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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== | ==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 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]] | *''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://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset<br> | *[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./ The Keep Military Museum], Dorchester, Dorset<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]] | *[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]] | [[Category:British Army Infantry Regiments]] | ||
Revision as of 05:44, 29 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
- "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