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1860.06.13 |
2nd
Administrative Battalion, Devonshire Rifle Volunteers
formed
to administer existing corps |
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1861.04 |
reorganised with HQ at
Plymouth and different constituent corps: |
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- 2nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Plymouth, raised 7 Dec. 1859
- 3rd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at
Devonport, raised 7 Dec. 1859
- 16th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stonehouse, raised raised 29 Feb. 1860; absorbed 1874 by
2nd Corps
- 22nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Tavistock, raised 5 Mar. 1860
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1874 |
cadet corps formed at
Plymouth (disbanded 1885) |
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1880.02.24 |
2nd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
(Prince of Wales's)
consolidated with HQ at Plymouth, and named
for future King
Edward VII |
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- A Company at
Plymouth, formed from 2nd Corps
- B Company at Plymouth, formed from
2nd Corps
- C Company at Plymouth, formed from
2nd Corps
- D Company at Plymouth, formed from
2nd Corps
- E Company at Plymouth, formed from
2nd Corps
- F Company at Plymouth, formed from
2nd Corps
- G Company at Devonport, formed from
3rd Corps
- H Company at Devonport, formed from
3rd Corps
- I Company at Devonport, formed from
3rd Corps
- K Company at Tavistock, formed from
22nd Corps
- L Company at Tavistock, formed from
22nd Corps
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion of The
Devonshire Regiment |
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1885.11.01 |
2nd (Prince of Wales's) Volunteer Battalion,
The Devonshire
Regiment |
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1900 |
M Company formed |
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1904 |
Kelly College Cadet Corps
formed at Tavistock |
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1905 |
reduced to eight coys |
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1906 |
cadet corps formed at
Plymouth by Postal Telegraph Messengers of Plymouth (disbanded 1907) |
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1907 |
Plymouth and Mannamead
College Cadet Corps (formed 1900) transferred
from 2nd Devonshire RGA |
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1908.04.01 |
5th Battalion, The
Devonshire Regiment
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Millbay, Plymouth,
and concurrently amalgamated with 5th (Hay Tor)
Vol Bn, less cadet corps transferred to OTC |
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- A Company at
Tavistock
- B Company at Plymouth
- C Company at Plymouth (dets at Ivybridge
and Kingsbridge)
- D Company at Devonport
- E Company at Newton Abbott (det at
Chudleigh)
- F Company at Teingmouth (dets at Dawlish
and Torquay)
- G Company at Moreton Hampstead (dets
at Bovey Tracey and Chagford)
- H Company at Totnes (dets at Ashburton
and Buckfastleigh)
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1909.03? |
5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The
Devonshire Regiment |
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1915.03 |
1/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion,
The Devonshire
Regiment
renumbered on formation of 2/4th Battalion
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1920.02.07 |
5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The
Devonshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Plymouth |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1939 |
formed duplicate 7th
(Haytor) Battalion |
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1941.11.28 |
86th Anti-Tank Regiment, RA |
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1947.01.01 |
5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, The
Devonshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Plymouth |
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- A Company at Plymouth
- B Company at Newton Abbot
- C Company at Totnes
- D Company at Dartmouth
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1950.05.15 |
amalgamated with 4th
Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment |
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