3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment

3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment
Active	April 2006–
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Army Reserve
Size	Regiment 403 personnel[1]
Part of	19th Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Bury St Edmunds
Nickname(s)	The Steelbacks
March	Quick – Rule Britannia/Speed the Plough Slow – The Northamptonshire
Commanders
Colonel in Chief (Royal Anglian Regiment)	The Duke of Gloucester, KG, GCVO
Notable commanders	General Sir Michael Walker GCB, CMG, CBE
Insignia
Tactical Recognition Flash

The 3rd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment "The Steelbacks" is the Army Reserve unit of the Royal Anglian Regiment and is made up of volunteers who train in their spare time as soldiers. It was established on 1 April 2006, it was formed from five of the six companies of the East of England Regiment with A, B, C, E and HQ companies (all Royal Anglian cap badge) going to 3 Royal Anglian and D Company (Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters cap badge) going to the 4th (V) Battalion, Mercian Regiment. In 2021, under the Future Soldier it was announced that the 19th Brigade would be re-formed with its headquarters in York. The brigade will be tasked with home defence and home 'resilience' duties. The brigade re-formed on 23 July 2022 under command of 1st (United Kingdom) Division. Their Brigade Flash will no longer be the Desert Rat, it will be replaced with a Black Panther Head.