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2 Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
07-Dec-1859 07-Dec-1859 Created at Plymouth
30-Jun-1874 ? 30-Jun-1874 ? Absorbed 16 Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps Some time in 1874
24-Feb-1880 24-Feb-1880 Absorbed 2 Devonshire Rifle Volunteers (Admin) as HQ
24-Feb-1880 24-Feb-1880 Absorbed 3 Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as G, H and I Coys
24-Feb-1880 24-Feb-1880 Absorbed 22 Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as K and L Coys
24-Feb-1880 24-Feb-1880 Reorganised as A, B, C, D and E Coys in new 2 Devon Rifle Volunteers
24-Feb-1880 24-Feb-1880 Renamed 2 Devonshire Rifle Volunteers (Prince of Wales's)
01-Jul-1881 01-Jul-1881 Event Became a Volunteer Battalion of The Devonshire Regiment [2nd]
01-Nov-1885 01-Nov-1885 Converted to 2 The Devonshire Regiment Volunteers
Number of Records Returned: 9
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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