglo-Afghan War fought at Kabul in 1879.
[edit]Successor units
In 1881, following reorganization of the British Army as part of the Childers reforms, the 9th Foot became the Norfolk Regiment; from 1935, this was titled the Royal Norfolk Regiment.
In 1959, the Royal Norfolks, alongside The Suffolk Regiment, were amalgamated into the 1st East Anglian Regiment.
In 1964, the regiment became part of The Royal Anglian Regiment. Currently the successor to the 9th Foot is "A" Company of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Anglians.
[edit]Battle honours

Belleisle
Havannah
Martinique 1794
Roliça
Peninsular War
Vimier
Belleisle
Havannah
Martinique 1794
Roliça
Peninsular War
Vimiero
Corunna
Busaco
Salamanca
Vittoria
San Sebastian
Nive
Peninsula
Cabool 1842
Moodkee
Ferozeshah
Battle of Sobraon
Siege of Sevastopol
Kabul 1879
Afghanistan 1879-80
and our ranking system
CO-Commanding Staff
Brig (Brigadier) ●▬▬
Col (Colonel)●▬▬
LtCol (Lieutenant Colonel)●▬▬
Maj (Major)●▬▬
Cpt (Captain)●▬▬

NCO-Non Commanding Officers
Lt (Lieutenant)●▬▬
2Lt (Second Lieutenant)●▬▬
Ens (Ensign)●▬▬
CSgt (Colour Sergeant)●▬▬
Sgt (Sergeant)●▬▬

Enlisted
Pfc (Private First Class)●▬▬
Pte (Private)●▬▬
Rct (Recruit)●▬▬