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The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, usually just known as the Devon and Dorsets, was an infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1958 by the amalgamation of two county regiments, the Devonshire Regiment and the Dorset Regiment. In 2007 it was itself merged into The Rifles, a "large regiment".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 ==Formation== As part of the 1957 Defence Review, it was announced that there would be a reduction in the number of infantry battalions in the British Army. The reduction was to be effected by the merging of a number of pairs of regiments.〔Merged regiments and new brigading — many famous units to lose separate identity. ''The Times'', 25 July 1957.〕 Among the mergers to be carried out were those of the regiments of the two neighbouring counties of Devon and Dorset. * Devonshire Regiment (the former 11th Regiment of Foot, originally raised in 1685) * Dorset Regiment (the successor to the 39th Foot, raised in 1702; and the 54th Foot, dating from 1755)〔(The Dorset Regiment at the archive of regiments.org )〕 The amalgamation took place in Minden, Germany, on 17 May 1958. The new 1st Battalion, Devonshire and Dorset Regiment was commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Young, formerly commanding officer of the 1st Devonshires, while the colonel of the regiment was Major-General George Neville Wood, formerly of the Dorsets.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Amalgamation )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Devonshire and Dorset Regiment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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