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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.
1430:. 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
1461:, 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:
586:'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
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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.
1351:, 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:
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2042:, 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.
1800:') 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
513:. 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
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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
972:, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. In peacetime they assembled for 28 days' annual training. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. An
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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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1188:), which the regular Army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding prisoners of war, and carried out internal security duty, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
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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
1258:, 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
763:. 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.
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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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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
1833:. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training Reserve (TR) and the battalion was disbanded and distributed among the other TR battalions remaining in 8th Reserve Bde at Wareham.
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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
377:(JPs). The entry into force of these acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. Wiltshire was one of the southern counties called upon to send troops to suppress the
1550:. Staff quarters were added in 1863 across the road near St Peter's Church. The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
1676:, the Militia Reserve was called out as reinforcements, followed by the militia battalions for home defence. The 3rd Wiltshires were embodied on 16 January 1900 under the command of Lt-Col Edward Sanford.
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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
457:. Some Wiltshire trained bandsmen protested at having to pay the tax for the levy ('coat-and-conduct money'), arguing that their service gave them exemption. When these protesters were imprisoned at
1724:(SR), a semi-professional force whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime, rather like the earlier Militia Reserve. The battalion became the
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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':
548:, 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
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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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1756:, but by July it was back at Weymouth. By September 1917 the invasion threat was judged to be most critical in Eastern England and the 3rd (R) Bn moved to
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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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1524:. The regiment returned to Portsmouth and thence to Wiltshire in early 1856. It was disembodied on 17 September 1856. For this service it was awarded 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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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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517:, to organise the Wiltshire TBs. However, the Royalists quickly overran the county, capturing Marlborough in 1642 and raising the siege of
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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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867:. The militia organisation continued unchanged under William, though a few officers were changed. In Wiltshire John Wyndham, a
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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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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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3873:, London: Samson Books, 1978, ISBN 0-906304-03-2/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9.
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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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1445:(later Lord Broughton), MP, became colonel of the regiment on 13 February 1840. The regiment was redesignated 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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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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crisis in 1588, the county supplied its 1,200 trained men, formed into companies of 100, together with 25
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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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3705:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
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4594:
4446:
4436:
4421:
4376:
4222:
2095:
1818:
1797:
1397:. It then marched to Portsmouth where the Militia Brigade embarked on 10 March 1814 and joined the
965:
864:
849:
824:
775:
549:
454:
378:
296:
243:
165:
1417:. The Wiltshire Militia was disembodied after more than two decades of almost continuous service.
4391:
4361:
2090:
1753:
1539:
1414:
1134:
1080:
820:
805:
670:
587:
411:
394:
Wiltshire was to supply 1,200 trained men, divided into 700 'shot' (equipped with firearms), 200
292:
247:
62:
35:
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4491:
4401:
4301:
4227:
4202:
4161:
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2613:
Scott, pp. 95, 97–8, 115–21; Tables 2.2.4, 3.1.2, 3.1.5, 3.1.10, 3.2.5; Map 3.1.2; Appendix 1.
1929:
1497:
1492:
1431:
1035:
992:
952:
929:
732:
680:
565:
370:
300:
3338:
2069:
within a garter inscribed 'WILTSHIRE' and a wreath of oak leaves. From 1874 to 1881 the ORs'
1918:
Lieutenant-Colonels of the regiment (commanding officers after 1859) included the following:
337:
held a Great Muster of all the counties, recording the number of armed men available in each
4456:
4187:
3945:
The military effectiveness of the West Country Militia at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion
3855:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987, ISBN 0-9508530-7-0.
3645:
1830:
1825:, where it trained drafts for the 5th, 6th and 7th (Service) Bns of the regiment serving in
1741:
1737:
1628:
1604:
1559:
1458:
1284:
1275:
1158:
948:
872:
860:
756:
736:
618:
545:
446:
284:
3324:
3263:
4629:
4466:
4451:
4416:
4197:
1958:
1822:
1721:
1717:
1673:
1563:
1427:
1348:
1326:
1314:
1084:
1076:
832:
583:
578:
and a troop of horse at Devizes. The English Militia was re-established in 1662 under the
366:
263:
231:
109:
101:
2011:
Frederick, 2nd Lord Methuen, former CO, appointed 5 December 1885, died 26 September 1891
755:, where the Royal army was concentrating. On 24 June, Wyndham's Red Regiment was sent to
3824:
3815:
3806:
3797:
2008:
John Hobhouse, 1st Lord Broughton, former CO, appointed 9 January 1859; died 3 June 1869
1740:, and went to its war station at Weymouth, where it formed part of the garrison for the
799:
While the bulk of Feversham's army gathered at Bristol and Bath, blocking the Avon, and
4476:
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4351:
3974:
The English Militia in the Eighteenth Century: The Story of a Political Issue 1660–1802
2558:
Militia of the Worcester Campaign 1651 at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine)
1547:
1517:
1216:
812:
752:
526:
403:
89:
3942:
1437:
The Marquess of Ailesbury stepped down from the colonelcy in 1827 and was replaced by
540:. From now on, the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties. Under the
4648:
4569:
4346:
3939:, London: RUSI, 1910/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, nd, ISBN 978-1-78331204-7.
2944:
British Library, Egerton MSS 1626, summarised in Hay; Scott, Tables 3.1.3 and 3.2.1;
2138:
2078:
2039:
1757:
1688:
1535:
1525:
1243:
1185:
915:
Yellow Regiment (Warminster Division) – 432 men in 4 companies, Col Henry Bayntun of
828:
708:
591:
383:
312:
1449:
on 29 June 1841, said to be in recognition of its part at the Battle of Sedgemoor.
