The battalion crossed the River Rhine in Operation Varsity in March 1945 alongside the U.S. 17th Airborne Division. © 1997-2018 Ancestry In 1868, the regiment was the Royal North Devon Hussars with Headquarters at Barnstaple. However it can trace its history back nearly 200 years prior to this. 1685 - Founded as The Colonel the Duke of Beaufort's Musketeers.1751 - Renamed 11th Regiment of Foot.1782-1881 - Renamed 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot.1845 (July) - 11th HQ, three companies sailed from Chatham on board the "Castle Eden" for Sydney, Australia.1845 (August) - Remainder of 11th sailed on board the "Ramilies" for Sydney, Australia. It was widely known for its rough and near mutinous behaviour. The red coat displays the regiment's green facings. The Devonshire Regiment was involved in the fighting from virtually beginning to end and the human cost was high, over 6,000 men killed and about three times that number wounded. Lewis gun section of the 8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment resting after an attack near Fricourt, France, August 1916. Devonshire Regiment. Brokenborough, Wiltshire, UK. The battalion joined the 8th Brigade of the 3rd Division in early September 1914, and then transferred to the 14th Brigade of the 5th Division later in the month. LucasAvis. As a result, the regiment was now organised as: It took part in the Tirah Campaign in 1897 and the Second Boer War in 1899. The 4th Battalion was sent, in May 1940, to Gibraltar to join the 2nd Gibraltar Brigade[52] and returned to the United Kingdom on 28 December 1943 and eventually joined the 164th Brigade, 55th (West Lancashire) Division before finally ending the war in the 183rd Infantry Brigade, 61st Infantry Division. The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army which served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. Two of the six Territorial battalions – the 5th and 7th – converted to become anti-tank regiments in the Royal Artillery and fought as gunners in North … Use this list as a guide to determine when your own ancestor might have joined this regiment - but note that this list is for regular enlistments only. The Regiment served under the name of its various Colonels until it was numbered as the 11th Regiment of Foot when the numerical system of regimental designation was adopted in 1751. Therefore, the regiment was now organised as: The remaining battalion was in Malaya from 1948 to 1951 at the time of the Malayan Emergency and in Kenya from 1953 to 1955, during the Mau Mau Uprising. [1] The regiment remained in existence for only a few months and was disbanded in the same year. The 11th North Devonshire Regiment of Foot Thursday, March 8, 2012 Memoir of William Pidcock, a member of the 11th Regiment in NSW This transcript is posted on the 'Australia's Redcoat Settlers' website run by Barrie and Margaret Chapman (http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/). 78mm high. The photograph shows the item you are buying. The regiment was raised at Newcastle in 1741 as the 57th Regiment of Foot, ranked as the 46th Regiment of Foot in 1751, and took a county title as the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1782. The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, created in 1741 and amalgamated into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry in 1881. 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 131st (Lorried) Infantry Brigade, part of the 7th Armoured Division, The Desert Rats, and remained with them for the rest of the war, participating in Operation Blackcock in January 1945 followed by Operation Plunder where they crossed the River Rhine. [35], In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and the latter the Special Reserve;[36] the regiment now organised into:[1]. Subsequent changes - - 1881 1881-1898 1898-1901 Post 1901 1952. In amongst the fighting at various stages of the battle was the Devonshire Regiment, which was featured in Sam Mendes' World War One epic 1917. Circumstances of Death. In 1682, Henry Somerset was created Duke of Beaufort, and in 1685 he was again commissioned to raise a regiment, The Duke of Beaufort's Regiment of Foot, … Charles John Addington, 1903–1910: Maj-Gen Hon. Ten battalions of the Devon Regiment fought in France and Belgium, Mesopotamia, Salonika, Macedonia, Egypt, Palestine, Italy and in North Russia. The 2nd Battalion fought in the Second Anglo-Afghan War, the Anglo-Ashanti wars and the Second Boer War. An Unknown British Officer, Probably of 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, c.1800, John Hoppner, 1758-1810 reimagined. It was re-raised in January 1673 and again disbanded in 1674. Private, 16661. Devonshire Regiment. Also, you might want to check out the RootsWeb Blog - it is where we keep you up to date on what is happening with RootsWeb. Date of Birth. The 2nd Battalion, assigned to the 23rd Brigade, 8th Division,[37] was another Regular Army unit, that was awarded the French Croix de guerre for holding up the massive final German advance of the war at the Bois des Buttes on 27 May 1918, the first day of the Third Battle of the Aisne. 