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The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment, a
Cap badge of the Dorset Regiment (1953–1958)
Troops of the Dorsetshire Regiment resting and cleaning rifles in the ruins of a farm near Langemarcke, 17 October 1917.
Graves of three soldiers of the Dorsetshire Regiment who died at Epinoy, France on 1 October 1918.
The Dorset Memorial to Authuille.
The 39th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1702. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 54th Regiment of Foot to form the Dorsetshire Regiment in 188
Dorset Regiment
…as the volunteer battalion. The Dorsetshire Regiment was established in the Regular Army in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. The 1st Battalion was stationed in Malta from 1888, in Egypt from 1889, and in British India from 1893…
1853 illustration of the regimental colours
c. 1742 engraving of a regimental private
The regimental uniform in 1756
Eyre Coote, who commanded the regiment at the Battle of Plassey