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on the outbreak of war. However, none of these units, save the 4th Battalion, saw active service outside of the United Kingdom and were used mainly for home defence, training or supplying the other battalions of the regiment with infantry replacements and served with many different brigades and
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in his Order of the Day of 20 August 1918 said: "Thus the whole battalion, colonel, 28 officers and 552 non-commissioned officers and men, responded with one accord and offered their lives in ungrudging sacrifice to the sacred cause of the Allies."
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The 5th and 7th Battalions were converted to anti-tank units, becoming 86th, and 87th Anti-Tank Regiments, Royal Artillery respectively. The 86th Anti-Tank Regiment was a corps-level Anti-tank unit with XII Corps in the
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and 2/6th) also went to India, with the 2/4th and 2/5th later serving in Palestine and Mesopotamia respectively. The 1/7th and 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalions served in Home Defence.
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battalions, in addition to the 4th, 5th and 6th, all of which (except the 5th, which was converted pre-war into 86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery) were serving in the
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Dettingen, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Afghanistan 1879–80, Tirah, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
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Men of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment sign their autographs on Japanese flags captured at Nippon Ridge during the Battle of Imphal-Kohima, March–July 1944.
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The 50th (Holding) Battalion was raised in 1940 and renumbered the 12th Battalion the same year and spent most of its time on home defence anticipating a
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of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. Under the reforms the regiment became the
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The experience of an 18-year-old volunteer joining the 35th Training Reserve Battalion, part of the Devon Regiment, in 1918, is provided by A S Bullock.
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reserve, was committed within 3 hours of the beginning of the attack and suffered 639 casualties on the first day. The 8th Battalion later served on the
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The regiment was not required to fight at the time of its formation since the Duke of Monmouth was drawn away from Bristol. Its first action came in
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in September. After Italy the brigade was withdrawn to Sicily and then the United Kingdom where it became permanently part of the veteran
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section of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment resting after an attack near Fricourt, France, August 1916.
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when the numerical system of regimental designation was adopted in 1751. It was given the additional county title of
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from June 1940 until November 1942. In July 1943 the battalion, together with the 231st Brigade, fought in the
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but as normal infantrymen. The battalion remained in Normandy until August 1944 where it participated in the
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The depot was the 34th Brigade Depot from 1873 to 1881, and the 11th Regimental District depot thereafter.
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but the outcome was already decided before the division arrived. The battalion crossed the River Rhine in
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that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the
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The 9th (Service) Battalion was one of the few British units to reach its initial objectives on the
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in deep mud and snow before, in April 1915, suffering 200 casualties from shelling and German
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In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the
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Soldier of the 11th Foot in 1742. The red coat displays the regiment's green facings.
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in 1948. The remaining battalion was in Malaya from 1948 to 1951 at the time of the
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later that year. A 2nd Battalion was formed in 1809 and took part in the disastrous
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on 21 August 1914, just 17 days since Britain's entry into the war, as part of the
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in September 1812 and then pursued the French Army into France taking part in the
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in 1703, and also fought in the Iberian Campaign, being captured by the French at
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and returned to the United Kingdom on 28 December 1943 and eventually joined the
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1903–1910: Maj-Gen Hon. Sir Savage Lloyd Mostyn KCB (also Royal Welch Fusiliers)
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Being a regimental history of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the
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in October where they helped in the capture of Givenchy Ridge, followed by the
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unit and, after absorbing some 500 reservists, departed for France, landing at
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The regiment spent most of the 19th century on garrison duty throughout the
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These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), with the 4th Battalion at
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and served with them until 1945 when the battalion was transferred to the
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The regiment embarked for the continent in spring 1760 for service in the
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49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot
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List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment Β§ Second World War
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List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment Β§ First World War
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19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own)
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for holding up the massive final German advance of the war at the
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The 1st battalion returned to Europe in July 1809 to fight in the
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in April 1707. Back in the United Kingdom, it helped put down the
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and 1/6th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment, all First Line
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Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
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Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)
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Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry)
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13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry)
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Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
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Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
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indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881.
