![]() ![]() : 36th Brigade came under orders of 14th (Indian) Division. January 1916: joined independent 36th Brigade in Indian Army.ĥ January 1916 : landed at Basra, and remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the war. Came under orders of 3rd (Lahore) Divisional Area at Lahore. On 16 September 1914 came under orders of Devon and Cornwall Brigade.ĩ October 1914 : sailed for India, landing Karachi 11 November 1914. Attached as Army Troops to Wessex Division. December 1915 moved to Lahore.Ģ5 June 1917 : transferred to 232nd Brigade, 75th Division.ġ June 1918 : landed at Marseilles and proceeded to the Western Front.ġ June : transferred to 185th Brigade in 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division.Īugust 1914 : in Barnstaple. Came under orders of 3rd (Lahore) Divisional Area at Multan. Part of Devon & Cornwall Brigade, Wessex Division.ĩ October 1914 : sailed for India, landing Karachi 11 November 1914. : transferred to 37th Brigade in 14th (Indian) Division.įebruary 1917: moved to Amara and came under orders of the Tigris Lines of Communication.Īugust 1914 : in Millbay, Plymouth. Came under orders of 3rd (Lahore) Divisional Area at Ferozepore.įebruary 1915: moved to the independent 42nd Brigade of the Indian Army.Ģ March 1916 : landed at Basra with the independent 41st Indian Brigade andthereafter remained in Mesopotamia for the rest of the war. Battalions of the Territorial ForceĪugust 1914 : in Exeter. A training unit used as the garrison for the defences of Plymouth, it remained in UK throughout the war. Full articleĪugust 1914 : in Exeter but moved to Plymouth on 8 August, returning on 28th of the same month. From the website of Devon Heritage, with my thanks. The memorial to the 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, situated near the Bois des Buttes where the battalion was in action in late May 1918. Returned to England 1 October 1914 and came under orders of 23rd Brigade in 8th Division. Proceeded to Italy with the Division in November 1917 but returned to France on 7 April 1918.Īugust 1914 : in Cairo, Egypt. Battalions of the Regular ArmyĢ1 August 1914 : landed at Le Havre and joined Lines of Communication Defence Troops.ġ4 September 1914: joined 8th Brigade, 3rd Division.ģ0 September 1914 : transferred to 14th Brigade, 5th Division.ġ2 January 1916 : transferred to 95th Brigade in same Division. ![]() ![]() Note: Topsham Barracks at Exeter was a facility occupied by the Royal Field Artillery. A few buildings and other vestiges still exist but the site is mainly housing. Town, or Higher, Barracks, Howell Road, Exeter The barracks as shown on a 1904 Ordnance Survey map (National Library of Scotland). ![]()
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