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The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment , although usually known as "The Dorsets".
The keep is now a regimental museum for the Devonshire Regiment, the Dorset Regiment, the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, The Dorset Yeomanry, Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry, The Dorset Militia, The Royal Devon Yeomanry and 94 Field Regiment RA. [10]
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th and 54th), usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. In 2007 it was itself merged into The Rifles, a "large regiment".
The regiment's uniforms from the 1758 review at Cranbourne onwards were red with green facings. As 3rd Dorsets after 1881 the facings changed to the standard white of English county regiments. The 39th Foot had previously worn grass green facings, and these were re-adopted by the whole of the Dorset Regiment in 1904. [56] [89] [124] [116]
Vickery was 24 years old, and a private in the 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment, British Army during the Tirah Campaign in British India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
The Tank Museum, the museum of the Royal Tank Regiment, is at Bovington Camp in Dorset [67] The Worcester Soldier galleries (for the Worcestershire Regiment and the Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars ) is part of the Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum [ 68 ]
The Dorset Regiment of the British Army, which was formed by the amalgamation of the 39th Regiment of Foot and the 54th Regiment of Foot in 1881. Until 1951 the unit was known as the Dorsetshire Regiment.
Includes commissioned officers of the Dorset Regiment of the British Army, which was formed by the amalgamation of the 39th Regiment of Foot and the 54th Regiment of Foot in 1881. Until 1951 the unit was known as the Dorsetshire Regiment. In 1958 the unit was merged into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.