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*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and was designated 1st Battalion The Rifles | *'''2007''' merged with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and was designated 1st Battalion The Rifles | ||
== Service in British India == | == Service in British India == | ||
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*[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 | ||
*This link from Janus (janus.lib.cam.ac.uk) [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3029A Burma Campaigns 1889-91] briefly mentions the 2nd Devons Regiment and the assault on the Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade during the Wuntho Sawbwa Campaign of 1891, a later part of the [[3rd Burma War]] | *This link from Janus (janus.lib.cam.ac.uk) [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3029A Burma Campaigns 1889-91] briefly mentions the 2nd Devons Regiment and the assault on the Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade during the Wuntho Sawbwa Campaign of 1891, a later part of the [[3rd Burma War]] | ||
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Revision as of 09:45, 1 November 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
First Battalion
- 1864 India
- 1891 Egypt
- 1892 Thobba
- 1896 Cherat
- 1897 Tirah Campaign
- 1897 Punjab
- 1902 Rhaniket
- 1904 Chaubattia
- 1905 Rangoon
- 1929 Quetta
- 1932 Razmak
- 1934 Calcutta
- 1936 Lucknow
- 1937 Rawalpindi
- 1942 Ceylon
- 1943 Burma
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
- Devonshire Regiment Wikipedia
- The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Wikipedia
- The Devonshire Regiment including deployments: 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion Regiments.org, an archived site.
- The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the 11th, 39th and 54th Regiments of Foot
- Resources Held at the Museum
- The Bloody Eleventh: The History of the Devonshire Regiment Volume II 1815-1914 by WJT Aggett 1994 and 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
- Resources Held at the Museum
- Devon Family History Society
- The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign Devon Heritage
- This link from Janus (janus.lib.cam.ac.uk) Burma Campaigns 1889-91 briefly mentions the 2nd Devons Regiment and the assault on the Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade during the Wuntho Sawbwa Campaign of 1891, a later part of the 3rd Burma War