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Warminster and Westbury, some armed with pistols or pikes, others with scythes and clubs. Despite being heavily outnumbered, Pembroke entered the town at the head of his musketeers, followed by the horse. A shot was fired at him, but the rebels soon broke and ran before the advancing militia. The rebels made a stand at the bridge, but the militia captured this and dispersed them. The townsfolk were overawed and disarmed, and the constable who had posted Monmouth's proclamation was arrested. One militia musketeer was fatally injured by his own weapon.

1419:. He paid for the old Corn Exchange in the High Street to be converted into a militia headquarters and stores. The regiment mustered for training at Marlborough in 1820, 1821 and 1825, but not again until 1831, the last time the Militia Ballot was employed. In 1835, in common with other militia regiments, the Wiltshires returned all their weapons to Ordnance Stores except those of the permanent staff, which had been reduced to an adjutant, sergeant-major, 12 sergeants and 6 drummers. Vacancies were filled by able-bodied 1450:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21–28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, Militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances: 575:'s military dictatorship, and almost the whole burden of home defence and internal security was entrusted to the militia under politically reliable local landowners. In 1661 the deputy lieutenants of Wiltshire were urged to organise their militia quickly and asked for additional DLs to be appointed, because so many of them were officeholders in London and frequently absent from the county. The Wiltshire Militia was soon active in hunting down 'fanaticks' from the previous regime. When the Dutch carried out a 938: 73: 91: 845:

hanged. At the White Hart at Glastonbury, Maj Talbot fell into a dispute with a Capt Love over whose soldiers had done best; apparently the effectiveness of Talbot's men at Keynsham was questioned. Both officers drew their swords and Talbot was killed. Afterwards, Wyndham's Regiment was tasked with guarding the Royal army's artillery and baggage back to Devizes, where the regiment was disembodied and the men sent home.

1340:, they were supplemented from 1808 by the Local Militia, which were part-time and only to be used within their own districts. These were raised to counter the declining numbers of Volunteers, and if their ranks could not be filled voluntarily the militia ballot was employed. The various units of Wiltshire Volunteers were disbanded and incorporated into five regiments of Local Militia: 46: 2031:, or flags, and the actual uniforms are unrecorded. From at least 1778, the Wiltshire Militia wore red coats with yellow facings. The Wiltshire Supplementary Militia/2nd Wiltshire Militia (known as the Yellow Regiment) also wore red with yellow facings. The facings changed to blue when the Wiltshire Militia was given the Royal title in 1841. 1789:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn at Weymouth formed the 502:. When open warfare broke out, neither side made much use of the TBs beyond securing the county armouries for their own full-time troops who would serve anywhere in the country, many of whom were former trained bandsmen, or using the TBs as auxiliary units for garrisons. Wiltshire generally supported Parliament, which appointed 2117:

The militia order of precedence balloted for in 1793 (Wiltshire was 35th) remained in force throughout the French Revolutionary War. Another ballot for precedence took place at the start of the Napoleonic War, when Wiltshire was 8th.This order continued until 1833. In that year the King drew the lots

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By now most of the militiamen were substitutes rather than balloted men: in 1809 the Wiltshires had 50 volunteers, 104 balloted men and 619 substitutes. Those balloted could pay a £10 bounty for a substitute or a smaller annual subscription to the Western Militia Society, with offices in the county's

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to drill the farm boys and shepherds who gathered in Devizes. Initial drill was carried out on a hired field near Devizes wharf, regimental HQ and the armoury were in the Bear Inn, and the officers' mess was in the Golden Lion. Once the 1100-strong regiment had been clothed, equipped and drilled, it

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After Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held, the regiments were rarely assembled for training. The permanent staff of the Wiltshires were housed in Marlborough, probably through the influence of the Marquess

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From 1784 to 1792 the militia were supposed to assemble for 28 days' annual training, even though to save money only two-thirds of the men were called out each year. In 1786 the number of permanent non-commissioned officers (NCOs) was reduced. Colonel Lord Porchester was created Earl of Carnarvon in

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in Bridgwater. That night Monmouth attempted a night attack on the Royal camp, but his advance was spotted and the army turned out to repel the attack. Pembroke galloped up to Wyndham's headquarters and ordered him to beat to quarters. Drummer Adam Wheeler of the Colonel's Company beat the alarm and

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from December 1875. This assigned Regular and Militia units to places in an order of battle of corps, divisions and brigades for the 'Active Army', even though these formations were entirely theoretical, with no staff or services assigned. The Royal Wiltshire Militia were assigned to 2nd Brigade of

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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia', answering to the king rather than local control. In 1638 the Wiltshire TBs (including the Salisbury Trained Band) consisted of 1,285 musketeers and 1,115 corslets; in addition the TB Horse comprised 30 lancers and 126 light horse.

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The regiment was embodied for permanent service on 21 June 1759. Major Young, a former colonel of colonial militia, complained about the lack of standard training among the militia: he argued that the regular army had a new drill book and the Wiltshire Militia should adopt that, rather than devise

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The fresh militia were used to pursue the rebels after the battle. Wyndham's regiment was assigned to guarding prisoners in Westonzoyland church, with Drummer Wheeler taking down the numbers as they were brought in from the moor. The regiment then marched back to Glastonbury, where six rebels were

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had declared for Monmouth, Pembroke marched out from Trowbridge on 25 June with Penruddocke's, Willoughby's, and Maskelyn's troops of Militia Horse, with 36 musketeers of the Red Regiment mounted behind some of the troopers. On arrival he found a large number of rebel recruits who had come in from

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At the annual training at Devizes in 1810, there was a mutiny in the 2nd Wiltshire Local Militia after the CO put a sergeant in the guardroom. The ringleaders persuaded many of the men that they were too harshly disciplined, and they broke the sergeant out after evening parade. The mutineers then

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in the centre of which was St George's Cross within a garter inscribed 'ROYAL WILTS MILITIA', with the honour 'Mediterranean' on the top limb of the Maltese cross. The Maltese cross was derived from the badge of the affiliated 62nd Foot. The collar badge was a castle, probably signifying that of

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led to the regular militia being disembodied in 1802. However, the Peace of Amiens was short-lived and Britain declared war on France once more on 18 May 1803. The Wiltshire Militia had already been embodied at Marlborough in April as two regiments, the 2nd being raised by ballot, the commanding

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In an attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, the Government created the Supplementary Militia in 1796, a compulsory levy of men to be trained in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Militia in emergency. Wiltshire's additional

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in 34th Division. By February 1915 the battalion was at Trowbridge. In the spring of 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1–K3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. On 10 April 1915 the

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harried their rear, there was still a route open for Monmouth's army to move up the main road via Warminster and Devizes, carrying the rebellion into Wiltshire and Berkshire and opening the road to London. However, on 28 June this route was blocked by Pembroke with his Wiltshire Militia (less

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led to an increase in training. From 1584 the government emphasised the 17 'maritime' counties most vulnerable to attack, which included Wiltshire. These were given a smaller quota of men to fill, but were expected to train them better, for which they were supplied with experienced captains.

