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brother of Col
Strangways), were killed at the Bull Inn, though not before Coker shot and wounded Venner. Meanwhile, Col Strangways had been joined by Maj Erle and the deployed the rest of the Red Regiment at the East Bridge. This was barricaded, with a 'killing ground' in front where the narrow High Street opened out to the bridge approach. The fire of the militia behind their barricade and probably in the adjoining houses drove back the rebels, killing 7 and capturing 23. Grey and the rebel horse fled back to Lyme, but Wade extracted the foot in good order. Strangways did not follow up.
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1636:', who had to be trained, often in civilian clothes in the absence of sufficient uniforms and equipment. Many were sent as drafts with no more than three months' training, though one company was formed from men who had been wounded at the front, and another (probably Y Company) from men who were unfit for overseas service. Within the first two years of the war 3rd (R) Bn sent out over 300 officers and 6000 other ranks (ORs) as reinforcements. One 300-strong draft went to the 1st Dorsets after it had suffered heavy casualties in the
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1357:. As before, units were raised and administered on a county basis, and filled by voluntary enlistment (although conscription by means of the Militia Ballot might be used if the counties failed to meet their quotas). Training was for 56 days on enlistment, then for 21β28 days per year, during which the men received full army pay. Under the Act, militia units could be embodied by Royal Proclamation for full-time home defence service in three circumstances:
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was 50th. In 1833 the King drew the lots for individual regiments and the resulting list continued in force with minor amendments until the end of the militia. The regiments raised before the peace of 1763 took the first 47 places: the
Dorsets became 42nd. Most regiments took little notice of the numeral. Indeed, the Dorsets kept the number '1' on their buttons from their claim to be the first militia regiment revived in 1758.
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1552:(SR), a semi-professional force similar to the previous militia reserve, whose role was to provide reinforcement drafts for regular units serving overseas in wartime. The 3rd (Dorset Militia) Bn now became the 3rd (Reserve) Bn (SR). Only 180 other ranks transferred from the militia to the new battalion, against an establishment of 1009 all ranks, but it had grown to about 400 by the outbreak of
1788:) and absorbed 100 men from that battalion. Apart from garrison duty, the battalion's role was to turn its men into fit, trained soldiers for drafting to other units: by January 1917 it had been reduced to strength of one company. The battalion was disbanded and the personnel absorbed into other units of the Portland Garrison on 10 February, the last details leaving at the end of May.
1710:') were quickly formed at the regimental depots. The SR battalions also swelled with new recruits and were soon well above their establishment strength. On 8 October 1914 each SR battalion was ordered to use the surplus to form a service battalion of the 4th New Army ('K4'). Accordingly, the 3rd (Reserve) Bn at Wyke Regis formed the
1454:, incorporating the old barracks (the 'Little Keep'), was built in 1879 and the Brigade Depot moved from its temporary site at Weymouth. The original intention had been to have two militia battalions in each regimental district, but Dorset was a thinly-populated rural county and the proposed 2nd Dorset Militia was never formed.
824:. Some of the Somersets fled, many joining Monmouth, and Monmouth followed up into that county; the Devons fell back and blocked his way westwards, as the Dorsets had blocked the way into East Dorset. While the Dorsets with Churchill closely followed Monmouth, the Devons re-occupied Lyme and Taunton behind him. Finding the
1246:, on 12 October 1799 and then marched back to Dorset. The Fordington Overseers accounts show that a number of men returned there from Ireland and were discharged. In December 1799 the Earl of Dorchester and Lt-Col George Pitt both resigned, and Lt-Col Richard Bingham and Maj W.M. Pitt were promoted to succeed them.
882:). It is impossible to say whether the Dorset Militia would have supported James or William, but the officers who were MPs all supported William, and Robert Coker, a former Parliamentary and Militia officer, and recently removed as a DL for Dorset, was instrumental in bringing over the Dorset Militia for William.
1668:. This battalion was nicknamed the 'Norsets' and fought in the desperate attempts to break through to Kut. After the fall of Kut the Norsets continued in service until further reinforcements arrived and the Dorset elements formed the 2nd (Provisional) Bn of the regiment, eventually replacing the Regular 2nd Bn.
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longer a need for such large numbers of troops in
Ireland. The English Militia, including the Devon and Dorset contingents, returned to England in late 1799. Before the Dorset Militia left the mayor and corporation of Carrick presented the Earl of Dorchester with a sword and the officers with mess plate.
859:. The speed of the march was such that the Dorset Militia were exhausted, and Feversham (who did not trust the militia) sent them home to Dorset to keep the peace there and maintain the cordon drawn round the rebels. On the night of 5/6 July Monmouth launched a desperate attack on Feversham's camp (the
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In 1794 the regiment's establishment was increased to 840, the additional recruits being volunteers raised 'by beat of drum' rather than the ballot. In an attempt to have as many men as possible under arms for home defence in order to release regulars, in 1796 the
Government created the Supplementary
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Four days after
Sedgemoor King James ordered the militia to be stood down across the country, but those of the West Country still had work to do in hunting down rebels and pacifying the countryside. James II deliberately belittled their performance to play down Monmouth's skill and to bolster his own
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The Dorset
Militia reacted quickly to the invasion: a party of the Militia Horse and the constable's watch were patrolling the road between Lyme and Bridport by 12 June when they skirmished with a group of mounted officers from Monmouth's army. Although the rebels charged the militia, killing two and
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The militia order of precedence balloted for in 1793 (Dorset was 43rd) remained in force throughout the French
Revolutionary War: this covered all the regiments in the county. Another ballot for precedence took place in 1803 at the start of the Napoleonic War and remained in force until 1833: Dorset
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Since 1798 officers and men of the militia had been encouraged to volunteer to transfer to the
Regular Army, and many Dorset men accepted the bounty. As a consequence, the regiment's establishment was reduced to 770 in July 1799, and by November it had only 377 men. The establishment was down to 411
462:(JPs). The entry into force of these Acts in 1558 is seen as the starting date for the organised county militia in England. Although the militia obligation was universal, it was impractical to train and equip every able-bodied man, so after 1572 the practice was to select a proportion of men for the
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1899, most of the regular battalions were sent to South Africa, the
Militia Reserve was mobilised to reinforce them and many militia units were called out to replace them for home defence. The 3rd Dorsets were embodied from 14 December 1899 to 13 July 1901, but unlike some militia units did not see
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After
Waterloo there was another long peace. Although officers continued to be commissioned into the militia and ballots were still held until 1831, the regiments were rarely assembled for training: the Dorsets only trained in May 1820, May 1821, May 1825 and September 1831, but they were recalled
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However, the Peace of Amiens quickly broke down and the militia were recalled, the Dorsets being embodied again at Dorchester on 28 March 1803, still under Col Bingham. The establishment strength was 496 men, soon increased to 730 when the Supplementary Militia were called up. Before the end of the
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Although the rebellion had been suppressed, Ireland was still disturbed. On one occasion the regiment confronted a large body of rebels, who dispersed before they could be engaged, on another the regiment killed two notorious rebels hiding out in a wood. Intelligence having been received that there
948:, reviewed part of the new regiment near Cranbourne in October that year and expressed himself satisfied with their appearance. The regiment was embodied at Dorchester for actual service on 21 June 1759 (again, together with the Wiltshire Militia on the same day, the first regiment to be embodied).
510:. After the defeat of the Armada, the army was dispersed to its counties, but the men were to hold themselves in readiness. There were several more alarms over the following years, notably in 1596, and the Trained Bands were regularly mustered and exercised, but were never called to active service.
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in the Bull Inn. In the High Street, the rebels skirmished with the Militia Horse, who were trying to secure their mounts and broke into the Bull Inn. In the confusion, two militia officers, Edward Coker (DL for Dorset and son of Robert Coker of Mappowder) and Wadham Strangways (DL for Dorset and
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in May where it began training drafts for the 5th and 6th (Service) Bns Dorsets from the recruits coming in, including 460 from 3rd (R) Bn in July. Lieutenant-Col F.P. Smyly assume command of the battalion on 28 June. On 1 September 1916 the 2nd Reserve battalions were transferred to the Training
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In 1759 it was ordered that militia regiments on service were to take precedence from the date of their arrival in camp. In 1760 this was altered to a system of drawing lots where regiments did duty together. During the War of American Independence the counties were given an order of precedence
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assisted by the Dorset Militia. There they took into custody seven persons on 6 September 1799. That night about 300 people assembled and during the ensuing disturbances another nine were taken into custody. Thereafter things generally quietened down and the government decided that there was no
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Over the following years the regiment spent the summer months at one of the training camps, where the militia were exercised alongside regular troops while providing a reserve in case of French invasion. The regiment spent four months in 1778 in camp at Winchester; in 1779 and 1782 it was at
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some 450 foot. Scouting ahead, a vanguard of about 40 of the most experienced musketeers advanced in thick mist and surprised the militia outguard of about 12 men that Strangways had posted at the West Bridge. The outguard fell back onto the mainguard (about 36 musketeers and pikemen) at the
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rather than their county lords lieutenant. Around a third of the recruits and many young officers went on to join the regular army. The sub-districts were to establish a brigade depot for their linked battalions, and the militia barracks at Dorchester were chosen as the site. A new complex,
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Militia, a compulsory levy of men to be trained for 20 days a year in their spare time, and to be incorporated in the Regular Militia in emergency. Rural Dorset's quota was only increased by 185 men. The regiment's establishment was increased to 1000 and no additional units were required.