1339:, son of the regiment's former colonel, Lord Bruce, took over the command in 1811.
1114:, MP, soon to be created Lord Porchester, then took over the colonelcy on 27 March.
4386:
3899:
2058:
2054:
981:
684:
267:
219:
1672:
When the bulk of the Regular Army was sent to South Africa at the outbreak of the
928:
However, the Militia passed into virtual abeyance during the long peace after the
728:. The whole Wiltshire contingent probably totalled some 2000 foot and 200 horse.
410:
and 100 light horsemen, and a further 1,200 untrained men who would have acted as
3769:
1687:
to guard Boer prisoners of war held there. It suffered badly from an outbreak of
1487:
War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the
357:
The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (
3994:
1716:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the more sweeping
1692:
1680:
1488:
1434:
from the district. The NCOs lived in Militia Court off Marlborough High Street.
1166:
1118:
909:'Blew' Regiment (Marlborough Division) – 749 men in 6 companies, Col Edmund Webb
906:
Red Regiment (Sarum Division) – 534 men in 6 companies, Col Sir Thomas Mompesson
816:
791:
784:
505:
Control of the TBs was one of the major points of dispute between Charles I and
251:
3927:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757–1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
2074:
1619:. The division would have mustered at Warminster in Wiltshire in time of war.
1600:
1390:
1291:
1208:
1170:
1126:
1072:
896:
760:
740:
716:
575:
553:
482:
462:
334:
3772:
Historical Records of the Second Royal Surrey or Eleventh Regiment of Militia
1610:
Following the Cardwell Reforms, a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
1465:
1. 'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'
1298:
Gore. During August the regiments in camp participated in a 'flying camp' to
4023:
2070:
1977:
1684:
1162:
1130:
1092:
916:
836:
613:
Salisbury Regiment (The Red Regiment) – 5 companies, 540 men, under Colonel
598:
494:
486:
346:
227:
223:
130:
3999:
1586:
2nd Administrative Battalion, Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Chippenham
1347:
While the Regular Militia were the mainstay of national defence during the
1583:
1st Administrative Battalion, Wiltshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Salisbury
3926:
3430:
1950:
G. Montagu, Lt-Col in the Army 1771, promoted from Major in the regiment
1406:
1402:
1322:
1318:
1310:
1193:
1154:
1088:
977:
973:
912:
Green Regiment (Devizes Division) – 514 in 6 companies, Col Henry Chivers
779:
650:
474:
119:
3692:
3659:
1075:
in June 1760, and under the command of Lt-Col Northey it guarded French
1980:, appointed 5 May 1846, Lt-Col Commandant 9 January 1859; later Hon Col
1749:
1543:
1521:
1362:, formerly of the Loyal Devizes Volunteers, appointed 24 September 1808
1303:
1299:
1023:
518:
478:
399:
395:
342:
280:
150:
3711:
Britain's Part Time Soldiers. The Amateur Military Tradition 1558—1945
2141:
awarded for its overseas service in the Crimean and Second Boer Wars.
2049:
1770–90 had 'WILTS' within a wreath; a pattern worn c.1778–1811 had a
1594:
was opened in 1878. The existing Militia Barracks were transferred to
987:
Wiltshire was given a quota of 800 men to raise. The Lord Lieutenant,
2050:
1780:
1765:
1761:
1212:
1204:
1096:
1012:
844:
840:
407:
288:
254:. It maintained a shadowy existence until final disbandment in 1953.
1817:. However, in May the 8th Wiltshires returned to Dorset to join the
1683:
the battalion volunteered for overseas service and was stationed on
883:, was a former colonel in the Wiltshire Militia and a member of the
485:, being encouraged by the local inhabitants to break down the hated
3787:
The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638–1640
731:
After mustering and organising, the Wiltshire Militia moved out to
3864:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
3789:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-34520-0.
1638:
1513:
1509:
1263:
1234:
1174:
947:
831:
on the night of 5/6 July, with the three Wiltshire foot regiments
790:
767:
663:
Warminster Regiment (The Yellow Regiment) – Col Edward Baynton, JP
603:
276:
3986:
3888:, London: Allen Lane, 2013/Penguin, 2014, ISBN 978-0-141-03894-0.
3847:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
2020:, appointed 5 June 1892; reappointed to SR battalion 14 June 1908
2176:
continued to refer to it as the Wiltshire Supplementary Militia.
1558:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
1200:
891:
in 1690, when the king was absent with most of the regular army
473:
Sir John Beaumont's regiment of West Countrymen from Wiltshire,
271:
250:
in 1881 and trained thousands of reservists and recruits during
4027:
3915:, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930/London: Greenhill Books, 1997,
3886:
Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815
3853:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
2495:
Wiltshire TBs at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
924:
Regiment of Horse – 232 men in 4 troops, Col Thomas Penruddocke
461:
their comrades broke them out. A Wiltshire company mustered at
4016:
British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638–1660
1992:
Lord Heytesbury, retired Regular Major, promoted 21 March 1914
445:
In 1639 and 1640, Charles attempted to employ the TBs for the
1760:
in Kent, where it joined the Sittingbourne SR Brigade in the
1468:
2. 'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'
552:) and the Wiltshires were part of a concentration ordered at
1240:
Supplementary-Militia, turning-out for Twenty Days Amusement
1006:
921:
New Sarum (Salisbury) Company – 128 men, Capt George Clement
18:
3rd (Royal Wiltshire Militia) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
2004:
The following served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:
1590:
In April 1873 the depot was established at Devizes, where
1520:. The duty was uneventful, but the regiment suffered from
532:
As Parliament tightened its grip on the country after the
3893:
Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914
3693:
W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
1290:
In June 1804 the 1st Wiltshires joined a militia camp at
660:
Devizes Regiment (The Green Regiment) – Col Henry Chivers
345:. The detailed list for Wiltshire, including the city of
3741:
Regimental Records of the Bedfordshire Militia 1759–1884
1358:
2nd Wiltshire Local Militia, Devizes, Lt-Col Commandant
743:(where it was met by the King's commander-in-chief, the
666:
New Sarum Company (The Mayor's Men) – 1 company, 110 men
330:, and in each case a Wiltshire contingent participated.