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In the Seven Years' War, militia regiments camped together took precedence according to the order in which they had arrived. During the War of American Independence, the counties were given an order of precedence determined by ballot each year. For the Wiltshire Militia the positions were:

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The disembodied SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia units the 3rd Wiltshires remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of World War II in 1939, no officers remained listed for the battalion. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.

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for individual regiments and the resulting list remained in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places: the Wiltshire was 33rd, although most regiments paid little notice to the additional number.

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in Dorset on 11 June 1685. As his rebels mustered, the government of James II responded by declaring him a traitor and calling out the militia on 13 June, while the regulars of the Royal army were assembled. The Wiltshire Militia mustered at Salisbury on 17 June under the command of

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in 1880, but the militia stores remained at Devizes Town Hall until 1892. During annual training the militia camped outside Le Marchant Barracks. A second militia battalion was to have been formed in the sub-district, but this was never done. Militia battalions now came under the

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when the regiment was disbanded in 1805. New colours were presented in 1853, when the regimental colour was blue, as appropriate to a royal regiment. The colours of the 3rd (R) Bn Wiltshires, presented in 1913, were laid up in St James's Church, Devizes, on 23 November 1858.

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In 1770 Lord Bruce resigned, along with many of his officers, in protest at the Earl of Pembroke's decision to promote a junior officer to replace Lt-Col Northey, who had recently died. The Earl then appointed himself as colonel, and held the command until 1778, during the

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to overawe the population. Oglethorpe launched his regular troopers into Keynsham, causing casualties and great confusion among the rebel army, then withdrew, covered by Talbot's men who had been posted for the purpose. Disheartened, Monmouth turned away from Keynsham.

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From November 1813 the regular militia were invited to volunteer for limited overseas service, primarily for garrison duties in Europe. A contingent of four officers and 130 other ranks from the Wiltshire Militia joined the 2nd Provisional Battalion, assembling at

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Legislation had been passed in 1811 permitting English militia regiments to serve in Ireland for two years. The rest of the Wiltshire Militia embarked for this service on 24 March 1814. It returned in 1816, by which time the war had been ended by the

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between Bath and Bristol but was attacked from north and south by bodies of Royal horse. One of these, led by Col Theophilus Oglethorpe with 100 troopers of the Horse Guards and Maj Talbot's Troop of Wiltshire Horse Militia, had been operating in the

1247:, as lieutenant-colonel. The regiment served at Winchester and in South Devon. However, the invasion threat having passed, the supplementary militia was disbanded in 1799, the discharged men being encouraged to volunteer for the regular army. The 752:. Although the retreat was rapid, and it took some time to rally the regiment afterwards in the darkness, it was not a complete rout, the regiment having time to pack and harness up the wagons and officers' carriages and take them to Trowbridge. 2074:

In 1881 the battalion adopted the uniform and insignia of the Wiltshire Regiment, including the white facings of an English county regiment instead of the blue of a royal regiment, with the addition of the letter 'M' on the shoulder-strap.

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in 1763; the regimental colour would have been the same colour as the facings. The regimental colour of the Wiltshire Supplementary Militia was yellow and its colours were taken over by the 2nd Wiltshire Militia; these were laid up in

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quota was fixed at 1049 men. The lieutenancies were required to carry out 20 days' initial training as soon as possible. The Wiltshire Regiment of Supplementary Militia was embodied at Salisbury in 1797 under the command of the

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during 1779, but this required them to be isolated for three weeks. The Corporation of Devizes objected to the regiment setting up an isolation hospital nearby and the regiment was prevented from hiring a house for the purpose.

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had ordered the impressment of able-bodied unemployed men, and the Queen ordered 'none of her trayned-bands to be pressed'. Replacing the weapons issued to the levies from the militia armouries was a heavy cost on the counties.

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Talbot's troop and some foot, which he had probably left at Bath) together with some Hampshire Militia. On alarm of the rebels' advance, the Red and Blue Wiltshire Regiments and the Yellow Hampshire Regiment formed up at

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The Story of the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's): The 62nd and 99th Foot (1756–1959), the Militia and the Territorials, the Service Battalions and all those others who have served or been affiliated with the

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under the command of Lt-Col Lionel Spiller. They were then relieved by the Regular 1st Bn, transferring their remaining personnel to that battalion on 27 September and finally being disembodied on 13 November 1919.

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took Cardwell's scheme a stage further, the linked regular regiments combining into single two-battalion regiments, with their associated militia and volunteers. On 1 July 1881 the regiments in Wiltshire became the

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After the Boer War, the future of the militia was called into question. There were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteers) to take their place in the six Army Corps proposed by the

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The regiment volunteered for overseas garrison duty and three-quarters was sent to the Mediterranean in 1855, the remainder staying in Devizes. The service companies, each 90 strong, sailed in the iron screw ship

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in 1569. Although the militia obligation was universal, this assembly confirmed that it was impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man. After 1572, the practice was to select a proportion of men for the

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above the name of the regiment. Prior to 1855 the officers' shoulder-belt plate bore an eight-pointed cut star with a crown and garter in its centre; below the garter was a scroll inscribed 'WILTSHIRE'.

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With the Seven Years War drawing to an end, orders to disembody the militia were issued on 15 December 1762. Thereafter the regiment did its 28 days' peacetime training at Devizes nearly every year.

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In the 16th century, little distinction was made between the militia and the troops levied by the counties for overseas expeditions. Between 1585 and 1601 Wiltshire supplied 795 levies for service in

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Feversham now moved his army to Westbury to join Pembroke, and began a pursuit of the disheartened rebels, who were retreating into Somerset. The Wiltshire Red Regiment marched via Frome,

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4th Wiltshire Local Militia, Chippenham, Lt-Col Commandant Robert Humphreys and Lt-Col Paul Methuen, both of the former Chippenham, Corsham and Box Volunteers, appointed 24 September 1808

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In 1697 the counties were required to submit detailed lists of their militia. The Wiltshire militia still comprised a foot regiment and troop of horse from each of the 'divisions':

537:, the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the Army to control the country. Many militia regiments were called out in 1651 during the Scottish invasion (the 837:

the regiment fell in and marched up to Westonzoyland, where it formed a three-deep line ready to engage. The Wiltshire Militia remained in reserve and took no active part in the

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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the

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Following the 1852 Militia Act no more colonels were appointed in the militia and the lieutenant-colonel became the commanding officer (CO); at the same time, the position of

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regiments of the county carried out internal security and garrison duties at home and overseas in all of Britain's major wars. The Wiltshire Militia was active in suppressing

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died. It returned to the UK and was disembodied on 11 September 1902. The 3rd Wiltshires were awarded the battle honour "St Helena 1901–2" and the participants received the

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of permanent staff (about 30) and a number of the officers were former Regulars. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular Army.

