39th Regiment of Foot

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