The old West Country Regiments (11th, 39th and 54th) : from Plassey to the Somme : 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment of Foot, later The Devonshire Regiment : 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, later the 1st Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment : 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot later the 2nd Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
1757 - 1918