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main towns, which guaranteed to find a substitute. Large numbers of trained militiamen then took an additional bounty to transfer to the regular army at a later date.

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in Scotland. However, many of those sent on this unpopular service were untrained replacements and conscripts, and many officers were corrupt or inefficient. For the

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garrison. It remained there for the rest of the war, during which the battalion had sent 622 officers and 13,486 other ranks to join the Wiltshires overseas.

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attempted to force their way into the Bear Inn where many of the officers were staying, but were prevented by the Light Company, which remained loyal. The

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The Royal Wiltshire Militia was reformed, with its headquarters at Devizes once more. Lord Broughton remained colonel, with command exercised by Lt-Col

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at Devizes and organised the parish ballots. The process went smoothly and Wiltshire was the third county to have its arms issued, on 8 November 1758.

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were also in town, and after being called out by the mayor they quickly quelled the mutiny. The ringleaders were tried on Devizes Green and punished.

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Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).

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complained to the government that a man a day was falling sick as the weather deteriorated. The regiment was part of a militia camp formed at

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drew large numbers of reserve units to Ireland in early 1919. The 3rd (R) Bn Wiltshires moved there in March and served for eight months in

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led to legislation that allowed English militia regiments to volunteer for service there, and the Wiltshires were one of those that did so.

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James distrusted the militia under its county landed gentry, and neglected it in favour of a greatly increased regular army. However, when

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and Dover until they were disembodied in 1860. During this period new Militia Barracks were built in Devizes, between the Bath Road and

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to meet the ammunition wagons and supplies on 20 June. Under Pembroke's command it then marched 49 miles (79 km) in three days via

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and threatening to burn down his house. Beaumont and his officers were unable to control them. The Scottish campaign ended in failure.

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of the Earls of Carnarvon). The ORs' button c.1800–1830 had a crown over 'WILTSHIRE'. From c.1830 until 1881 the buttons carried the

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garrison. Its 957 men under Lt-Col Francis Warneford were deployed with 10 companies in Plymouth Dock Barracks and a detachment at

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and many of the officers being carried over from the Supplementaries. The 2nd Wiltshires served in Somerset, the Isle of Wight and

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The regiment served in Southern England throughout its embodiment. By September the regiment was in camp, and Wiltshire landowner

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declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. By 8 August 1793 the Wiltshire Militia was distributed across southern England, at

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Although the Wiltshire Militia regiments of the Restoration period were known by colours (the 'Red Regiment', 'Blue Regiment'

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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '

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A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom

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in 1661, the Wiltshire Militia were deployed to seize arms and secure suspected persons, with two companies of foot at

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landed in the West Country in 1688 he was virtually unopposed by the army or the militia, and deposed James II in the

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in June 1667, Wiltshire was ordered to send three foot companies and a troop of horse to bolster the defences of the

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facing right, with 'WM' beneath and the motto 'UNG JE SERVIRAY' above (the wyvern crest and motto deriving from the

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were affiliated to them in a 'sub-district' with a shared depot. Sub-District No 38 (County of Wilts) comprised:

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at the time and was raising a second battalion; many of the Wiltshire supplementaries volunteered for that unit.

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Drury, a suspected Roman Catholic, because he would not take communion with them. When the army marched north,

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just as the war was ending. The brigade did not form part of the Army of Occupation after the abdication of

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3rd Wiltshire Local Militia, Marlborough, Lt-Col J.H. Penruddocke, formerly of the West Wiltshire Volunteers

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crisis in 1588, the county supplied its 1,200 trained men, formed into companies of 100, together with 25

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The Royal Wiltshires were called out again for garrison duty when much of the army was sent to quell the

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With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th century. Later,

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These were rescinded in 1910 when the SR battalions assumed the same honours as their parent regiments.

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cap badge was a crowned garter inscribed with its motto with St George's Cross at the centre, while the

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On the outbreak of World War I on 4 August 1914 the battalion was embodied under the command of Lt-Col

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The hundreds of Wiltshire were traditionally organised into four 'divisions' centred on Salisbury (or '

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in Portsmouth, where the regiments lodged there the previous year had suffered severe casualties from

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Shire levies from the whole of England were called out on six occasions between 1322 and 1338 for the

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Wiltshire was to supply 1,200 trained men, divided into 700 'shot' (equipped with firearms), 200

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within a garter inscribed 'WILTSHIRE' and a wreath of oak leaves. From 1874 to 1881 the ORs'

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Lieutenant-Colonels of the regiment (commanding officers after 1859) included the following:

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held a Great Muster of all the counties, recording the number of armed men available in each

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The military effectiveness of the West Country Militia at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion

3844:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987, ISBN 0-9508530-7-0. 3634: 1819: 1814:, where it trained drafts for the 5th, 6th and 7th (Service) Bns of the regiment serving in 1730: 1726: 1617: 1593: 1548: 1447: 1273: 1264: 1147: 937: 861: 849: 745: 725: 607: 534: 435: 273: 3313: 3252: 4618: 4455: 4440: 4405: 4186: 1947: 1811: 1710: 1706: 1662: 1552: 1416: 1337: 1315: 1303: 1073: 1065: 821: 572: 567:

and a troop of horse at Devizes. The English Militia was re-established in 1662 under the

355: 252: 220: 98: 90: 2000:

Frederick, 2nd Lord Methuen, former CO, appointed 5 December 1885, died 26 September 1891

744:, where the Royal army was concentrating. On 24 June, Wyndham's Red Regiment was sent to 3813: 3804: 3795: 3786: 1997:

John Hobhouse, 1st Lord Broughton, former CO, appointed 9 January 1859; died 3 June 1869

1729:, and went to its war station at Weymouth, where it formed part of the garrison for the 788:

While the bulk of Feversham's army gathered at Bristol and Bath, blocking the Avon, and

4465: 4460: 4340: 3963:

The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660–1802

2547:

Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651 at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine)

1536: 1506: 1205: 801: 741: 515: 392: 78: 3931: 1426:

The Marquess of Ailesbury stepped down from the colonelcy in 1827 and was replaced by

529:. From now on, the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties. Under the 4637: 4558: 4335: 3928:, London: RUSI, 1910/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, nd, ISBN 978-1-78331204-7. 2933:

British Library, Egerton MSS 1626, summarised in Hay; Scott, Tables 3.1.3 and 3.2.1;

2127: 2067: 2028: 1746: 1677: 1524: 1514: 1232: 1174: 904:

Yellow Regiment (Warminster Division) – 432 men in 4 companies, Col Henry Bayntun of

817: 697: 580: 372: 301: 1438:

on 29 June 1841, said to be in recognition of its part at the Battle of Sedgemoor.

