The Exeter & South Devon Volunteers was the premier unit of Britain's Volunteer Force. Formed in 1852 it went on to become a battalion of the Devonshire Regiment. Both its active service battalions we
Officer of the Exeter & South Devon Volunteers in 1852
Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, Bt, CO and later Hon Colonel, 3rd Volunteer Battalion.
The 5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, was a part-time unit of the British Army recruited in the county of Devon. It was formed in the Territorial Force in 1908 by amalgamating two existing Volunteer
Exeter and South Devon Volunteers
…Bournemouth. It was renamed the 4th (Reserve) Battalion on 8 April 1916, and when the Training Reserve (TR) was formed on 1 September it absorbed the 5th (Reserve) (Prince of Wales's) and 6th (Reserve) battalions of the regiment at Hursley Park, Winchester. The battalion, with an establishment of 2085 men under training, now formed…
Cap badge of the Devonshire Regiment
Junction Station, captured on 14 November 1917
Formation sign of 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
German barbed wire at Quéant