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broke out in 1775, and by 1778 Britain was threatened with invasion by the Americans' allies, France and Spain, while the bulk of the Regular Army was serving overseas. The militia were called out and the Dorset regiment assembled at Blandford on 20 April 1778 under Lt-Col Michel.
1837:, took over command. Like the other reserve battalions, it provided large numbers of drafts for units at home and overseas, until by the end of July it had virtually ceased to exist. It was disbanded on 14 December 1917, the remaining men being distributed among 219th Bde.
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It is incorrect to describe the British Militia as 'irregular': throughout their history they were equipped and trained exactly like the line regiments of the regular army, and once embodied in time of war they were fulltime professional soldiers for the duration of their
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This battalion was formed on 15 June 1916 at Wyke Regis from Y Company of 3rd (R) Bn Dorsets. In August the company moved to Westham Camp, just outside Weymouth, where it was completed to three companies with men unfit for overseas service drafted from many other units.
917:, the men being conscripted by means of parish ballots (paid substitutes were permitted) to serve for three years. In peacetime they assembled for 28 days' annual training. There was a property qualification for officers, who were commissioned by the lord lieutenant. An
544:. Once hostilities began, neither side made much further use of the Trained Bands except as a source of recruits and weapons for their own full-time regiments. Early in the conflict in September 1642 Dorset Trained Bandsmen were called out by both sides for the Siege of
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crossroads, which exchanged a volley with the advancing rebels. The rebel vanguard being supported by a further 100 musketeers the militia party fell back along the High Street towards their main body in camp at the East Bridge, alerting the officers and volunteers
1722:) was not appointed until 10 February. On 10 April 1915 the War Office decided to convert the K4 battalions into 2nd Reserve units, providing drafts for the K1βK3 battalions in the same way that the SR was doing for the Regular battalions. The battalion became
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that had supported Cromwell's military dictatorship, and almost the whole burden of home defence and internal security was entrusted to the militia under politically reliable local landowners. The militia were frequently called out during the reign of
1309:. It was commanded by Col Bingham, assisted by Lt-Col Richard T. Steward and Maj Nathaniel T. Still. By later 1814 the war had ended, and the regiment returned to Dorchester to be disembodied in February 1815. It was not called upon during the short
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declared war on Britain on 1 February 1793. The Dorset Militia had been called out as early as 17 December 1792. After assembling at Blandford, with an establishment of 672 rank and file in 10 companies, it marched to Portsmouth in February 1793.
1577:(BEF) on its way to France. With reservists arriving from all parts, 3rd (R) Bn had soon grown from 400 to over 1000 officers and men. After four days the battalion marched out to its war station, with battalion headquarters and three companies
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led to the mobilisation of the trained bands on 23 July, Dorset sending its cavalry and a large number of infantry to London. It was reported that one of the Dorset contingents had offered Β£500 for the honour of serving as the royal bodyguard.
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The militia was kept in being over the next 15 years, with vacancies among the officers filled by the lord lieutenant, and the men occasionally mustered, for example in July 1767 when Lord Shaftesbury reviewed the regiment at Dorchester.
940:, later Lord Rivers, was commissioned as colonel on 25 October 1757. Not only was he the first militia colonel to be commissioned under the Act, but his regiment was the first to be completed, receiving its arms on 27 August 1758. The
560:, and those members of the Dorset TBs who had not joined one of the fulltime regiments presumably dispersed to their homes. In 1643 the Dorchester TB was present when that town was captured by the Royalists virtually without a fight.
377:. A week later Ralph de Gorges and Sir John de Clyveden were ordered to raise 1000 footmen (later increased to 2000) from Somerset and Dorset for service against invading Scots and the rebels, for the campaign that culminated in the
1896:. As 3rd Dorsets after 1881 the facings changed to the standard white of English county regiments. The 39th Foot had previously worn grass green facings, and these were re-adopted by the whole of the Dorset Regiment in 1904.
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from December 1875. This assigned places in an order of battle to Militia units serving Regular units in an 'Active Army' and a 'Garrison Army'. The Dorset Militia's assigned war station was with the Garrison Army in the
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in 1798 and in August a French force was landed to support the rebels. The English Militia were invited to volunteer for service in Ireland and the Dorset (600 men) and Devon regiments embarked aboard the frigate
1012:. Winters were spent in quarters in Dorset. Invasion fears were at their height in 1779 when French troops were massed along the Channel coast and a Franco-Spanish fleet appeared at the mouth of the Channel (the '
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as major, until it was disbanded in 1783.) Three months later, George Pitt became 1st Lt-Col, Maj Richard Bingham was promoted to 2nd Lt-Col and William Morton Pitt became senior major; Capt Earl Digby resigned.
959:, and then went into winter quarters near Blandford Forum, where it also returned in the winters of 1761β62 and 1762β63, with some companies at Dorchester. In the summer of 1762 the regiment (together with the
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and east of Dorset, usually on the invasion-threatened coast in the summer months. In June 1793 the regiment marched to join a large militia training encampment at Broadwater Common, Waterdown Forest, outside
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buttons of 1830β81 carried the numeral '1' with a crown above and the word 'DORSET' below. The officers' waistbelt plate of 1855β81 had the crowned royal cypher 'VR' within a circle inscribed with the title.
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Until 1881 the Dorset Militia wore the crest of Lord Rivers (who as the Hon George Pitt had re-raised the regiment in 1758) on its appointments, and in 1914 the SR officers still wore this as a collar badge.
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under the control of the king's lords-lieutenant, the men to be selected by ballot. This was popularly seen as the 'Constitutional Force' to counterbalance a 'Standing Army' tainted by association with the
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plans for a large army under his own control. After the suppression of the rebellion he suspended militia musters and planned to use the counties' weapons and militia taxes to equip and pay his expanding
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for two weeks before returning to Broadwater Common. The camp broke up in the autumn and the regiments went to their separate winter quarters. in 1796 the Dorsets was guarding French prisoners of war at
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was appointed to command it on 8 September. It moved to Verne Citadel on 18 September and was built up to strength with drafts from the 3rd (R) Bn Dorsets and SR battalions of the Warwicks, Wiltshires,
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of Horse with 8 officers and 118 men, and 23 Companies of Foot with 69 officers and 1760 men, organised into two regiments. But the Militia passed into virtual abeyance during the long peace after the
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From 1852 to 1873 the Dorset Militia usually carried out its annual training at Dorchester. The regiment constructed a barracks in the town during the 1860s to house the permanent staff and armoury.
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to defend their shires from the French while he was away campaigning in Scotland. In February 1322 John de Bello Campo was ordered to raise all the horse and foot of Dorset and Somerset against the
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driving them back, the militia and watchmen were backed by larger numbers, and the rebels withdrew. By 14 June the Red Regiment had assembled at Bridport under Col Strangways. On that day Monmouth
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552:'s regiment and the Dorchester Trained Band were in the Parliamentarian blockading force. The Parliamentarians did not press the siege, but after they withdrew the Royalist army dispersed to
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The battalion remained at Wyke Regis for the rest of the war, carrying out its task of equipping reinforcement drafts for the regular Dorset battalions serving overseas (the 1st Bn on the
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in the line while the Regulars attempted to attack the village. Although the rebels repulsed this attack, they did not dare to attack Feversham's position, and continued their retreat to
812:, arrived at Bridport with the cavalry of the Royal army. Next day the Dorset Militia marched out with Churchill in pursuit of Monmouth. After Bridport Monmouth had advanced from Lyme to
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From 1784 to 1792 the militia ballot was used to keep up the numbers of the disembodied militia, but to save money only two-thirds of the men were actually mustered for annual training.
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Plate with a crown and facetted eight-pointed star, with a central motif of an ornate numeral one surrounded by a belted title bearing the title "Dorset Militia", or in the case of the
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was promoted to captain. (The Earl of Dorchester had first been commissioned into the Dorset Militia as a lieutenant in 1778 but had left the following year to join the newly raised
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The Dorset Militia was revived in 1852, with younger officers appointed, including a number of former Regular officers. Colonel Richard Hippisley Bingham, formerly a captain in the
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Once Parliament had re-established full control it passed new Militia Acts in 1648 and 1650 that replaced lords lieutenant with county commissioners appointed by Parliament or the
1573:. It first task was to equip the Reservists of the Dorsets, and it immediately despatched the first draft of 300 men to Belfast to make the 1st Bn up to full strength to join the
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and the French surrendered; the militia were landed again. However, the invitation was renewed shortly afterwards and nearly every man of the regiment volunteered. They landed at
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1755:(although Lt-Col Smyly and many of the officers still retained their Dorset badges). After the war it was converted into a service battalion on 8 February 1919 and sent to join
1652:; for the rest of the war the Dorset men formed the bulk of the battalion. When Lt-Col Castleman-Smith retired in 1916, he was replaced as CO of 3rd (R) Bn by Maj V.T. Worship,
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saw a new phase for the English militia: they were embodied for a whole generation, and became regiments of full-time professional soldiers (though restricted to service in the
1387:, the militia began to be called out for home defence. The Dorset Militia was embodied on 7 December 1854. It was stationed at Dorchester until early in 1856 when it moved to
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from 2 to 29 September. Among their duties the militia had to search Carrick for arms, but they only appear to have located rusty old guns and swords. They were despatched to
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863:), but his scratch forces were destroyed by the regulars. Major Thomas Erle and Capt Thomas Chaffin of the Dorset Militia fought as volunteers under Churchill at Sedgemoor.
