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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 links =====Historical Books Onlinebooks 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*[https://archive.org/details/the-devonshire-regiment-1914-1918/page/n9/mode/2up ''The Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918''] by C T Atkinson 1926 Archive.org. The various Battalions fought on the Western Front, in Mesopotamia, Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Italy and North Russia, and were in India.
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment Devonshire Regiment] Wikipedia<br>
:[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: Thumbnail photographs of 1st Battalion Band at Rawalpindi 1939] 1st Battalion Band escorting a new draft of recruits from Rawalipindi station Devons in India and Burma c 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 While some photographs). may be enlarged, those previously on the platform photobucketcannot.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]]