1321:
for a projected invasion, the regiment was part of the
1003:
as lieutenant-colonel. The 10 companies were based at:
1079:
at Charles II's abandoned palace at Winchester (later
657:
Marlborough Regiment (The Blue Regiment) – Col Ducket?
489:, destroying a mill belonging to the unpopular former
1603:
rather than their lords lieutenant. They had a large
1457:
The Militia of the United Kingdom was revived by the
1211:, once being employed to suppress an insurrection in
1125:
During this embodiment the regiment served mostly in
968:, a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
871:, was replaced as colonel of the Red Regiment by Sir
453:
of 1640, Wiltshire was ordered to march 1,300 men to
3866:, London: HarperPress, 2011, ISBN 978-0-00-722570-5.
2695:
Scott, pp. 122–3; Tables 2.1.2, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 3.2.2.
2505:
Fissel, pp. 151, 207–8, 247–50, 260–3, 272–3, 285–6.
275:, the military force raised from the freemen of the
4562:
4526:
4505:
4289:
4282:
4262:
4255:
4180:
4144:
4068:
4061:
4018:– The BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine)
4007:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth
3929:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
3695:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
1199:For most of this embodiment the regiment served in
1083:). The regiment sought to avoid being stationed at
176:
171:
161:
146:
136:
125:
115:
96:
49:
41:
31:
2685:Sharington Talbot at History of Parliament Online.
1888:Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
1337:Charles Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Marquess of Ailesbury
932:in 1713, and few units were called out during the
4009:– Regiments.org (archived at the Wayback Machine)
3766:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
3759:, London: Anthony Mott, 1985, ISBN 0-907746-43-8.
3166:
3164:
3162:
3160:
3085:
3083:
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2664:
402:' (armoured men, signifying pikemen). During the
3953:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
1064:its own, as some militia regiments were doing.
361:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour (
3895:, London: Leo Cooper, 1970, ISBN 0-85052-004-5.
2869:
2867:
1864:Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, Lord Bruce of Tottenham
1149:The militia had already been called out before
386:(TBs), who were mustered for regular training.
1471:3. 'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'
980:were to be provided to each regiment from the
4039:
3962:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7.
3845:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3780:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
3511:
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2038:), these could refer to their uniform coats,
299:in 878. The shire levies continued under the
192:Thomas Brudenell-Bruce, 1st Earl of Ailesbury
8:
3819:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911.
3731:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967.
3463:
3461:
2948:, Vol VI, January–June 1887, pp. 317–8; and
2917:
2915:
2913:
2911:
2909:
2907:
2905:
2903:
2901:
2899:
2704:Scott, pp. 169, 194–5, 248–50; Tables 7.1.2.
2680:
2678:
2671:Penruddocke at History of Parliament Online.
365:c. 2). The county militia was now under the
3976:, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1965.
3931:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216–248.
3757:Sedgemoor 1685: An Account and an Anthology
3146:
3144:
3142:
3140:
3138:
3136:
3134:
2544:
2542:
2540:
2538:
1726:3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
964:Under threat of French invasion during the
4665:Military units and formations in Wiltshire
4286:
4259:
4065:
4046:
4032:
4024:
3801:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
3747:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
3655:
3653:
3442:
3440:
3438:
2874:Mompesson at History of Parliament Online.
2742:
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2259:
2257:
2255:
2253:
2251:
2221:
2219:
2137:The regiment's colours bore the following
2089:The Wiltshire Militia were presented with
3713:(2 ed.). Barnsley: Pen & Sword.
3580:
3578:
3568:
3566:
3426:
3424:
3422:
3420:
3418:
3416:
3414:
3395:
3393:
3391:
3389:
3259:
3257:
3255:
3058:Royal Wiltshire Militia at Regiments.org.
3053:
3051:
3049:
3047:
3045:
2946:Illustrated Naval & Military Magazine
2722:A Brief Journall of the Western Rebellion
2716:
2714:
2712:
2710:
2249:
2247:
2245:
2243:
2241:
2239:
2237:
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2233:
2231:
1720:of 1908, the Militia was replaced by the
1393:under the command of Lt-Col Bayly of the
887:of London. After the naval defeat at the
774:On the same day Monmouth had crossed the
669:Wiltshire Horse, 4 troops, 230 men – Col
230:in 1558 until their final service in the
4670:Military units and formations in Devizes
3697:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5–16.
3487:
3485:
3483:
3481:
3479:
3477:
3475:
3473:
3043:
3041:
3039:
3037:
3035:
3033:
3031:
3029:
3027:
3025:
2973:Bayntun at History of Parliament Online.
2657:Chivers at History of Parliament Online.
2635:Wyndham at History of Parliament Online.
1989:Reginald Barclay, promoted 21 March 1903
1983:Charles Coddington, promoted 18 May 1889
1634:Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
991:, held his meetings with his DLs in the
827:on 4 July. The whole army camped around
141:Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
3947:, Cranfield University PhD thesis 2011.
3585:Wiltshire Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
2464:Cruickshank, pp. 25–9, 126, Appendix 3.
2451:
2449:
2447:
2445:
2188:
2165:
1654:3rd (Royal Wiltshire Militia) Battalion
1371:5th Wiltshire Local Militia, Warminster
1117:Several militia colonels had their men
2646:Young at History of Parliament Online.
