THE DEVONSHIRE & DORSET REGIMENT CAP BADGE (F&S).
THE DEVONSHIRE & DORSET REGIMENT CAP BADGE (F&S)
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Description
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Cap Badge (F&S)
This Sale is for a pair of Collar Badges as formerly worn by the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Brand new staybrite anodised Cap Badge in a Silver and Gold finish, approx. 38mm high, complete with it's mounted slider, and made by Firmin & Sons (London).
Guaranteed new and unissued, in mint condition.
Brief Regimental History
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment , usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was the Senior County Infantry Regiment in the British Army . It was formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two County Regiments :
- The Devonshire Regiment .
- The Dorset Regiment
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment was only in existence for forty eight years from amalgamation of its predecessor Regiments in 1958 through to another amalgamation, this time into The Rifles , a "large Regiment ", in February 2007.
Formation
As part of the 1957 Defence Review, it was announced that there would be a reduction in the number of Infantry Battalions in the British Army . The reduction was to be effected by the merging of a number of pairs of Regiments .
Among the mergers to be carried out were those of the Regiments of the two neighbouring Counties of Devon and Dorset .
- The Devonshire Regiment (the former 11th Regiment of Foot , originally raised in 1685)
- The Dorset Regiment (the successor to the 39th Foot , raised in 1702; and the 54th Foot , dating from 1755)
The amalgamation took place in Minden , West Germany , on 17 May 1958. The new 1st Battalion , Devonshire and Dorset Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Young , formerly commanding officer of the 1st Devonshires , while the Colonel of the Regiment was Major-General George Neville Wood , formerly of the Dorsets .
Service
1 958-1966
In November 1958 the 1st Battalion moved to Cyprus , where they carried out anti-insurgency activities against the paramilitary EOKA organisation. A ceasefire was called in December 1959, and the island achieved Independence from Britain in August 1960. Following the ending of the conflict the Battalion carried out exercises in Libya before returning to the United Kingdom in 1961.
From 1961 to 1963 the Battalion was based in Plymouth , taking part in exercises on Salisbury Plain and in recruitment activities following the ending of National Service . In May 1962 the Regiment was given the Freedom of the City of Exeter , and were presented with a Stand of Colours by the Colonel-in-Chief , Princess Marina , Duchess of Kent .
From July 1963 the Battalion was based in Holywood , County Down . Placed on twenty four hours travel notice, in May 1964 they moved to British Guiana where there was political and civil unrest . Elections were held in December of that year, a first step in the Independence of the Colony . The Battalion returned to Hollywood in January 1965.
1966-1971
In February 1966 the Battalion joined the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR ) as part of 6th Infantry Brigade based in Münster . In 1967 disturbances spread throughout the Arab world in the wake of the Six-Day War . The Battalion were dispatched to Benghazi in Libya to evacuate isolated British personnel . In January 1968 the Regiment were transferred within the BAOR to the 12th Infantry Brigade based in Osnabrück . In 1970 the Battalion moved to Malta . Following the outbreak of " The Troubles " in Northern Ireland , the Devon and Dorsets were moved to Belfast with less than twenty four hours notice in June 1970. They found themselves involved in the " Battle of the Falls ". They returned to Malta in August 1970.
1971-1976
In 1971 the Battalion moved to Gordon Barracks in Gillingham , Kent . As an Air-portable unit , elements of the Devon & Dorsets were frequently dispatched to various locations at short notice: In January 1972 they moved to County Armagh , to British Honduras in August 1972, to West Belfast in October 1973, to Cyprus in October 1974 and to Belize in November 1975.
1976-1980
In May 1976 the Battalion rejoined the 12th Mechanised Brigade in Osnabrück . They did two tours of duty in Northern Ireland : in North Belfast from January to May 1977 and in Central Belfast from January to May 1979.
1980-1987
In April 1980 the Battalion moved to Colchester . From July to November 1981 they did another tour in County Armagh under Operation Banner , and in 1982 took part in training exercises in Kenya . In the summer of 1982, the Regiment provided a Ceremonial Guard for the Tower of London .
In March 1983 the Devon & Dorsets became a Resident Battalion at Ballykinler in Northern Ireland as part of the 39th Infantry Brigade , remaining there until 1985. In 1985 they joined the Berlin Brigade , remaining in the city until 1987.
