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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Cap_badge" title="Cap badge">Cap badge</a> of the Devons</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1685–1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">Kingdom of England</a> (1685–1707)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Great_Britain_%281707%E2%80%931800%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Great_Britain" title="Kingdom of Great Britain">Kingdom of Great Britain</a> (1707–1800)<br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> (1801–1958)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">Line infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data">1–2 <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Regular</a> battalions<br />Up to 2 <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">Militia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)#The_Special_Reserve" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">Reserve</a> battalions<br />Up to 5 <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">Volunteer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial</a> battalions<br />Up to 19 Hostilities-only battalions</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wyvern_Barracks" title="Wyvern Barracks">Topsham Barracks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">The Bloody Eleventh<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Motto(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Semper Fidelis</i> (Ever faithful)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Lincoln green facings</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">March</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>We've Lived and We've Loved Together</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Arm Badge</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/106px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="106" height="29" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/159px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg/212px-Croix_de_Guerre_1914-1918_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span><br /><span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;">Croix de Guerre</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Devonshire Regiment</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Line_infantry" title="Line infantry">line infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>. In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Dorset_Regiment" title="Dorset Regiment">Dorset Regiment</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> which, in 2007, was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a> and <a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a> to form a new <a href="/wiki/Large_regiment" title="Large regiment">large regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rifles" title="The Rifles">The Rifles</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_Somerset_(1629%E2%80%931699),_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort,_KG,_PC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg/220px-Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="358" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg/330px-Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg/440px-Henry_Somerset_%281629%E2%80%931699%29%2C_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort%2C_KG%2C_PC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Henry_Somerset,_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort">Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester</a>, founder of the regiment</figcaption></figure> <p>In June 1667 <a href="/wiki/Henry_Somerset,_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort">Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester</a>, was granted a commission to raise a regiment of foot, <b>The Marquess of Worcester's Regiment of Foot</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment remained in existence for only a few months and was disbanded in the same year. It was re-raised in January 1673 and again disbanded in 1674. In 1682, Henry Somerset was created <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Duke of Beaufort">Duke of Beaufort</a>, and in 1685 he was again commissioned to raise a regiment, <b>The Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot</b>, or <b>Beaufort Musketeers</b>, to defend <a href="/wiki/Bristol" title="Bristol">Bristol</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Monmouth_Rebellion" title="Monmouth Rebellion">Duke of Monmouth's rebellion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-early_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-early-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_years">Early years</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg/220px-Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="335" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg/330px-Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Soldier_of_11th_regiment_1742.jpg 2x" data-file-width="405" data-file-height="617" /></a><figcaption>Soldier of the 11th Foot in 1742. The red coat displays the regiment's green facings.</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment was not required to fight at the time of its formation since the Duke of Monmouth was drawn away from Bristol. Its first action came in <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boyne" title="Battle of the Boyne">Battle of the Boyne</a> in July 1690<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Limerick_(1691)" title="Siege of Limerick (1691)">siege of Limerick</a> in August 1691 when it fought for <a href="/wiki/William_III_of_England" title="William III of England">William III</a> against the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Army_(Kingdom_of_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)">Irish Army</a> of the deposed <a href="/wiki/James_II_of_England" title="James II of England">James II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It joined the armies of the <a href="/wiki/John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough" title="John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough">Duke of Marlborough</a> in <a href="/wiki/Holland" title="Holland">Holland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Spanish_Succession" class="mw-redirect" title="War of Spanish Succession">War of Spanish Succession</a> in 1703, and also fought in the Iberian Campaign, being captured by the French at <a href="/wiki/Portalegre,_Portugal" title="Portalegre, Portugal">Portalegre</a> in 1704<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and part of the British army defeated at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Almansa" title="Battle of Almansa">Battle of Almansa</a> in April 1707.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Back in the United Kingdom, it helped put down the <a href="/wiki/Jacobite_rising_of_1715" title="Jacobite rising of 1715">Jacobite rising of 1715</a>, fighting the rebels at the inconclusive <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sheriffmuir" title="Battle of Sheriffmuir">Battle of Sheriffmuir</a> in November 1715<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glen_Shiel" title="Battle of Glen Shiel">Battle of Glen Shiel</a> in June 1719.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Flanders" title="Flanders">Flanders</a> in summer 1742 for service in the <a href="/wiki/War_of_Austrian_Succession" class="mw-redirect" title="War of Austrian Succession">War of Austrian Succession</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dettingen" title="Battle of Dettingen">Battle of Dettingen</a> in June 1743,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fontenoy" title="Battle of Fontenoy">Battle of Fontenoy</a> in May 1745<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Rocoux" title="Battle of Rocoux">Battle of Rocoux</a> in October 1746.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment embarked for the continent in spring 1760 for service in the <a href="/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a>; it fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Warburg" title="Battle of Warburg">Battle of Warburg</a> in July 1760,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kloster_Kampen" title="Battle of Kloster Kampen">Battle of Kloster Kampen</a> in October 1760<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Villinghausen" title="Battle of Villinghausen">Battle of Villinghausen</a> in July 1761<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wilhelmsthal" title="Battle of Wilhelmsthal">Battle of Wilhelmsthal</a> in June 1762<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the inconclusive <a href="/wiki/Spanish_invasion_of_Portugal_(1762)" title="Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762)">Iberian campaign</a>. After the war, it garrisoned the island of <a href="/wiki/Menorca" title="Menorca">Menorca</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment served under the name of its various <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">Colonels</a> until it was numbered as the <b>11th Regiment of Foot</b> when the numerical system of regimental designation was adopted in 1751.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was given the additional county title of <b>11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot</b> in 1782.<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="French_and_Napoleonic_Wars">French and Napoleonic Wars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: French and Napoleonic Wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 11th Regiment spent the early years of the <a href="/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a> serving as detachments in the Mediterranean with the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also took part in an abortive raid on the port of <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> in 1798.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was deployed to the <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> in 1801 where it captured <a href="/wiki/Saint_Barth%C3%A9lemy" title="Saint Barthélemy">Saint Barthélemy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Saint_Martin_(island)" title="Saint Martin (island)">Saint Martin</a> later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2nd Battalion was formed in 1809 and took part in the disastrous <a href="/wiki/Walcheren_Campaign" title="Walcheren Campaign">Walcheren Campaign</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1st battalion returned to Europe in July 1809 to fight in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bussaco" title="Battle of Bussaco">Battle of Bussaco</a> in September 1810 and then fell back to the <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_Torres_Vedras" title="Lines of Torres Vedras">Lines of Torres Vedras</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Siege_of_Badajoz_(1811)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Siege of Badajoz (1811)">siege of Badajoz</a> in April 1811,<sup id="cite_ref-cannon61_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon61-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ciudad_Rodrigo_(1812)" title="Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)">siege of Ciudad Rodrigo</a> in January 1812<sup id="cite_ref-cannon61_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon61-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and earned its nickname, <i>The Bloody Eleventh</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a> in July 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It fought at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Burgos" title="Siege of Burgos">siege of Burgos</a> in September 1812<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and then pursued the French Army into France taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyrenees" title="Battle of the Pyrenees">Battle of the Pyrenees</a> in July 1813,<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nivelle" title="Battle of Nivelle">Battle of Nivelle</a> in November 1813<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nive" title="Battle of the Nive">Battle of the Nive</a> in December 1813<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Orthez" title="Battle of Orthez">Battle of Orthez</a> in February 1814<sup id="cite_ref-cannon76_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon76-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Toulouse_(1814)" title="Battle of Toulouse (1814)">Battle of Toulouse</a> in April 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-cannon76_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon76-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Victoria_era">The Victoria era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: The Victoria era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG/220px-Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG/330px-Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG/440px-Devonshire_Regiment-Ladysmith.JPG 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="285" /></a><figcaption>Soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment at the <a href="/wiki/Relief_of_Ladysmith" title="Relief of Ladysmith">Relief of Ladysmith</a>, 1900. They are facing Pepworth Hill, firing from behind boulders which provided for an effective cover.