2490:
2488:
2443:
2441:
2439:
2437:
2435:
2433:
2431:
2429:
2427:
2425:
1995:Lionel Spiller, promoted 21 March 1919
1643:Le Marchant Barracks, Devizes, in 2005
1355:1st Wiltshire Local Militia, Salisbury
808:near Westbury, though no attack came.
707:In 1685 there was a rebellion against
28:
3614:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
2962:Webb at History of Parliament Online.
1986:Edward Sanford, promoted 4 April 1894
7:
3881:, Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1963
3739:Lt-Col Sir John M. Burgoyne, Bart,
3001:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299–302.
2065:Up to 1869, the officers' badge was
1974:Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen
1876:Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
1870:Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
1802:8th (Service) Bn, Wiltshire Regiment
989:Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
722:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
529:did not capture Devizes until 1645.
515:Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke
226:. From their formal organisation as
204:Frederick Methuen, 2nd Baron Methuen
196:Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon
183:Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
1894:Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk
1752:. In April 1915 it moved inland to
1576:99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot
1439:Thomas Howard, 16th Earl of Suffolk
1137:, until it was stood down in 1783.
608:Colonel John Wyndham of Norrington.
3828:, Vol VI, London: Macmillan, 1910.
3810:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
3315:Fortescue, Vol VII, pp. 34–5, 334.
2789:Scott, pp. 169, 259, 263–4, 287–8.
2392:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 12, 16, 125.
1961:, appointed 3 June 1794 until 1836
1580:Royal Wiltshire Militia at Devizes
1443:Sir John Cam Hobhouse, 2nd Baronet
1287:, before being disbanded in 1805.
389:The threat of invasion during the
333:When invasion threatened in 1539,
200:John Hobhouse, 1st Baron Broughton
25:
3729:The Elizabethan Militia 1558–1638
2374:Cruickshank, pp. 17, 24–5, 130–4.
1900:John Hobhouse, 1st Lord Broughton
1623:3rd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment
1571:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
1426:of Ailesbury who lived nearby at
1409:and returned to England in June.
1260:62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot
1215:. In July 1795 it was in camp at
303:, and were reorganised under the
218:was an auxiliary regiment of the
3646:V–Z at British Military Buttons.
3222:Knight, pp. 78–9, 111, 255, 411.
2816:Chandler, pp. 39, 45–6, 61, 107.
1804:on 7 November, becoming part of
1309:During the summer of 1805, when
1256:Sir William à Court, 1st Baronet
715:, landed with his supporters at
100:
82:
69:
55:
3937:The Royal Monmouthshire Militia
3905:A History of the Peninsular War
3604:James, Appendices II & III.
2082:Devizes, the regimental depot.
1177:(1 company) and Hythe Battery.
291:that defeated the Danes at the
246:. It became a battalion of the
242:in 1685 and was present at the
3960:The Army and Society 1815–1914
3195:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530–1.
3073:Western, Appendices A & B.
2410:Boynton, pp. 95–7, Appendix I.
1967:, 2nd Wiltshire Militia 1804–5
1884:, 2nd Wiltshire Militia 1804–5
1829:, on the Western Front and at
1401:'s division that had occupied
1223:Morshead. The outbreak of the
795:Monmouth's route to Sedgemoor.
1:
4660:Militia of the United Kingdom
3912:August 1813 to April 14, 1814
3834:A History of the British Army
3826:A History of the British Army
3817:A History of the British Army
3808:A History of the British Army
3799:A History of the British Army
3306:Fortescue, Vol VI, pp. 180–1.
1554:Cardwell and Childers reforms
1483:Crimean War and Indian Mutiny
283:. Wiltshire levies served in
4000:History of Parliament Online
3774:, London: Marcus Ward, 1877.
2577:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294–5.
2523:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 198–9.
1890:(son of Lord Bruce), 1811–27
1738:Leonard, 4th Lord Heytesbury
1651:2nd Battalion (ex-99th Foot)
1648:1st Battalion (ex-62nd Foot)
1500:, Portsmouth, for training.
1395:Royal West Middlesex Militia
1157:, Winchester (2 companies),
1108:American War of Independence
885:Honourable Artillery Company
726:Lord Lieutenant of Wiltshire
570:During the turmoil over the
3743:, London: W.H. Allen, 1884.
3524:Dunlop, pp. 131–40, 158-62.
2798:Scott, pp. 169, 194–5, 252.
1925:, appointed 1758, died 1770
1813:, and 102nd Brigade became
1809:Wiltshire battalion became
1477:Frederick, 2nd Lord Methuen
1119:inoculated against smallpox
999:was appointed colonel with
899:until the crisis was over.
572:Restoration of the Monarchy
222:from the English county of
4686:
3840:, London: Macmillan, 1912.
2983:Fortescue, Vol II, p. 133.
2724:, in Chandler, pp. 124–30.
1965:James, Viscount Fitzharris
1710:Secretary of State for War
1697:Queen's South Africa Medal
1441:. He resigned in 1840 and
957:
953:The Old Town Hall, Devizes
563:
4055:British Militia Regiments
3995:British Military Buttons.
3871:British Regiments 1914–18
3709:Beckett, Ian F W (2011).
3595:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
3374:Oman, pp. 148–9, 395–405.
3019:Western, pp. 124–57, 251.
2952:, 1953, Vol 20, pp. 8–10.
2768:Scott, pp. 259–60, 263–4.
2750:, in Chandler, pp. 130–7.
1777:Irish Independence crisis
1182:French Revolutionary Wars
747:with a detachment of the
711:. Its leader, the exiled
702:
649:Captain John Davenant of
3851:Col George Jackson Hay,
3782:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3749:100th Edn, London, 1953.