1987-1995
From February 1987 the Battalion formed part of 1st Brigade at Bulford . Elements of the Regiment were sent to the Falkland Islands and Belize in 1987 and 1988. From April to August 1989 they did another tour of duty in County Armagh . The Regimental Band were sent to the Gulf between October 1990 and March 1991 as part of Op Granby . In August 1991 the Battalion returned to Germany and was based in Werl and Paderborn . In 1993 they had another tour of duty in Belfast . In 1994 they moved to Paderborn as part of the 20th Armoured Brigade . In 1994, the Regimental Band was disbanded as part of "Options for Change".
Bosnia 1995
In May 1995 the Battalion the United Nations Protection Force intervening in the Bosnian War . Corporal Simon Harvey was awarded the Military Cross for twice extracting his Warrior tracked armoured vehicle from enemy fire on the Mount Igman route into Sarajevo . For part of the campaign they served alongside the French 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie , and a Bond of Friendship was later established between the two units .
1995-2005
The Battalion returned to Paderborn in November 1995 and was based there until 1998. Parts of the unit spent time in Fermanagh between December 1996 and June 1997. In March 1998 they moved to Warminster where they assumed responsibility for teaching Infantry Tactics at the Combined Arms Tactics Centre Battle Group .
They moved to the Cavalry Barracks , Hounslow in 2000. After intensive training, the Battalion performed Public Duties in London and Windsor which included providing the Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace and attending the State Funeral of Elizabeth , the Queen Mother .
The Devon & Dorsets was again the Resident Battalion at Ballykinler from 2002 to 2004. In 2004 the Battalion moved to Catterick Garrison .
Conversion to Light Infantry
In 2003 a Defence White Paper , Delivering Security in a Changing World , was published. Among the changes proposed was the amalgamation of all single-Battalion Infantry Regiments into multi-Battalion large Regiments . In December 2004 details of the amalgamations to be carried out were announced. The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment would cease to exist; it would be amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment to form a new Battalion of The Light Infantry . As part of the preparation for this, the Regiment moved from the Prince of Wales' Division to the Light Division , and was renamed the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry , on 22 July 2005.
Amalgamation
On 24 November 2005, the MOD announced further changes to the amalgamations. The Regiment would still merge with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment r esulting in a single Battalion ; however they were now to join a new large Regiment created by the amalgamation of The Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets. This new Regiment was to be called The Rifles and was to be formed in February 2007. The Battalion that resulted from the merger of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment was designated 1st Battalion , The Rifles . On becoming part of a Rifle Regiment , the D and D no longer carried their Colours ; these were laid up in Exeter Cathedral on 27 January 2007.
Victoria Cross Winners
The Victoria Cross (VC ) is the highest Military Decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of the armed forces of Various Commonwealth countries, and previous British Empire territories.
The Dorset Regiment
- Private Samuel Vickery VC (6 February 1873 - 20 June 1952) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross .
Vickery was 24 years old , and a Private in the 1st Battalion , The Dorsetshire Regiment , British Army during theTirah Campaign in British India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC . On 20 October 1897 during the attack on the Dargai Heights , Tirah , Private Vickery ran down the slope and rescued a wounded comrade under heavy fire , bringing him back to cover. He subsequently distinguished himself in the Waran Valley , killing three of the enemy who attacked him when he was separated from his Company .
He fought in the Second Boer War and World War I and achieved the rank of Corporal .
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Keep Military Musuem , Dorchester, Dorset,, England.
The Devonshire Regiment
- Major James Edward Ignatius Masterson VC (20 June 1862 – 24 December 1935) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross . Masterson entered the Royal Irish Fusiliers in 1881. He served in the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War , including the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir . He was commissioned into the 2nd Devonshire Regiment on 15 July 1891. He served in Burma from 1891 to 1892 and the North-West Frontier of India from 1897 to 1898, He became Captain in 1900.
