John Le Marchant (British Army officer, born 1803)
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Lieutenant General Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant (1803–1874) was a British Army officer and governor of Newfoundland from 1847 to 1852. He later became the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (1852–1858) and Governor of Malta (1858–1864).
Sir Gaspard Le Marchant, Lt. Gov of Nova Scotia
Le Marchant as Governor of Malta (1858–1864); photo by Leandro Preziosi
Valletta's Piazza Tesoreria as a closed orchard during the Governorship of John Le Marchant, 1858–1864; photo by Francis Frith
Memorial in Town Church, Guernsey
Devonshire Regiment
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The Devonshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that served under various titles and served in many wars and conflicts from 1685 to 1958, such as the Second Boer War, the First World War and the Second World War. In 1958 the regiment was amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment which, in 2007, was amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, the Royal Green Jackets and The Light Infantry to form a new large regiment, The Rifles.
Henry Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, founder of the regiment
Soldier of the 11th Foot in 1742. The red coat displays the regiment's green facings.
Soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment at the Relief of Ladysmith, 1900. They are facing Pepworth Hill, firing from behind boulders which provided for an effective cover.
Memorial at La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Pontavert.