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battalions). The 1st Bn arrived at Derry in May and the remaining personnel of 3rd Bn were transferred to it on 28 July 1919. The 3rd Bn was then disembodied on 21 August.
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by 1802. Between 1798 and 1814 48 officers, with their quotas of non-commissioned officers and men, transferred from the Dorset Militia into the regiments of the line,
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On the outbreak of war the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion was embodied at the Depot Barracks in Dorchester on 5 August 1914 under the command of Lt-Col E.C. Castleman Smith,
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The day after the skirmish at Bridport, the East Dorset Regiment marched into the town from Blandford, and the Dorset Militia from the Sherborne area hovered around
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year the regiment was moved to Sussex, which was the most likely place for a French invasion. An alarm on 1 January 1804 saw the regiment deployed for five days at
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attempted to reform them into a national force or 'Perfect Militia' answering to the king rather than local control. Dorset was ordered to send a contingent to
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After the Boer War, there were moves to reform the Auxiliary Forces (militia, yeomanry and volunteers) to take their place in the six army corps proposed by
1147:, where the parish Overseers of the Poor were responsible for the wives and families of numerous militiamen, especially after the increase in establishment.
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training and equipping the militia became a priority, and in 1588 veteran officers were sent to supervise preparations in the maritime counties of Dorset,
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The SR resumed its old title of Militia in 1921 but like most militia units the 3rd Dorsets remained in abeyance after World War I. By the outbreak of
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1016:'), but maladministration led to a disastrous epidemic in the combined fleet and the militia guarding the coast were not called into action. With the
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Steve Brown, 'Home Guard: The Forces to Meet the Expected French Invasion/1 September 1805' at The Napoleon Series (archived at the Wayback Machine).
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309:. After being the first English militia regiment to reform in 1758, they served in home defence in all of Britain's major wars, including service in
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1375:, succeeded the elderly Sir John James Smith on 26 July 1852. The county's militia quota was set at 506 men, augmented in 1853 with a further 308.
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of 1640. However, substitution was rife and many of those sent on this unpopular service would have been untrained replacements. When they reached
1632:). After the Reservists had all left in September 1914 and the Special Reservists soon after, they were followed by thousands of volunteers for '
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Major Thomas Erle of the Dorset Militia went on to raise a regiment of foot for William during the Glorious Revolution and fought with it at the
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they broke into mutiny and murdered one of their officers. When this was suppressed and the march was resumed, almost half the men had deserted.
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When Col Bingham died in 1824, Earl Digby, by now Lord Lieutenant of Dorset, appointed himself colonel of the regiment. He resigned in 1846 and
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Anon, '2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion, afterwards 8th Battalion (Home Service) Dorsetshire Regiment', in Atkinson (1933) Pt 3, pp 193β4.
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506:. The rest of the Dorset men went to their stations when the fire beacons were lighted and they shadowed the Spanish fleet as it sailed up the
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1743:, still in 8th Reserve Bde; 460 men were returned to 3rd (R) Bn and 215 transferred to 35th TR Bn, along with a large number attached from
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The regiment then returned to duty in South West England, in garrisons and guarding prisoners of war. The militia was stood down after the
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was going to be trouble at Coolnamuck, near Carrick where number of prisoners were being held, a Mr Jephson preceded there with a force of
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The militia was restored to its former position under William III. When all the counties mustered their militia in 1697, Dorset had two
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from December 1915 the relieving force included a large draft from the 3rd (R) Bn. This was combined with a similar draft for the 2nd
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in Dorset on 11 June. He chose to begin his campaign in the West Country because of the level of support he expected in that strongly
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Diary of James Ryan, a land surveyor in Carrick in 1798, preserved in Waterford County Museum, quoted at Dorset Online Parish Clerks.
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in 34th Division. The battalion was not really formed until 30 January 1915, and a commanding officer (Lt-Col W.H. Biddulph from the
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1047:), which the regular army increasingly saw as a prime source of recruits. They served in coast defences, manning garrisons, guarding
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381:. Again, in 1326 Dorset and Somerset were ordered to levy 3000 archers, light cavalry and others for the defence of the realm. For
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The Militia Reserve introduced in 1867 consisted of present and former militiamen who undertook to serve overseas in case of war.
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responded by declaring him a traitor and calling out the militia on 13 June while the regulars of the Royal army were assembled.
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In later years it wore the number '1' on its buttons to commemorate this, irrespective of the precedence it had been assigned.
1326:, which never really affected Dorset. The permanent staff of sergeants and drummers at Dorchester were progressively reduced.
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1907:'GR' above the numeral '1' within a crowned garter inscribed 'DORSET MILITIA', with a laurel wreath either side. Officers'
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Examples of the Dorset Militia cap badge are not common and where they do exist they appear to be of a standard Victorian
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issued his call for volunteers in August 1914, the battalions of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd New Armies ('K1', 'K2' and 'K3' of '
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The Dorset Militia at this time comprised five regiments of Foot and one of Horse, which mustered at the following towns:
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A List of the Officers of the Militia, the Gentlemen & Yeomanry Cavalry, and Volunteer Infantry of the United Kingdom
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2095:'Dorset' and 'Dorsetshire' are use interchangeably in most older sources and documents; 'Dorset' is preferred today.
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In 1813 the regiment volunteered for service in Ireland once more, spending mid-1813 to September 1814 stationed at
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Maj H.C.C. Batten, 'History of the Third Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment', in Atkinson (1933) Pt 1, pp. 273β9.
1640:. The largest draft, 9 officers and 500 ORs, was intended for the 2nd Dorsets in Mesopotamia, but was diverted to
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Training for the militia now became more intensive: in 1874 the Dorset Militia carried out its annual training at
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regiments of the county carried out internal security and home defence duties. They saw active service during the
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4427:, 11th Edn, London: War Office, 14 October 1805/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-84574-207-2.
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region, where economic recession was hurting the weavers and clothiers. As his rebels mustered the government of
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412:, fearing invasion, held a Great Muster of all the counties, recording the number of armed men available in each
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took Cardwell's reforms further, with the linked battalions forming single regiments. From 1 July 1881 a new
1155:
933:
724:
608:
385:'s 1333 campaign against the Scots, Bello Campo was instructed to levy 500 archers from Dorset, Somerset and
258:
4001:
1976:
Members of the local Dorset gentry joined the militia and a number were painted in their uniforms, notably:
575:
the militia received pay when called out, and operated alongside the New Model Army to control the country.
5053:
4760:
4691:
3983:
Maj A.E. Hawkins, '7th (Reserve) Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment', in Atkinson (1933) Pt 3, pp. 189β90.
1167:
1163:
549:
262:
2248:
Michael Russell, 'Background to the Militia and the Irish Rebellion of 1798', Dorset Online Parish Clerks.
4589:
2875:
1777:
1653:
1625:
1215:
and Kerrick, north of Cork, but were back in Carrick by October 22 and remained there for the next year.
975:
in February 1763, and the militia could be stood down: the Dorset Militia was disembodied in April 1763.
513:
With the passing of the threat of invasion, the trained bands declined in the early 17th Century. Later,
3789:
630:(a former Parliamentary officer and captain of Militia Horse) and George Fulford, were commended by the
4790:
4534:
1849:
in 1939, no officers remained listed for the 3rd Bn. The Militia was formally disbanded in April 1953.
1541:
1509:(rather than the 75th Foot) became the 2nd Battalion, and the Dorset Militia became the 3rd Battalion.
988:
918:
844:
196:
172:
4172:
The Dorsetshire Regiment: The Thirty-Ninth and Fifty-Fourth Foot and the Dorset Militia and Volunteers
1656:, from the Royal Munster Fusiliers who had been invalided home. When the 2nd Dorsets was besieged at
4696:
4579:
4564:
4452:
4357:
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1756:
1040:
945:
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413:
208:
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4197:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-41-X.
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5138:
4950:
4780:
4666:
4574:
4544:
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4050:"Victorian Dorsetshire Militia Glengarry Badge of white metal with two loops to the reverse, top l"
2133:
2051:
1342:
1093:
631:
564:
294:
94:
65:
4190:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
4167:, Dorchester: Henry Ling, 1933/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-84342-337-9.
5108:
5078:
4935:
4885:
4825:
4539:
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4160:(Dorchester: Henry Ling, 1933/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-84342-335-9.
