Wiltshire Regiment

Wiltshire Regiment
Author: Martin McIntyre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2006-02
Genre:
ISBN: 9780752437576

The Museum of the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment contains many thousands of photographs. Focusing on the period between the First World War and 1959, the date of the regiment's amalgamation with the Royal Berkshire Regiment when they formed the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire), this painstakingly researched book uses over 200 photographs to vividly document the Wiltshire Regiment's role in many campaigns and battles from the trenches on the Western Front to terrorists in Cyprus in 1959, from Shanghai through to the Second World War. Some of the images are intensely moving, some funny, and all are accompanied by detailed text which endeavours to tell the stories behind the images.

Military History of Wiltshire

Military History of Wiltshire
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2013-09
Genre:
ISBN: 9781230615073

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Wiltshire Regiment, Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, Battle of Ethandun, RAF Upavon, RAF Ramsbury, RAF Keevil, Storming of Bristol, Battle of Roundway Down, RAF Wroughton, RAF Hullavington, Bulford Kiwi, Sling Camp, Battle of Marton, RAF Compton Bassett, Royal Wiltshire Militia, RAF Blakehill Farm, RAF Castle Combe. Excerpt: The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot and the 99th Duke of Edinburgh's (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment was originally formed as The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment), taking the county affiliation from the 62nd Foot (which became the 1st Battalion) and the honorific from the 99th Foot (which became the 2nd Battalion). In 1921 the titles switched to become The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) After service in the First and Second World Wars, it was amalgamated into The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) in 1959. Following further mergers, the regiment's lineage is today continued by The Rifles. The regiment's depot was at Devizes. The senior partner in the amalgamated Wiltshire Regiment was the 62nd Regiment of Foot. The 62nd was formed in 1756, originally as the second battalion of the 4th Regiment of Foot. In 1758, the battalion was redesignated as the 62nd Regiment of Foot. Although a regiment of the line, many of its companies were initially deployed as marines, serving with Admiral Boscawen's fleet during the Siege of Louisbourg in 1758. The balance of the regiment remained in Ireland where they defended Castle Carrickfergus from a French invasion force in 1758. After its initial baptism, the regiment would go on to see active service in the American Revolutionary War. Being used as light infantry, the...