1328:, son of the regiment's former colonel, Lord Bruce, took over the command in 1811. 1103:, MP, soon to be created Lord Porchester, then took over the colonelcy on 27 March. 4375: 3888: 2047: 2043: 970: 673: 256: 208: 1661:

When the bulk of the Regular Army was sent to South Africa at the outbreak of the

917:

However, the Militia passed into virtual abeyance during the long peace after the

717:. The whole Wiltshire contingent probably totalled some 2000 foot and 200 horse. 399:

and 100 light horsemen, and a further 1,200 untrained men who would have acted as

3758: 1676:

to guard Boer prisoners of war held there. It suffered badly from an outbreak of

1476:

War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the

346:

The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (

3983: 1705:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping 1681: 1669: 1477: 1423:

from the district. The NCOs lived in Militia Court off Marlborough High Street.

1155: 1107: 898:'Blew' Regiment (Marlborough Division) – 749 men in 6 companies, Col Edmund Webb 895:

Red Regiment (Sarum Division) – 534 men in 6 companies, Col Sir Thomas Mompesson

805: 780: 773: 494:

Control of the TBs was one of the major points of dispute between Charles I and

240: 3916:

H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',

2063: 1608:. The division would have mustered at Warminster in Wiltshire in time of war. 1589: 1379: 1280: 1197: 1159: 1115: 1061: 885: 749: 729: 705: 564: 542: 471: 451: 323: 3761:

Historical Records of the Second Royal Surrey or Eleventh Regiment of Militia

1599:

Following the Cardwell Reforms, a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the

1454:

1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'

1287:

Gore. During August the regiments in camp participated in a 'flying camp' to

4012: 2059: 1966: 1673: 1151: 1119: 1081: 905: 825: 602:

Salisbury Regiment (The Red Regiment) – 5 companies, 540 men, under Colonel

587: 483: 475: 335: 216: 212: 119: 3988: 1575:

2nd Administrative Battalion, Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Chippenham

1336:

While the Regular Militia were the mainstay of national defence during the

1572:

1st Administrative Battalion, Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Salisbury

3915: 3419: 1939:

G. Montagu, Lt-Col in the Army 1771, promoted from Major in the regiment

1395: 1391: 1311: 1307: 1299: 1182: 1143: 1077: 966: 962: 901:

Green Regiment (Devizes Division) – 514 in 6 companies, Col Henry Chivers

768: 639: 463: 108: 3681: 3648: 1064:

in June 1760, and under the command of Lt-Col Northey it guarded French

1969:, appointed 5 May 1846, Lt-Col Commandant 9 January 1859; later Hon Col 1738: 1532: 1510: 1351:, formerly of the Loyal Devizes Volunteers, appointed 24 September 1808 1292: 1288: 1012: 507: 467: 388: 384: 331: 269: 139: 3700:

Britain's Part Time Soldiers. The Amateur Military Tradition 1558—1945

2130:

awarded for its overseas service in the Crimean and Second Boer Wars.

2038:

1770–90 had 'WILTS' within a wreath; a pattern worn c.1778–1811 had a

1583:

was opened in 1878. The existing Militia Barracks were transferred to

976:

Wiltshire was given a quota of 800 men to raise. The Lord Lieutenant,

2039: 1769: 1754: 1750: 1201: 1193: 1085: 1001: 833: 829: 396: 277: 243:. It maintained a shadowy existence until final disbandment in 1953. 1806:. However, in May the 8th Wiltshires returned to Dorset to join the 1672:

the battalion volunteered for overseas service and was stationed on

872:, was a former colonel in the Wiltshire Militia and a member of the 474:, being encouraged by the local inhabitants to break down the hated 3776:

The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640

720:

After mustering and organising, the Wiltshire Militia moved out to

3853:

Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors

3778:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-34520-0. 1627: 1502: 1498: 1252: 1223: 1163: 936: 820:

on the night of 5/6 July, with the three Wiltshire foot regiments

779: 756: 652:

Warminster Regiment (The Yellow Regiment) – Col Edward Baynton, JP

592: 265: 3975: 3877:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-03894-0. 3836:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3. 2009:, appointed 5 June 1892; reappointed to SR battalion 14 June 1908 2165:

continued to refer to it as the Wiltshire Supplementary Militia.

1547:

Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the

1189: 880:

in 1690, when the king was absent with most of the regular army

462:

Sir John Beaumont's regiment of West Countrymen from Wiltshire,

260: 239:

in 1881 and trained thousands of reservists and recruits during

4016: 3904:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930/London: Greenhill Books, 1997, 3875:

Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815

3842:

An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)

2484:

Wiltshire TBs at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).

913:

Regiment of Horse – 232 men in 4 troops, Col Thomas Penruddocke

450:

their comrades broke them out. A Wiltshire company mustered at

4005:

British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660

1981:

Lord Heytesbury, retired Regular Major, promoted 21 March 1914

434:

In 1639 and 1640, Charles attempted to employ the TBs for the

1749:

in Kent, where it joined the Sittingbourne SR Brigade in the

1457:

2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'

541:) and the Wiltshires were part of a concentration ordered at 1229:

Supplementary-Militia, turning-out for Twenty Days Amusement

995: 910:

New Sarum (Salisbury) Company – 128 men, Capt George Clement

1993:

The following served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:

1579:

In April 1873 the depot was established at Devizes, where

1509:. The duty was uneventful, but the regiment suffered from 521:

As Parliament tightened its grip on the country after the

3882:

Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914

3682:

W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',

1279:

In June 1804 the 1st Wiltshires joined a militia camp at

649:

Devizes Regiment (The Green Regiment) – Col Henry Chivers

334:. The detailed list for Wiltshire, including the city of 3730:

Regimental Records of the Bedfordshire Militia 1759–1884

1347:

2nd Wiltshire Local Militia, Devizes, Lt-Col Commandant

732:(where it was met by the King's commander-in-chief, the 655:

New Sarum Company (The Mayor's Men) – 1 company, 110 men

319:, and in each case a Wiltshire contingent participated. 1310:

for a projected invasion, the regiment was part of the

992:

as lieutenant-colonel. The 10 companies were based at:

1068:

at Charles II's abandoned palace at Winchester (later

646:

Marlborough Regiment (The Blue Regiment) – Col Ducket?

478:, destroying a mill belonging to the unpopular former 1592:

rather than their lords lieutenant. They had a large

1446:

The Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the

1200:, once being employed to suppress an insurrection in 1114:

During this embodiment the regiment served mostly in

957:, a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the 860:, was replaced as colonel of the Red Regiment by Sir 442:

of 1640, Wiltshire was ordered to march 1,300 men to

3855:, London: HarperPress, 2011, ISBN 978-0-00-722570-5. 2684:

Scott, pp. 122–3; Tables 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 3.2.2.

2494:

Fissel, pp. 151, 207–8, 247–50, 260–3, 272–3, 285–6.

