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[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.
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 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, was a part-time unit of the British Army recruited in the county of Devon. It was formed in the Territorial Force in 1908 by amalgamating two existing Volunteer Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment .
The South Devon Militia was a part-time military unit in the maritime county of Devonshire in the West of England.The Militia had always been important in the county, which was vulnerable to invasion, and from its formal creation in 1758 the regiment served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars, later as a reserve battalion for the Devonshire Regiment.
The Devon Trained Bands were a part-time militia force recruited from Devonshire in South West England, first organised in 1558.They were periodically embodied for home defence and internal security, including the Spanish Armada campaign in 1588, and saw active service during the First English Civil War.
0–9. 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; 2nd (Prince of Wales's) Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment; 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
Norfolk Regiment - Royal title in 1935 as part of Silver Jubilee 9th (The East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot; The Lincolnshire Regiment - gained Royal title in 1946 for World War II service 10th (The North Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot; Devonshire Regiment. 11th (The North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot; Suffolk Regiment. 12th (The East Suffolk ...
In addition to this, many British citizens (usually mid-upper class) volunteered to join the new regiment. [8] The Royal 1st Devonshire Yeomanry Cavalry and the Royal North Devon Hussars co-sponsored the 27th (Devonshire) Company of the 7th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry [9] which arrived in South Africa on 23 March 1900. [10]