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Exeter was little affected during the Blitz, the German night-bombing offensive against Britain's cities, though nearby Plymouth was severely damaged in early 1941. This changed in 1942 when Exeter became the first target of the so-called " Baedeker Blitz ", a campaign to attack targets of cultural and historical, rather than military or ...
See Post-World War II Supplementary Reserve 3rd 1908 See Post-World War II Territorial Army [19] 4th 1853 Gibraltar, Britain 5th (Prince of Wales's) 1908 Britain Converted to 86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery, in 1941 [20] 6th 1860 Britain, Ireland Converted to 628th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery, in January 1947 7th (Haytor) 1939
[i] Under the reforms the regiment became the Devonshire Regiment on 1 July 1881. [35] At the same time it merged with the militia and rifle volunteer units of the county of Devon. It took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and the Second Boer War in 1899. The 1st Battalion were besieged at Ladysmith. It departed for India on 3 January 1902.
The units' World War II memorials are at Exeter Guildhall. The 51st's consists of a bronze plaque bearing the mailed fist emblem of the 6th Armoured Division, with the inscription: 'ROYAL ARTILLERY 6TH ARMOURED DIVISION/1939–1945/51ST (DEVON) LIGHT ANTI AIRCRAFT REGIMENT R.A. T.A./RHQ 151 BATTERY R.A. T.A. EXETER/152 BATTERY R.A. T.A. TORQUAY ...
The 2/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment was formed at Exeter on 16 September 1914 as the 1/4th Bn was preparing to go overseas, and became part of the 2nd Devon & Cornwall Brigade in 2nd Wessex Division. It was quickly decided to send this division to India as well, where it could replace further Regular units and continue its training.
1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment 1st Administrative Battalion, Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps 1st Administrative Brigade, Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
The site was established as an artillery barracks for the Board of Ordnance under the name of Topsham Barracks around 1800. [1] In 1873 a system of recruiting areas based on counties was instituted under the Cardwell Reforms and the barracks became the depot for the two battalions of the 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. [2]
No. 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron is an active Reserve unit of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) assigned to the RAF ISTAR Force at RAF Waddington. It was originally formed as a unit of the British Auxiliary Air Force in 1938, active throughout World War 2 as a fighter unit, becoming the 1st operational RAF unit to fly jets and disbanded in 1957.