</figcaption></figure> <p>The regiment spent most of the 19th century on garrison duty throughout the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">Empire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the <a href="/wiki/Cardwell_Reforms" title="Cardwell Reforms">Cardwell Reforms</a> of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at <a href="/wiki/Wyvern_Barracks" title="Wyvern Barracks">Topsham Barracks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a> from 1873, or by the <a href="/wiki/Childers_reforms" class="mw-redirect" title="Childers reforms">Childers reforms</a> of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the reforms the regiment became the <b>Devonshire Regiment</b> on 1 July 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time it merged with the <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">militia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">rifle volunteer</a> units of the county of <a href="/wiki/Devon" title="Devon">Devon</a>. It took part in the <a href="/wiki/Tirah_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirah Campaign">Tirah Campaign</a> in 1897 and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> in 1899. The 1st Battalion were besieged at Ladysmith. It departed for India on 3 January 1902. The 2nd Battalion fought in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Second Anglo-Afghan War">Second Anglo-Afghan War</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Ashanti_wars" title="Anglo-Ashanti wars">Anglo-Ashanti wars</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> and the latter the <a href="/wiki/Special_Reserve_(militia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Reserve (militia)">Special Reserve</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the regiment now had one Reserve and four Territorial battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>ii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_battalions_of_the_Devonshire_Regiment#First_World_War" title="List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment">List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment § First World War</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG/220px-Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG/330px-Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG/440px-Monument_2_Devonshire_08284.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4912" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Memorial at <a href="/wiki/La_Ville-aux-Bois-l%C3%A8s-Pontavert" title="La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert">La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert</a>.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regular_Army">Regular Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Regular Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was a <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Regular Army</a> unit and, after absorbing some 500 reservists, departed for France, landing at <a href="/wiki/Le_Havre" title="Le Havre">Le Havre</a> on 21 August 1914, just 17 days since Britain's entry into the war, as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF). The battalion joined the <a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">8th Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Division</a> in early September 1914, and then transferred to the <a href="/wiki/14th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="14th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">14th Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th Division</a> later in the month.<sup id="cite_ref-trail_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion served on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> throughout the war, seeing action first during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_La_Bass%C3%A9e" title="Battle of La Bassée">Battle of La Bassée</a> in October where they helped in the capture of Givenchy Ridge, followed by the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a>, where the battalion, in common with most of the rest of the British Regular Army, sustained very heavy casualties. The 1st Devons lost in the battle two thirds of their officers and a third of the other ranks. The battalion then took part in the <a href="/wiki/Winter_operations_1914%E2%80%931915" title="Winter operations 1914–1915">Winter operations 1914–1915</a>, occupying <a href="/wiki/Trench_warfare" title="Trench warfare">trenches</a> in deep mud and snow before, in April 1915, suffering 200 casualties from shelling and German <a href="/wiki/Counterattack" title="Counterattack">counterattacks</a> after holding <a href="/wiki/Hill_60_(Ypres)" title="Hill 60 (Ypres)">Hill 60</a> after its capture a few days before.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Battle_of_the_Somme,_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg/220px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg/330px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg/440px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1395.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="573" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lewis_gun" title="Lewis gun">Lewis gun</a> section of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment resting after an attack near Fricourt, France, August 1916.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2nd Battalion, assigned to the <a href="/wiki/23rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">23rd Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)_in_the_First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War">8th Division</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-trail_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trail-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was another Regular Army unit, that was awarded the French <span title="French-language text"><span lang="fr" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Croix_de_Guerre#French_Croix_de_guerre" title="Croix de Guerre">Croix de Guerre</a></span></span> for holding up the massive final German advance of the war at the <a href="/wiki/Bois_des_Buttes_(Battle_honour)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bois des Buttes (Battle honour)">Bois des Buttes</a> on 27 May 1918, the first day of the <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="Third Battle of the Aisne">Third Battle of the Aisne</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Henri_Mathias_Berthelot" title="Henri Mathias Berthelot">Henri Berthelot</a>, General Office Commanding the <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Army_(France)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fifth Army (France)">French 5th Army</a> in his Order of the Day of 20 August 1918 said: "Thus the whole battalion, colonel, 28 officers and 552 non-commissioned officers and men, responded with one accord and offered their lives in ungrudging sacrifice to the sacred cause of the Allies."<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/3rd_(Special_Reserve)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion</a> (formerly part of the <a href="/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">Militia</a>) was mobilised upon the outbreak of war to serve mainly in a training capacity, holding and training officers and men before sending them overseas to active battalions of the regiment throughout the world. By the end of the war over 13,000 men and 750 officers had passed through the battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Territorial_Force">Territorial Force</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Territorial Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Exeter_and_South_Devon_Volunteers#1/4th_Battalion" title="Exeter and South Devon Volunteers">1/4th</a>, <a href="/wiki/5th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment#1/5th_(Prince_of_Wales's)_Battalion" title="5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">1/5th (Prince of Wales's)</a> and 1/6th Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment, all First Line <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> (TF) units, were mobilised upon the outbreak of war, serving together in the <a href="/wiki/130th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="130th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">Devon and Cornwall Brigade</a> of the <a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">Wessex Division</a>, and were sent to <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a>. The 1/4th and 1/6th Battalions later saw action in <a href="/wiki/Mesopotamian_campaign" title="Mesopotamian campaign">Mesopotamia</a>, while the 1/5th was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a>. The Second Line battalions (<a href="/wiki/Exeter_and_South_Devon_Volunteers#2/4th_Battalion" title="Exeter and South Devon Volunteers">2/4th</a>, <a href="/wiki/5th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment#2/5th_(Prince_of_Wales's)_Battalion" title="5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">2/5th (Prince of Wales's)</a> and 2/6th) also went to India, with the 2/4th and 2/5th later serving in Palestine and Mesopotamia respectively. The 1/7th and 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalions served in Home Defence.<sup id="cite_ref-Trail_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trail-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Kitchener's_Army"><span id="Kitchener.27s_Army"></span>Kitchener's Army</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Kitchener's Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 9th (Service) Battalion<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>iii<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was one of the few British units to reach its initial objectives on the <a href="/wiki/First_day_on_the_Somme" title="First day on the Somme">first day</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a>, albeit at the cost of 463 dead or wounded of the 775 men who went 'over the top', with only one officer remaining unwounded.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8th (Service) Battalion, part of <a href="/wiki/20th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">20th Brigade</a> reserve, was committed within 3 hours of the beginning of the attack and suffered 639 casualties on the first day.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 8th Battalion later served on the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Campaign_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Campaign (World War I)">Italian Front</a>. The 10th (Service) Battalion served at <a href="/wiki/Macedonian_front" title="Macedonian front">Salonika</a>. The regiment also raised the <a href="/wiki/11th_(Reserve)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (Reserve) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">11th (Reserve)</a>, 12th (Labour), 13th (Works) and 14th (Labour) Battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-Trail_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trail-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="The_later_years_of_the_war">The later years of the war</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: The later years of the war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The experience of an 18-year-old volunteer joining the 35th Training Reserve Battalion, part of the Devon Regiment, in 1918, is provided by A S Bullock.