264:, the military force raised from the freemen of the 4551: 4515: 4494: 4278: 4271: 4251: 4244: 4169: 4133: 4057: 4050: 4007:– The BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine) 3996:

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth

3918:

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

3684:

Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research

1188:For most of this embodiment the regiment served in 1072:). The regiment sought to avoid being stationed at 165: 160: 150: 135: 125: 114: 104: 85: 38: 30: 20: 2674:Sharington Talbot at History of Parliament Online. 1877:Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury 1326:Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury 921:in 1713, and few units were called out during the 3998:– Regiments.org (archived at the Wayback Machine) 3755:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966. 3748:, London: Anthony Mott, 1985, ISBN 0-907746-43-8. 3155: 3153: 3151: 3149: 3074: 3072: 3070: 3068: 2655: 2653: 391:' (armoured men, signifying pikemen). During the 3942:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List 1053:its own, as some militia regiments were doing. 350:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour ( 3884:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, ISBN 0-85052-004-5. 2858: 2856: 1853:Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Bruce of Tottenham 1138:The militia had already been called out before 375:(TBs), who were mustered for regular training. 1460:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection' 969:were to be provided to each regiment from the 4028: 3951:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7. 3834:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 3769:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 3500: 3498: 3058: 3056: 3054: 2920: 2918: 2916: 2914: 2912: 2910: 2908: 2765: 2763: 2619: 2617: 2027:), these could refer to their uniform coats, 288:in 878. The shire levies continued under the 181:Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury 8: 3808:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911. 3720:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967. 3452: 3450: 2937:, Vol VI, January–June 1887, pp. 317–8; and 2906: 2904: 2902: 2900: 2898: 2896: 2894: 2892: 2890: 2888: 2693:Scott, pp. 169, 194–5, 248–50; Tables 7.1.2. 2669: 2667: 2660:Penruddocke at History of Parliament Online. 354:c. 2). The county militia was now under the 3965:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965. 3920:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248. 3746:Sedgemoor 1685: An Account and an Anthology 3135: 3133: 3131: 3129: 3127: 3125: 3123: 2533: 2531: 2529: 2527: 1715:3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 953:Under threat of French invasion during the 4654:Military units and formations in Wiltshire 4275: 4248: 4054: 4035: 4021: 4013: 3790:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910. 3736:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 3644: 3642: 3431: 3429: 3427: 2863:Mompesson at History of Parliament Online. 2731: 2729: 2727: 2725: 2723: 2721: 2719: 2314: 2312: 2310: 2308: 2306: 2304: 2302: 2300: 2298: 2296: 2294: 2292: 2290: 2288: 2286: 2284: 2282: 2280: 2278: 2276: 2274: 2272: 2270: 2268: 2266: 2264: 2262: 2260: 2258: 2256: 2254: 2252: 2250: 2248: 2246: 2244: 2242: 2240: 2210: 2208: 2126:The regiment's colours bore the following 2078:The Wiltshire Militia were presented with 3702:(2 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword. 3569: 3567: 3557: 3555: 3415: 3413: 3411: 3409: 3407: 3405: 3403: 3384: 3382: 3380: 3378: 3248: 3246: 3244: 3047:Royal Wiltshire Militia at Regiments.org. 3042: 3040: 3038: 3036: 3034: 2935:Illustrated Naval & Military Magazine 2711:A Brief Journall of the Western Rebellion 2705: 2703: 2701: 2699: 2238: 2236: 2234: 2232: 2230: 2228: 2226: 2224: 2222: 2220: 1709:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the 1382:under the command of Lt-Col Bayly of the 876:of London. After the naval defeat at the 763:On the same day Monmouth had crossed the 658:Wiltshire Horse, 4 troops, 230 men – Col 219:in 1558 until their final service in the 4659:Military units and formations in Devizes 3686:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16. 3476: 3474: 3472: 3470: 3468: 3466: 3464: 3462: 3032: 3030: 3028: 3026: 3024: 3022: 3020: 3018: 3016: 3014: 2962:Bayntun at History of Parliament Online. 2646:Chivers at History of Parliament Online. 2624:Wyndham at History of Parliament Online. 1978:Reginald Barclay, promoted 21 March 1903 1972:Charles Coddington, promoted 18 May 1889 1623:Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) 980:, held his meetings with his DLs in the 816:on 4 July. The whole army camped around 130:Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) 3936:, Cranfield University PhD thesis 2011. 3574:Wiltshire Regiment at Long, Long Trail. 2453:Cruickshank, pp. 25–9, 126, Appendix 3. 2440: 2438: 2436: 2434: 2177: 2154: 1643:3rd (Royal Wiltshire Militia) Battalion 1360:5th Wiltshire Local Militia, Warminster 1106:Several militia colonels had their men 2635:Young at History of Parliament Online. 2479: 2477: 2432: 2430: 2428: 2426: 2424: 2422: 2420: 2418: 2416: 2414: 1984:Lionel Spiller, promoted 21 March 1919 1632:Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes, in 2005 1344:1st Wiltshire Local Militia, Salisbury 797:near Westbury, though no attack came. 696:In 1685 there was a rebellion against 17: 3603:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail. 2951:Webb at History of Parliament Online. 1975:Edward Sanford, promoted 4 April 1894 7: 3870:, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1963 3728:Lt-Col Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart, 2990:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299–302. 