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T.F.
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created 1 July 2005. Corrected and updated
31.05.2006
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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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1860.08.08 |
2nd
Administrative Battalion, Devonshire Rifle Volunteers
formed with HQ at Exeter
to administer existing corps |
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1861.04 |
1st
Administrative Battalion, Devonshire Rifle Volunteers
reorganised with HQ at Exeter and different
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- 5th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Culm Vale, raised 22 Mar. 1860; moved 1862 to Cullompton
- 8th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Buckerell, raised 8 Feb. 1860
- 11th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Bampton, raised 28 Feb. 1860
- 13th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Honiton, raised 20 Feb. 1860
- 14th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Tiverton, raised 1 Mar. 1860
- 20th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Broadhembury, raised 3 Mar. 1860; disbanded 1875
- 25th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Ottery St. Mary, raised 2 Mar. 1860
- 27th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Colyton, raised 13 Apr. 1861
- 1st Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps at
Clyst, raised 23 Feb. 1860; absorbed 3rd Mounted RC by May 1873;
disbanded Feb? 1878
- 2nd Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps at
Exminster, raised 5 Mar. 1860 as a sub-division; disbanded Dec.
1861
- 3rd Devonshire Mounted Rifle Corps at
Upper Ottery, raised 10 Apr.1860; amalgmated by May 1873 with
1st Mounted RC
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1880.05.11 |
5th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
consolidated with HQ at Exeter |
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- A Company at
Cullompton, formerly 5th Corps
- B Company at Buckerell, formerly 8th
Corps
- C Company at Bampton, formerly 11th
Corps
- D Company at Honiton, formerly 13th
Corps
- E Company at Tiverton, formerly 14th
Corps
- F Company at Ottery St. Mary, formerly
25th Corps
- G Company at Colyton, formerly 27th
Corps
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1880.06.15 |
3rd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion of The
Devonshire Regiment |
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1885.11.01 |
3rd Volunteer Battalion, The
Devonshire Regiment |
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1885 |
H Company formed
at Sidmouth |
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1900 |
I Company formed
at Axminster; cadet corps formed at All Hallows School, Honiton, and
Blundell's School, Tiverton |
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1908.04.01 |
amalgamated with
1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion,
to form 4th Battation, The
Devonshire Regiment, less cadet corps
transferred to OTC |
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1881.08.17 |
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 11th Bt. |
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1898-1902 |
vacant |
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1902.12.31 |
Hon. Col. Rt. Hon. Sir John Henry Kennaway,
3rd Bt., CB, VD
[continued 1908 in 4th Bn] |
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