- 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
caption=
dates=1702 to1881 .
country=United Kingdom
branch=Army
type=Line Infantry
role=Light Infantry
size=One battalion
garrison=
ceremonial_chief=
ceremonial_chief_label=
colonel_of_the_regiment=
nickname= "Shankey's Horses" , "The Green Linnets", "The Flamers".
motto=
colors= Pea Green Facings, Gold Braided Lace
march= Quick:
Slow:
mascot=
battles= Plassey, Gibraltar, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Maharajpore, Sevastopol
notable_commanders=
anniversaries=The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot was an
infantry regiment of theBritish Army , formed in1719 and amalgamated intoThe Dorsetshire Regiment in1881 .The regiment was raised by Colonel
Richard Coote in Ireland in August1702 . This was in fact a reforming ofRichard Coote 's Regiment of Foot, which he had in turn inherited in1692 fromViscount Lisburne 's Regiment of Foot which was originally formed in1689 .In
1751 , they were numbered the 39th Regiment of Foot, and in1782 took a county title as the 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. In1794 the regiment was captured, and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the short-lived104th Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers) .In
1805 a number of regiments had their territorial affiliations shuffled, with theEast Middlesex title passing to the 77th Foot and the 39th taking the Dorsetshire title previously held by the35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot to become the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.The 39th arrived in the British colony of
New South Wales toward the end of1825 . The regiment saw service in Hobart,Sydney ,Swan River colony and Bathurst, leaving onJuly 5 ,1832 to see service inIndia .Colonels
*1689.03.08 Adam (Loftus), 1st Viscount Lisburne
*1692.02.01 Col. Richard Coote --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*1702.02.12 Col. Richard Coote
*1703.03.17 Lt-Gen. Nicholas Sankey
*1719.03.11 Brig-Gen. Thomas Ferrers [also 23rd Dgns, 17th Foot, Ferrers's Foot]
*1722.09.28 Brig-Gen. William Newton
*1730.11.10 Lt-Gen. Sir John Cope, KB
*1732.12.15 Lt-Gen. Thomas Wentworth
*1737.06.27 Gen.John Campbell, 4th Duke of Argyll , KT
*1738.11.01 Lt-Gen. Richard Onslow
*1739.06.06 Col. Robert Dalway
*1740.12.28 Brig-Gen. Samuel Walter Whitshed
*1743.06.14 Maj-Gen. Edward Richbell [also 17th Foot, 61st Foot]
*1752.03.14 Lt-Gen. John Aldercron
*1766.08.06 Gen. Sir Robert Boyd, KB
*1794.07.02 Gen. Nisbett Balfour [also 93rd Foot]
*1823.10.28 Lt-Gen. Sir George Airey, KCH
*1833.03.04 Lt-Gen. Hon. Sir Robert William O'Callaghan, GCB
*1840.06.15 Gen. Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, GCB [also 59th Foot; Gov. Tobago 1816-27]
*1852.02.11 Lt-Gen. George Burrell, CB
*1853.01.17 Gen. Sir Richard Lluellyn, KCB
*1867.12.08 Gen. Sir Charles Thomas van Straubenzee, GCBExternal links
* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/039-702.htm 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot] , regiments.org
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