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107th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)
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14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales's Own)
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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The following members of the regiment were awarded the
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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
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Military units and formations in Burma in World War II
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
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in early September 1914, and then transferred to the
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serving as detachments in the Mediterranean with the
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in 1704 and part of the British army defeated at the
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Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France)
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49th (Hertfordshire - Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
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The Devonshire Regiment raised the 7th, 8th and 9th
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on 1 July 1881. At the same time it merged with the
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85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry)
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In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the 5615:Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5240:Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) 3974:77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own) 3013:68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) 1527:1948–1958: Col Lionel Henry Mountifort Westropp 514:The 11th Regiment spent the early years of the 5380:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 4624:103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry) 3184:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 3021:106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry) 2989:105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) 1497:1902–1903: Maj-Gen Hon. Charles John Addington 1247:The regimental collection is displayed in the 5702:Regiments of the British Army in World War II 5625:Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment 5605:Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5101: 3698:61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 3276: 3037:61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 3029:28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot 2896: 1006:and trained with them in preparation for the 978:The 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was a 715:The 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was a 487:. After the war, it garrisoned the island of 8: 5697:Regiments of the British Army in World War I 5610:Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5425:Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) 4439:97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot 3618:51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment) 794: 553:in September 1810 and then fell back to the 343:The Marquess of Worcester's Regiment of Foot 245: 5485:Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 5335:Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) 3516:42nd (The Royal Highland) (The Black Watch) 2058: 2056: 1979: 1977: 1718: 1716: 1714: 1712: 1710: 1227:and in Kenya from 1953 to 1955, during the 1116:. The 6th Battalion was transferred to the 609:Soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment at the 5108: 5094: 5086: 4617:103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters) 3283: 3269: 3261: 2922: 2903: 2889: 2881: 2728:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2638:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2612:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2583:. British Military History. Archived from 2554:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2528:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2504:"50th Infantry Division - Order of battle" 2431:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2404:Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir 2379:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 2165:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 1940:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 1752:. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from 1691:The Regimental Records of the British Army 1598:The Devonshire cemetery at Mansell Copse, 1304:Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester 429:, fighting the rebels at the inconclusive 40: 5235:Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry) 5205:Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 4473:98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot 3548:45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters) 2189:"Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907" 1453:1856–1857: Lt-Gen William George Cochrane 901:. The 10th (Service) Battalion served at 865:, while the 1/5th was transferred to the 661:in 1899. The 2nd Battalion fought in the 565:in January 1812 and earned its nickname, 293:which, in 2007, was amalgamated with the 5515:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 5435:Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) 4549:100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) 4536:100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin) 3101:Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) 3005:85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers) 2973:46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 2343:Devonshire Regiment at Long, Long Trail. 2338: 2336: 2317:. Keepmilitarymuseum.org. Archived from 2244:. Keepmilitarymuseum.org. Archived from 2214: 2212: 1199:by the men in the other battalions (1st 1106:55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division 504:11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot 5692:Military units and formations in Exeter 4503:99th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin) 3858:72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) 3788:67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1681: 1620: 1588: 1332:Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 1263:The regiment was awarded the following 1147:, the battalion was transferred to the 939:broke out, and spent the entire war in 625:of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at 351:The Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot 5687:Military units and formations in Devon 5410:Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) 4129:85th (Royal Volontiers Light Infantry) 4013:79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) 3993:78th (Highland) (The Ross-shire Buffs) 2120: 1338:William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis 31: 5656:Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey 5415:King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 5190:King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) 4683:105th (Queen's Own Royal Highlanders) 3077:43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot 1191:. The battalion ended the war by the 1108:before finally ending the war in the 1004:50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division 805:on 27 May 1918, the first day of the 771:after its capture a few days before. 339:Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 331:Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 7: 5180:Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) 3211:Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry 2949:54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot 2863:The Record of a Regiment of the Line 1693:. Bristol: Crecy Books. p. 99. 1408:The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment 1326:Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort 1315:Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort 225:We've Lived and We've Loved Together 175:Up to 19 Hostilities-only battalions 4843:114th (Royal Highlander Volunteers) 4808:111th (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers) 4664:104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers) 4078:82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers) 3686:60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) 3528:43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry) 3136:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 3085:52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot 3069:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot 2941:39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot 2502:Patrick Elie - Normandie - France. 2293:. Battleground Books. p. 228. 1519:Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard 1215:The 2nd Battalion was disbanded at 1167:. The battalion also fought in the 951:. In 1942 the battalion joined the 785:The 2nd Battalion, assigned to the 27:Former regiment of the British Army 5420:King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) 4497:99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary) 4468:98th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary) 4422:97th (Inverness-shire Highlanders) 4374:95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot 3852:72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers) 3766:65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) 3235:Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment 2997:53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot 2840:The Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1918 2782:. 16 September 1902. p. 5959. 2479:. Warchronicle.com. Archived from 2151:. 1 July 1881. pp. 3300–3301. 