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_battalions_of_the_Devonshire_Regiment#Second_World_War" title="List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment">List of battalions of the Devonshire Regiment § Second World War</a></div> <p>The 1st Battalion was serving in <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British India</a> when the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> broke out, and spent the entire war in <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Ceylon" title="British Ceylon">Ceylon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Burma_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Burma Campaign">Burma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1942 the battalion joined the <a href="/wiki/80th_Indian_Infantry_Brigade" title="80th Indian Infantry Brigade">80th Indian Infantry Brigade</a>, attached to the <a href="/wiki/20th_Infantry_Division_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="20th Infantry Division (India)">20th Indian Infantry Division</a> and served with them until 1945 when the battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/26th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">British 26th Infantry Brigade</a>. The brigade was part of the <a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">British 36th Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg/220px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="317" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg/330px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg/440px-The_Second_World_War_1939_-_1945-_the_War_in_the_Far_East_1941_-_1945_IND3383.jpg 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment sign their autographs on Japanese flags captured at Nippon Ridge during the Battle of Imphal-Kohima, March–July 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was a <a href="/wiki/Standing_army" title="Standing army">Regular Army</a> unit that was serving on the <a href="/wiki/Crown_colony_of_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown colony of Malta">island of Malta</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/231st_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="231st Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Malta Infantry Brigade</a> (redesignated as the 231st Infantry Brigade in April 1943) and was involved in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">siege of Malta</a> from June 1940 until November 1942. In July 1943 the battalion, together with the 231st Brigade, fought in the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Sicily" title="Allied invasion of Sicily">Allied invasion of Sicily</a>, and, briefly, in the <a href="/wiki/Allied_invasion_of_Italy" title="Allied invasion of Italy">Allied invasion of Italy</a> in September. After Italy the brigade was withdrawn to Sicily and then the United Kingdom where it became permanently part of the veteran <a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division</a> and trained with them in preparation for the <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>. On <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a>, 6 June 1944, it was intended that the battalion, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant Colonel</a> <a href="/wiki/Cosmo_Nevill" title="Cosmo Nevill">Cosmo Nevill</a>, should land at Le Hamel, on <a href="/wiki/Gold_Beach" title="Gold Beach">Gold Beach</a>, behind the 1st Hampshires. However, owing to adverse sea conditions and an unexpectedly high tidal surge, three of the four rifle companies were carried over a mile to the east before they could make landfall and had to make their way to their assigned assembly point on foot.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the four <a href="/wiki/Company_commander" class="mw-redirect" title="Company commander">company commanders</a>, two were wounded and one was killed.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The battalion continued to fight well throughout the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Allied_advance_from_Paris_to_the_Rhine" class="mw-redirect" title="Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine">liberation of North-West Europe</a>. However, in December 1944, the 50th Division was disbanded, due to a severe shortage of infantrymen in the British Army at the time, and the battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/131st_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="131st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">131st (Lorried) Infantry Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Division</a>, <i>The Desert Rats</i>, and remained with them for the rest of the war, participating in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Blackcock" title="Operation Blackcock">Operation Blackcock</a> in January 1945 followed by <a href="/wiki/Operation_Plunder" title="Operation Plunder">Operation Plunder</a> where they crossed the <a href="/wiki/Rhine" title="Rhine">River Rhine</a>. The division advanced on its destination of the city of <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Western Allied invasion of Germany</a>, taking part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hamburg_(1945)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Hamburg (1945)">Battle of Hamburg</a> in late April 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Devonshire Regiment raised the 7th, 8th and 9th <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> battalions, in addition to the 4th, 5th and 6th, all of which (except the 5th, which was converted pre-war into 86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery) were serving in the <a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th (Wessex) Infantry Division</a> on the outbreak of war. However, none of these units, save the 4th Battalion, saw active service outside of the United Kingdom and were used mainly for home defence, training or supplying the other battalions of the regiment with infantry replacements and served with many different brigades and divisions such as the <a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th Infantry (Reserve) Division</a>. The 4th Battalion was sent, in May 1940, to Gibraltar to join the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Gibraltar_Brigade" title="2nd Gibraltar Brigade">2nd Gibraltar Brigade</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and returned to the United Kingdom on 28 December 1943 and eventually joined the <a href="/wiki/164th_(North_Lancashire)_Brigade" title="164th (North Lancashire) Brigade">164th Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division</a> before finally ending the war in the <a href="/wiki/183rd_(2nd_Gloucester_and_Worcester)_Brigade" title="183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade">183rd Infantry Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st Infantry Division</a>. The 6th Battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/141st_(5th_London)_Brigade" title="141st (5th London) Brigade">141st Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 5th and 7th Battalions were converted to anti-tank units, becoming 86th, and 87th Anti-Tank Regiments, Royal Artillery respectively. The 86th Anti-Tank Regiment was a corps-level Anti-tank unit with XII Corps in the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Europe_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="North West Europe Campaign">North West Europe Campaign</a>, while the 87th Anti-Tank Regiment was active in North Africa with the <a href="/wiki/British_1st_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="British 1st Army">British 1st Army</a> before being disbanded in 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 50th (Holding) Battalion was raised in 1940 and renumbered the 12th Battalion the same year and spent most of its time on home defence anticipating a <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">German invasion</a>. In June 1943, due to the huge expansion of the British Army's <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne forces</a>, the battalion was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airlanding_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airlanding Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th Airlanding Brigade</a>, part of the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a>, and were converted into <a href="/wiki/Glider_infantry" title="Glider infantry">glider infantry</a>, trained to enter battle by <a href="/wiki/Military_glider" title="Military glider">glider</a>. The battalion landed in Normandy in the late afternoon of 6 June 1944 in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Mallard" title="Operation Mallard">Operation Mallard</a>. The battalion also fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Breville" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Breville">Battle of Breville</a>, and served throughout the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a> but as normal infantrymen. The battalion remained in Normandy until August 1944 where it participated in the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_advance_to_the_River_Seine" title="6th Airborne Division advance to the River Seine">breakout from the beachhead</a>. The battalion, along the rest of 6th Airborne, was withdrawn to England in early September where they received new replacements, equipment and continued training. In December 1944 they fought briefly in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a> but the outcome was already decided before the division arrived. The battalion crossed the River Rhine in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Varsity" title="Operation Varsity">Operation Varsity</a> in March 1945 alongside the <a href="/wiki/17th_Airborne_Division_(United_States)" title="17th Airborne Division (United States)">U.S. 17th Airborne Division</a>. The battalion ended the war by the <a href="/wiki/Elbe" title="Elbe">River Elbe</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Throughout its time in 6th Airlanding Brigade, the battalion was allegedly nicknamed the <i>Swedebashers</i> by the men in the other battalions (1st <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">RUR</a> and 2nd <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">OBLI</a>), due to the battalion being commanded by a regular army officer but nearly all the officers and men of the 12th Devons had enlisted for hostilities-only.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war_and_amalgamation">Post-war and amalgamation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Post-war and amalgamation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 2nd Battalion was disbanded at <a href="/wiki/Wyvern_Barracks" title="Wyvern Barracks">Topsham Barracks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Exeter" title="Exeter">Exeter</a> in 1948. The remaining battalion was in Malaya from 1948 to 1951 at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a> and in Kenya from 1953 to 1955, during the <a href="/wiki/Mau_Mau_Uprising" class="mw-redirect" title="Mau Mau Uprising">Mau Mau Uprising</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1958, the regiment was amalgamated with the <a href="/wiki/Dorset_Regiment" title="Dorset Regiment">Dorset Regiment</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regimental_museum">Regimental museum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Regimental museum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regimental collection is displayed in the <a href="/wiki/The_Keep,_Dorchester" title="The Keep, Dorchester">Keep Military Museum</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset" title="Dorchester, Dorset">Dorchester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle_honours">Battle honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Battle honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was awarded the following <a href="/wiki/Battle_honours_of_the_British_and_Imperial_Armies" title="Battle honours of the British and Imperial Armies">battle honours</a>:<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Dettingen, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Afghanistan 1879–80, Tirah, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902</li> <li><i>The Great War (25 battalions)</i>: Aisne 1914 '18, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Bullecourt, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Rosières, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bois des Buttes, Marne 1918, Tardenois, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917–18, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915–18, Egypt 1916–17, Gaza, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Tel Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Mesopotamia 1916-18</li> <li><i>The Second World War</i>: Normandy Landing, Port en Bessin, Tilly sur Seulles, Caen, St. Pierre la Vielle, Nederrijn, Roer, Rhine, Ibbenburen, North-West Europe 1944–45, Landing in Sicily, Regalbuto, Sicily 1943, Landing at Porto