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Dispositions of the 8th Division at 0100 hours on 27 May 1918, showing the location of the 2nd Devons on Bois des Buttes. Bois des Buttes was a battle honour uniquely awarded to the Devonshire Regiment in memory of the actions of its 2nd Battalion on 27 May 1918, the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne in the Great War.
The 2nd Battalion was disbanded at Topsham Barracks in Exeter in 1948. The remaining battalion was in Malaya from 1948 to 1951 at the time of the Malayan Emergency and in Kenya from 1953 to 1955, during the Mau Mau Uprising. [57] In 1958, the regiment was amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. [58]
Converted to service battalion and absorbed into 1/5th Battalion in Germany, in 1920 Volunteer Training Corps [11] 1st Battalion Devonshire Volunteer Regiment later the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment: Exeter: Disbanded post war 2nd Battalion Devonshire Volunteer Regiment later the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment: Plymouth
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.
The 2nd or South Devons therefore became the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment by virtue of their higher precedence, and the 1st Devons became the 4th Battalion. However, the whole Devonshire Regiment did adopt the old East Devon Militia's cap badge and motto. [34] [63] [35] [76] The 4th Battalion volunteered for garrison service during the ...
1/5th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) 1/6th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (left 3 December 1944) 1/7th Battalion, Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (left 3 December 1944) 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (joined 1 December 1944) 9th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (joined 2 December 1944) Divisional ...
2nd Devonshire Artillery Volunteers; 2nd Devonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery; 2nd Devonshire Light Horse Volunteers; 2nd Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) 3rd (Devonport Dockyard) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; 3rd (Teignmouth) Devonshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
In June, they were joined at Bordon by the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment. Both set a precedent for the site by marching from Bentley railway station, headed by a marching band. [1] In May 1903, the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and the 2nd Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment were the first to occupy Longmoor Camp ...