Masterson was 37 years old , and a L ieutenant in the 1st Battalion , The Devonshire Regiment , British Army during the Second Boer War when the following deed took place on 6 January 1900, at Wagon Hill , Ladysmith , South Africa for which he was awarded the VC :
During the action at Wagon Hill , on the 6th January, 1900, Lieutenant Masterson commanded, with the greatest gallantry and dash , one of thethree Companies of his Regiment which charged a ridge held by the enemy and captured their position .
The Companies were then exposed to a most heavy and galling fire from the right and left front. Lieutenant Masterson undertook to give a message to the Imperial Light Horse , who were holding a ridge some hundred yards behind, to fire to the left front and endeavour to check the enemy's fire .
In taking this message he crossed an open space of a hundred yards which was swept by a most heavy cross fire , and although badly wounded in both thighs , managed to crawl in and deliver his message before falling exhausted into the Imperial Light Horse trench. His unselfish heroism was undoubtedly the means of saving several lives.
In February 1900 he was promoted to Captain. He transferred to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment as a Major in 1911 and retired in 1912. In 1914 he returned to the Army as a Deputy Director of Railway Transport . He died at Waterlooville , Hampshire , England , on 24 December 1935, aged 73.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Military Museum of Devon and Dorset , Dorchester , Dorset , England .
His ancestor , also surnamed Masterson , captured a Napoleonic Eagle at Barossa in 1811 and was given a Field Commission - this is portrayed in Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Fury .
- Private Theodore William Henry Veale VC (11 November 1892 – 6 November 1980) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross . Veale was 23 years old , and a Private in the 8th Battalion , The Devonshire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC .
On 20 July 1916 east of High Wood , France , Private Veale , hearing that a wounded Officer was lying in the open within 50 yards of the enemy, went out and dragged him into a shell hole and then took him water . As he could not carry the Officer by himself, he fetched volunteers , one of whom was killed almost at once, and heavy fire necessitated leaving the wounded man in a shell hole until dusk when Private Veale went out again with volunteers . When an enemy patrol approached , he went back for a Lewis gun with which he covered the party while the Officer was carried to safety . He later achieved the rank of Corporal . His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Keep Military Museum , Dorchester , Dorset .
- Lance Corporal George Onions VC (2 March 1883 – 2 April 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross . Onions first served with the 3rd Hussars and was involved in the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916.
Onions was 35 years old , and a Lance-Corporal in the 1st Battalion , The Devonshire Regiment , British Army during the First World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC .
On 22 August 1918 south of Achiet-le-Petit , France, Lance-Corporal Onions , having been sent o ut with one man to get in touch with the Battalion on the right flank , saw the enemy advancing in large numbers. Seizing his opportunity, he boldly placed himself and his comrade on the flank of the advancing enemy and opened fire . When the enemy were about 100 yards from him the line wavered and some hands were thrown up, were thrown up, whereupon the Lance-Corporal rushed forward and helped by his comrade , took about 200 of the enemy prisoners and marched them back to his Company Commander .
He was later Commissioned into the Rifle Brigade. After World War I , Onions served in the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Constabulary.
In 1939 he was Commissioned a Captain in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment for National Defence , but resigned his commission in 1941.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Keep Military Museum , Dorchester, Dorset, England.
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
- Lieutenant-Colonel Herbert Jones , VC , OBE (14 May 1940 - 28 May 1982), known as H. Jones , was a British Army Officer and posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross . He was awarded the VC after being killed in action during the Battle of Goose Green for his actions as C ommanding Officer of 2 Battalion , Parachute Regiment during the Falklands War .
Jones was born in Putney the eldest of three sons of Herbert Jones (1888-1957), an American artist , and his Welsh wife , Olwen Pritchard (1902-1990), a Nurse . He attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Seaford, Sussex and Eton College . He joined the British Army on leaving school and on graduation from the Royal Military Academy , Sandhurst on 23 July 1960, was commissioned into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment as a Second Lieutenant . He was promoted to Lieutenant on 23 January 1962, Captain on 23 July 1966, and Major on 31 December 1972. At this time he was Brigade Major at HQ 3rd Infantry Brigade in Northen Ireland . As such he was responsible for the efforts to find Captain Robert Nairac who had been abducted by the Provisional IRA. Nairac and Jones had become friends and would sometimes go to the Jones household for supper.
After a four day search, the Garda Siochana confirmed that Nairac had been shot and killed in the Republic of Ireland after being smuggled over the border.
