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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 15 July 2000. Corrected and updated
16.07.2006
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Badges: |
The Sphinx
superimposed upon the Castle of Exeter; The Castle and Key superscribed
'Gibraltar 1779-1783' and with the motto 'Montis Insignia Calpe' beneath;
The Sphinx superscribed 'Semper Fidelis, Primus in Indis' |
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Uniform: |
1958-2007:
blue; facings: grass green; piping: grass green
headdress: blue beret (1959-2005), green beret
(22 July 2005-2006) |
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1958.05.17 |
Maj-Gen. George Neville Wood, CB, CBE, DSO,
MC [from Dorset Regt] |
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1962.02.26 |
Maj-Gen. Hugh Alastair Borradaile, CB, DSO |
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1967.02.07 |
Brig. Alexander Edward Craven Bredin, DSO,
MC |
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1977.02.07 |
Gen. Sir Arthur John Archer, KCB,
OBE |
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1979.12.01 |
Col. Michael Frederick Robert Bullock, OBE,
DL |
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1984.11.30 |
Maj-Gen. Colin Terry Shortis, CB, CBE |
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1990.05.31 |
Gen. Sir John Finlay Willasey Wilsey, GCB,
CBE, ADC [also Col. Cmdt. ACC;
POW Div] |
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1998.01.01 |
Maj-Gen. Bryan Hawkins Dutton, CB, CBE |
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2002.12.31 |
Lt-Gen. Sir Cedric Norman George Delves,
KBE, DSO |
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[no external sites have been found] |
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Motto: |
Semper fidelis;
Montis insignia calpe; Primus in Indis |
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Nicknames: |
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Anniversaries: |
Wagon
Hill (6 Jan.), Amalgamation Day (17 May), Bois
des Buttes (27 May), Sarah Sands Day (11 Nov.) |
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Freedoms: |
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Marches: |
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Musicians: |
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Mascot: |
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Miscellaneous
Tradition Links: |
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Regimental
Journal: |
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The
journal of The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Dorchester, 1959- |
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Full Histories:
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Short Histories:
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A short history of the Devonshire
& Dorset Regiment. [s.l. : s.n.], C.H. Challacombe
Ltd.), 1969. |
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