2054:Up to 1869, the officers' badge was 1963:Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen 1865:Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon 1859:Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 1791:8th (Service) Bn, Wiltshire Regiment 978:Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke 711:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 518:did not capture Devizes until 1645. 504:Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke 215:. From their formal organisation as 193:Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen 185:Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon 172:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke 1883:Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk 1741:. In April 1915 it moved inland to 1565:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 1428:Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk 1126:, until it was stood down in 1783. 597:Colonel John Wyndham of Norrington. 3817:, Vol VI, London: Macmillan, 1910. 3799:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899. 3304:Fortescue, Vol VII, pp. 34–5, 334. 2778:Scott, pp. 169, 259, 263–4, 287–8. 2381:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 12, 16, 125. 1950:, appointed 3 June 1794 until 1836 1569:Royal Wiltshire Militia at Devizes 1432:Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet 1276:, before being disbanded in 1805. 378:The threat of invasion during the 322:When invasion threatened in 1539, 189:John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton 14: 3718:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638 2363:Cruickshank, pp. 17, 24–5, 130–4. 1889:John Hobhouse, 1st Lord Broughton 1612:3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment 1560:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 1415:of Ailesbury who lived nearby at 1398:and returned to England in June. 1249:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 1204:. In July 1795 it was in camp at 292:, and were reorganised under the 207:was an auxiliary regiment of the 3635:V–Z at British Military Buttons. 3211:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411. 2805:Chandler, pp. 39, 45–6, 61, 107. 1793:on 7 November, becoming part of 1298:During the summer of 1805, when 1245:Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet 704:, landed with his supporters at 89: 71: 58: 44: 3926:The Royal Monmouthshire Militia 3894:A History of the Peninsular War 3593:James, Appendices II & III. 2071:Devizes, the regimental depot. 1166:(1 company) and Hythe Battery. 280:that defeated the Danes at the 235:. It became a battalion of the 231:in 1685 and was present at the 3949:The Army and Society 1815–1914 3184:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1. 3062:Western, Appendices A & B. 2399:Boynton, pp. 95–7, Appendix I. 1956:, 2nd Wiltshire Militia 1804–5 1873:, 2nd Wiltshire Militia 1804–5 1818:, on the Western Front and at 1390:'s division that had occupied 1212:Morshead. The outbreak of the 784:Monmouth's route to Sedgemoor. 1: 4649:Militia of the United Kingdom 3901:August 1813 to April 14, 1814 3823:A History of the British Army 3815:A History of the British Army 3806:A History of the British Army 3797:A History of the British Army 3788:A History of the British Army 3295:Fortescue, Vol VI, pp. 180–1. 1543:Cardwell and Childers reforms 1472:Crimean War and Indian Mutiny 272:. Wiltshire levies served in 3989:History of Parliament Online 3763:, London: Marcus Ward, 1877. 2566:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5. 2512:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 198–9. 1879:(son of Lord Bruce), 1811–27 1727:Leonard, 4th Lord Heytesbury 1640:2nd Battalion (ex-99th Foot) 1637:1st Battalion (ex-62nd Foot) 1489:, Portsmouth, for training. 1384:Royal West Middlesex Militia 1146:, Winchester (2 companies), 1097:American War of Independence 874:Honourable Artillery Company 715:Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire 559:During the turmoil over the 3732:, London: W.H. Allen, 1884. 3513:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62. 2787:Scott, pp. 169, 194–5, 252. 1914:, appointed 1758, died 1770 1802:, and 102nd Brigade became 1798:Wiltshire battalion became 1466:Frederick, 2nd Lord Methuen 1108:inoculated against smallpox 988:was appointed colonel with 888:until the crisis was over. 561:Restoration of the Monarchy 211:from the English county of 4675: 3829:, London: Macmillan, 1912. 2972:Fortescue, Vol II, p. 133. 2713:, in Chandler, pp. 124–30. 1954:James, Viscount Fitzharris 1699:Secretary of State for War 1686:Queen's South Africa Medal 1430:. He resigned in 1840 and 946: 942:The Old Town Hall, Devizes 552: 4044:British Militia Regiments 3984:British Military Buttons. 3860:British Regiments 1914–18 3698:Beckett, Ian F W (2011). 3584:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I. 3363:Oman, pp. 148–9, 395–405. 3008:Western, pp. 124–57, 251. 2941:, 1953, Vol 20, pp. 8–10. 2757:Scott, pp. 259–60, 263–4. 2739:, in Chandler, pp. 130–7. 1766:Irish Independence crisis 1171:French Revolutionary Wars 736:with a detachment of the 700:. Its leader, the exiled 691: 638:Captain John Davenant of 3840:Col George Jackson Hay, 3771:, London: Methuen, 1938. 3738:100th Edn, London, 1953. 3229:Western, pp. 225–7, 265. 2354:Boynton, pp. 13–7, 91–2. 2184:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 12. 1891:from 1840; later Hon Col 1844:The following served as 1349:Thomas Grimston Estcourt 1134:French Revolutionary War 959:county militia regiments 923:Jacobite Risings of 1715 832:, while the rebels were 523:Second English Civil War 66:Kingdom of Great Britain 4543:Forfar & Kincardine 4156:Forfar & Kincardine 3522:Spiers, pp. 243–2, 254. 3220:Burgoyne, pp. 22, 40–3. 