On 13 December 1977 he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE ) for his services in Northern Ireland that year.
On the 30 June 1979 he was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel, and on 1 December 1979 was transferred to the Parachute Regiment .
In the 1981 New Year Honours he was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE ).
During the Falklands War he was in Command of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment (2 PARA ). During an attack against entenched Argentinian positions, with his unit pinned down by heavy fire of MAG and FAL , he led a charge against the nearest position. He was killed while doing so but the Argentinian unit surrendered shortly afterwards. For his actions he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross . His Victoria Cross is displayed at the National Army Museum in Chelsea, London, England.
Command of 2 PARA passed to Major Chris Keeble , and Jones was buried at Ajax Bay on 30 May near where he died of wounds.
After the war his body was exhumed and re-buried at the Blue Beach War Cemetery in Port San Carlos on 25 October. George Cross
Awards of the 'Medal of the Military Division of the Order of the British Empire Medal for Gallantry (EGM ) was made to four members of the 2nd Battalion The Dorset Regiment during the 1921 Malabar Campaign . The awards were gazetted on 2 June 1923.
This order was subsequently subsumed into the George Cross when it was created in September 1940. As 2nd Dorsets remained overseas until after the Second World War all four were presented with the George Cross rather than the EGM .
- 5718748 Private Frederick Chant GC
Private Chant showed rare coolness and disregard of danger. On one occasion when he had been using his Lewis Gun at a range of about twenty yards against the enemy, who were occupying a house and firing at him at the closest range his Gun failed . He calmly got up and fetched a Rifle and Bayonet and maintained his fire on the target he had been originally given with coolness and deliberation .
The George Cross was presented to Private Chant at Buckingham Palace on 29 February 1947.
Fredrick Chant was born at Sherborne in 1900.
- 5178907 Private Thomas Frank Miller GC
At Nilambur on 24th September, 1921, this man displayed great gallantry by going forward towards a Rebel ambush and firing on it at close range. He was instrumental in dislodging several snipers who were causing casualties to our troops .
The George Cross was presented to Private Miller at Buckingham Palace on 29 February 1947.
Thomas Miller was born on 7 October 1887, as one of sixteen children and son of a Prison Warder at Portland Jail .
- 5179290 Private Henry Frederick Troake GC
This man showed conspicuous gallantry in advancing close up to the fence surrounding a house in which Rebels had been located and in covering the rush of Lieutenant Woodhouse and Corporal Collins who fired the roof . Both these men subsequently showed great courage in clearing the garden and jungle round the house .
The George Cross was also presented to Private Troake at Buckingham Palace on 29 February 1947.
Henry Troake was on born on the 4th September 1896, at Uplowman , Devon.
- 5718234 Serjeant William George Hand GC . MM
Showed great gallantry and coolness on 24th September, 1921, near Nilambur when the Advanced Guard of the column was ambushed by the enemy. Whilst subjected to close fire at about fifteen yards range Serjeant Hand successfully bombed the enemy and by his coolness and initiative materially assisted in clearing up the situation .
The George Cross was presented to Serjeant Hand at Buckingham Palace on 3rd February 1942.
George Hand was born on 17th October 1896, Nunton , Wiltshire .
Battle Honours
The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment
The practice of awarding Battle Honours began in the Eighteenth Century , with just a few being awarded retrospectively but not including those fought in the British Isles such as the Boyne . 'Dettingen ', is therefore, the senior Battle Honour of West Country Regiments and is born on the Regimental Colour .
The first three groups of Battle Honours listed below are borne on the Regimental Colours of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment and those of the Twentieth Century wars are emblazoned on the Queen's Colour .
Those in bold type are carried on the Colours .
