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at Bletchingley, Surrey, as 7th (Garrison) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment. As a designated Garrison battalion, the 7th does not appear to have been...

county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "The Dorsets". In 1958, after service...

The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the...

being sent to the 7th Battalion. They were replaced in the brigade by the 1st Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. The 7th Battalion continued to fight...

need to maintain such a large overseas garrison and thus the 2nd Battalion was disbanded in 1948. The regiment received the freedom of Lancaster in 1953...

Hamburg in late April 1945. The Devonshire Regiment raised the 7th, 8th and 9th Territorial Army battalions, in addition to the 4th, 5th and 6th, all of...

(Home Service) Garrison Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment', in Atkinson (1933) Pt 3, pp. 191–2. Anon, '2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion, afterwards...

of London Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. It was known as the 7th Regiment of Foot until...

regiment of Norfolk by merging the 9th (East Norfolk) Regiment of Foot with the local Militia and Rifle Volunteers battalions. The Norfolk Regiment fought...

new titles. The remaining regiments were paired to become the 1st or 2nd battalions of the new regiments. Two rifle regiments: the King's Royal Rifle Corps...

the 2nd Battalion disbanded, leaving the regiment with only a single regular battalion for the first time since the 17th century. The 7th/9th (Highlanders)...

by the Henry Howard, 7th Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and was able to boast an independent existence of over 300 years. The regiment was expanded in 1881 as...

possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. Under the reforms the regiment became The Royal Irish Regiment on 1 July...

served in the Royal Regiment and the Tangier Garrison. As a result of England's involvement in the 1689–1697 Nine Years War, the regiment was posted to Flanders;...

infantry regiment of the British Army. Formed in 2007, it consists of four Regular battalions and three Reserve battalions. Each Regular battalion was formerly...

Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment January 1942 110th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery – converted from 7th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment...

Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion of the Royal Engineers, converting to a searchlight regiment of the Royal Artillery in 1940. In April 1938, the 7th...

English county of Kent and garrisoned at Canterbury. It had a history dating back to 1572 and was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army, being...

as the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, becoming the 2nd Battalion of the new regiment. The regiment was raised in December 1673 by Sir Walter Vane, one of...

stationed at Portobello Barracks. Here the battalion absorbed the 1st Garrison Bn, Worcestershire Regiment, and reached a strength of 70 officers and...