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*[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the 11th, [[39th Regiment of Foot|39th]] and [[54th Regiment of Foot|54th]] Regiments of Foot
*[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the 11th, [[39th Regiment of Foot|39th]] and [[54th Regiment of Foot|54th]] Regiments of Foot
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum] <br>
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum] <br>
**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./rw_shop/ShopViewDetails.php?&cat=639&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=shopviewcat639&itemid=6056&sid=3c80a35c533d7bbd70ba443b2e77a51d  ''The Bloody Eleventh: The History of the Devonshire Regiment Volume II 1815-1914'' by WJT Aggett 1994] and [http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./rw_shop/ShopViewDetails.php?&cat=639&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=shopviewcat639&itemid=6057&sid=3c80a35c533d7bbd70ba443b2e77a51d  ''The Bloody Eleventh: The History of the Devonshire Regiment Volume III 1914 – 1969'' by WJT Aggett 1995] are available to buy from the Museum Shop. These books are also available at the [[British Library]]
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk Devon Family History Society]<br>
*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk Devon Family History Society]<br>
*[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentandtheTirahCampaign.htm The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign] Devon Heritage   
*[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentandtheTirahCampaign.htm The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign] Devon Heritage   


[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]]

Revision as of 12:45, 7 January 2012

Known as The Devonshire Regiment

Chronology

  • 1685 raised as The Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot
  • 1751 became the 11th Regiment of Foot
  • 1782 became 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
  • 1881 became The Devonshire Regiment
  • 1958 amalgamated with The Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
  • 2005 renamed the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry
  • 2007 merged with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and was designated 1st Battalion The Rifles

Service in British India

External Links

Historical Books Online

Historical Record of the Eleventh, or the North Devon Regiment of Foot: containing an account of the formation of the regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1845 Google Books 1845

Other