Regimental Colour
Dettingen, Plassey, Martinique 1794, Marabout, Albuhera, Salanianca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Ava, Maharajpore, Sevastopol, Afghanistan 1879-80, Tirah, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902
Queen's Colour
Great War - Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, 18, La Bassee 1914. Armentieres 1914, Neuve Chapelle. Hill 60. Ypres1915, 17, Gravenstafel, St Julien, Frezenberg, Bellewaarde, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916, 18, Albert 1916, 18, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Thiepval,Ancre 1916,' 18! Arras 1917, Vimy 1917. Scarpe 1917, Bullecourt, Messines 19,17, Pilckem, Langemark 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, St Quentin, Rosieres, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bois des Buttes, Marne 1918, Tardenois, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Epehy, Canal du Nord, St QuentinCanal, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918. Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914 -18, Piave, VittorioVeneto, Italy 1917-18, Doiran 1917, 18, Macedonia 19 15-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915. Egypt 1916-17. Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18, Basra, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915, 17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Tigris 1916, Baghdad, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914-18.
Second World War - St Omer-La Bassee, Normandy Landing, Port en Bessin, Villers Bocage, Tilly sur Seulles, Caen, Mont Pincon, St Pierre La Vieille, Nederrijn, Arnhem 1944, Aam, Geilenkirchen, Roer, Goch, Rhine, Ibbenburen, Twente Canal, North-West Europe 1940, 44 - 45, Landing in Sicily, Agira, Regalbuto, Sicily 1943, Landing at Porto San Venere, Italy 1943, Malta 1940-42, Imphal, Tamu Road, Shenam Pass, Kohima, Ukhrul, Mandalay, Myinmu Bridgehead, Kyaukse 1945, Mt Popa. Burma 1943-45.
The Colours
As is traditional, each Battalion holds a Queens Colour , or the Union flag , and a Regimental Colour based on the Regiments facing colour, in this case a dark green. There is a laid down maximum number of Honours permitted on each Colour and representatives of the two Regiments agreed, on the basis of equal number, tempered by importance of individual Honours , which of the Battle Honours were to be emblazoned on the two Colours .
The Regimental Colour bears the Honours earned between the raising of the Devons in 1685 through to the South African War (Boer War ), at the turn of the Nineteenth Century ). The Queen's Colour bears a selection of the Battle Honours earned during the Great War and Second World War .
The difference between the two Battalion's Stands of Colours is minimal. The 4th Battalion's Colours have a Roman numerals 'IV ' and the letters '1st RV ' (1st Rifle Volunteers ), while the 1st Battalion has a simple Roman I .
The Colours Today
The three 1st Battalion Stands of Colours and the single Stand of 4th Battalion Colours , as is the tradition, are laid-up for the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in Exeter Cathedral .
Dress and Ceremonial
Tactical Recognition Flash
Tactical Recognition Flash of the Devon & Dorsets
Cap Badge
On amalgamation in 1958, the new Regiment took elements of the three predecessor Regiments Badges ; the 11th Foot , later the Devonshire Regiment , and the 39th and 54th Foot , later the Dorsetshire Regiment .
From the Devonshire Regiment came the basis of the Badge ; Exeter Castle (the Castle was a feature common to both Regiment's Badges ). Also incorporated was the Devon's motto "Semper Sidelis ''. The Dorsets contributed the 39th's motto , "Primus in Indis " and the 54th's Marabout Sphinx on a tablet to the new Badge .
Motto
The Regiment's motto 's were "Semper Sidelis " often translated from Latin as "Ever Faithfull ", and 'Primus in Indis'' translated from Latin as "First in India ". It is easily seen on any of the Regiment's Badges .
Appointments
Colonels in Chief
It is customary for Regiments of the British Army to have a member of the Royal family as Colonel in Chief or titular head of the Regiment . On formation of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1958, Her Royal Highness Princess Marina was appointed by the Her Majesty The Queen as the Regiment's Colonel in Chief . This was greeted with great satisfaction by the Regiment , as HRH's appointment continued the link with the House of Kent that dated back to Christmas Eve 1802, when the 54th of Foot (later 2nd Dorsets ) saved the then Duke of Kent , Governor of Gibraltar , from the drunken rampages of civilians and troops from other Regiments .
Her Royal Highness's early duties included presentation of the first Stand of Regimental Colours to the 1st Battalion on Plymouth Hoe in 1962. Thereafter she continued to be a much loved and regular visitor to the Regiment until her sad death in August 1968.
After the proscribed period of Royal Mourning, HRH the Duke of Kent was graciously appointed Colonel in Chief of the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment in 1977 and made his first visit to the 1st Battalion in Germany the following year. For the next thirty years, HRH remain an active participant in the life of the Regiment .
