Wiltshire Regiment
Dates | Locations | Higher Formation/Remarks |
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. | 4th Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) | . |
1947.01.01 | Reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Trowbridge | 129 Infantry Brigade |
. | A Company at Salisbury | . |
. | B Company at Trowbridge | . |
. | C Company at Chippenham | . |
. | D Company at Swindon | . |
1959.06.09 | Transferred to the corps of The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) without change of title | . |
1967.04.01 | Disbanded and concurrently reconstituted in TAVR III with HQ at Trowbridge | . |
. | The Royal Wiltshire Territorials | . |
. | A Company (The Wiltshire Regiment) at Trowbridge (pln at Swindon), successor to 4th Bn The Wiltshire Regt | . |
. | B Company (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) at Devizes, formed from part of The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry | . |
1969.04.01 | Reduced to two cadres: The Wiltshire Regiment at Trowbridge, sponsored by Wessex Volunteers, less some personnel to form new HQ Company, Wessex Volunteers at Trowbridge; and The Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry (Prince of Wales's Own) [q.v.], sponsored byÃÂ The Royal Yeomanry Regiment | . |
1971.04.01 | D Company (Berkshire), 1st Bn Wessex Volunteers at Reading formed Wiltshire pln at Swindon | . |
1973 | HQ Company moved to Devizes | . |
1975.04.01 | D Company at Reading and Swindon transferred as D Company 2nd Bn, The Wessex Regt, and cadre at Trowbridge disbanded | . |
1986 | Reorganised as two companies in 1st Battalion, The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) | . |
. | HQ Company at Devizes | . |
. | B Company at Swindon, formed from Swindon pln D Company 2nd Battalion | . |
1995.10.06 | C (Wiltshire) Company, 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment formed at Devizes (with pln at Swindon) by amalgamation of HQ Company and B Company 1st Bn, The Wessex Regiment | . |
1999.07.01 | Swindon Platoon,Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Company, The Royal Rifle Volunteers company formed at Reading (Pln at Swindon) by amalgamation of HQ Company and C (Wiltshire) Company 2nd Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | . |
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