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1744:
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1330:
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in 1805 was the regiment permitted to return to Dorset. Thereafter it mainly did duty in Dorset,
1180:
1052:
1051:, and for internal security, while their traditional local defence duties were taken over by the
914:
825:
568:
541:
378:
213:
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and then was sent in March 1919 to Ireland under active service conditions. It was stationed at
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1995:
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522:
491:
355:
351:
298:
1994:
Colonel George Pitt, First Lord Rivers painted by Thomas Gainsborough circa 1768; and then by
1391:. A peace treaty having been signed in March 1856, the regiment was disembodied in June 1856.
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4915:
4835:
4723:
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2129:
1999:
1665:
1637:
1629:
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The military effectiveness of the West Country Militia at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion
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Michael Russell, 'Fordington Overseers' Accounts, 1798β1802', Dorset Online Parish Clerks.
874:
The West Country militia was not mustered for training in 1687, and was not embodied when
567:. At the same time the term 'Trained Band' began to disappear in most counties. Under the
401:. For Edward III's summer campaign in Scotland in 1335 Dorset supplied a 'ductor' with 59
8:
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4890:
4875:
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1806:
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1727:
1707:
1633:
1287:
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518:
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in Dorset). Dorsetshire supplied 5245 names, but with no details of how they were armed.
184:
177:
1747:. The training staff remained part of the Dorsets. The battalion was transferred to the
393:. The usual shire contingent was divided into companies of roughly 100 men commanded by
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4815:
2898:
1892:
The regiment's uniforms from the 1758 review at Cranbourne onwards were red with green
1649:
1470:
1310:
1144:
768:
655:
421:
306:
282:
167:
162:
51:
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4385:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 5b: Indian Army Divisions
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any overseas service, although considerable numbers of its militia reservists did so.
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5068:
5002:
4945:
4855:
4755:
4681:
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4404:, London: RUSI, 1910/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, nd, ISBN 978-1-78331204-7.
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4212:
2874:
2125:
2041:
1773:
1684:
1618:
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1570:
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Barracks with the South Hampshire and Royal Monmouthshire regiments, forming Maj-Gen
1081:
890:
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on 27 June, Feversham posted the Dorset Militia, together with those of Somerset and
829:
584:
455:
347:
302:
157:
1609:
and the coast around Upton Fort. The company at Upton supplied detachments to guard
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and then took part in that year's manoeuvres. Afterwards training was in Dorset, at
536:
Control of the militia was one of the major points of dispute between Charles I and
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1912:
1661:
1641:
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1220:
1097:
821:
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425:
402:
152:
1489:
5083:
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4905:
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4651:
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3488:
2870:
2061:
2056:
1988:
1589:. Its immediate duties were guard railway tunnels and bridges, the waterworks at
1549:
1545:
1531:
1518:
1502:
1410:
1383:
War having broken out with Russia in 1854 and an expeditionary force sent to the
1263:
1229:
1208:
1200:
1068:
1048:
1009:
739:
635:
507:
451:
442:
The legal basis of the militia was updated by two acts of 1557 covering musters (
390:
326:
290:
218:
98:
1008:, which was the army's largest training camp; in 1780 and 1780 it was camped on
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1830:
1731:
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1243:
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and fell back into Somerset, where Churchill joined the Royal forces under the
780:
695:, and commanding the whole Dorset Militia in the absence of the Earl of Bristol
599:
503:
486:
201:
145:
78:
4375:
H.G. Parkyn, 'English Militia Regiments 1757β1935: Their Badges and Buttons',
4174:, Oxford: Privately printed at the University Press (for the regiment?), 1947.
4165:
History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914β1919, Part 3, The Service Battalions
4158:
History of the Dorsetshire Regiment, 1914β1919, Part 1, The Regular Battalions
4076:"Military β British Army β Fencibles & Militia | Ireland | British Museum"
1195:
on 31 August. They were still in transit when a decisive battle took place at
5102:
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1893:
1781:
1614:
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1586:
1233:
1132:
1089:
1044:
968:
817:
805:
663:
463:
374:
359:
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4395:
All the King's Armies: A Military History of the English Civil War 1642β1651
1457:
Following the Cardwell Reforms a mobilisation scheme began to appear in the
4840:
4466:
1904:
1863:
determined by ballot each year. For the Dorset Militia the positions were:
1846:
1735:
1657:
1544:. However, little of Brodrick's scheme was carried out. Under the sweeping
1361:'Whenever a state of war exists between Her Majesty and any foreign power'.
1350:
1085:
1063:
926:
868:
832:
also blocking the routes into those counties, Monmouth was unable to reach
623:
612:
330:
90:
1154:, succeeded George Pitt, Lord Rivers, as colonel of the regiment, the Hon
871:, which he felt he could rely upon, unlike the locally commanded militia.
317:. After a shadowy postwar existence they were formally disbanded in 1953.
4374:
4125:
3207:
1938:
1780:
was appointed to the command in September. On 9 November it moved to the
1553:
1384:
1372:
1323:
1299:
1267:
1113:
754:
699:
639:
557:
314:
278:
235:
230:
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4231:
4222:
4177:
3313:
3261:
3234:
3223:
2011:
The Dorset Regiment Museum and that of its militia units was located at
971:
Lines, protecting the dockyard. The war ended with the signature of the
634:
for promptly mustering the Dorset Militia when a French invasion of the
3573:"The Gentleman and Citizen's Almanack ... for the Year of Our Lord ..."
1676:
1582:
1446:
1253:
and the Dorset Militia was disembodied at Dorchester on 24 April 1802.
1105:
956:
856:
659:
409:
4126:"Portrait of George Pitt, First Lord Rivers | Cleveland Museum of Art"
2518:
Trenchard's Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
2451:
Dorset Trained Bands at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
1409:
of 1872, militia regiments were brigaded with their local regular and
4461:
3427:
1928:
1924:
1818:
1204:
1001:
960:
813:
627:
530:
526:
474:
386:
286:
118:
4432:
Captain-General and Rebel Chief: The Life of James, Duke of Monmouth
792:
548:, Col Hugh Rogers' regiment serving in the Royalist garrison, while
4471:
4249:
The Bishops' Wars: Charles I's campaigns against Scotland 1638β1640
1478:
1306:
1295:
1275:
1271:
1109:
1076:
1056:
922:
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553:
370:
108:
4338:
Soldiers: Army Lives and Loyalties from Redcoats to Dusty Warriors
4251:, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994, ISBN 0-521-34520-0.
2507:
Rogers' Regiment at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
1664:
to form a 'Composite English Battalion' in 21st Indian Brigade of
1286:'s brigade. Not until after the defeat of the French fleet at the
4444:
4294:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
1784:, Portland, where it took over the barracks from 8th Bn Dorsets (
1388:
1349:, enacted during a renewed period of international tension after
1184:
833:
499:
417:
343:
310:
1413:
battalions. Sub-District No 39 (County of Dorset) was formed in
1405:
Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the
4311:
An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
2529:
Dorchester TB at BCW Project (archived at the Wayback Machine).
1908:
1578:
1212:
1101:
1062:
The Dorset Militia were moved around the counties south of the
952:
801:
785:
478:
4455:
British Civil Wars, Commonwealth & Protectorate, 1638β1660
932:
Dorsetshire was given a quota of 640 men in one regiment, and
4362:
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second
1920:
1680:
1474:
1291:
1279:
886:
852:
339:
4232:
Andrew Cormack, 'An Officer of the Cornwall Militia, 1760',
2377:"The Militia β The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester, Dorset"
1129:
Supplementary-Militia, turning-out for Twenty Days Amusement
4352:
Records of the 1st Somerset Militia (3rd Bn. Somerset L.I.)
1364:'In all cases of invasion or upon imminent danger thereof'.
1266:
ready to repel a landing. Most of 1804 was spent camped at
1005:
482:
369:
In 1296 Edward called out the horse and foot of Dorset and
334:
1439:
1st Administrative Battalion, Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteers
4387:, Newport, Gwent: Ray Westlake, 1993, ISBN 1-871167-23-X.
4178:
W.Y. Baldry, 'Order of Precedence of Militia Regiments',
2851:
Scott, pp. 167β8 and fn 61; pp. 177β8, 266β72 and fn 58.
2108:. He then took command of Luttrell's Regiment (later the
1903:
About 1810 an officer's gilt shoulder-belt plate had the
397:
or constables, and subdivided into platoons of 20 led by
313:, and finally trained thousands of reinforcements during
4223:
David Clammer, 'Dorset's Volunteer Infantry 1794β1805',
1958:
Col Richard Hippisley Bingham, former CO, appointed 1873
1791:
1766:
1505:
was formed with the 39th Foot as the 1st Battalion, the
967:) formed part of Lt-Gen Edward Carr's Brigade camped in
2679:
Scott, Tables 2.2.2, p. 71; 2.2.3, p. 74; 2.2.4, p. 76.
4434:, London: Allen & Unwin, 1979, ISBN 0-04-920058-5.
611:
religious assemblies (of which there were many in the
2136:
in 1711 and retired as commander-in-chief in England.
5134:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1953
4340:, London: HarperPress, 2011, ISBN 978-0-00-722570-5.