San Venere, Italy 1943, Malta 1940–42, Imphal, Shenam Pass, Tamu Road, Ukhrul, Myinmu Bridgehead, Kyaukse 1945, Burma 1943-45</li> <li><i>4th, 5th, 6th Bns</i>: South Africa 1900-01</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Colonels">Colonels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Colonels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colonels of the Regiment were:<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1667: <a href="/wiki/Edward_Somerset,_2nd_Marquess_of_Worcester" title="Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester">Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester</a></li> <li><i>disbanded</i></li> <li>1673: Col <a href="/wiki/Henry_Somerset,_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort">Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort</a></li> <li><i>disbanded</i></li> <li>1685: Col <a href="/wiki/Henry_Somerset,_1st_Duke_of_Beaufort" title="Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort">Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort</a></li> <li>1685–1687: Col <a href="/wiki/Charles_Somerset,_Marquess_of_Worcester" title="Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester">Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester</a></li> <li>1687–1688: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/William_Herbert,_2nd_Marquess_of_Powis" title="William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis">William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis</a></li> <li>1688–1702: Maj-Gen <a href="/wiki/Sir_John_Hanmer,_3rd_Baronet" title="Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet">Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet</a></li> <li>1702–1705: Gen <a href="/wiki/James_Stanhope,_1st_Earl_Stanhope" title="James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope">James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope</a></li> <li>1705–1715: Maj-Gen <a href="/wiki/John_Hill_(courtier)" title="John Hill (courtier)">John Hill</a></li> <li>1715–1738: Brig-Gen <a href="/wiki/Edward_Montagu_(died_1738)" title="Edward Montagu (died 1738)">Edward Montagu</a></li> <li>1738–1743: Maj-Gen <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Cornwallis" title="Stephen Cornwallis">Stephen Cornwallis</a></li> <li>1743–1746: Col Robinson Sowle</li> <li>1746–1747: Brig-Gen <a href="/wiki/William_Graham_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Graham (British Army officer)">William Graham</a></li> <li>1747–1765: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Bocland_(British_Army_officer)" title="Maurice Bocland (British Army officer)">Maurice Bocland</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_11th_Regiment_of_Foot">The 11th Regiment of Foot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The 11th Regiment of Foot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1765–1781: Gen <a href="/wiki/William_A%27Court_Ashe" class="mw-redirect" title="William A'Court Ashe">William A'Court Ashe</a></li> <li>1781–1791: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Francis_Smith_(British_Army_officer)" title="Francis Smith (British Army officer)">Francis Smith</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_11th_(North_Devonshire)_Regiment"><span id="The_11th_.28North_Devonshire.29_Regiment"></span>The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1791–1806: Gen <a href="/wiki/James_Grant_(British_Army_officer,_born_1720)" title="James Grant (British Army officer, born 1720)">James Grant</a></li> <li>1806–1807: Gen Hon <a href="/wiki/Richard_FitzPatrick" title="Richard FitzPatrick">Richard FitzPatrick</a></li> <li>1807–1823: Gen <a href="/wiki/Sir_Charles_Asgill,_2nd_Baronet" title="Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet">Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet</a> GCH</li> <li>1823–1837: Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Montresor" title="Henry Montresor">Henry Tucker Montresor</a> KCB GCH</li> <li>1837–1841: Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/Rufane_Shaw_Donkin" title="Rufane Shaw Donkin">Rufane Shaw Donkin</a> KCB GCH</li> <li>1841–1856: Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Wilson_(governor)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Wilson (governor)">John Wilson</a> KCB</li> <li>1856–1857: Lt-Gen William George Cochrane</li> <li>1857–1862: Lt-Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/Richard_Doherty_(colonialist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Doherty (colonialist)">Richard Doherty</a></li> <li>1862–1874: Gen Sir <a href="/wiki/John_Le_Marchant_(British_Army_officer,_born_1803)" title="John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1803)">John Gaspard Le Marchant</a> GCMG KCB</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Devonshire_Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Devonshire Regiment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>1874–1890: Gen <a href="/wiki/Sir_Francis_Seymour,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baronet">Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baronet</a> GCB</li> <li>1890–1897: Gen <a href="/wiki/George_Willis_(British_Army_officer)" title="George Willis (British Army officer)">Sir George Harry Smith Willis</a> GCB</li> <li>1897–1902: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Edward_Newdegate" title="Edward Newdegate">Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate</a> KCB</li> <li>1902–1903: Maj-Gen Hon. Charles John Addington<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1903–1910: Maj-Gen Hon. Sir Savage Lloyd Mostyn KCB (also Royal Welch Fusiliers)</li> <li>1910–1921: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/George_Bullock_(British_Army_officer)" title="George Bullock (British Army officer)">Sir George Mackworth Bullock</a> KCB</li> <li>1921–1930: Lt-Gen <a href="/wiki/Louis_Bols" title="Louis Bols">Sir Louis Jean Bols</a> KCB KCMG DSO</li> <li>1930–1943: Maj-Gen <a href="/wiki/Charles_Maynard_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Maynard (British Army officer)">Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard</a> KCB CMG DSO</li> <li>1943–1948: Col Harold Street DSO</li> <li>1948–1958: Col Lionel Henry Mountifort Westropp</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Victoria_Crosses">Victoria Crosses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Victoria Crosses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following members of the regiment were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a>: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)">Lieutenant</a> (later Major) <a href="/wiki/James_Edward_Ignatius_Masterson" title="James Edward Ignatius Masterson">James Edward Ignatius Masterson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a>) <a href="/wiki/Theodore_Veale" title="Theodore Veale">Theodore Veale</a>, <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">Great War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_corporal" title="Lance corporal">Lance-Corporal</a> (later <a href="/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a>) <a href="/wiki/George_Onions" title="George Onions">George Onions</a>, Great War</li></ul> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Devonshire cemetery at Mansell Copse, Mametz, Northern France, location of the famous sign left after the battle: 'The Devonshires held this trench; the Devonshires hold it still' [62]"><img alt="The Devonshire cemetery at Mansell Copse, Mametz, Northern France, location of the famous sign left after the battle: 'The Devonshires held this trench; the Devonshires hold it still' [62]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG/120px-DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG/180px-DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG/240px-DEVONSHIRE_CEMETERY.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Devonshire cemetery at Mansell Copse, <a href="/wiki/Mametz,_Somme" title="Mametz, Somme">Mametz</a>, Northern <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>, location of the famous sign left after the battle: <i> 'The Devonshires held this trench; the Devonshires hold it still' </i><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The depot was the 34th Brigade Depot from 1873 to 1881, and the 11th Regimental District depot thereafter.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">These were the 3rd Battalion (Special Reserve), with the 4th Battalion at <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Circus,_Exeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedford Circus, Exeter">Bedford Circus, Exeter</a> (since demolished), the 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion at Prospect Place in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a> (since demolished), the 6th Battalion at The Strand in <a href="/wiki/Barnstaple" title="Barnstaple">Barnstaple</a> (since demolished) and the 7th (Cyclist) Battalion at Leighton Terrace in Exeter (since demolished) (all Territorial Force).<sup id="cite_ref-regiments_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-regiments-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The <i>Service</i> designation indicates that this was a battalion of <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener" title="Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener">Lord Kitchener's</a> <a href="/wiki/Kitchener%27s_Army" title="Kitchener's Army">New Army</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+5th+and+7th+Battalions+The+Devonshire+Regiment+in+World+War+Two&rft.pub=The+Keep+Military+Museum&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.keepmilitarymuseum.org%2Fhistory%2Fsecond%2Bworld%2Bwar%2Fthe%2Bdevonshire%2Bregiment%2Fthe%2Bfirth%2Band%2Bseventh%2Bbattalions&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADevonshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151117082051/http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/history/second+world+war/the+devonshire+regiment/the+twelfth+and+fiftieth+battalions">"The 12th and 50th Battalions The Devonshire Regiment in World War Two"</a>. The Keep Military Museum. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/history/second+world+war/the+devonshire+regiment/the+twelfth+and+fiftieth+battalions">the original</a> on 17 November 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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The Keep Military Museum. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/thekeep.php?&dx=1&ob=3">the original</a> on 28 May 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 May</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Keep+Today&rft.pub=The+Keep+Military+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.keepmilitarymuseum.org%2Fthekeep.php%3F%26dx%3D1%26ob%3D3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADevonshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.devonheritage.org/Nonplace/DevonReg/Battle_Honours.htm">"Battle Honours awarded to the Devonshire Regiment after the Great War"</a>. Devon Heritage<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 December</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Devonshire+Cemetery%2C+Somme+Battlefields%2C+France&rft.pub=Great+War&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greatwar.co.uk%2Fsomme%2Fcemetery-devonshire.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADevonshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCannon1845" class="citation web cs1">Cannon, Richard (1845). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/cihm_48489">"Historical Record of the Eleventh Regiment, 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"</a>. Parker, Furnivall and Parker.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historical+Record+of+the+Eleventh+Regiment%2C+Or+the+North+Devon+Regiment+of+Foot%3A+Containing+an+Account+of+the+Formation+of+the+Regiment+in+1685%2C+and+of+Its+Subsequent+Services+to+1845&rft.pub=Parker%2C+Furnivall+and+Parker&rft.date=1845&rft.aulast=Cannon&rft.aufirst=Richard&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fcihm_48489&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADevonshire+Regiment" class="Z3988"></span>*</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/C.T._Atkinson" class="mw-redirect" title="C.T. Atkinson">C.T. Atkinson</a>, <i>The Devonshire Regiment, 1914-1918</i> (Exeter: Eland Brothers; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1926).