1074:Western Allied invasion of Germany 483:in June 1762 and the inconclusive 444:in summer 1742 for service in the 393:in August 1691 when it fought for 25: 5583:Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 5330:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 4787:110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers) 4585:102nd (Queen's Royal Volunteers) 4026:80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers) 4007:79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers) 3930:75th (Prince of Wales's Regiment) 3778:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 3634:52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) 3314:3rd (East Kent – The Buffs) 3128:Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 3061:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot 3053:66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot 2578:"47th (London) Infantry Division" 1350:James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope 931:The 1st Battalion was serving in 4815:112th (King's Royal Musqueteers) 4631:103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers) 4237:90th (Perthshire Light Infantry) 3324:5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers) 3144:King's Shropshire Light Infantry 2965:32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot 1591: 1524:1943–1948: Col Harold Street DSO 1478:Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baronet 1136:before being disbanded in 1944. 1094:80th Infantry (Reserve) Division 1042:131st (Lorried) Infantry Brigade 813:, General Office Commanding the 727:(BEF). The battalion joined the 589:in December 1813 as well as the 526:in 1798. It was deployed to the 239: 112: 93: 80: 67: 5475:Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders 5395:Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 5375:Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 4857:115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders) 4117:84th (Royal Highland Emigrants) 4098:83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) 4091:83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers) 4054:81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) 4032:80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) 3961:77th (Montgomery's Highlanders) 3464:33rd (The Duke of Wellington's) 2823:. Parker, Furnivall and Parker. 2268:"The Battle of Bois des Buttes" 2194:Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 1549:James Edward Ignatius Masterson 1427:Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet 1298:Colonels of the Regiment were: 1089:45th (Wessex) Infantry Division 1038:liberation of North-West Europe 905:. The regiment also raised the 823:3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion 704:La Ville-aux-Bois-lΓ¨s-Pontavert 573:in July 1812. It fought at the 5712:1667 establishments in England 5175:Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) 4878:116th (Perthshire Highlanders) 4644:103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers) 4611:102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers) 4580:101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers) 4457:98th (Argyllshire Highlanders) 3949:76th (MacDonald's Highlanders) 3904:74th (Argyleshire Highlanders) 3832:71st (Highland Light Infantry) 3798:68th (Durham) (Light Infantry) 3459:32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry 3203:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 2357:. Devon Remembers. 4 June 2014 2197:. 31 March 1908. col. 295 1492:Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate 1237:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 1024:, should land at Le Hamel, on 965:British 36th Infantry Division 963:. The brigade was part of the 869:. The Second Line battalions ( 405:. It joined the armies of the 291:Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 1: 5300:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 5295:King's Own Scottish Borderers 4743:107th (Bengal Light Infantry) 4724:106th (Bombay Light Infantry) 4704:105th (Madras Light Infantry) 4690:105th (Volunteers of Ireland) 4605:102nd (New South Wales Corps) 4543:100th (New South Wales Corps) 4313:94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers) 4307:93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) 4267:92nd (Donegal Light Infantry) 4043:81st (Aberdeenshire Highland) 3730:63rd (2nd Highland Battalion) 3714:62nd (1st Highland Battalion) 2873:. Deals extensively with the 2662:"D-Day Memories: 12th Devons" 2355:"The Devons in World War One" 1750:"Early Days of the Regiments" 1485:Sir George Harry Smith Willis 1372:1743–1746: Col Robinson Sowle 1275:The Great War (25 battalions) 1159:, trained to enter battle by 982:unit that was serving on the 961:British 26th Infantry Brigade 957:20th Indian Infantry Division 498:until it was numbered as the 440:The regiment was deployed to 5533:Honourable Artillery Company 5355:South Staffordshire Regiment 5305:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 4574:101st (Duke of York's Irish) 4250:91st (Shropshire Volunteers) 4180:87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) 3439:28th (North Gloucestershire) 3414:23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers) 3404:21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers) 3329:6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire) 1505:Sir George Mackworth Bullock 1344:Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet 1187:in March 1945 alongside the 1171:, and served throughout the 1056:in January 1945 followed by 953:80th Indian Infantry Brigade 479:in July 1761 as well as the 433:in November 1715 and at the 363:Duke of Monmouth's rebellion 5450:York and Lancaster Regiment 5210:King's (Liverpool Regiment) 5200:Royal Warwickshire Regiment 5154:Guards Machine Gun Regiment 4302:93rd (Highland) (1793-1798) 