1683:
where it absorbed the 3/4th Bn (the reserve for the
389:. By now the infantry were mainly equipped with the
338:, the military force raised from the freemen of the
5119:
Military units and formations in Dorchester, Dorset
4397:, Staplehurst: Spelmount, 1998, ISBN 1-86227-028-7.
4377:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
4327:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
4234:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
4225:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
4180:
Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research
3334:'Broadwater Common 1793' at Royal Collection Trust.
1739:Reserve (TR) and the battalion was redesignated as
1278:for a projected invasion, the regiment was sharing
951:On first embodiment, the regiment was quartered at
913:a series of Militia Acts from 1757 reorganised the
779:Thomas Venner commanding about 40 horsemen and Maj
4325:Brig Charles Herbert, 'Coxheath Camp, 1778β1779',
4101:"Portrait Of Sir Gerard Napier by Joshua Reynolds"
878:made his landing in the West Country in 1688 (the
5129:Military units and formations established in 1558
4244:, 2nd Edn, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1966.
4219:, London: Anthony Mott, 1685, ISBN 0-907746-43-8.
2815:
2813:
2811:
2809:
681:and the officers of the Dorset Militia included:
305:, and played a prominent part in suppressing the
277:was an auxiliary military force in the county of
5100:
4716:
4418:The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List
3515:"Elizabeth Kellaway and her Bingham Descendents"
1833:, on 11 January 1917, where Lt-Col H.E. Walshe,
1761:1/5th (Prince of Wales) Bn, Devonshire Regiment
1242:From Ireland the regiment had sailed to land at
1162:, MP, became 2nd Major, and Captain-Lieutenant
955:. From July to October 1760 it was in camp near
742:(The East Dorset Militia, commanded by Col Erle)
593:, the English Militia was re-established by the
446:c. 3) and the maintenance of horses and armour (
3895:
3893:
3891:
3889:
3887:
3824:
3822:
2842:Scott, Table 2.1.2, p. 55; Table 4.3.2, p. 167.
982:
3604:
3602:
3600:
3598:
3596:
3594:
3592:
3590:
3547:
3545:
3543:
3541:
3539:
3537:
3535:
3300:
3298:
2806:
1942:) and a circlet with "Dorsetshire" inscribed.
1697:7th (Garrison) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment
1675:at the end of the war the 3rd (R) Bn moved to
925:were to be provided to each regiment from the
748:(The Red Regiment commanded by Col Strangways)
4507:
4493:
4292:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
3812:
3810:
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3381:
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3157:
3155:
3153:
3151:
3141:
3139:
3137:
3135:
3133:
3131:
3129:
3127:
3125:
3123:
3121:
2746:
2744:
1322:briefly in 1830 to contain the spread of the
4276:, Vol III, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1911.
4204:, London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1967.
3884:
3819:
3248:
3246:
3244:
3242:
3119:
3117:
3115:
3113:
3111:
3109:
3107:
3105:
3103:
3101:
2935:
2933:
2790:
2788:
2786:
2784:
2782:
2780:
2778:
2776:
2707:
2705:
1927:the standard Dorset Regiment badge with the
1367:'In all cases of rebellion or insurrection'.
1158:was promoted from Major to 2nd Lt-Col, Capt
1031:The militia was already being embodied when
816:, just in time to prevent a junction of the
450:c. 2). The county militia was now under the
4472:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
4379:, Vol 15, No 60 (Winter 1936), pp. 216β248.
4329:, Vol 45, No 183 (Autumn 1967), pp. 129β48.
4217:Sedgemoor 1685: An Account and an Anthology
3587:
3532:
2894:
2892:
2698:Strangways at History of Parliament Online.
2626:
2624:
2569:
2567:
2565:
2563:
2171:
2169:
2167:
2165:
2163:
2161:
1026:
909:Under threat of French invasion during the
4500:
4486:
4303:The New Annual Army List, and Militia List
4262:, Vol I, 2nd Edn, London: Macmillan, 1910.
4236:, Vol 76, No 307 (Autumn 1998), pp. 151β6.
3909:
3907:
3905:
3807:
3669:
3667:
3665:
3616:
3614:
3374:
3275:
3148:
2838:
2836:
2834:
2741:
2721:
2719:
2717:
2268:
2266:
2264:
2243:
2241:
2213:
2211:
1852:
1690:
1564:
466:, who were mustered for regular training.
16:Former military unit in South West England
4227:, Vol 89, No 357 (Spring 2011), pp. 6β25.
3941:
3939:
3937:
3935:
3925:
3923:
3921:
3919:
3899:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 119, 128β30.
3728:
3726:
3508:
3506:
3239:
3219:
3217:
3215:
3203:
3201:
3199:
3197:
3195:
3193:
3183:
3181:
3179:
3177:
3175:
3173:
3171:
3169:
3167:
3098:
2930:
2773:
2761:Scott, Table 3.1.2, p. 94; 3.2.2, p. 127.
2702:
1967:Col H.C.G. Batten, appointed 2 March 1906
1809:. On 1 November 1916 it was redesignated
1548:of 1908, the militia was replaced by the
289:in 1558 until their final service as the
42:
4371:, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1965.
4182:, Vol 15, No 57 (Spring 1936), pp. 5β16.
4015:
3977:
3785:
3783:
3724:
3722:
3720:
3718:
3716:
3714:
3712:
3710:
3708:
3706:
2889:
2869:
2751:Chaffin at History of Parliament Online.
2642:Fulford at History of Parliament Online.
2621:
2560:
2158:
1987:Lieutenant Sir Gerard Napier painted by
1887:
1488:
1378:
1123:
1119:
900:
791:
5114:Military units and formations in Dorset
4412:, Cranfield University PhD thesis 2011.
3902:
3662:
3611:
3356:
2831:
2714:
2317:
2315:
2313:
2311:
2309:
2307:
2261:
2238:
2208:
2201:
2199:
1980:Colonel David Robert Michel painted by
1817:1940β41) and on 7 November it moved to
1075:at the beginning of August and then to
645:
431:
5101:
4313:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905.
3932:
3916:
3790:'History of our Building' at The Keep.
3503:
3434:
3212:
3190:
3164:
2899:IWM War Memorials Register, ref 26610.
2737:Fowns at History of Parliament Online.
2631:Coker at History of Parliament Online.
2305:
2303:
2301:
2299:
2297:
2295:
2293:
2291:
2289:
2287:
1207:on 11 September and were stationed at
578:
4481:
4002:Training Reserve at Long, Long Trail.
3780:
3703:
3651:
3353:Fortescue, Vol V, pp. 167β8, 198β204.
2726:Erle at History of Parliament Online.
2444:
1792:2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
1767:1st (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
1714:on 11 November. It was to be part of
1431:75th (Stirlingshire) Regiment of Foot
1274:was massing his 'Army of England' at
1020:in 1783 the militia was disembodied.
4364:, Popular Edn, London:Longman, 1895.
4354:, Aldershot:Gale & Polden, 1930.
3077:Fortescue, Vol II, pp. 288, 299β302.
2196:
2006:
1945:
1776:Colonel G.D. Armstrong, DSO, of the
1507:54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot
1152:George Damer, 2nd Earl of Dorchester
1088:. Winter quarters were twice in the
622:Two of Dorset's deputy lieutenants,
607:; their duties included suppressing
285:. From their formal organisation as
4438:
3828:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 111β2.
3304:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 10β11.
2927:Scott, pp. 170, 252β62, 272, 291β2.
2284:
2023:There is a memorial brass plate in
1426:39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
1400:
13:
4269:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1899.
3608:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 12β4.
3551:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 11β2.
3252:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 9β10.
2348:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 12, 16, 125.
1525:
1512:
1484:
1421:and the following units assigned:
1270:. During the summer of 1805, when
498:on 9 August to the army camped at
14:
5150:
4202:The Elizabethan Militia 1558β1638
3816:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 1β3.
3512:
2794:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 7β9.
2661:Macaulay, Vol I, pp. 279β80, 283.
2175:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, pp. 3β6.
1648:after they had been shattered at
1331:Sir John James Smith, 3rd Baronet
1256:
1174:
905:Col George Pitt, 1st Lord Rivers.
4457:β The BCW Project (archive site)
4118:
4093:
4068:
4042:
4033:
4024:
4006:
3995:
3986:
3968:
3965:Atkinson (1947), Pt III, p. 141.
3959:
3950:
3871:
3862:
3853:
3840:
3831:
3794:
3766:
3752:
3738:
3689:
3676:
3637:
3623:
3565:
3554:
3481:
3468:
3454:
3445:
3420:
3406:
3392:
3365:
3347:
3338:
3327:
3324:Knight, pp. 78β9, 111, 255, 411.
3318:
3307:
2882:Dictionary of National Biography
1333:, was appointed to succeed him.
1143:The regiment's home base was at
808:on Monmouth's flank. On 17 June
350:, and was reorganised under the
320:
89:
71:
58:
44:
4402:The Royal Monmouthshire Militia
3992:James, Appendices II & III.
