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*'''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 | ||
==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 == | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment The Devonshire and 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://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] Regiments.org, an archived site | [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 | |||
[[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 22:38, 10 December 2010
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 to form 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
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