4231:90th (Yorkshire Volunteers) 4224:90th (Irish Light Infantry) 3980:78th (Fraser's Highlanders) 3821:71st (Fraser's Highlanders) 3741:64th (Loudon's Highlanders) 3601:50th (American Provincials) 3564:47th Regiment (4th Marines) 3424:25th (King's Own Borderers) 2103:"Training Depots 1873–1881" 1189:U.S. 17th Airborne Division 1177:breakout from the beachhead 757:Winter operations 1914–1915 725:British Expeditionary Force 5743: 5573:Highland Cyclist Battalion 5568:Northern Cyclist Battalion 5185:Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 4529:100th (Gordon Highlanders) 4509:99th (Duke of Edinburgh's) 4428:97th (Queen's Own Germans) 4401:96th (Queen's Own Germans) 4218:89th (Princess Victoria's) 4186:88th (Highland Volunteers) 4167:87th (Keith's Highlanders) 3674:59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) 3319:4th (The King's Own Royal) 2270:. The Keep Military Museum 1155:, and were converted into 1130:North West Europe Campaign 988:1st Malta Infantry Brigade 924: 913:The later years of the war 851:Devon and Cornwall Brigade 691: 530:in 1801 where it captured 510:French and Napoleonic Wars 446:War of Austrian Succession 5400:Northamptonshire Regiment 4829:113th (Royal Highlanders) 4711:106th (Black Musqueteers) 4650:104th (King's Volunteers) 4387:96th (British Musketeers) 4285:92nd (Gordon Highlanders) 4123:84th (York and Lancaster) 3968:77th (Atholl Highlanders) 3803:69th (South Lincolnshire) 3299: 2289:Blanchard, David (2015). 1994:"The Devonshire Regiment" 1389:The 11th Regiment of Foot 1211:Post-war and amalgamation 996:Allied invasion of Sicily 875:2/5th (Prince of Wales's) 843:1/5th (Prince of Wales's) 807:Third Battle of the Aisne 795: 593:in February 1814 and the 585:in November 1813 and the 516:French Revolutionary Wars 415:War of Spanish Succession 333:, founder of the regiment 246: 39: 5430:King's Royal Rifle Corps 5320:East Lancashire Regiment 5310:Gloucestershire Regiment 5195:Northumberland Fusiliers 4913:119th (The Prince's Own) 4864:115th (Prince William's) 4199:88th (Connaught Rangers) 4161:86th (Royal County Down) 3754:64th (2nd Staffordshire) 3499:40th (2nd Somersetshire) 3489:38th (1st Staffordshire) 3374:15th (York, East Riding) 3168:Royal Berkshire Regiment 3160:Gloucestershire Regiment 3093:King's Royal Rifle Corps 2819:Cannon, Richard (1845). 2402:Bullock, Arthur (2009). 1689:Farmer, John S. (1984). 1464:John Gaspard Le Marchant 1000:Allied invasion of Italy 475:in October 1760 and the 473:Battle of Kloster Kampen 88:Kingdom of Great Britain 5649:Channel Islands Militia 5593:Territorial Battalions 5543:Cambridgeshire Regiment 5510:Royal Munster Fusiliers 5460:Highland Light Infantry 5315:Worcestershire Regiment 5255:Leicestershire Regiment 5245:East Yorkshire Regiment 4781:109th (Bombay Infantry) 4762:108th (Madras Infantry) 4484:99th (Jamaica Regiment) 4104:83rd (County of Dublin) 3580:48th (Northamptonshire) 3558:46th (South Devonshire) 3419:24th (2nd Warwickshire) 3354:11th (North Devonshire) 2957:Somerset Light Infantry 1289:: South Africa 1900-01 1060:where they crossed the 998:, and, briefly, in the 663:Second Anglo-Afghan War 649:units of the county of 563:siege of Ciudad Rodrigo 477:Battle of Villinghausen 427:Jacobite rising of 1715 18:The Devonshire Regiment 5578:Kent Cyclist Battalion 5563:Herefordshire Regiment 5558:Hertfordshire Regiment 5553:Inns of Court Regiment 5538:Monmouthshire Regiment 5505:Royal Dublin Fusiliers 5060:134th (Loyal Limerick) 4677:104th Regiment of Foot 4671:104th (New Brunswick ) 3607:50th (The Queen's Own) 3484:37th (North Hampshire) 3454:31st (Huntingdonshire) 3399:20th (East Devonshire) 3389:18th (The Royal Irish) 3304:1st or The Royal Scots 2222:. The Long, Long Trail 1638:Bedford Circus, Exeter 1456:1857–1862: Lt-Gen Sir 1434:Henry Tucker Montresor 1149:6th Airlanding Brigade 1114:61st Infantry Division 1110:183rd Infantry Brigade 1092:divisions such as the 975: 825:(formerly part of the 782: 707: 653:. It took part in the 614: 579:Battle of the Pyrenees 557:. It took part in the 555:Lines of Torres Vedras 549:. It took part in the 481:Battle of Wilhelmsthal 378: 334: 5455:Durham Light Infantry 5345:Royal Sussex Regiment 5290:South Wales Borderers 5285:Royal Welsh Fusiliers 5275:Royal Scots Fusiliers 5250:Bedfordshire Regiment 5220:Lincolnshire Regiment 5073:Regimental titles in 4775:109th (Aberdeenshire) 4407:96th Regiment of Foot 4331:94th (Scots Brigade) 3955:76th Regiment of Foot 3708:62nd (Royal American) 3664:57th (West Middlesex) 3449:30th (Cambridgeshire) 3444:29th (Worcestershire) 3384:17th (Leicestershire) 3334:7th (Royal Fusiliers) 3152:Durham Light Infantry 2869:, by M. Jacson, from 2477:"The Devons on D-Day" 2455:"26 Infantry Brigade" 2406:. 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Index

The Devonshire Regiment

Cap badge
Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Great Britain
United Kingdom
British Army
Line infantry
Infantry
Regular
Militia
Reserve
Volunteer
Territorial
Topsham Barracks
Exeter

line infantry
regiment
British Army
Second Boer War
First World War
Second World War
Dorset Regiment
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
Royal Green Jackets
The Light Infantry
large regiment
The Rifles

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