His final act as Colonel in Chief was the laying up of the Regimental Colours in Exeter Cathedral in January 2007, just days before the Devon and Dorsets's amalgamation into the Rifles .
Regimental Appointments
1st Battalion
Commanding Officer
Lt Col G R Young OBE , May 58 - Nov 58
Lt Col R H Wheatley DSO , Nov 58 - Nov 60
Lt Col P T Willcocks MBE MC , Nov 60 - Oct 62
Lt Col J P Randle MC , Oct 62 - Apr 65
Lt Col A J Archer OBE , Apr 65 - Sep 67
Lt Col A D Rouse MBE , Sep 67 - Oct 69
Lt Col D P Lovejoy MBE , Oct 69 - Mar 72
Lt Col P Burdick , Mar 72 - Sep 74
Lt Col C T Shortis MBE , Sep 74 - Jun 77
Lt Col C W G Bullocke , Jun 77 - Dec 79
Lt Col J F W Wilsey , Dec 79 - Jun 82
Lt Col P D King-Fretts , Jun 82 - Oct 84
Lt Col B H Dutton OBE , Oct 84 - Feb 87
Lt Col D C N Shaw MBE , Feb 87 - Sep 87
Lt Col C J Biles MBE , Sep 89 - Mar 92
Lt Col S D Young MBE , Mar 92 - Feb 95
Lt Col J R Cook MBE MC , Feb 95 - Sep 97
Lt Col J F Watson MBE , Sep 97 - Mar 00
Lt Col R H D Toomey MBE , Mar 00 - Jun 02
Lt Col A J S Storrie OBE , Jun 02 - Aug 04
Lt Col C J Beattie , Aug 04 - Jan 07
Regimental Sergeant Major
WO1 A T Coombe , May 58 - Jun 59
WO1 R S Pollard , Jun 59 - May 63
WO1 M P Nott , May 63 - Feb 64
WO1 A E Tizzard , May 64 - Jan 65
WO1 W Lucas , Mar 65 - Mar 68
WO1 P E Turney , Mar 68 - Dec 70
WO1 R H Simpson , Dec 70 - Jun 71
WO1 W Thacker , Jun 71 - May 74
WO1 L D Brown , May 74 - Dec 76
WO1 L C Burrlock , Dec 76 - Nov 79
WO1 J Wilding , Nov 79 - Dec 81
WO1 H Jellard , Dec 81 - Sep 83
WO1 M J Henderson , Sep 83 - Apr 85
WO1 P MacPherson , Apr 85 - Jan 88
WO1 G S Titley , Jan 88 - Jul 91
WO1 R J Cleverley , Jul 91 - Dec 93
WO1 K J Fitzgerald , Dec 93 - Jun 96
WO1 K J Finnamore , Jun 96 - Jun 98
WO1 J E Anning , Jun 98 - Apr 00
WO1 C B Smith , Apr 00 - Feb 02
WO1 M A Skinner , Feb 02 - Mar 04
WO1 M Griffiths , Apr 04 - Dec 05
WO1 M Hale , Jan 06 - Feb 06
WO1 R J Hunt , Mar 06 - Jan 07
Alliances
- Canada - Les Fusiliers de Sherbrooke
- Australia - The Royal New South Wales Regiment
- Malaysia - 6th Battalion , Royal Malay Regiment
- South Africa - 5 South African Infantry Battalion (Bond of Friendship )
- Royal Navy - HMS Exeter
- France - 2e Régiment Étranger d'Infanterie (Bond of Friendship )
Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
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Devonshire and Dorset Regiment Cap Badge
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Active
| 1958-2007
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Country
| United Kingdom
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Branch
| British Army
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Type
| Line Infantry
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Role
| Infantry
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Size
| One Battalion
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Part of
| Prince of Wales' Division
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Motto
| Semper Fidelis (Latin) "Always Faithful "
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March
| Quick - Widdecombe Fair/We've Lived and Loved Together/The Maid of Glenconnel
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Commanders
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Last Colonel-in-Chief
| HRH The Duke of Kent
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Last Commanding Officer
| Lt Col. CJ Beatie
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Insignia
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Tactical Recognition Flash
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Arm Badge
| Croix de Guerre
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