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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 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".
Accordingly, on 17 May 1958, the Devonshire Regiment and Dorset Regiment were amalgamated into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, while on 9 June 1959 the Royal Berkshire Regiment and the Wiltshire Regiment were merged into the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire). [3]
[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 barracks became the depot for the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot. [6] Following the Childers Reforms, the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot amalgamated with the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot to form the Dorset Regiment with its depot in the barracks in 1881. [6]
When the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment merged in 1958 to create the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the TA battalion was redesignated the Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers), making official the 1st Rifle Volunteers title that it had unofficially used for many years. [4] [5] [82]
2nd Battalion Devonshire Volunteer Regiment later the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment: Plymouth: Disbanded post war 3rd Battalion (North Devon) Devonshire Volunteer Regiment: Chester: Disbanded 1918 4th Battalion (South Devon) Devonshire Volunteer Regiment later the 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment: Torquay: Disbanded ...
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