9th Battalion. "[40], The 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion (formerly part of the Militia) 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. The regiment was renamed as the North Devonshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry and in 1856 as the Royal North Devonshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry. Thursday November 1st 1917. But we have suggestions on how to get out of here and be on your way, If you are looking for a Rootsweb Mailing Lists, you can find a specific list or search the list archives, Looking for a World Connect Family Tree? Memorial at La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert. 9th November, 2016. They are facing Pepworth Hill, firing from behind boulders which provided for an effective cover. After Italy the brigade was withdrawn to Sicily and then the United Kingdom where it became permanently part of the veteran 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and trained with them in preparation for the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was given the additional county title of 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot in 1782. However, none of these units, except 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 80th Infantry (Reserve) Division. [26] It fought at the Siege of Burgos in September 1812[27] and then pursued the French Army into France taking part in the Battle of the Pyrenees in July 1813,[28] the Battle of Nivelle in November 1813[29] and the Battle of the Nive in December 1813[30] as well as the Battle of Orthez in February 1814[31] and the Battle of Toulouse in April 1814.[31]. The volunteer army of 1914-15 included many Devonians, who didn’t all serve with the Devonshire Regiment. GREGORY, Samuel Arthur. Sir Savage Lloyd Mostyn KCB (also Royal Welch Fusiliers), 1930–1943: Maj-Gen Sir Charles Clarkson Martin Maynard KCB CMG DSO, 1948–1958: Col Lionel Henry Mountifort Westropp. 11th Regiment of Foot (North Devonshire) 1845-1857 * 65th Regiment of Foot (2nd Yorkshire, North Riding) 1846-1849 * 40th Regiment of Foot (2nd Somersetshire) (2nd tour) 1852-1860 * 12th Regiment of Foot (East Suffolk) 1854-1866 * 77th Regiment of Foot (East Middlesex) 1857-1858 * Royal Artillery (No.3 Company, 7th Battalion) 1858-1870 * Royal Marines (Detachment … It started a new regimental number series from this date, some examples of which I list below. The 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was a Regular Army unit and, after absorbing some 500 reservists, departed for France, landing at Le Havre on 21 August 1914, just 17 days since Britain's entry into the war, as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF). 1 History 1.1 Early wars 1.2 Napoleonic Wars 1.3 The Victorian era 2 Battle Honours 3 Colonels 3.1 The 46th Regiment of Foot - (1748) … History Early years. Most were volunteers and conscripts. 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The Devonshire Regiment The Devonshire Regiment was a real unit, with two regular battalions, one Special Reserve battalion and three battalions of territorials. 4th Battalion (TA), later The Devonshire Regiment (T), even later HQ Company, 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, amalgamated with 4th Battalion in 1950, Dettingen, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Afghanistan 1879–80, Tirah, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902, 1856–1857: Lt-Gen William George Cochrane, 1902–1903: Maj-Gen Hon. It was numbered 11th Foot in 1747, to which North Devonshire was added in 1782. The 1/7th and 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalions served in Home Defence. … Two shako plates, other ranks', 11th (The North Devonshire Regiment of Foot and 81st (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, pattern, 1839-1855. Badges: 1972-08-40: Pattern 1879-1881, helmet plate, gilt metal, nd; associated with 20th (East Devonshire) Regiment. 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