3240:Western, pp. 225–7, 265.
2365:Boynton, pp. 13–7, 91–2.
2195:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 12.
1902:from 1840; later Hon Col
1855:The following served as
1360:Thomas Grimston Estcourt
1145:French Revolutionary War
970:county militia regiments
934:Jacobite Risings of 1715
843:, while the rebels were
534:Second English Civil War
77:Kingdom of Great Britain
4554:Forfar & Kincardine
4167:Forfar & Kincardine
3533:Spiers, pp. 243–2, 254.
3231:Burgoyne, pp. 22, 40–3.
2025:Heritage and ceremonial
1939:Henry Chivers Vince of
1857:Colonel of the Regiment
1811:8th (Reserve) Battalion
1788:8th (Reserve) Battalion
1732:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
1663:2nd Volunteer Battalion
1660:1st Volunteer Battalion
1447:Royal Wiltshire Militia
1343:Wiltshire Local Militia
1225:Irish Rebellion of 1798
997:Lord Bruce of Tottenham
960:Militia (Great Britain)
523:Battle of Roundway Down
521:in 1643 by winning the
511:First English Civil War
465:refused to serve under
353:Wiltshire Trained Bands
305:Assizes of Arms of 1181
279:under command of their
266:was descended from the
216:Royal Wiltshire Militia
32:Royal Wiltshire Militia
3943:Christopher L. Scott,
3551:Frederick, pp. vi–vii.
3249:Western, pp. 301, 408.
2825:Scott, pp. 288–9, 340.
2746:Drummer Adam Wheeler,
2356:Beckett, pp. 20, 23–4.
2018:Paul, 3rd Lord Methuen
1970:Lt-Col Villet, 1836–46
1773:Armistice with Germany
1644:
1596:Wiltshire Constabulary
1432:Chelsea out-pensioners
1327:Maker Heights Barracks
1246:
1133:, and as far north as
955:
893:campaigning in Ireland
796:
609:
363:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
359:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
349:, has some 5,900 men.
3935:Capt B.E. Sargeaunt,
3785:Mark Charles Fissel,
2861:Scott, pp. 29, 77–86.
2338:Fissel, pp. 181, 218.
2121:37th on 28 April 1781
2030:Uniforms and insignia
1957:Francis Warneford of
1657:62nd Regimental Depot
1642:
1508:, to be stationed at
1479:(appointed in 1846).
1242:: 1796 caricature by
1238:
1231:Supplementary Militia
951:
889:Battle of Beachy Head
794:
646:Captain Gabriel Ashby
607:
375:justices of the peace
317:Statute of Winchester
3989:The Long, Long Trail
3876:Col N.C.E. Kenrick,
3832:Sir John Fortescue,
3823:Sir John Fortescue,
3814:Sir John Fortescue,
3805:Sir John Fortescue,
3778:Col John K. Dunlop,
3297:Beckett, pp. 114–20.
2935:Frederick, pp. 92–3.
2843:Scott, pp. 255, 305.
2329:Kenrick, Appendix V.
2213:Hay, pp. 11–17, 60–1
1815:14th Reserve Brigade
1592:Le Marchant Barracks
1151:Revolutionary France
879:. Mompesson, MP for
703:Monmouth's rebellion
673:, DL, former MP for
623:Member of Parliament
240:Monmouth's Rebellion
3101:Western, pp. 405–6.
2834:Chandler, pp. 73–5.
2780:Chandler, pp. 30–1.
2759:Chandler, pp. 37–8.
2548:Holmes, pp. 94–100.
2383:Fissel, pp. 183–90.
2204:Fissel, pp. 178–80.
2112:19th on 1 June 1778
2096:Salisbury Cathedral
1914:Lieutenant-Colonels
1819:8th Reserve Brigade
1742:Portland Naval Base
1728:, on 14 June 1908.
865:Glorious Revolution
850:Battle of Sedgemoor
580:Militia Act of 1661
560:Restoration Militia
455:Newcastle upon Tyne
451:Second Bishops' War
379:Rising of the North
244:Battle of Sedgemoor
3958:Edward M. Spiers,
3843:J.B.M. Frederick,
3762:C.G. Cruickshank,
3560:Spiers, pp. 275–7.
3542:Dunlop, pp. 270–2.
3503:Spiers, pp. 195–6.
3446:Dunlop, pp. 42–51.
3365:Davis, pp. 186–99.
2807:Western, pp. 54–7.
2595:Western, pp. 3–29.
2514:Beckett, pp. 42–3.
2482:Fissel, pp. 174–8.
2473:Beckett, pp. 33–9.
2347:Hay, pp. 17, 73–4.
2118:22nd on 6 May 1780
2115:38th on12 May 1779
1645:
1415:Battle of Waterloo
1384:Ireland and France
1378:Wiltshire Yeomanry
1279:officer (CO), Col
1247:
1135:Berwick upon Tweed
1081:Peninsula Barracks
956:
797:
671:Thomas Penruddocke
632:Lieutenant-Colonel
610:
588:Raid on the Medway
550:Worcester campaign
491:Secretary of State
425:, and 560 for the
371:deputy lieutenants
369:, assisted by the
293:Battle of Edington
248:Wiltshire Regiment
36:Wiltshire Regiment
4655:Wiltshire Militia
4642:
4641:
4638:
4637:
4534:Argyll & Bute
4290:England and Wales
4278:
4277:
4263:England and Wales
4251:
4250:
4152:Argyll & Bute
4069:England and Wales
3869:Brig E.A. James,
3770:Capt John Davis,
3753:David G. Chandler
3727:Lindsay Boynton,
3455:Spiers, pp. 91–2.
