Cap badge of the Dorset Regiment (1953-58)

The Dorset Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. The Infantry is the oldest and most numerous of the Combat Arms in the Armed forces, and consists A regiment is a Military unit, composed of a variable number of Battalions – commanded by a Colonel. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. Until 1951 it was formally called The Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "the Dorsets". Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January

It was formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of

• the 39th Regiment of Foot - the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment
• the 54th Regiment of Foot - the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment

2nd Battalion The Dorsetshire Regiment fought at the Battle of Kohima in 1944. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The 39th (Dorsetshire Regiment of Foot was an Infantry Regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast The 54th Regiment of Foot was an Infantry regiment of the British Army. Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. The Battle of Kohima (the " Stalingrad of the East" was the turning point of the Japanese U Go offensive into India in 1944 in World War II

In 1958 the regiment amalgamated with The Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Devonshire Regiment was an Infantry Regiment of the British Army. The Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry (usually known as the Devon and Dorset Regiment or just the Devon and Dorsets) was an Infantry Regiment

Battle honours

The honours of the 39th and 54th Regiments of Foot plus:

• Martinique 1794, Tirah, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902

• The Great War: Mons, Le Cateau, Retreat from Mons, Marne 1914, Aisne 1914, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Bellewaarde, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Thiepval, Ancre 1916 '18, Arras 1917, Scarpe 1917, Messines 1917, Langemarck 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, St. Quentin, Amiens, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, St. Quentin Canal, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914-18, Suvla, Landing at Suvla, Scimitar Hill, Gallipoli 1915, Egypt 1916, Gaza, El Mughar, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Tell 'Asur, Megiddo, Sharon, Palestine 1917-18, Basra, Shaiba, Kut al Amara 1915 '17, Ctesiphon, Defence of Kut al Amara, Baghdad, Khan Baghdadi, Mesopotamia 1914-18

• The Second World War: St. The Action of Khan Baghdadi was an engagement during the Mesopotamian Campaign in World War 1. Omer-La Bassée, Normandy Landing, Villers Bocage, Tilly sur Seulles, Caen, Mont Pincon, St. Pierre La Vielle, Arnhem 1944, Aam, Geilenkirchen, Goch, Rhine, Twente Canal, North-West Europe 1940 '44-45, Landing in Sicily, Agira, Regalbuto, Sicily 1943, Landing at Porto San Venere, Italy 1943, Malta 1940-42, Kohima, Mandalay, Mt. Popa, Burma 1944-45

External links

• regiments.org

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