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The Devonshire Regiment (The Bloody 11th) can be traced back to 1685.
Battalions during the Great War.
- 1st Battalion
- 2nd Battalion
- 3rd (Reserve) Battalion
- 4th Battalion
- 2/4th Battalion
- 3/4th Battalion
- 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion
- 2/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion
- 3/5th Battalion
- 6th Battalion
- 3/6th Battalion
- 2/6th Battalion
- 7th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion
- 8th (Service) Battalion
- 9th (Service) Battalion
- 10th (Service) Battalion
- 11th (Reserve) Battalion
- 12th (Labour) Battalion
- 13th (Works) Battalion
- 14th (Labour) Battalion
- 16th (Royal 1st Devon & Royal North Devon Yeomanry) Battalion
- 18th Battalion
- 1st (Garrison) Battalion
- 2nd (Home Service) Garrison Battalion
- 51st (Graduated) Battalion
- 52nd (Graduated) Battalion
- 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion
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Those known to have served with The Devonshire Regiment during the Great War.
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- Pte Joseph Marker Read their Story.
- Pte. William Norrish Warren (d.1st Apr 1916) Read their Story.
If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch.
Pte. William Norrish Warren 9th Btn. (d.1st Apr 1916)
I am trying to find the resting place of William Norrish Warren, who died from wounds, received in this Country. There is a memorial stone in the Ashburton Churchyard, but not an actual grave. Would there be any more detail in the Royal Victoria Hospital records? Any information anyone can offer would be much appreciated.
Pte Joseph Marker Royal Devon
My Grandfather fought in World War I in the trenches. Before the War he lived and worked in Budleigh Salterton,Devon, where he was born. He was a Draper's Assistant in a smart Gentleman's Outfitters. And I do remember him always looking smart - with a gold watch and chain. He went to Exeter Barracks when he was called up - but in the latter years of his life we took him over towards Wareham where the tank regiment now is. He remembered training on the heathland. When I was a little girl he mentioned eating rats whilst he was serving in France! He was injured at the Battle of the Somme and came home on the King of Belgium's yacht - though not in style. He was 2 days in a shell hole in the winter and frost - and suffered desperately from frost bite. He was also deafened and had a leg wound. When he arrived back in England, he was sent to a Convalescent Home in Brighton - run by nuns - I have some p/cards of it with the servicemen lying in their beds in rows.Eventually he returned home to Budleigh to my grandmother and Dad.Life was very hard - he got 10 shillings a week war pension (after a long fight - there was no British Legion then, it was just before they were formed). He and Grandma had an allotment and grew vegetables and had chickens (but only for eggs, as Granddad would not allow them to be killed, he was a very kind and generous man). Grandma took in lodgers and somehow or another they owned their own house. Granddad did work for the Rechabites and also became the local Secretary and Welfare Officer of the Royal British Legion. He had no transport, but walked miles on his crutches collecting peoples shillings. But more often than not, trying to open the orphans and widows living on next to nothing - he got them coal and food allowances. He served on the Parish Council for about 40 years. His son, my dad, Bill Marker, also served in the Devon Regiment in World War II before being transferred to the Royal Sussex and later volunteering for the Royal Navy (Signals). Dad died last year. I remember them both with great love and great pride.
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C.T. Atkinson
The author is among the foremost of the Great War divisional and regimental historians and this book is typical of his standard of writing and composition. He has provided a continuous narrative in a chronological order, bringing in the various battalions as they came onto the stage in the relevant theatre of war. He has made use of war diaries, not only of the battalions but also, where appropriate of brigades and divisions. He was also able to make use of collected accounts of various actions and experiences of those who took part in them, giving the point of view of the man in the trenches. One third of the book, some 250 pages, contains the complete list of honours and awards, including Mention in Despatches, and the Roll of Honour, listed alphabetically by battalions.More information on:
Devonshire Regiment 1914-1918
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