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1860 |
1st Administrative Battalion, Dorsetshire
Rifle Volunteers
formed at Dorchester to administer existing corps: |
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- 1st Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Bridport, raised 22 Aug. 1859
- 2nd Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Wareham, raised 1860
- 3rd Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Dorchester, raised 1860
- 4th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Poole, raised 1860
- 5th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Weymouth, raised 1860
- 6th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Wimbourne, raised 1860
- 7th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Sherborne, raised 1860
- 8th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Blandford, raised 1860
- 9th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Shaftesbury, raised 1860
- 10th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Sturminster, raised 1860
- 11th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Gillingham, raised 1860
- 12th Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stalbridge, raised 1860; absorbed 1877 by 10th Corps
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1880.06.01 |
1st Dorsetshire Rifle
Volunteers |
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer
battalion of The Dorsetshire
Regiment |
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1887.12.01 |
1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment |
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1908.04.01 |
4th Battalion, The
Dorsetshire Regiment
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Dorchester |
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1915.03 |
1/4th Battalion, The
Dorsetshire Regiment
renumbered on formation of 2/4th Battalion
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1920.02.07 |
4th Battalion, The
Dorsetshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Dorchester |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1939.05.25 |
formed
duplicate 8th Battalion |
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1947.01.01 |
reconstituted in T.A.
with HQ at Dorchester and concurrently amalgamated with 8th
Battalion |
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- A Company at Sherborne
- B Company at Blandford
- C Company at Wareham
- D Company at Poole
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1958 |
The Dorset Regiment
redesignated after amalgamation of The
Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire
and Dorset Regiment |
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1967.04.01 |
disbanded
and concurrently reconstituted as: |
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- C Company (Dorset), Wessex
Volunteers, formed in TAVR II at Dorchester
(Pln at Poole)
- The Dorset Territorials
formed in TAVR III with HQ at Dorchester
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1969.04.01 |
TAVR III element reduced
to cadre at Dorchester, sponsored by Wessex
Volunteers |
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1971.04.01 |
D (Queen's
Own Dorset Yeomanry) Company, 2nd
Battalion, The Wessex Volunteers
reconstituted from cadre at at Poole, Bournemouth
and Weymouth |
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197u |
D Coy redesignated
D (Queen's Own
Dorset Yeomanry) Company |
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1975 |
C Coy
formed Pln at Weymouth |
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1975.04.01 |
D Coy at Poole transferred
as D Company, 1st Battalion,
The Wessex Regiment
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1990.12 |
C Coy at
Dorchester and Poole transferred as C
Company, 4th
Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment |
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1992.06 |
D Coy at
Poole transferred as C Company,
4th
Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment,
losing its Queen's
Own Dorset Yeomanry affiliation |
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1999.07.01 |
C (Devonshire
and Dorset Regiment) Company, The
Rifle Volunteers
formed at Dorchester with Pln at Poole by amalgamation of
C Coy and D Coy 4th
Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment |
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2005.07.22 |
C
(Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry)
Company, The Rifle Volunteers |
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2007.02 |
C
(Devonshire and Dorset) Company,
6th Battalion, The Rifles
at Dorchester and Poole |
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