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devonshire_Regiment&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237033735">@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox{display:none!important}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .sistersitebox img[src*="Wiktionary-logo-en-v2.svg"]{background-color:white}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-right plainlinks sistersitebox"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-image"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/45px-Commons-logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/59px-Commons-logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1376" /></span></span></div> <div class="side-box-text plainlist">Wikimedia Commons has media related to <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Devonshire_Regiment" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a></span>.</div></div> </div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/">Regimental museum</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1914-1918.net/devons.htm">1914-1918.net</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15972">The Record of a Regiment of the Line</a> Being a regimental history of the 1st Battalion Devonshire Regiment during the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Boer War 1899-1902</a>, by M. 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Devonshire Regiment</a> <small>(1685–1958)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_(Dorsetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot">39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1719–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(West_Norfolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">Somerset Light Infantry</a> <small>(1685–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1702–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot">46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1741–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)">105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1862–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)</a> <small>(1793–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)" title="68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)">68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1758–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Light_Infantry)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)">106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)</a> <small>(1868–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_(North_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1694–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(South_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1758–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s)_(Hertfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot">49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1744–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(Berkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot">66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1758–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(Wiltshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot">62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1756–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_(Lanarkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot">99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1824–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot">43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1741–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot">52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot</a> <small>(1755–1881)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a> <small>(1756–1966)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)" title="Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)">Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)</a> <small>(1802–1966)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Regiment" title="Dorset Regiment">Dorset Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1958)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry" title="Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry">Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Berkshire Regiment">Royal Berkshire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Wiltshire Regiment">Wiltshire Regiment</a> <small>(1881–1959)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a> <small>(1881–1966)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devonshire_and_Dorset_Regiment" title="Devonshire and Dorset Regiment">Devonshire and Dorset Regiment</a> <small>(1958–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Cornwall_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry">Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry</a> <small>(1959–1968)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Light_Infantry" title="The Light Infantry">The Light Infantry</a> <small>(1968–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Gloucestershire,_Berkshire_and_Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment">Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment</a> <small>(1994–2007)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Royal_Regiment" title="Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment">Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment</a> <small>(1959–1994)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Green_Jackets" title="Royal Green Jackets">Royal Green Jackets</a> <small>(1966–2007)</small></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Regiments_of_foot_1740–1881" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey)" title="Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)">2nd (Queen's Royal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">3rd (East Kent – The Buffs)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">4th (The King's Own Royal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">5th (Northumberland) (Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">6th (Royal 1st Warwickshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">7th (Royal Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_(The_King%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot">8th (The King's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">9th (East Norfolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment" title="Royal Lincolnshire Regiment">10th (North Lincoln)</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">11th (North Devonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">12th (East Suffolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">13th (1st Somersetshire) (Prince Albert's Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="West Yorkshire Regiment">14th (Buckinghamshire – The Prince of Wales's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">15th (York, East Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">16th (Bedfordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment" title="Royal Leicestershire Regiment">17th (Leicestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)">18th (The Royal Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">19th (1st Yorkshire, North Riding – Princess of Wales's Own)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">20th (East Devonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">21st (Royal Scots Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">22nd (Cheshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers" title="Royal Welch Fusiliers">23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">24th (2nd Warwickshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">25th (King's Own Borderers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_(Cameronian)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot">26th (Cameronian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_(Inniskilling)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot">27th (Inniskilling)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_(North_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">28th (North Gloucestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_(Worcestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="29th (Worcestershire) Regiment of Foot">29th (Worcestershire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_(Cambridgeshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="30th (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Foot">30th (Cambridgeshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_(Huntingdonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot">31st (Huntingdonshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_(Cornwall)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot">32nd (Cornwall) Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Wellington's Regiment">33rd (The Duke of Wellington's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_(Cumberland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot">34th (Cumberland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_(Royal_Sussex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="35th (Royal Sussex) Regiment of Foot">35th (Royal Sussex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_(Herefordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="36th (Herefordshire) Regiment of Foot">36th (Herefordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_(North_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot">37th (North Hampshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(1st_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot">38th (1st Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_(Dorsetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot">39th (Dorsetshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_(the_2nd_Somersetshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="40th (the 2nd Somersetshire) Regiment of Foot">40th (2nd Somersetshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_(Welch)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="41st (Welch) Regiment of Foot">41st (The Welsh)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Oglethorpe%27s_Regiment" title="Oglethorpe's Regiment">42nd (Oglethorpe's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Regiment_of_Foot" title="42nd Regiment of Foot">42nd (The Royal Highland) (The Black Watch)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Spotswood%27s_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Spotswood's Regiment">43rd (Spotswood's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Monmouthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="43rd (Monmouthshire) Regiment of Foot">43rd (Monmouthshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>44th (1st Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(East_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot">44th (East Essex)</a></li> <li><i>45th (2nd Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_(Nottinghamshire)_(Sherwood_Foresters)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="45th (Nottinghamshire) (Sherwood Foresters) Regiment of Foot">45th (Nottinghamshire Sherwood Foresters)</a></li> <li><i>46th (3rd Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(South_Devonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot">46th (South Devonshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/4th_Regiment_of_Marines_(British_Army)" title="4th Regiment of Marines (British Army)">47th Regiment (4th Marines)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(Lancashire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot">47th (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><i>48th (5th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(Northamptonshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="48th (Northamptonshire) Regiment of Foot">48th (Northamptonshire)</a></li> <li><i>49th (6th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(Princess_Charlotte_of_Wales%27s)_(Hertfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot">49th (Hertfordshire - Princess Charlotte of Wales's)</a></li> <li><i>50th (7th Marines)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley%27s_Regiment" title="Shirley's Regiment">50th (American Provincials)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Queen%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="50th (Queen's Own) Regiment of Foot">50th (The Queen's Own)</a></li> <li><i>51st (8th Marines)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepperrell%27s_Regiment" title="Pepperrell's Regiment">51st Regiment of Foot (Cape Breton Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd York, West Riding, The King's Own Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>52nd (9th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Oxfordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="52nd (Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot">52nd (Oxfordshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i>53rd (10th Marines)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Shropshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="53rd (Shropshire) Regiment of Foot">53rd (Shropshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(West_Norfolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot">54th (West Norfolk)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(Westmorland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot">55th (Westmorland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(West_Essex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="56th (West Essex) Regiment of Foot">56th (West Essex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_(West_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="57th (West Middlesex) Regiment of Foot">57th (West Middlesex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_(Rutlandshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot">58th (Rutlandshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_Nottinghamshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot">59th (2nd Nottinghamshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_Grangues%27s_Regiment" title="De Grangues's Regiment">60th (De Grangues's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gooch%27s_American_Regiment" title="Gooch's American Regiment">61st (Gooch's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(South_Gloucestershire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot">61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>62nd (Baterau's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">62nd (Royal American)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/77th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Montgomerie%27s_Highlanders)" title="77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)">62nd (1st Highland Battalion)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(Wiltshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot">62nd (Wiltshire)</a></li> <li><i>63rd (American)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Fraser_Highlanders" title="78th Fraser Highlanders">63rd (2nd Highland Battalion)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(West_Suffolk)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot">63rd (West Suffolk)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loudon%27s_Highlanders" title="Loudon's Highlanders">64th (Loudon's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (1757)">64th (Draper's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_(2nd_Staffordshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot">64th (2nd Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shirley%27s_Regiment" title="Shirley's Regiment">65th (Shirley's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_(2nd_Yorkshire,_North_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) Regiment of Foot">65th (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pepperrell%27s_Regiment" title="Pepperrell's Regiment">66th (Pepperrell's)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(Berkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot">66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>67th (Bolton's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_(South_Hampshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot">67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>68th (Bedford's)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)" title="68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)">68th (Durham) (Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_(South_Lincolnshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="69th (South Lincolnshire) Regiment of Foot">69th (South Lincolnshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_(Surrey)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot">70th (Surrey)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="71st Regiment of Foot (1758)">71st (1758-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_Regiment_of_Foot,_Fraser%27s_Highlanders" title="71st Regiment of Foot, Fraser's Highlanders">71st (Fraser's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i>71st (Invalids)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot">71st (Highland Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (1758)">72nd (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">72nd (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Manchester_Volunteers)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers)">72nd (Royal Manchester Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany%27s_Own_Highlanders" title="72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders">72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (1758)">73rd (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">73rd (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/71st_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="71st (Highland) Regiment of Foot">73rd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_(Perthshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="73rd (Perthshire) Regiment of Foot">73rd (Perthshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="74th Regiment of Foot">74th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">74th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_(Highland)_Foot" title="74th Regiment of (Highland) Foot">74th (Argyleshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="74th (Highland) Regiment of Foot">74th (Highland)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (1758)">75th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">75th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Regiment)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Regiment)">75th (Prince of Wales's Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_(Stirlingshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot">75th (Stirlingshire)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1756)" title="76th Regiment of Foot (1756)">76th (1758–1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot_(MacDonald%27s_Highlanders)" title="76th Regiment of Foot (MacDonald's Highlanders)">76th (MacDonald's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="76th Regiment of Foot">76th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/77th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Montgomerie%27s_Highlanders)" title="77th Regiment of Foot (Montgomerie's Highlanders)">77th (Montgomery's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Atholl_Highlanders" title="Atholl Highlanders">77th (Atholl Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_(East_Middlesex)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot">77th (East Middlesex) (Duke of Cambridge's Own)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/78th_Fraser_Highlanders" title="78th Fraser Highlanders">78th (Fraser's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment,_Duke_of_Albany%27s_Own_Highlanders" title="72nd Regiment, Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders">78th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_(Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="78th (Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">78th (Highland) (The Ross-shire Buffs)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (1757)">79th</a> (1758-1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/79th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Liverpool_Volunteers)" title="79th Regiment of Foot (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)">79th (Royal Liverpool Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Light-Armed_Foot" title="80th Regiment of Light-Armed Foot">80th (Light Armed)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Edinburgh_Volunteers)" title="80th Regiment of Foot (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)">80th (Royal Edinburgh Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Staffordshire_Volunteers)" title="80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers)">80th (Staffordshire Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i>81st (Invalids)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Aberdeenshire_Highland_Regiment)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Aberdeenshire Highland Regiment)">81st (Aberdeenshire Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i>81st (1793)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincoln_Volunteers)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)">81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/72nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="72nd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">82nd (invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1777)" title="82nd Regiment of Foot (1777)">82nd (1777)</a></i></li> <li><i>82nd (1793)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers)" title="82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)">82nd (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/83rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1757)" title="83rd Regiment of Foot (1757)">83rd (1757-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/83rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Glasgow_Volunteers)" title="83rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)">83rd (Royal Glasgow Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/81st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincoln_Volunteers)" title="81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)">83rd (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/83rd_(County_of_Dublin)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot">83rd (County of Dublin)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (1759)">84th (1758-1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/84th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highland_Emigrants)" title="84th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highland Emigrants)">84th (Royal Highland Emigrants)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84th_(York_and_Lancaster)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="84th (York and Lancaster) Regiment of Foot">84th (York and Lancaster)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Royal Volunteers)">85th (Royal Volontiers Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Westminster_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Westminster Volunteers)">85th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th (Bucks Volunteers) (The King's Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/86th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1758)" title="86th Regiment of Foot (1758)">86th (1759-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/86th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Rutland_Regiment)" title="86th Regiment of Foot (Rutland Regiment)">86th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_(Royal_County_Down)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="86th (Royal County Down) Regiment of Foot">86th (Royal County Down)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/87th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Keith%27s_Highlanders)" title="87th Regiment of Foot (Keith's Highlanders)">87th (Keith's Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/87th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="87th Regiment of Foot (1779)">87th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/87th_(Royal_Irish_Fusiliers)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot">87th (Royal Irish Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Highland_Volunteers)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (Highland Volunteers)">88th (Highland Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (1779)">88th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/88th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Connaught_Rangers)" title="88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers)">88th (Connaught Rangers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/89th_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="89th (Highland) Regiment of Foot">89th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/89th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="89th Regiment of Foot (1779)">89th (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/89th_(Princess_Victoria%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="89th (Princess Victoria's) Regiment of Foot">89th (Princess Victoria's)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (1759)">90th (Irish Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Yorkshire_Volunteers)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (Yorkshire