3266:
3255:
3228:
3089:
3080:
3071:
3062:
3050:
3041:
3032:
3023:
3014:
3005:
2996:
2987:
2978:
2969:
2960:
2951:
2942:
2921:
2912:
2903:
2863:
2854:
2845:
2822:
2797:
2764:
2755:
2730:
2691:
2682:
2673:
2664:
2655:
2646:
2635:
2612:
2603:
2594:
2585:
2576:
2551:
2542:
2533:
2522:
2511:
2500:
2491:
2482:
2473:
2464:
2455:
2435:
2426:
2417:
2408:
2399:
2369:
2360:
2351:
2342:
2333:
2324:
2275:
2252:
2139:
2098:
1763:, in Germany on 22 April 1919.
1445:The militia now came under the
1336:
896:
716:of Horse Richard Fowns, MP for
679:John Digby, 3rd Earl of Bristol
3272:Fortescue, Vol III, pp. 530β1.
3161:Western, Appendices A & B.
2229:
2220:
2187:
2178:
2089:
2079:
1962:Edward Digby, 10th Baron Digby
1585:, and one company detached to
1559:
26:3rd Battalion, Dorset Regiment
1:
5124:Militia of the United Kingdom
4281:A History of the British Army
4274:A History of the British Army
4267:A History of the British Army
4260:A History of the British Army
4146:
1857:
1811:8th (Home Service) Bn Dorsets
1745:3rd (R) Bn Wiltshire Regiment
1699:, formed during World War II.
1343:Militia of the United Kingdom
1316:
706:and DL for Dorset, who was a
259:George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers
4467:History of Parliament Online
3946:Dorsets at Long, Long Trail.
3020:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 302β3.
2885:. Vol. 58. p. 418.
2582:Fortescue, Vol I, pp. 294β5.
2072:
2018:
1971:
1720:Ceylon Planters' Rifle Corps
1435:Dorset Militia at Dorchester
1164:Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby
1084:and in 1797 they garrisoned
989:American War of Independence
983:American War of Independence
263:Edward Digby, 2nd Earl Digby
7:
3837:Dunlop, pp. 131β40, 158-62.
2966:Scott, pp. 264, 278β9, 286.
2828:Macaulay, Vol I, pp. 282β3.
2470:Burne & Young, pp. 6β7.
2030:
2025:St. Mary's Church, Bridport
1778:Royal Warwickshire Regiment
1646:7th Royal Munster Fusiliers
1575:British Expeditionary Force
591:Restoration of the Monarchy
10:
5155:
4305:(various dates from 1840).
4287:, London: Macmillan, 1910.
3489:"The New Monthly Magazine"
3068:Fortescue, Vol II, p. 133.
3011:Chandler, pp. 73β5, 186β7.
2670:Scott, Table 2.1.2, p. 55.
2652:Chandler, pp. 7β8, 19, 22.
2381:www.keepmilitarymuseum.org
2330:Cruickshank, pp. 17, 24β5.
2132:. He was promoted to full
1840:
1694:
1542:Secretary of State for War
1529:
1493:Dorset Regiment cap badge.
1071:. The whole camp moved to
845:Battle of Norton St Philip
582:
435:
197:American Revolutionary War
173:Battle of Norton St Philip
5016:
4980:
4959:
4743:
4736:
4709:
4634:
4598:
4522:
4515:
4509:British Militia Regiments
4345:British Regiments 1914β18
3974:Becke, Pt 3b, Appendix I.
3095:Western, pp. 124β57, 251.
2432:Fissel, pp. 174β8, 190β5.
1964:, appointed 25 April 1891
1813:(not to be confused with
1757:British Army of the Rhine
1601:, the naval oil tanks at
1294:and Hampshire; it was in
1041:French Revolutionary Wars
946:Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
769:sent a force against them
675:Lord Lieutenant of Dorset
346:. It continued under the
248:
243:
209:French Revolutionary Wars
134:
124:
114:
104:
85:
38:
30:
23:
4462:The Keep Military Museum
4369:Edward III and the Scots
4309:Col George Jackson Hay,
4039:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 111β6.
3029:Scott, pp. 77β82; 332β5.
2591:Macaulay, Vol I, p. 143.
2184:Fortescue, Vol I, p. 12.
2152:
2052:Militia (United Kingdom)
1950:The following served as
1741:35th Training Reserve Bn
1724:7th (Reserve) Bn Dorsets
1712:7th (Service) Bn Dorsets
1695:Not to be confused with
1605:, the approaches to the
1027:French Revolutionary War
915:county militia regiments
471:war broke out with Spain
66:Kingdom of Great Britain
5008:Forfar & Kincardine
4621:Forfar & Kincardine
2876:"Wade, Nathaniel"
2461:Fissel, pp. 208, 262β3.
2281:Nicholson, Appendix VI.
2047:Militia (Great Britain)
1853:Heritage and ceremonial
1798:Worcestershire Regiment
1759:. It was absorbed into
1753:53rd (Young Soldier) Bn
1691:7th (Reserve) Battalion
1565:3rd (Reserve) Battalion
542:First English Civil War
379:Battle of Boroughbridge
352:Assizes of Arms of 1181
342:under command of their
329:was descended from the
214:Irish Rebellion of 1798
4408:Christopher L. Scott,
3868:Frederick, pp. viβvii.
1751:on 1 November 1917 as
1494:
1136:
906:
797:
638:was feared during the
448:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
444:4 & 5 Ph. & M.
4400:Capt B.E. Sargeaunt,
4247:Mark Charles Fissel,
3059:, 1953, Vol 20, p. 8.
2957:Macaulay, pp. 292β94.
2918:Macaulay, pp. 289β92.
2819:Chandler, pp. 124β30.
1888:Uniforms and insignia
1876:14th on 28 April 1781
1666:7th (Meerut) Division
1638:First Battle of Ypres
1492:
1417:with headquarters at
1379:Crimean War and after
1355:Emperor of the French
1131:: 1796 caricature by
1127:
1120:Supplementary Militia
904:
795:
485:. The arrival of the
460:Justices of the Peace
364:Statute of Winchester
4447:The Long, Long Trail
4279:Sir John Fortescue,
4272:Sir John Fortescue,
4265:Sir John Fortescue,
4163:C.T. Atkinson (ed),
4130:www.clevelandart.org
4054:www.the-saleroom.com
4012:Frederick, pp. 87β8.
3451:Western, pp. 227β36.
3145:Frederick, pp. 88β9.
2984:Macaulay, pp. 295β9.
2975:Chandler, pp. 38β71.
2479:Cruickshank, p. 326.
2205:Hay, pp. 60β2, 64β5.
2067:The Keep, Dorchester
2037:Dorset Trained Bands
1517:At the start of the
1033:Revolutionary France
810:John, Lord Churchill
804:and the line of the
646:Monmouth's rebellion
617:Conventicle Act 1664
550:Sir Thomas Trenchard
438:Dorset Trained Bands
432:Dorset Trained Bands
129:The Keep, Dorchester
4367:Ranald Nicholson, '
4318:11 May 2021 at the
3776:, 12 February 1856.
3491:. E. W. Allen. 1824
3464:, 17 December 1799.
3431:, 1 September 1798.
3371:Western, pp. 220β3.
3002:Watson, pp. 242-50.
2948:Chandler, pp. 32β7.
2573:Holmes, pp. 94β101.
2539:Reid, pp. 40β1, 59.
2414:Boynton, pp. 180β1.
2357:Hay, pp. 11β17, 88.
2339:Fissel, pp. 178β87.
2193:Fissel, pp. 178β80.
2106:Battle of the Boyne
1982:Thomas Gainsborough
1867:30th on 1 June 1778
1749:Devonshire Regiment
1728:8th Reserve Brigade
1345:was revived by the
1288:Battle of Trafalgar
1160:William Morton Pitt
942:Earl of Shaftesbury
880:Glorious Revolution
861:Battle of Sedgemoor
579:Restoration Militia
523:Second Bishops' War
519:Newcastle upon Tyne
299:Second Bishops' War
224:Invasion of 1803-05
178:Battle of Sedgemoor
153:Second Bishopsβ War
4290:J.B.M. Frederick,
4240:C.G. Cruickshank,
3879:Army & Society
3859:Dunlop, pp. 270β2.
3848:Army & Society
3802:Army & Society
3748:, 9 February 1855.
3684:Army & Society
3647:, 20 January 1846.
3519:www.leshaigh.co.uk
3416:, 30 October 1798.
3047:Frederick, p. 106.
2993:Scott, pp. 289β90.
2939:Western, pp. 54β7.
2618:Western, pp. 33β5.
2609:Western, pp. 3β29.
2122:Lieutenant-General
1879:42nd on 7 May 1782
1870:44th on12 May 1779
1495:
1145:Fordington, Dorset
1137:
1104:, and once in the
907:
798:
777:Lieutenant-Colonel
773:Lord Grey of Werke
762:Dorchester (Horse)
456:Deputy Lieutenants
454:, assisted by the
307:Monmouth Rebellion
283:South West England
168:Battle of Bridport
163:Monmouth Rebellion
5096:
5095:
5092:
5091:
4988:Argyll & Bute
4744:England and Wales
4732:
4731:
4717:England and Wales
4705:
4704:
4606:Argyll & Bute
4523:England and Wales
4343:Brig E.A. James,
4213:David G. Chandler
4200:Lindsay Boynton,
3774:Edinburgh Gazette
3762:, 8 January 1856.
