5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
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The 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, was a part-time unit of the British Army recruited in the county of Devon. It was formed in the Territorial Force in 1908 by amalgamating two existing Volunteer Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. The battalion served in India and fought in Palestine and on the Western Front during World War I. In World War II it provided two anti-tank artillery units, which served in Tunisia, Italy and North West Europe. They were both merged into other Devonshire units in 1950.
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5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
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86th (5th Devon) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
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5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
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* Second Boer War
* World War I:
** Palestine
** Western Front
* World War II:
** Tunisia
** Italy
** North West Europe
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Cap badge of the Devonshire Regiment
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2019-03-05
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--12-07
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The 5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, was a part-time unit of the British Army recruited in the county of Devon. It was formed in the Territorial Force in 1908 by amalgamating two existing Volunteer Battalions of the Devonshire Regiment. The battalion served in India and fought in Palestine and on the Western Front during World War I. In World War II it provided two anti-tank artillery units, which served in Tunisia, Italy and North West Europe. They were both merged into other Devonshire units in 1950.
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1950
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1859
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1–3 Battalions
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Infantry/Anti-Tank Artillery
