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[[ | Also known as '''The Dorsetshire Regiment''' from 1881.<br> In 1753 the 39th Foot was the first [[British Army]] regiment posted to India. | ||
== Chronology == | == Chronology == | ||
*'''1689''' Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot raised | *'''1689''' Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot raised | ||
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*'''1794''' regiment was captured and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the 104th Regiment of Foot | *'''1794''' regiment was captured and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the 104th Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1805''' became the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | *'''1805''' became the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot | ||
*'''1881''' amalgamated with the 54th Regiment of Foot | *'''1881''' amalgamated with the [[54th Regiment of Foot]] and became the 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment | ||
*'''1951''' became The Dorset Regiment | *'''1951''' became The Dorset Regiment | ||
*'''1958''' amalgamated with The Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment | *'''1958''' amalgamated with The Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment | ||
*'''2005''' renamed the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry | *'''2005''' renamed the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry | ||
*'''2007''' amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment to form 1st Battalion The Rifles | *'''2007''' amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment to form 1st Battalion The Rifles | ||
==British Library holdings== | |||
*''The 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment illustrated with a brief historical account of the services of the Regiment. Photographs by Fred Bremner''. Ferozepore 1906. Published in Lahore by Fred Bremner 1906. | |||
:This is a photographic album produced by the photographer Fred Bremner, one of four known photographic albums of British Army Regiments in the North-West of India which he published in Quetta and Lahore in the early 1900s. As an indication, that for the 1st Battalion [[22nd Regiment of Foot|Cheshire Regiment]] consists of a brief History of 20 pages followed by 38 full page printed photographs.<ref>[http://www.iberlibro.com/buscar-libro/autor/cheshire-regiment-bremner-photographs www.iberlibro.com]</ref> | |||
*Also see 'Regimental journal' below. | |||
==Regimental journal== | |||
*''The Dorset regimental journal : a paper for Dorset men and men of the Dorsets''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1912)-v. 3, no. 27 (July 1914) is available at the [[British Library]] | |||
*''The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly''. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the [[British Library]] | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coote Richard Coote] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Regiment_of_Foot 39th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Regiment The Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifles The Rifles] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coote Richard Coote] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Regiment_of_Foot 39th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Regiment The Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rifles The Rifles] Wikipedia<br> | |||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071216173215/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/039Dorst.htm The Dorset Regiment] including [http://web.archive.org/web/20071223004525/www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/039-1.htm deployments (1st Battalion)] Regiments.org, an archived site<br> | |||
*[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the [[11th Regiment of Foot|11th]], 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.victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&catid=10&Itemid=9 "Nothing Could Be More Beautiful - The Charge of HM 39th Regiment at Maharajpore - December 29th 1843"] by James Falkner Reproduced from ''Soldiers of the Queen, Issue 82 September 1995'' victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk. This action was part of the [[Gwalior Campaign]] | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | |||
Latest revision as of 12:35, 30 December 2011
Also known as The Dorsetshire Regiment from 1881.
In 1753 the 39th Foot was the first British Army regiment posted to India.
Chronology
- 1689 Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot raised
- 1662 became Richard Coote's Regiment of Foot
- 1702 reformed by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland
- 1751 became the 39th Regiment of Foot
- 1782 became the 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
- 1794 regiment was captured and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the 104th Regiment of Foot
- 1805 became the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881 amalgamated with the 54th Regiment of Foot and became the 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
- 1951 became The Dorset Regiment
- 1958 amalgamated with The Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
- 2005 renamed the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry
- 2007 amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment to form 1st Battalion The Rifles
British Library holdings
- The 1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment illustrated with a brief historical account of the services of the Regiment. Photographs by Fred Bremner. Ferozepore 1906. Published in Lahore by Fred Bremner 1906.
- This is a photographic album produced by the photographer Fred Bremner, one of four known photographic albums of British Army Regiments in the North-West of India which he published in Quetta and Lahore in the early 1900s. As an indication, that for the 1st Battalion Cheshire Regiment consists of a brief History of 20 pages followed by 38 full page printed photographs.[1]
- Also see 'Regimental journal' below.
Regimental journal
- The Dorset regimental journal : a paper for Dorset men and men of the Dorsets. Vol. 1, no. 1 (May 1912)-v. 3, no. 27 (July 1914) is available at the British Library
- The Dorsetshire regimental quarterly. Vol. 1, no. 1 (June 1926)-v. 19, no. 2 (June 1951) is available at the British Library
External Links
- Richard Coote Wikipedia
- 39th Regiment of Foot Wikipedia
- The Dorset Regiment Wikipedia
- The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Wikipedia
- The Rifles Wikipedia
- The Dorset Regiment including deployments (1st Battalion) Regiments.org, an archived site
- The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset. Covers the 11th, 39th and 54th Regiments of Foot
- "Nothing Could Be More Beautiful - The Charge of HM 39th Regiment at Maharajpore - December 29th 1843" by James Falkner Reproduced from Soldiers of the Queen, Issue 82 September 1995 victorianmilitarysociety.org.uk. This action was part of the Gwalior Campaign