3354:Amateur Tradition
3342:, 14 August 1810.
3213:Sargeaunt, p. 85.
2950:Camden Miscellany
2225:Holmes, pp. 90–1.
2151:St Helena 1901–02
2124:9th on 7 May 1782
2067:St George's Cross
2045:The buttons worn
2000:Honorary Colonels
1930:Christian Malford
1928:Henry Herbert of
1679:After serving at
1538:. They served at
1498:Clarence Barracks
1493:Coldstream Guards
1399:Earl of Dalhousie
1313:was massing his '
1296:Brigadier-General
1262:was stationed at
1060:
1059:
930:Treaty of Utrecht
861:William of Orange
745:Earl of Feversham
681:Sharington Talbot
566:Militia (English)
481:marauded through
328:Flanders campaign
209:
208:
45:1558–1 April 1953
16:(Redirected from
4677:
4287:
4260:
4223:Londonderry (II)
4066:
4048:
4041:
4034:
4025:
3981:External sources
3764:Elizabeth's Army
3724:
3680:
3679:Leslie, p. xiii.
3677:
3671:
3668:
3662:
3657:
3648:
3643:
3637:
3634:
3628:
3622:
3616:
3611:
3605:
3602:
3596:
3593:
3587:
3582:
3573:
3570:
3561:
3558:
3552:
3549:
3543:
3540:
3534:
3531:
3525:
3522:
3516:
3513:
3504:
3501:
3495:
3494:, various dates.
3489:
3468:
3465:
3456:
3453:
3447:
3444:
3433:
3428:
3409:
3406:
3400:
3397:
3384:
3381:
3375:
3372:
3366:
3363:
3357:
3350:
3344:
3336:
3330:
3322:
3316:
3313:
3307:
3304:
3298:
3295:
3289:
3284:
3278:
3277:Burgoyne, p. 55.
3275:
3269:
3261:
3250:
3247:
3241:
3238:
3232:
3229:
3223:
3220:
3214:
3211:
3205:
3204:Western, p. 333.
3202:
3196:
3193:
3187:
3186:Western, p. 396.
3184:
3178:
3168:
3155:
3148:
3129:
3128:Western, p. 384.
3126:
3120:
3117:
3111:
3110:Western, p. 394.
3108:
3102:
3099:
3093:
3087:
3074:
3071:
3060:
3055:
3020:
3017:
3011:
3010:Hay, pp. 136–44.
3008:
3002:
2999:
2993:
2990:
2984:
2981:
2975:
2970:
2964:
2959:
2953:
2942:
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2596:
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2587:
2584:
2578:
2575:
2569:
2566:
2560:
2555:
2549:
2546:
2533:
2532:Hay, pp. 99–104.
2530:
2524:
2521:
2515:
2512:
2506:
2503:
2497:
2492:
2483:
2480:
2474:
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2327:
2226:
2223:
2214:
2211:
2205:
2202:
2196:
2193:
2177:
2170:
1910:was introduced.
1908:Honorary Colonel
1798:Kitchener's Army
1714:St John Brodrick
1629:Childers Reforms
1560:Cardwell Reforms
1459:Militia Act 1852
1285:Weymouth, Dorset
1276:Treaty of Amiens
1252:Duke of Somerset
1077:prisoners of war
1069:William Beckford
1040:Bradford-on-Avon
1007:
966:Seven Years' War
873:Thomas Mompesson
825:King's Sedgemoor
757:Bradford-on-Avon
737:Market Lavington
713:Duke of Monmouth
538:Council of State
509:that led to the
285:Alfred the Great
104:
88:
86:
85:
75:
73:
72:
65:
61:
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58:
29:
21:
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4678:
4676:
4675:
4674:
4645:
4644:
4643:
4634:
4558:
4522:
4506:Channel Islands
4501:
4432:Nottinghamshire
4412:Montgomeryshire
4377:North Hampshire
4372:Gloucestershire
4332:Caernarvonshire
4327:Carmarthenshire
4312:Buckinghamshire
4274:
4247:
4218:Londonderry (I)
4176:
4140:
4057:
4052:
4022:
3983:
3951:Arthur Sleigh,
3721:
3708:
3701:Maj A.F. Becke,
3688:
3683:
3678:
3674:
3670:Hay, pp. 154–5.
3669:
3665:
3658:
3651:
3644:
3640:
3635:
3631:
3626:: 'Heytesbury'.
3623:
3619:
3612:
3608:
3603:
3599:
3594:
3590:
3583:
3576:
3571:
3564:
3559:
3555:
3550:
3546:
3541:
3537:
3532:
3528:
3523:
3519:
3515:Leslie, p. 124.
3514:
3507:
3502:
3498:
3490:
3471:
3466:
3459:
3454:
3450:
3445:
3436:
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3221:
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3208:
3203:
3199:
3194:
3190:
3185:
3181:
3169:
3158:
3149:
3132:
3127:
3123:
3119:Burgoyne, p. 7.
3118:
3114:
3109:
3105:
3100:
3096:
3088:
3077:
3072:
3063:
3056:
3023:
3018:
3014:
3009:
3005:
3000:
2996:
2992:Western, p. 73.
2991:
2987:
2982:
2978:
2971:
2967:
2960:
2956:
2943:
2939:
2934:
2897:
2893:Western, p. 53.
2892:
2888:
2883:
2879:
2872:
2865:
2860:
2856:
2851:
2847:
2842:
2838:
2833:
2829:
2824:
2820:
2815:
2811:
2806:
2802:
2797:
2793:
2788:
2784:
2779:
2772:
2767:
2763:
2758:
2754:
2748:Iter Bellicosum
2745:
2728:
2720:Edward Dummer,
2719:
2708:
2703:
2699:
2694:
2690:
2683:
2676:
2669:
2662:
2655:
2651:
2644:
2640:
2633:
2626:
2621:
2617:
2612:
2608:
2604:Western, p. 42.
