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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment Devonshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment Devonshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br> | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment] Wikipedia | ||
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20080113060232/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/011Devon.htm The Devonshire Regiment] including deployments: [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108235504/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/011-1.htm 1st Battalion], [http://web.archive.org/web/20071121043351/http://www.regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/011-2.htm 2nd Battalion] Regiments.org, an archived site. | |||
*[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> | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 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
- 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
- Devon Family History Society
- The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign Devon Heritage