3760:Edinburgh Gazette
3746:Edinburgh Gazette
3673:Dunlop, pp. 42β5.
3344:Sargeaunt, p. 85.
3057:Camden Miscellany
2600:Scott, pp. 68β73.
2488:Rogers, pp. 17β8.
2387:on 31 August 2018
2217:Holmes, pp. 90β1.
2126:Battle of Almansa
2114:Brigadier-General
2042:Militia (English)
2007:Regimental museum
1954:of the regiment:
1946:Honorary Colonels
1931:castle and motto
1873:6th on 6 May 1780
1685:Territorial Force
1671:Instead of being
1595:Whitehead torpedo
1415:Southern District
1313:later that year.
1311:Waterloo campaign
1082:Porchester Castle
891:Treaty of Utrecht
876:William of Orange
838:Earl of Feversham
830:Wiltshire Militia
796:Monmouth's route.
731:and DL for Dorset
720:and DL for Dorset
710:in the Royal Army
689:Thomas Strangways
673:At this time the
585:Militia (English)
303:English Civil War
268:
267:
255:Thomas Strangways
158:English Civil War
141:Anglo-Spanish War
5146:
4741:
4740:
4714:
4713:
4677:Londonderry (II)
4520:
4519:
4502:
4495:
4488:
4479:
4478:
4439:External sources
4242:Elizabeth's Army
4141:
4140:
4138:
4136:
4122:
4116:
4115:
4113:
4111:
4097:
4091:
4090:
4088:
4086:
4072:
4066:
4065:
4063:
4061:
4046:
4040:
4037:
4031:
4028:
4022:
4019:
4013:
4010:
4004:
3999:
3993:
3990:
3984:
3981:
3975:
3972:
3966:
3963:
3957:
3956:Perry, pp. 86β8.
3954:
3948:
3943:
3930:
3927:
3914:
3911:
3900:
3897:
3882:
3875:
3869:
3866:
3860:
3857:
3851:
3844:
3838:
3835:
3829:
3826:
3817:
3814:
3805:
3798:
3792:
3787:
3778:
3770:
3764:
3756:
3750:
3742:
3736:
3735:, various dates.
3730:
3701:
3693:
3687:
3680:
3674:
3671:
3660:
3655:
3649:
3641:
3635:
3627:
3621:
3618:
3609:
3606:
3585:
3584:
3582:
3580:
3569:
3563:
3558:
3552:
3549:
3530:
3529:
3527:
3525:
3510:
3501:
3500:
3498:
3496:
3485:
3479:
3472:
3466:
3458:
3452:
3449:
3443:
3438:
3432:
3424:
3418:
3410:
3404:
3396:
3390:
3385:
3372:
3369:
3363:
3362:Hay, pp. 148β52.
3360:
3354:
3351:
3345:
3342:
3336:
3331:
3325:
3322:
3316:
3311:
3305:
3302:
3273:
3270:
3264:
3259:
3253:
3250:
3237:
3232:
3226:
3221:
3210:
3205:
3188:
3185:
3162:
3159:
3146:
3143:
3096:
3093:
3087:
3086:Hay, pp. 136β44.
3084:
3078:
3075:
3069:
3066:
3060:
3054:
3048:
3045:
3039:
3038:Scott, pp. 82β3.
3036:
3030:
3027:
3021:
3018:
3012:
3009:
3003:
3000:
2994:
2991:
2985:
2982:
2976:
2973:
2967:
2964:
2958:
2955:
2949:
2946:
2940:
2937:
2928:
2925:
2919:
2916:
2910:
2907:
2901:
2896:
2887:
2886:
2878:
2871:Seccombe, Thomas
2867:
2861:
2858:
2852:
2849:
2843:
2840:
2829:
2826:
2820:
2817:
2804:
2803:Chandler, p. 20.
2801:
2795:
2792:
2771:
2768:
2762:
2759:
2753:
2748:
2739:
2734:
2728:
2723:
2712:
2709:
2700:
2695:
2689:
2686:
2680:
2677:
2671:
2668:
2662:
2659:
2653:
2650:
2644:
2639:
2633:
2628:
2619:
2616:
2610:
2607:
2601:
2598:
2592:
2589:
2583:
2580:
2574:
2571:
2558:
2555:
2549:
2548:Hay, pp. 98β104.
2546:
2540:
2537:
2531:
2526:
2520:
2515:
2509:
2504:
2498:
2495:
2489:
2486:
2480:
2477:
2471:
2468:
2462:
2459:
2453:
2448:
2442:
2439:
2433:
2430:
2424:
2421:
2415:
2412:
2406:
2403:
2397:
2396:
2394:
2392:
2383:. Archived from
2373:
2367:
2364:
2358:
2355:
2349:
2346:
2340:
2337:
2331:
2328:
2322:
2319:
2282:
2279:
2273:
2272:Kerr, pp. 105β7.
2270:
2259:
2256:
2250:
2245:
2236:
2235:Scott, pp. 55β8.
2233:
2227:
2224:
2218:
2215:
2206:
2203:
2194:
2191:
2185:
2182:
2176:
2173:
2146:
2143:
2137:
2118:Battle of Landen
2102:
2096:
2093:
2087:
2083:
1952:Honorary Colonel
1708:Kitchener's Army
1662:Norfolk Regiment
1634:Kitchener's Army
1628:, the 2nd Bn in
1607:Isle of Portland
1603:Portland Harbour
1538:St John Brodrick
1499:Childers Reforms
1407:Cardwell Reforms
1401:Cardwell Reforms
1347:Militia Act 1852
1298:in 1811, and in
1251:Treaty of Amiens
1221:Yeomanry Cavalry
1049:prisoners of war
965:Cornwall Militia
911:Seven Years' War
822:Somerset Militia
723:Captain of Foot
691:, MP and DL for
652:Duke of Monmouth
642:crisis in 1678.
595:Militia Act 1661
565:Council of State
546:Sherborne Castle
540:that led to the
426:Isle of Portland
190:Invasion of 1759
185:Seven Years' War
93:
77:
75:
74:
64:
62:
61:
54:
50:
48:
47:
21:
20:
5154:
5153:
5149:
5148:
5147:
5145:
5144:
5143:
5139:Dorset Regiment
5099:
5098:
5097:
5088:
5012:
4976:
4960:Channel Islands
4955:
4886:Nottinghamshire
4866:Montgomeryshire
4831:North Hampshire
4826:Gloucestershire
4786:Caernarvonshire
4781:Carmarthenshire
4766:Buckinghamshire
4728:
4701:
4672:Londonderry (I)
4630:
4594:
4511:
4506:
4476:
4441:
4430:J.N.P. Watson,
4416:Arthur Sleigh,
4320:Wayback Machine
4193:Maj A.F. Becke,
4186:Maj A.F. Becke,
4170:C.T. Atkinson,
4149:
4144:
4134:
4132:
4124:
4123:
4119:
4109:
4107:
4099:
4098:
4094:
4084:
4082:
4074:
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4059:
4057:
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4025:
4020:
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4011:
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4000:
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3987:
3982:
3978:
3973:
3969:
3964:
3960:
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3951:
3944:
3933:
3928:
3917:
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3903:
3898:
3885:
3876:
3872:
3867:
3863:
3858:
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3845:
3841:
3836:
3832:
3827:
3820:
3815:
3808:
3799:
3795:
3788:
3781:
3771:
3767:
3757:
3753:
3743:
3739:
3731:
3704:
3699:, 30 July 1852.
3694:
3690:
3681:
3677:
3672:
3663:
3656:
3652:
3642:
3638:
3628:
3624:
3620:Hay, pp. 154β5.
3619:
3612:
3607:
3588:
3578:
3576:
3575:S. Powell. 1814
3571:
3570:
3566:
3559:
3555:
3550:
3533:
3523:
3521:
3513:Haigh, Lesley.
3511:
3504:
3494:
3492:
3487:
3486:
3482:
3473:
3469:
3459:
3455:
3450:
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3439:
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3397:
3393:
3386:
3375:
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3357:
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3343:
3339:
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3323:
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3312:
3308:
3303:
3276:
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3267:
3260:
3256:
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3240:
3233:
3229:
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3186:
3165:
3160:
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3085:
3081:
3076:
3072:
3067:
3063:
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3051:
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3042:
3037:
3033:
3028:
3024:
3019:
3015:
3010:
3006:
3001:
2997:
2992:
2988:
2983:
2979:
2974:
2970:
2965:
2961:
2956:
2952:
2947:
2943:
2938:
2931:
2926:
2922:
2917:
2913:
2908:
2904:
2897:
2890:
2868:
2864:
2860:Watson, p. 217.