2603:
2599:
2594:
2590:
2585:
2581:
2576:
2572:
2567:
2563:
2556:
2552:
2547:
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2527:
2522:
2518:
2513:
2509:
2504:
2500:
2493:
2486:
2481:
2477:
2472:
2468:
2463:
2459:
2455:Hay, pp. 394–5.
2454:
2423:
2418:
2414:
2409:
2405:
2400:
2396:
2391:
2387:
2382:
2378:
2373:
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2355:
2351:
2346:
2342:
2337:
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2328:
2229:
2224:
2217:
2212:
2208:
2203:
2199:
2194:
2190:
2186:
2181:
2180:
2171:
2167:
2162:
2135:
2105:
2032:
2027:
2002:
1959:Warneford Place
1923:William Northey
1916:
1853:
1848:
1839:
1790:
1734:
1722:Special Reserve
1718:Haldane Reforms
1705:
1703:Special Reserve
1674:Second Boer War
1670:
1668:Second Boer War
1625:
1556:
1485:
1455:
1428:Tottenham House
1423:
1386:
1349:Napoleonic Wars
1345:
1315:Army of England
1294:in Devon under
1272:
1270:Napoleonic Wars
1254:as colonel and
1233:
1147:
1085:Hilsea Barracks
1061:
1001:William Northey
978:drill sergeants
962:
946:
823:, reaching the
705:
693:Capt Willoughby
636:Little Durnford
568:
562:
503:
367:Lord Lieutenant
355:
311:, and again by
264:English militia
260:
232:Special Reserve
212:
202:
198:
194:
190:
185:
178:
153:
110:Special Reserve
83:
81:
80:
70:
68:
67:
56:
54:
53:
34:3rd Battalion,
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
4683:
4681:
4673:
4672:
4667:
4662:
4657:
4647:
4646:
4640:
4639:
4636:
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4633:
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4622:
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4612:
4610:Queen's County
4607:
4602:
4597:
4592:
4587:
4582:
4577:
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4520:
4515:
4509:
4507:
4503:
4502:
4500:
4499:
4494:
4489:
4487:Worcestershire
4484:
4479:
4474:
4469:
4464:
4459:
4454:
4449:
4444:
4439:
4434:
4429:
4427:Northumberland
4424:
4419:
4414:
4409:
4407:Merionethshire
4404:
4399:
4394:
4389:
4384:
4379:
4374:
4369:
4364:
4359:
4354:
4349:
4344:
4339:
4334:
4329:
4324:
4319:
4317:Cambridgeshire
4314:
4309:
4307:Brecknockshire
4304:
4299:
4293:
4291:
4284:
4280:
4279:
4276:
4275:
4273:
4272:
4266:
4264:
4257:
4253:
4252:
4249:
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4240:
4235:
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4210:
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4190:
4184:
4182:
4178:
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4175:
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4169:
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4159:
4154:
4148:
4146:
4142:
4141:
4139:
4138:
4133:
4128:
4123:
4118:
4116:Northumberland
4113:
4108:
4103:
4098:
4093:
4088:
4083:
4078:
4072:
4070:
4063:
4059:
4058:
4053:
4051:
4050:
4043:
4036:
4028:
4021:
4020:
4011:
4002:
3997:
3992:
3982:
3979:
3978:
3977:
3972:J.R. Western,
3970:
3963:
3956:
3949:
3940:
3933:
3924:
3896:
3889:
3884:Roger Knight,
3882:
3874:
3867:
3860:Richard Holmes
3857:
3848:
3841:
3830:
3821:
3812:
3803:
3794:John Fortescue
3790:
3783:
3776:
3767:
3760:
3750:
3744:
3737:
3732:
3725:
3719:
3706:
3699:
3689:
3687:
3684:
3682:
3681:
3672:
3663:
3649:
3638:
3636:Scott, p. 211.
3629:
3617:
3606:
3597:
3588:
3574:
3562:
3553:
3544:
3535:
3526:
3517:
3505:
3496:
3469:
3467:Leslie, p. 52.
3457:
3448:
3434:
3410:
3401:
3399:Sleigh, p. 74.
3385:
3383:Davis, p. 176.
3376:
3367:
3358:
3345:
3340:London Gazette
3331:
3328:, 2 June 1810.
3326:London Gazette
3317:
3308:
3299:
3290:
3279:
3270:
3267:, 3 July 1804.
3265:London Gazette
3251:
3242:
3233:
3224:
3215:
3206:
3197:
3188:
3179:
3156:
3130:
3121:
3112:
3103:
3094:
3092:: 'Ailesbury'.
3075:
3061:
3021:
3012:
3003:
2994:
2985:
2976:
2965:
2954:
2937:
2895:
2886:
2877:
2863:
2854:
2852:Scott, p. 290.
2845:
2836:
2827:
2818:
2809:
2800:
2791:
2782:
2770:
2761:
2752:
2726:
2706:
2697:
2688:
2674:
2660:
2649:
2638:
2624:
2615:
2606:
2597:
2588:
2579:
2570:
2561:
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2534:
2525:
2516:
2507:
2498:
2484:
2475:
2466:
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2412:
2403:
2394:
2385:
2376:
2367:
2358:
2349:
2340:
2331:
2227:
2215:
2206:
2197:
2187:
2185:
2182:
2179:
2178:
2174:London Gazette
2164:
2163:
2161:
2158:
2154:
2153:
2148:
2139:battle honours
2134:
2133:Battle honours
2131:
2126:
2125:
2122:
2119:
2116:
2113:
2104:
2101:
2031:
2028:
2026:
2023:
2022:
2021:
2012:
2009:
2001:
1998:
1997:
1996:
1993:
1990:
1987:
1984:
1981:
1971:
1968:
1962:
1955:
1948:
1937:
1926:
1915:
1912:
1904:
1903:
1897:
1891:
1885:
1879:
1873:
1867:
1852:
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1847:
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1588:
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1518:Ionian Islands
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4014:David Plant,
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2884:Scott, p. 99.
