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T.F.
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created 1 November 2005. Corrected and updated
01.11.2005
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Royal
Wiltshire Militia
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United
Kingdom
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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<1697> |
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1758.11.08 |
Wiltshire Militia
reorganised as one battalion |
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| annual changes in precedence
during American Revolution: |
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1778.06.01: |
19th |
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1779.05.12: |
38th |
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1780.05.06: |
22nd |
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1781.04.28: |
37th |
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1782.05.07: |
9th |
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1793.03.02 |
35th, or Wiltshire Militia |
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1803.06.11 |
8th, or Wiltshire Militia |
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1833.04.30 |
33rd, or Wiltshire Militia |
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1841.06.29 |
33rd, or Royal Wiltshire Militia |
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1881.07.01 |
3rd Battalion, The
Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment) |
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1908.06.08 |
transferred to Special
Reserve |
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1921.01.01 |
3rd Battalion, The
Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) |
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1921 |
Special Reserve redesignated
Militia |
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1924 |
transferred to Supplementary
Reserve |
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1953.04.01 |
disbanded |
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History: |
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Deployment and War Service: |
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War service
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Home service
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1759.06.21 |
embodied
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1762.12.15 |
disembodied |
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1813 |
embodied
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1814? |
disembodied |
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1854.06.10 |
embodied
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1855? |
Mediterranean |
volunteered
for garrison duty |
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1856.09.17 |
disembodied |
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1900.01.16 |
embodied
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1902.09.11 |
disembodied |
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1914.08.04 |
embodied
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1919.09.27 |
personnel
to 1st Bn |
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1919.11.13 |
disembodied |
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Biography
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