1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, British Army

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1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, British Army
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Regular Army (British Army)
Type:	Infantry
Specific type:	Infantry battalion
Full size:	1,000
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	1st Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Administrative
Parent unit:	Dorsetshire Regiment, British Army
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Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	15th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/08/1914
End date:	31/12/1915
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Parent unit:	14th Infantry Brigade, British Army
Parent level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/01/1916
End date:	31/03/1919
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/08/1914
Date left:	31/03/1919
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Official sources

Unit war diaries

• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/1572/2 (01/08/1914–31/12/1915)
• The National Archives of the UK (TNA): WO 95/2392/1 (01/01/1916–31/03/1919)

Other sources

• The Dorsets at Hill 60: blog post about this battalion at the second battle of Ypres in May 1915.

References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.