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2619:
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2586:Scott, p. 75.
2583:
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2146:Mediterranean
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2076:
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1746:Western Front
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4297:Bedfordshire
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3988:
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3965:War Office,
3959:
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4447:Radnorshire
4437:Oxfordshire
4422:Northampton
3836:, Vol VII,
2419:Hay, p. 92.
2401:Hay, p. 88.
1976:, formerly
1878:, 1778–1811
1827:Mesopotamia
1693:other ranks
1496:marched to
817:Glastonbury
785:Chew Valley
459:Marlborough
427:Netherlands
391:Spanish War
287:'s army of
268:Anglo-Saxon
252:World War I
162:Engagements
155:Marlborough
147:Garrison/HQ
92:(1801–1953)
79:(1707–1800)
66:(1558–1707)
4649:Categories
4497:North York
4392:Lancashire
4362:Flintshire
4238:Mid-Ulster
4172:Haddington
4106:Lancashire
4081:Carmarthen
3879:Moonrakers
2184:References
2103:Precedence
2075:forage cap
1846:Commanders
1771:After the
1754:Dorchester
1601:War Office
1564:Volunteers
1421:Long Peace
1391:Chelmsford
1292:Aylesbeare
1209:Devonshire
1190:Volunteers
1175:Dover Town
1171:Folkestone
1127:Lancashire
1073:Winchester
1049:Malmesbury
1046:Chippenham
1028:Warminster
897:Portsmouth
833:bivouacked
776:River Avon
761:Trowbridge
741:Chippenham
717:Lyme Regis
689:Chippenham
619:Norrington
576:Malmesbury
554:Gloucester
507:Parliament
487:enclosures
483:Derbyshire
463:Warminster
421:, 350 for
373:(DLs) and
335:Henry VIII
179:commanders
172:Commanders
131:Battalions
4625:Westmeath
4615:Tipperary
4580:Fermanagh
4544:Edinburgh
4492:East York
4482:Wiltshire
4402:Middlesex
4367:Glamorgan
4302:Berkshire
4256:Engineers
4228:Tipperary
4157:Edinburgh
4136:Yorkshire
4096:Glamorgan
4062:Artillery
3910:Vol VII,
3838:1809–1810
3492:Army List
3356:, p. 118.
3352:Beckett,
3175:Carnarvon
3152:1805 List
2160:Footnotes
2071:Glengarry
1978:71st Foot
1941:Lavington
1936:1772–1778
1896:, 1827–40
1872:, 1770–78
1866:, 1758–70
1691:, and 13
1685:St Helena
1627:The 1881
1612:Army List
1540:Aldershot
1163:Dungeness
1131:Yorkshire
1093:Dysentery
1020:Salisbury
917:Spye Park
881:Old Sarum
869:High Tory
837:Middlezoy
687:, MP for
627:Salisbury
625:(MP) for
501:Civil War
439:Charles I
398:and 300 '
347:Salisbury
319:of 1285.
224:Wiltshire
166:Sedgemoor
157:(1816–52)
4600:Longford
4527:Scotland
4513:Guernsey
4457:Somerset
4337:Cheshire
4283:Infantry
4145:Scotland
4121:Pembroke
4076:Cardigan
3624:'Burke's
1851:Colonels
1831:Salonika
1407:Napoleon
1403:Bordeaux
1323:Plymouth
1319:Boulogne
1311:Napoleon
1219:, under
1194:Yeomanry
1155:Hastings
1089:Smallpox
974:adjutant
845:billeted
821:Somerton
780:Keynsham
651:Landford
584:Cromwell
475:Somerset
412:pioneers
400:corslets
297:Westbury
281:Sheriffs
120:Infantry
4630:Wicklow
4590:Leitrim
4575:Donegal
4563:Ireland
4467:Suffolk
4452:Rutland
4417:Norfolk
4243:Wicklow
4203:Donegal
4181:Ireland
4126:Suffolk
4111:Norfolk
3660:Baldry.
3431:Parkyn.
3171:Burke's
3090:Burke's
2091:colours
2040:facings
1954:1789–93
1947:1778–88
1837:Postwar
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1750:Lodmoor
1617:V Corps
1544:Gosport
1522:cholera
1516:in the
1506:Croesus
1304:Honiton
1024:Swindon
1017:Devizes
519:Devizes
479:Bristol
471:Colonel
467:Captain
419:Ireland
408:lancers
343:tithing
339:hundred
236:Militia
177:Notable
151:Devizes
106:Militia
63:England
50:Country
4620:Tyrone
4518:Jersey
4477:Sussex
4472:Surrey
4397:London
4357:Durham
4352:Dorset
4233:Tyrone
4213:Galway
4208:Dublin
4193:Armagh
4188:Antrim
4131:Sussex
4091:Durham
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2051:Wyvern
1792:After
1781:Dublin
1775:, the
1766:Medway
1762:Thames
1489:Crimea
1213:Exeter
1205:Sussex
1141:1793.
1097:Typhus
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1013:Bedwyn
841:Othery
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525:. The
423:France
396:bowmen
289:Wessex
277:shires
234:, the
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