2014:Heritage and ceremonial 1928:Henry Chivers Vince of 1846:Colonel of the Regiment 1800:8th (Reserve) Battalion 1777:8th (Reserve) Battalion 1721:3rd (Reserve) Battalion 1652:2nd Volunteer Battalion 1649:1st Volunteer Battalion 1436:Royal Wiltshire Militia 1332:Wiltshire Local Militia 1214:Irish Rebellion of 1798 986:Lord Bruce of Tottenham 949:Militia (Great Britain) 512:Battle of Roundway Down 510:in 1643 by winning the 500:First English Civil War 454:refused to serve under 342:Wiltshire Trained Bands 294:Assizes of Arms of 1181 268:under command of their 255:was descended from the 205:Royal Wiltshire Militia 21:Royal Wiltshire Militia 3932:Christopher L. Scott, 3540:Frederick, pp. vi–vii. 3238:Western, pp. 301, 408. 2814:Scott, pp. 288–9, 340. 2735:Drummer Adam Wheeler, 2345:Beckett, pp. 20, 23–4. 2007:Paul, 3rd Lord Methuen 1959:Lt-Col Villet, 1836–46 1762:Armistice with Germany 1633: 1585:Wiltshire Constabulary 1421:Chelsea out-pensioners 1316:Maker Heights Barracks 1235: 1122:, and as far north as 944: 882:campaigning in Ireland 785: 598: 352:4 & 5 Ph. & M. 348:4 & 5 Ph. & M. 338:, has some 5,900 men. 3924:Capt B.E. Sargeaunt, 3774:Mark Charles Fissel, 2850:Scott, pp. 29, 77–86. 2327:Fissel, pp. 181, 218. 2110:37th on 28 April 1781 2019:Uniforms and insignia 1946:Francis Warneford of 1646:62nd Regimental Depot 1631: 1497:, to be stationed at 1468:(appointed in 1846). 1231:: 1796 caricature by 1227: 1220:Supplementary Militia 940: 878:Battle of Beachy Head 783: 635:Captain Gabriel Ashby 596: 364:justices of the peace 306:Statute of Winchester 3978:The Long, Long Trail 3865:Col N.C.E. Kenrick, 3821:Sir John Fortescue, 3812:Sir John Fortescue, 3803:Sir John Fortescue, 3794:Sir John Fortescue, 3767:Col John K. Dunlop, 3286:Beckett, pp. 114–20. 2924:Frederick, pp. 92–3. 2832:Scott, pp. 255, 305. 2318:Kenrick, Appendix V. 2202:Hay, pp. 11–17, 60–1 1804:14th Reserve Brigade 1581:Le Marchant Barracks 1140:Revolutionary France 868:. Mompesson, MP for 692:Monmouth's rebellion 662:, DL, former MP for 612:Member of Parliament 229:Monmouth's Rebellion 3090:Western, pp. 405–6. 2823:Chandler, pp. 73–5. 2769:Chandler, pp. 30–1. 2748:Chandler, pp. 37–8. 2537:Holmes, pp. 94–100. 2372:Fissel, pp. 183–90. 2193:Fissel, pp. 178–80. 2101:19th on 1 June 1778 2085:Salisbury Cathedral 1903:Lieutenant-Colonels 1808:8th Reserve Brigade 1731:Portland Naval Base 1717:, on 14 June 1908. 854:Glorious Revolution 839:Battle of Sedgemoor 569:Militia Act of 1661 549:Restoration Militia 444:Newcastle upon Tyne 440:Second Bishops' War 368:Rising of the North 233:Battle of Sedgemoor 3947:Edward M. Spiers, 3832:J.B.M. Frederick, 3751:C.G. Cruickshank, 3549:Spiers, pp. 275–7. 3531:Dunlop, pp. 270–2. 3492:Spiers, pp. 195–6. 3435:Dunlop, pp. 42–51. 3354:Davis, pp. 186–99. 2796:Western, pp. 54–7. 2584:Western, pp. 3–29. 2503:Beckett, pp. 42–3. 2471:Fissel, pp. 174–8. 2462:Beckett, pp. 33–9. 2336:Hay, pp. 17, 73–4. 2107:22nd on 6 May 1780 2104:38th on12 May 1779 1634: 1404:Battle of Waterloo 1373:Ireland and France 1367:Wiltshire Yeomanry 1268:officer (CO), Col 1236: 1124:Berwick upon Tweed 1070:Peninsula Barracks 945: 786: 660:Thomas Penruddocke 621:Lieutenant-Colonel 599: 577:Raid on the Medway 539:Worcester campaign 480:Secretary of State 414:, and 560 for the 360:deputy lieutenants 358:, assisted by the 282:Battle of Edington 237:Wiltshire Regiment 25:Wiltshire Regiment 4644:Wiltshire Militia 4631: 4630: 4627: 4626: 4523:Argyll & Bute 4279:England and Wales 4267: 4266: 4252:England and Wales 4240: 4239: 4141:Argyll & Bute 4058:England and Wales 3858:Brig E.A. James, 3759:Capt John Davis, 3742:David G. Chandler 3716:Lindsay Boynton, 3444:Spiers, pp. 91–2. 3343:Amateur Tradition 3331:, 14 August 1810. 3202:Sargeaunt, p. 85. 2939:Camden Miscellany 2214:Holmes, pp. 90–1. 2140:St Helena 1901–02 2113:9th on 7 May 1782 2056:St George's Cross 2034:The buttons worn 1989:Honorary Colonels 1919:Christian Malford 1917:Henry Herbert of 1668:After serving at 1527:. They served at 1487:Clarence Barracks 1482:Coldstream Guards 1388:Earl of Dalhousie 1302:was massing his ' 1285:Brigadier-General 1251:was stationed at 1049: 1048: 919:Treaty of Utrecht 850:William of Orange 734:Earl of Feversham 670:Sharington Talbot 555:Militia (English) 470:marauded through 317:Flanders campaign 198: 197: 34:1558–1 April 1953 4666: 4276: 4249: 4212:Londonderry (II) 4055: 4037: 4030: 4023: 4014: 3970:External sources 3753:Elizabeth's Army 3713: 3669: 3668:Leslie, p. xiii. 3666: 3660: 3657: 3651: 3646: 3637: 3632: 3626: 3623: 3617: 3611: 3605: 3600: 3594: 3591: 3585: 3582: 3576: 3571: 3562: 3559: 3550: 3547: 3541: 3538: 3532: 3529: 3523: 3520: 3514: 3511: 3505: 3502: 3493: 3490: 3484: 3483:, various dates. 3478: 3457: 3454: 3445: 3442: 3436: 3433: 3422: 3417: 3398: 3395: 3389: 3386: 3373: 3370: 3364: 3361: 3355: 3352: 3346: 3339: 3333: 3325: 3319: 3311: 3305: 3302: 3296: 3293: 3287: 3284: 3278: 3273: 3267: 3266:Burgoyne, p. 55. 3264: 3258: 3250: 3239: 3236: 3230: 3227: 3221: 3218: 3212: 3209: 3203: 3200: 3194: 3193:Western, p. 333. 3191: 3185: 3182: 3176: 3175:Western, p. 396. 3173: 3167: 3157: 3144: 3137: 3118: 3117:Western, p. 384. 3115: 3109: 3106: 3100: 3099:Western, p. 394. 3097: 3091: 3088: 3082: 3076: 3063: 3060: 3049: 3044: 3009: 3006: 3000: 2999:Hay, pp. 136–44. 2997: 2991: 2988: 2982: 2979: 2973: 2970: 2964: 2959: 2953: 2948: 2942: 2931: 2925: 2922: 2883: 2880: 2874: 2871: 2865: 2860: 2851: 2848: 2842: 2839: 2833: 2830: 2824: 2821: 2815: 2812: 2806: 2803: 2797: 2794: 2788: 2785: 2779: 2776: 2770: 2767: 2758: 2755: 2749: 2746: 2740: 2733: 2714: 2707: 2694: 2691: 2685: 2682: 2676: 2671: 2662: 2657: 2648: 2643: 2637: 2632: 2626: 2621: 2612: 2609: 2603: 2600: 2594: 2591: 2585: 2582: 2576: 2573: 2567: 2564: 2558: 2555: 2549: 2544: 2538: 2535: 2522: 2521:Hay, pp. 99–104. 