Volunteers)">90th (Yorkshire Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/90th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Perthshire_Volunteers)" title="90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers)">90th (Perthshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1759)" title="91st Regiment of Foot (1759)">91st (1759-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Shropshire_Volunteers)" title="91st Regiment of Foot (Shropshire Volunteers)">91st (Shropshire Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i>91st (1793-1795)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">91st (Princess Louise's Argyllshire Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Donegal_Light_Infantry)" title="92nd Regiment of Foot (Donegal Light Infantry)">92nd (Donegal Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1779)" title="92nd Regiment of Foot (1779)">92nd (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>92nd (1793-1795)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">92nd (Gordon Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i>93rd (1760-1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/93rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="93rd Regiment of Foot (1780)">93rd (1779-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>93rd (Highland) (1793-1798)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/93rd_(Sutherland_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="93rd (Sutherland Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">93rd (Sutherland Highlanders)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="94th Regiment of Foot (1760)">94th (Royal Welsh Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="94th Regiment of Foot (1780)">94th (1780-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>94th (Irish)</i></li> <li><i>94th (Scots Brigade) </i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="94th Regiment of Foot">94th</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/95th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Burton%27s)" title="95th Regiment of Foot (Burton's)">95th (1759-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/95th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Reid%27s)" title="95th Regiment of Foot (Reid's)">95th (1780-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>95th (1794-1796)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)" title="Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)">95th (Riflemen)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1803)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1803)">95th (1816-1818)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/95th_(Derbyshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot">95th (Derbyshire) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1760)">96th (1760-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(British_Musketeers)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (British Musketeers)">96th (British Musketeers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1803)" title="96th Regiment of Foot (1803)">96th (1803-1816)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">96th (Queen's Own Germans)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">96th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>97th (1760-1763)</i></li> <li><i>97th (1780-1784)</i></li> <li><i>97th (Inverness-shire Highlanders)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/96th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="96th Regiment of Foot">97th (Queen's Own Germans)</a></i></li> <li><i>97th (1816-1818)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/97th_(The_Earl_of_Ulster%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot">97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>98th (1760-1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/98th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="98th Regiment of Foot (1780)">98th (1780-1784)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/91st_(Argyllshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="91st (Argyllshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">98th (Argyllshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i>98th (1804-1816)</i></li> <li><i>98th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/98th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot">98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i>99th (1760-1763)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/99th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Jamaica_Regiment)" title="99th Regiment of Foot (Jamaica Regiment)">99th (Jamaica Regiment)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/99th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="99th Regiment of Foot (1794)">99th (1794-1797)</a></i></li> <li><i>99th (Prince of Wales's Tipperary)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_Regent%27s_County_of_Dublin_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)">99th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_(Lanarkshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot">99th (Duke of Edinburgh's)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (1760)">100th (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincolnshire_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire Regiment)">100th (1780-1784)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/92nd_(Gordon_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="92nd (Gordon Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">100th (Gordon Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/100th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_Regent%27s_County_of_Dublin_Regiment)" title="100th Regiment of Foot (Prince Regent's County of Dublin Regiment)">100th (Prince Regent's County of Dublin)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">100th (New South Wales Corps)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/100th_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Royal_Canadian)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian) Regiment of Foot">100th (Prince of Wales's Royal Canadian)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1760)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (1760)">101st (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1780)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (1780)">101st (1780-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i>101st (Irish)</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Duke_of_York%27s_Irish)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (Duke of York's Irish)">101st (Duke of York's Irish)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/101st_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bengal_Fusiliers)" title="101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)">101st (Royal Bengal Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i>102nd (Queen's Royal Volunteers) </i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1781)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (1781)">102nd (1780-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Irish_Rangers)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (Irish Rangers)">102nd (Irish)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales_Corps" title="New South Wales Corps">102nd (New South Wales Corps)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/102nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Madras_Fusiliers)" title="102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers)">102nd (Royal Madras Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Volunteer_Hunters)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters)">103rd Regiment of Foot (Volunteer Hunters)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Irish_Infantry)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry)">103rd Regiment of Foot (King's Irish Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (1794)">103rd (Loyal Bristol Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1806)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (1806)">103rd (1809-1816)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/103rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Bombay_Fusiliers)" title="103rd Regiment of Foot (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)">103rd (Royal Bombay Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Volunteers)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (King's Volunteers)">104th (King's Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1782)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (1782)">104th (1782-1783)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Manchester_Volunteers)" title="104th Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers)">104th (Royal Manchester Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/104th_(New_Brunswick)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot">104th (New Brunswick )</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/104th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="104th Regiment of Foot">104th Regiment of Foot</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_of_Highlanders)" class="mw-redirect" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Highlanders)">105th (Queen's Own Royal Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Volunteers_of_Ireland" title="Volunteers of Ireland">105th (Volunteers of Ireland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (1794)">105th (1794-1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/105th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Light_Infantry)" title="105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry)">105th (Madras Light Infantry)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Black_Musqueteers)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Black Musqueteers)">106th (Black Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (1794)">106th (1794-1796)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/106th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Light_Infantry)" title="106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry)">106th (Bombay Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_of_British_Volunteers)" title="107th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)">107th (Queen's Own Royal Regiment of British Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/107th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="107th Regiment of Foot (1794)">107th 1794-1795</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/107th_(Bengal_Infantry)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="107th (Bengal Infantry) Regiment of Foot">107th (Bengal Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="108th Regiment of Foot (1761)">108th (1760-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="108th Regiment of Foot (1794)">108th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Madras_Infantry)" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry)">108th (Madras Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="109th Regiment of Foot (1761)">109th (1761-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/109th_(Aberdeenshire)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="109th (Aberdeenshire) Regiment of Foot">109th (Aberdeenshire)</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bombay_Infantry)" title="109th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Infantry)">109th (Bombay Infantry)</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Queen%27s_Royal_Musqueteers)" title="110th Regiment of Foot (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)">110th (Queen's Royal Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/110th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="110th Regiment of Foot (1794)">110th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1761)" title="111th Regiment of Foot (1761)">111th (1761-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/111th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Birmingham_Volunteers)" title="111th Regiment of Foot (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)">111th (Loyal Birmingham Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_of_Foot_(King%27s_Royal_Musqueteers)" title="112th Regiment of Foot (King's Royal Musqueteers)">112th (King's Royal Musqueteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/112th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="112th Regiment of Foot (1794)">112th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/113th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highlanders)" title="113th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlanders)">113th (Royal Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/113th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="113th Regiment of Foot (1794)">113th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/114th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Highlander_Volunteers)" title="114th Regiment of Foot (Royal Highlander Volunteers)">114th (Royal Highlander Volunteers)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/114th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="114th Regiment of Foot (1794)">114th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/115th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Royal_Scotch_Lowlanders)" title="115th Regiment of Foot (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)">115th (Royal Scotch Lowlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/115th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_William%27s)" title="115th Regiment of Foot (Prince William's)">115th (Prince William's)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/73rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="73rd Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">116th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/116th_(Perthshire_Highlanders)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="116th (Perthshire Highlanders) Regiment of Foot">116th (Perthshire Highlanders)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/74th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="74th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">117th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/117th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="117th Regiment of Foot (1794)">117th (1793-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/75th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Invalids)" title="75th Regiment of Foot (Invalids)">118th (Invalids)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/118th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="118th Regiment of Foot (1794)">118th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/119th_(The_Prince%27s_Own)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="119th (The Prince's Own) Regiment of Foot">119th (The Prince's Own)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/119th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="119th Regiment of Foot (1794)">119th (1794-1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/120th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1763)" title="120th Regiment of Foot (1763)">120th (1762-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/120th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="120th Regiment of Foot (1794)">120th (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/121st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="121st Regiment of Foot (1762)">121st (1761-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/121st_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="121st Regiment of Foot (1794)">121st (1794-1795)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/122nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="122nd Regiment of Foot (1762)">122nd (1762-1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/122nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1794)" title="122nd Regiment of Foot (1794)">122nd (1794-1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/123rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="123rd Regiment of Foot (1762)">123rd (1762-1764)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/123rd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Loyal_Lincolnshire)" title="123rd Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincolnshire)">123rd (1794-1796)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/124th_Regiment_of_Foot_(1762)" title="124th Regiment of Foot (1762)">124th (1762-1763)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/124th_(Waterford)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="124th (Waterford) Regiment of Foot">124th (Waterford)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/125th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="125th Regiment of Foot">125th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/126th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="126th Regiment of Foot">126th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/127th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="127th Regiment of Foot">127th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/128th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="128th Regiment of Foot">128th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/129th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="129th Regiment of Foot">129th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/130th_Regiment_of_Foot" title="130th Regiment of Foot">130th</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/131st_Regiment_of_Foot" title="131st Regiment of Foot">131st</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/132nd_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="132nd (Highland) Regiment of Foot">132nd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/133rd_(Highland)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="133rd (Highland) Regiment of Foot">133rd (Highland)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/134th_(Loyal_Limerick)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="134th (Loyal Limerick) Regiment of Foot">134th (Loyal Limerick)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/135th_(Limerick)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="135th (Limerick) Regiment of Foot">135th (Limerick)</a></i></li></ul> <p>Regimental titles in <i>italics</i> indicate they were disbanded or renumbered before 1881. </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="British_infantry_regiments_of_the_First_World_War" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Foot Guards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Guards" title="Irish Guards">Irish Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welsh_Guards" title="Welsh Guards">Welsh Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Machine_Gun_Regiment" title="Guards Machine Gun Regiment">Guards Machine Gun Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Battalion" title="Household Battalion">Household Battalion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Line regiments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey)" title="Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)">Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">Buffs (East Kent Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">Northumberland Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="King's Regiment (Liverpool)">King's (Liverpool Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment" title="Royal Lincolnshire Regiment">Lincolnshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Devonshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">Suffolk Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="West Yorkshire Regiment">Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Leicestershire_Regiment" title="Royal Leicestershire Regiment">Leicestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)">Royal Irish Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire_Fusiliers" title="Lancashire Fusiliers">Lancashire Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">Royal Scots Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers" title="Royal Welch Fusiliers">Royal Welsh Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles)" title="Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)">Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers" title="Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers">Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment" title="Worcestershire Regiment">Worcestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">East Lancashire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Surrey_Regiment" title="East Surrey Regiment">East Surrey Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry" title="Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry">Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Wellington's Regiment">Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Sussex_Regiment" title="Royal Sussex Regiment">Royal Sussex Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Hampshire_Regiment" title="Royal Hampshire Regiment">Hampshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="South Staffordshire Regiment">South Staffordshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_Regiment" title="Dorset Regiment">Dorsetshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Lancashire_Regiment" title="South Lancashire Regiment">Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Welch_Regiment" title="Welch Regiment">Welsh Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_Regiment" title="Essex Regiment">Essex Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Foresters" title="Sherwood Foresters">Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loyal_Regiment_(North_Lancashire)" title="Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)">Loyal North Lancashire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="Northamptonshire Regiment">Northamptonshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Berkshire Regiment">Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Royal_West_Kent_Regiment" title="Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment">Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Yorkshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry">King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Regiment" title="Middlesex Regiment">Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Royal_Rifle_Corps" title="King's Royal Rifle Corps">King's Royal Rifle Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Wiltshire Regiment">Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Regiment" title="Manchester Regiment">Manchester Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="North Staffordshire Regiment">Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_and_Lancaster_Regiment" title="York and Lancaster Regiment">York and Lancaster Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry" title="Durham Light Infantry">Durham Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Light_Infantry" title="Highland Light Infantry">Highland Light Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders" title="Seaforth Highlanders">Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Irish Rifles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Fusiliers" title="Royal Irish Fusiliers">Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connaught_Rangers" title="Connaught Rangers">Connaught Rangers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyll_and_Sutherland_Highlanders" title="Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders">Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Leinster_Regiment_(Royal_Canadians)" title="Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)">Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers" title="Royal Dublin Fusiliers">Royal Dublin Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Munster_Fusiliers" title="Royal Munster Fusiliers">Royal Munster Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort%27s_Own)" title="Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)">Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monmouthshire_Regiment" title="Monmouthshire Regiment">Monmouthshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_Regiment" title="Cambridgeshire Regiment">Cambridgeshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1908%E2%80%931938)" title="London Regiment (1908–1938)">London Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inns_of_Court_Regiment" title="Inns of Court Regiment">Inns of Court Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Hertfordshire Regiment">Hertfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herefordshire_Light_Infantry" title="Herefordshire Light Infantry">Herefordshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Cyclist_Battalion" title="Northern Cyclist Battalion">Northern Cyclist Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highland_Cyclist_Battalion" title="Highland Cyclist Battalion">Highland Cyclist Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Cyclist_Battalion" title="Kent Cyclist Battalion">Kent Cyclist Battalion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_(Huntingdonshire)_Battalion,_Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire 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