1/39th Foot (Dorsetshire)
Regiment
1825 - 1832
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- The
Regiments
- Known as (nickname)................................................... " Shankey's Horses"
, " The Green Linnets "
- Facings............................................................................ PEA GREEN
- Braided Lace.................................................................. Gold
- Service in
Australia
....................................................... Arrived in Australia
toward the end of 1825. The Regiment saw service in
Hobart, Sydney, Western Australia & Bathurst ,leaving
on July the 5th 1832 to see service in India
- Commanding Officer.....................................................Lieut.
Colonel P. Lindesey
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- This Regiment began its military
term in 1702 and was named Colonel Richard Coot's
Regiment of Foot.
- The following is a history of many
name changes.
- 1702.....Colonel Richard Coot's Regiment of
Foot.
- 1751.....39th Regiment of Foot
- 1782.....39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of
Foot
- 1807.....39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
- 1881..... Amalgamated with 54th (West
Norfolk) Regiment of Foot became 1st Battalion The
Dorsetshire Regiment
- 1951.....The Dorset Regiment
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- References
- Family Members, Military records of the Regiment ,
Australian Joint Copy Reals, . Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records
& General Muster Records. Reference: Records
of the 39th ,Mitchell Library, Sydney, Australia.
- The information is intended for
short Historical value only,
- E- mail address
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- Last revised: December 16, 2008.
