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Note:This
is a battalion history of the Regular Army. See the main regimental
page for full lineage and other information.
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Colour Key
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| 1689.03.20 | Viscount
Lisburn's Regiment of Foot raised in Ireland |
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| 1697 | disbanded in England | ||
| 1702.08.29 | Richard
Coote's Regiment of Foot raised in Ireland |
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| 1702 | Ireland | ||
| 1707 | Iberian Peninsula | ||
| 1713 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1713 | Minorca | ||
| 1714 | Minorca | ||
| 1718 | Mediterranean | service as marines | |
| 1719 | Ireland | ||
| 1727 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1728 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1730 | Jamaica | ||
| 1732 | Ireland | ||
| 1744 | England | ||
| 1744 | at sea | service as marines | |
| 1746 | Flanders | ||
| 1748 | Ireland | converted back to infantry | |
| 1751.07.01 | 39th Regiment of Foot | ||
| 1754 | India | ||
| 1755 | Carnatic war | ||
| 1758 | Ireland | ||
| 1769 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1779 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1783 | England | ||
| 1789 | Ireland | ||
| 1793 | West Indies | ||
| 1794.10.06 | captured by the French at Berville Camp | ||
| 1795 | reconstituted in Ireland | ||
| 1795 | Ireland | ||
| 1795.11? | at sea | ||
| 1796.05 | Santo Domingo (det) | ||
| 1796 | West Indies | ||
| 1803 | England | ||
| 1803.09.07 | 1st
Battalion, 39th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1805.05 | Gibraltar | ||
| 1805.07 | Malta | ||
| 1810 | Sicily | ||
| 1811 | Portugal | ||
| 1811 | Peninsular war | ||
| 1811.12.25 | absorbed personnel of 2nd Battalion (and latter sent home to re-form) | ||
| 1812 | Peninsular war | ||
| 1814 | at sea | ||
| 1814 | American war: Canadian frontier | ||
| 1815. | France | Army of Occupation | |
| 1815.12.25 | 1st
Battalion, 39th
Regiment of Foot redesignated upon disbandment of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1818 | England | ||
| 1818 | Ireland | ||
| 1825 | England | ||
| 1825 | Australia | prison guard duty | |
| 1832 | India | ||
| 1834 | Coorg campaign | ||
| 1834 | India | ||
| 1843 | Gwalior | ||
| 1843 | India | ||
| 1847 | England | ||
| 1850 | Ireland | ||
| 1854 | Crimea | ||
| 1856 | Canada | ||
| 1859 | Bermuda | ||
| 1864 | England | ||
| 1866 | Ireland | ||
| 1869 | India | ||
| 1881.07.01 | 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment | ||
| 1881 | India: Bengal | ||
| 1882 | England: Chatham | ||
| 1885 | Malta | ||
| 1886 | England: ? | ||
| 1888 | Malta | ||
| 1889 | Egypt | ||
| 1893 | India: Meean Meer | ||
| 1895 | Bangalore | ||
| 1897.06 | Tirah | ||
| 1898.04 | Nowshera | ||
| 1902 | Ferozepore | ||
| 1906 | England: Gosport | ||
| 1909 | Farnborough | ||
| 1911 | Blackdown | ||
| 1913 | Ireland: Belfast | ||
| 1914.08 | France and Flanders | 5 Div | |
| 1915.12 | France and Flanders | 32 Div | |
| 1919 | Ireland: Londondery | ||
| 1924 | Malta | ||
| 1924 | Sudan | ||
| 1926 | Malta | ||
| 1927 | India: Mhow | ||
| 1929 | Chakratta | ||
| 1933 | Sialkot | ||
| 1936 | Landi Kotla | ||
| 1938 | Malta | ||
| 1939.09 | Malta | ||
| 1943.05 | Tunisia | 231 Inf Bde | |
| 1943.07 | Sicily | ||
| 1943.09 | Italy | ||
| 1943.11 | UK | ||
| 1944.06 | NW Europe | ||
| 1944.12 | UK | ||
| 1945.05 | UK | ||
| 1948 | Austria | ||
| 1948.09.04 | amalgamated with 2nd Battalion without change of title | ||
| 1948 | Austria | ||
| 1951.06.23 | 1st Battalion, The Dorset Regiment | ||
| 1952 | Hong Kong | ||
| 1954.12 | Korea | Commonwealth Contingent | |
| 1956.02 | at sea | ||
| 1955.08 | Germany: Minden | 11 Bde | |
| 1958.05.17 | amalgamated
with 1st
Bn, The Devonshire Regiment, to form 1st Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment |
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