2519: 2513: 2510: 2504: 2501: 2495: 2492: 2486: 2481: 2472: 2469: 2463: 2460: 2454: 2451: 2445: 2442: 2409: 2406: 2400: 2397: 2391: 2388: 2382: 2379: 2373: 2370: 2364: 2361: 2355: 2352: 2346: 2343: 2337: 2334: 2328: 2325: 2319: 2316: 2215: 2212: 2203: 2200: 2194: 2191: 2185: 2182: 2166: 2159: 1899:was introduced. 1897:Honorary Colonel 1787:Kitchener's Army 1703:St John Brodrick 1618:Childers Reforms 1549:Cardwell Reforms 1448:Militia Act 1852 1274:Weymouth, Dorset 1265:Treaty of Amiens 1241:Duke of Somerset 1066:prisoners of war 1058:William Beckford 1029:Bradford-on-Avon 996: 955:Seven Years' War 862:Thomas Mompesson 814:King's Sedgemoor 746:Bradford-on-Avon 726:Market Lavington 702:Duke of Monmouth 527:Council of State 498:that led to the 274:Alfred the Great 93: 77: 75: 74: 64: 62: 61: 54: 50: 48: 47: 18: 4674: 4673: 4669: 4668: 4667: 4665: 4664: 4663: 4634: 4633: 4632: 4623: 4547: 4511: 4495:Channel Islands 4490: 4421:Nottinghamshire 4401:Montgomeryshire 4366:North Hampshire 4361:Gloucestershire 4321:Caernarvonshire 4316:Carmarthenshire 4301:Buckinghamshire 4263: 4236: 4207:Londonderry (I) 4165: 4129: 4046: 4041: 4011: 3972: 3940:Arthur Sleigh, 3710: 3697: 3690:Maj A.F. Becke, 3677: 3672: 3667: 3663: 3659:Hay, pp. 154–5. 3658: 3654: 3647: 3640: 3633: 3629: 3624: 3620: 3615:: 'Heytesbury'. 3612: 3608: 3601: 3597: 3592: 3588: 3583: 3579: 3572: 3565: 3560: 3553: 3548: 3544: 3539: 3535: 3530: 3526: 3521: 3517: 3512: 3508: 3504:Leslie, p. 124. 3503: 3496: 3491: 3487: 3479: 3460: 3455: 3448: 3443: 3439: 3434: 3425: 3418: 3401: 3396: 3392: 3387: 3376: 3371: 3367: 3362: 3358: 3353: 3349: 3340: 3336: 3326: 3322: 3312: 3308: 3303: 3299: 3294: 3290: 3285: 3281: 3274: 3270: 3265: 3261: 3251: 3242: 3237: 3233: 3228: 3224: 3219: 3215: 3210: 3206: 3201: 3197: 3192: 3188: 3183: 3179: 3174: 3170: 3158: 3147: 3138: 3121: 3116: 3112: 3108:Burgoyne, p. 7. 3107: 3103: 3098: 3094: 3089: 3085: 3077: 3066: 3061: 3052: 3045: 3012: 3007: 3003: 2998: 2994: 2989: 2985: 2981:Western, p. 73. 2980: 2976: 2971: 2967: 2960: 2956: 2949: 2945: 2932: 2928: 2923: 2886: 2882:Western, p. 53. 2881: 2877: 2872: 2868: 2861: 2854: 2849: 2845: 2840: 2836: 2831: 2827: 2822: 2818: 2813: 2809: 2804: 2800: 2795: 2791: 2786: 2782: 2777: 2773: 2768: 2761: 2756: 2752: 2747: 2743: 2737:Iter Bellicosum 2734: 2717: 2709:Edward Dummer, 2708: 2697: 2692: 2688: 2683: 2679: 2672: 2665: 2658: 2651: 2644: 2640: 2633: 2629: 2622: 2615: 2610: 2606: 2601: 2597: 2593:Western, p. 42. 2592: 2588: 2583: 2579: 2574: 2570: 2565: 2561: 2556: 2552: 2545: 2541: 2536: 2525: 2520: 2516: 2511: 2507: 2502: 2498: 2493: 2489: 2482: 2475: 2470: 2466: 2461: 2457: 2452: 2448: 2444:Hay, pp. 394–5. 2443: 2412: 2407: 2403: 2398: 2394: 2389: 2385: 2380: 2376: 2371: 2367: 2362: 2358: 2353: 2349: 2344: 2340: 2335: 2331: 2326: 2322: 2317: 2218: 2213: 2206: 2201: 2197: 2192: 2188: 2183: 2179: 2175: 2170: 2169: 2160: 2156: 2151: 2124: 2094: 2021: 2016: 1991: 1948:Warneford Place 1912:William Northey 1905: 1842: 1837: 1828: 1779: 1723: 1711:Special Reserve 1707:Haldane Reforms 1694: 1692:Special Reserve 1663:Second Boer War 1659: 1657:Second Boer War 1614: 1545: 1474: 1444: 1417:Tottenham House 1412: 1375: 1338:Napoleonic Wars 1334: 1304:Army of England 1283:in Devon under 1261: 1259:Napoleonic Wars 1243:as colonel and 1222: 1136: 1074:Hilsea Barracks 1050: 990:William Northey 967:drill sergeants 951: 935: 812:, reaching the 694: 682:Capt Willoughby 625:Little Durnford 557: 551: 492: 356:Lord Lieutenant 344: 300:, and again by 253:English militia 249: 221:Special Reserve 201: 191: 187: 183: 179: 174: 167: 142: 99:Special Reserve 72: 70: 69: 59: 57: 56: 45: 43: 42: 23:3rd Battalion, 22: 12: 11: 5: 4672: 4670: 4662: 4661: 4656: 4651: 4646: 4636: 4635: 4629: 4628: 4625: 4624: 4622: 4621: 4616: 4611: 4606: 4601: 4599:Queen's County 4596: 4591: 4586: 4581: 4576: 4571: 4566: 4561: 4555: 4553: 4549: 4548: 4546: 4545: 4540: 4535: 4530: 4525: 4519: 4517: 4513: 4512: 4510: 4509: 4504: 4498: 4496: 4492: 4491: 4489: 4488: 4483: 4478: 4476:Worcestershire 4473: 4468: 4463: 4458: 4453: 4448: 4443: 4438: 4433: 4428: 4423: 4418: 4416:Northumberland 4413: 4408: 4403: 4398: 4396:Merionethshire 4393: 4388: 4383: 4378: 4373: 4368: 4363: 4358: 4353: 4348: 4343: 4338: 4333: 4328: 4323: 4318: 4313: 4308: 4306:Cambridgeshire 4303: 4298: 4296:Brecknockshire 4293: 4288: 4282: 4280: 4273: 4269: 4268: 4265: 4264: 4262: 4261: 4255: 4253: 4246: 4242: 4241: 4238: 4237: 4235: 4234: 4229: 4224: 4219: 4214: 4209: 4204: 4199: 4194: 4189: 4184: 4179: 4173: 4171: 4167: 4166: 4164: 4163: 4158: 4153: 4148: 4143: 4137: 4135: 4131: 4130: 4128: 4127: 4122: 4117: 4112: 4107: 4105:Northumberland 4102: 4097: 4092: 4087: 4082: 4077: 4072: 4067: 4061: 4059: 4052: 4048: 4047: 4042: 4040: 4039: 4032: 4025: 4017: 4010: 4009: 4000: 3991: 3986: 3981: 3971: 3968: 3967: 3966: 3961:J.R. 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Leslie, 3879: 3876: 3872: 3869: 3864: 3861: 3857: 3854: 3850: 3847: 3845: 3843: 3838: 3835: 3831: 3828: 3824: 3820: 3818: 3816: 3811: 3809: 3807: 3802: 3800: 3798: 3793: 3791: 3789: 3784: 3780: 3777: 3773: 3770: 3766: 3764: 3762: 3757: 3754: 3750: 3747: 3743: 3740: 3737: 3734: 3731: 3727: 3725: 3722: 3719: 3715: 3711: 3709:9781848843950 3705: 3701: 3696: 3693: 3689: 3687: 3685: 3680: 3679: 3674: 3665: 3662: 3656: 3653: 3650: 3645: 3643: 3639: 3636: 3631: 3628: 3622: 3619: 3616: 3610: 3607: 3604: 3599: 3596: 3590: 3587: 3581: 3578: 3575: 3570: 3568: 3564: 3561:James, p. 96. 3558: 3556: 3552: 3546: 3543: 3537: 3534: 3528: 3525: 3519: 3516: 3510: 3507: 3501: 3499: 3495: 3489: 3486: 3482: 3477: 3475: 3473: 3471: 3469: 3467: 3465: 3463: 3459: 3453: 3451: 3447: 3441: 3438: 3432: 3430: 3428: 3424: 3421: 3416: 3414: 3412: 3410: 3408: 3406: 3404: 3400: 3394: 3391: 3385: 3383: 3381: 3379: 3375: 3369: 3366: 3360: 3357: 3351: 3348: 3344: 3338: 3335: 3332: 3330: 3324: 3321: 3318: 3316: 3310: 3307: 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