2859:
2855:
2850:
2846:
2841:
2832:
2827:
2823:
2818:
2807:
2802:
2798:
2793:
2774:
2769:
2765:
2760:
2756:
2749:
2742:
2735:
2731:
2724:
2715:
2710:
2703:
2696:
2692:
2687:
2683:
2678:
2674:
2669:
2665:
2660:
2656:
2651:
2647:
2640:
2636:
2629:
2622:
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2613:
2608:
2604:
2599:
2595:
2590:
2586:
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2577:
2572:
2561:
2556:
2552:
2547:
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2534:
2527:
2523:
2516:
2512:
2505:
2501:
2496:
2492:
2487:
2483:
2478:
2474:
2469:
2465:
2460:
2456:
2449:
2445:
2440:
2436:
2431:
2427:
2422:
2418:
2413:
2409:
2404:
2400:
2390:
2388:
2375:
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2257:
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2112:), served as a
2103:
2099:
2094:
2090:
2084:
2080:
2075:
2062:Dorset Regiment
2057:Special Reserve
2033:
2021:
2015:in Dorchester.
2013:The Keep Museum
2009:
1998:circa 1780 and
1989:Joshua Reynolds
1974:
1948:
1933:Primus In Indis
1890:
1860:
1855:
1843:
1794:
1769:
1700:
1693:
1644:to rebuild the
1567:
1562:
1550:Special Reserve
1546:Haldane Reforms
1534:
1532:Special Reserve
1528:
1526:Special Reserve
1519:Second Boer War
1515:
1513:Second Boer War
1503:Dorset Regiment
1487:
1485:Dorset Regiment
1441:, at Dorchester
1403:
1381:
1339:
1319:
1284:William Houston
1264:Shoreham-by-Sea
1259:
1230:Royal Artillery
1209:Carrick-on-Suir
1201:County Longford
1177:
1122:
1100:, once in West
1069:Tunbridge Wells
1029:
1018:Treaty of Paris
1010:Southsea Common
985:
973:Treaty of Paris
923:drill sergeants
899:
826:Gloucestershire
648:
636:Isle of Purbeck
605:King Charles II
587:
581:
508:English Channel
492:Queen Elizabeth
452:Lord Lieutenant
440:
434:
391:English longbow
383:King Edward III
375:Baronial rebels
358:, and again by
327:English militia
323:
291:Special Reserve
271:
261:
257:
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219:Napoleonic Wars
99:Special Reserve
72:
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11:
5:
5152:
5142:
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5126:
5121:
5116:
5111:
5109:Dorset Militia
5094:
5093:
5090:
5089:
5087:
5086:
5081:
5076:
5071:
5066:
5064:Queen's County
5061:
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4941:Worcestershire
4938:
4933:
4928:
4923:
4918:
4913:
4908:
4903:
4898:
4893:
4888:
4883:
4881:Northumberland
4878:
4873:
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4863:
4861:Merionethshire
4858:
4853:
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4771:Cambridgeshire
4768:
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4761:Brecknockshire
4758:
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3645:London Gazette
3636:
3633:, 8 June 1824.
3631:London Gazette
3622:
3610:
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3564:
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3531:
3502:
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3467:
3462:London Gazette
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3405:
3402:, 3 July 1798.
3400:London Gazette
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3326:
3317:
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2909:Kerr, pp. 5β6.
2902:
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2844:
2830:
2821:
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2796:
2772:
2770:Scott, p. 265.
2763:
2754:
2740:
2729:
2713:
2711:Scott, p. 365.
2701:
2690:
2688:Scott, p. 374.
2681:
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2645:
2634:
2620:
2611:
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2593:
2584:
2575:
2559:
2557:Western, p. 8.
2550:
2541:
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2521:
2510:
2499:
2497:Reid, pp. 1β2.
2490:
2481:
2472:
2463:
2454:
2443:
2441:Hay, pp. 97β8.
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2350:
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2283:
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1851:
1842:
1839:
1831:Danbury, Essex
1829:. It moved to
1815:8th Bn Dorsets
1793:
1790:
1768:
1765:
1732:Bovington Camp
1730:. It moved to
1704:Lord Kitchener
1692:
1689:
1566:
1563:
1561:
1558:
1530:Main article:
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1524:
1514:
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1399:
1380:
1377:
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1368:
1365:
1362:
1338:
1335:
1318:
1315:
1258:
1257:Napoleonic War
1255:
1244:Pill, Somerset
1176:
1175:Ireland 1798β9
1173:
1121:
1118:
1073:Ashdown Forest
1028:
1025:
1014:Armada of 1779
984:
981:
898:
895:
781:Nathaniel Wade
764:
763:
760:
757:
752:
749:
743:
733:
732:
721:
711:
696:
658:by landing at
647:
644:
609:non-conformist
600:New Model Army
583:Main article:
580:
577:
515:King Charles I
504:Thames Estuary
496:Tilbury speech
487:Spanish Armada
436:Main article:
433:
430:
322:
319:
275:Dorset Militia
269:
266:
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246:
245:
241:
240:
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4916:Staffordshire
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4902:
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4894:
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4834:
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4777:
4776:Cardiganshire
4774:
4772:
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4762:
4759:
4757:
4754:
4752:
4749:
4748:
4746:
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4724:Monmouthshire
4722:
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4708:
4698:
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4456:
4453:David Plant,
4451:
4449:
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4445:Chris Baker,
4443:
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4358:Lord Macaulay
4356:
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1827:73rd Division
1824:
1823:219th Brigade
1820:
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1782:Verne Citadel
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3686:, pp. 91β2.
2423:Hay, p. 89.
2405:Hay, p. 91.
2226:Kerr, p. 1.
2086:enlistment.
1673:demobilised
1630:Mesopotamia
1560:World War I
1554:World War I
1373:Madras Army
1324:Swing Riots
1300:East Anglia
1268:Beachy Head
1197:Ballinamuck
1156:George Pitt
1114:East Sussex
1094:Wallingford
934:George Pitt
849:Oxfordshire
755:Shaftesbury
700:Thomas Erle
640:Popish Plot
558:South Wales
331:Anglo-Saxon
315:World War I
279:Dorsetshire
236:Crimean War
231:Swing Riots
135:Engagements
125:Garrison/HQ
81:(1801β1953)
68:(1707β1800)
55:(1558β1707)
5103:Categories
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4816:Flintshire
4692:Mid-Ulster
4626:Haddington
4560:Lancashire
4535:Carmarthen
4147:References
2002:circa 1782
1991:circa 1762
1984:circa 1760
1858:Precedence
1807:Hampshires
1803:Berkshires
1677:Portsmouth
1599:Smallmouth
1583:Wyke Regis
1466:defences.
1452:'The Keep'
1447:War Office
1317:Long peace
1106:Winchelsea
1053:Volunteers
957:Winchester
857:Bridgwater
751:Dorchester
664:Protestant
660:Lyme Regis
589:After the
538:Parliament
458:(DLs) and
410:Henry VIII
251:commanders
244:Commanders
5079:Westmeath
5069:Tipperary
5034:Fermanagh
4998:Edinburgh
4946:East York
4936:Wiltshire
4856:Middlesex
4821:Glamorgan
4756:Berkshire
4710:Engineers
4682:Tipperary
4611:Edinburgh
4590:Yorkshire
4550:Glamorgan
4516:Artillery
4299:H.G. Hart
4285:1803β1807
4283:, Vol V,
3733:Army List
3476:1805 List
3428:The Times
2120:and as a
2073:Footnotes
2019:Memorials
1972:Portraits
1937:First in
1929:Gibraltar
1925:Glengarry
1819:Blackpool
1786:see below
1650:Gallipoli
1597:works at
1471:Aldershot
1459:Army List
1411:Volunteer
1302:in 1812.
1205:Waterford
1181:Rebellion
1168:87th Foot
1002:Maidstone
961:21st Foot
893:in 1712.
814:Axminster
759:Sherborne
740:Blandford
727:, MP for
702:, MP for
656:rebellion
628:Mappowder
531:Berkshire
527:Faringdon
494:gave her
475:Hampshire
405:archers.
399:vintenars
387:Wiltshire
366:of 1285.
119:Battalion
34:1558β1953
5054:Longford
4981:Scotland
4967:Guernsey
4911:Somerset
4791:Cheshire
4737:Infantry
4599:Scotland
4575:Pembroke
4530:Cardigan
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3877:Spiers,
3846:Spiers,
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3682:Spiers,
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3262:Herbert.
3235:Cormack.
2873:(1899).
2031:See also
1821:to join
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1619:Winfrith
1611:Weymouth
1579:billeted
1479:Lulworth
1464:Portland
1419:Weymouth
1307:Limerick
1296:Cornwall
1276:Boulogne
1272:Napoleon
1192:Arethusa
1112:area of
1110:Hastings
1077:Brighton
1057:Yeomanry
963:and the
919:adjutant
786:billeted
746:Bridport
668:James II
554:Cornwall
521:for the
395:ductores
371:Somerset
301:and the
109:Infantry
5084:Wicklow
5044:Leitrim
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5017:Ireland
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3224:Baldry.
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1894:facings
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1389:Gosport
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714:Captain
704:Wareham
686:Colonel
502:on the
500:Tilbury
422:liberty
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414:hundred
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344:Sheriff
311:Ireland
295:Militia
249:Notable
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4972:Jersey
4931:Sussex
4926:Surrey
4851:London
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4687:Tyrone
4667:Galway
4662:Dublin
4647:Armagh
4642:Antrim
4585:Sussex
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4105:Pixels
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1000:near
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