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*'''2007''' merged with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and was designated 1st Battalion The Rifles
== Service in British India ==
'''First Battalion'''
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*'''1864''' India
*'''1897''' [[Tirah Campaign]]
*'''1897''' [[Punjab]]
*'''1902''' [[Ranikhet|Rhaniket]]*'''1904''' [[Ranikhet|Chaubattia]]
*'''1905''' [[Rangoon]]
*'''1929''' [[Quetta]]
*'''1942''' [[Ceylon]]
*'''1943''' [[Burma]]
</div> ==FIBIS resources==*A nominal roll of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the 2nd Battalion 11th Foot (North Devon Regiment) who died during the campaign in South Afghanistan, from 17 July 1880 to 10 November 1880, originally published in the ''North Devon Journal, 3 March 1881'' appears in FIBIS Journal 8 (Autumn 2002). See [[FIBIS Journals]] for details of how to access this article. ==Second World War==In the early years of WW2 the 1st Devon’s were in training and service on the NWF of India. In 1942 they headed for Ceylon, where they joined the 20th Indian Division and settled into jungle training with the specific aim of learning how to counter and engage the Japanese. The 1st Devon’s formed part of 80th Brigade in the 20th Indian Division and in April 1944 found itself defending the Shenam Ridge on the Tamu/Palel road in Assam. These were the approaches to the now famous Indian towns of Imphal and Kohima and the scene of one of the most bloody and horrific battles of WW2. <ref> WW2Talk Forum thread "Devonshire regiment in India post WW2 query" [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/devonshire-regiment-in-india-post-ww2-query.44908/#post-539318 post 9 reply] by bamboo43 (retrieved 30 August 2016)</ref>
== 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'' [http://books.google.com/books?id=piRS_4kqnXsC Google Books] 1845
===Other===
*[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://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./resources.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=army_numbers&sid=13fcc180765a5847cbd1888fff9a6bdc Resources Held at the Museum] <br>**[http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./rw_shop/ShopViewDetails.php?&cat=639&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=shopviewcat639&itemid=6056&sid=3c80a35c533d7bbd70ba443b2e77a51d ''The Bloody Eleventh: The History of the Devonshire Regiment Volume II 1815-1914'' by WJT Aggett 1994] and [http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org./rw_shop/ShopViewDetails.php?&cat=639&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=shopviewcat639&itemid=6057&sid=3c80a35c533d7bbd70ba443b2e77a51d ''The Bloody Eleventh: The History of the Devonshire Regiment Volume III 1914 – 1969'' by WJT Aggett 1995] are available to buy from the Museum Shop. These books are also available at the [[British Library]]*[http://www.devonfhs.org.uk Devon Family History Society]<br>*A link from Janus (janus.lib.cam.ac.uk) [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0115%2FY3029A Burma Campaigns 1889-91] briefly mentions the 2nd Devons Regiment and the assault on the Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade during the Wuntho Sawbwa Campaign of 1891, a later part of the [[3rd Burma War]].:[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentinBurmain1891.htm The Devonshire Regiment In Burma In 1891] Devon Heritage. Some members of the Regiment died at [[Bernardmyo]].*[http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/TheDevonshireRegimentandtheTirahCampaign.htm The Devonshire Regiment and the Tirah Campaign] Devon Heritage*[http://s1355.photobucket.com/user/swedebasher/media/1stBattBandatRawalipindi1939_zps985279a7.jpg.html Photograph: 1st Battalion Band at Rawalpindi 1939] 1st Battalion Band escorting a new draft of recruits from Rawalipindi station 1939<ref> WW2Talk Forum thread [http://ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/1st-devons-in-india-and-burma.53454/ 1st Devons in India and Burma] (retrieved 30 August 2016)</ref> (Scroll forwards for further photographs). photobucket.com (retrieved 31May 2014)*[http://www.burmastar.org.uk/the_devons_i.htm The Devons: The War In The Jungle] by Jeremy Taylor burmastar.org.uk. [[Second World War|WW2]] == References ==<references /> {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}}
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