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[[Category:British Army]]
[[Category:Regiments]]
== 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
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coote Richard Coote] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Regiment_of_Foot 39th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Regiment The 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
[[Category:Regiments]]
== 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
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coote Richard Coote] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Regiment_of_Foot 39th Regiment of Foot] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_Regiment The 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
