On 20 August 1959 it was announced that approval had been given to include the name of Duchess of Gloucester in the regiment's title.

[4] The regiment moved to Osnabrück, Germany, in 1961, where new colours were presented by the colonel-in-chief in the following year.

The 2nd East Anglian Regiment wore a collar badge combining elements of the insignia of the two merged regiments: a sphinx and the battle honour Talavera for the Royal Lincolns and Northamptons respectively.

[8] The 2nd East Anglians inherited the battle honours of its two predecessor regiments.

[9] In the lower two corners of the regimental colour were the cypher of the Duchess of Gloucester and the castle and key of Gibraltar with the dates 'Gibraltar 1779-83' and the motto 'Montis Insignia Calpe'.