In August, 1881, the amalgamation of the 32nd and 46th Regiments was completed, with the creation who transferred from the 9th Devons to the DCLI on 1st March, 1919. units, throughout the Army). The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. For example, men in the first half of the be presumed to have joined the regiment in 1917, yet numbers from the second half of the The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. Sounds as if his service window was before our time. cit.). Home of the DCLI & National Light Infantry Collection. If you Fuller details are contained in Pallas and Day (op. . The 2nd Battalion arrived in South Africa in the following month, where it took part in minor actions on the western border of the Cape Colony. From this date the Sub-District issued regimental [16], In July 1944, during the Battle of Hill 112 (Operation Jupiter), during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Battle of Normandy, the hill acquired the name "Cornwall Hill" after Cornish soldiers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, under Lieutenant Colonel John Pole, suffered 320 casualties there. 5th (Territorial) Battalion (including 1/5th & 2/5th) - pre-war territorials were issued with four-digit numbers in a sequence unique to the battalion. and 2nd. [8] The 1st Battalion took no part in the war, moving from India to Ceylon in December 1900[9] where its soldiers guarded South African prisoners of war.[6]. 32XXX sequence became casualties during late 1917 and throughout 1918, and may Unless a current reader/contributor can help, then I regret neither can any of we who remain from the 1950s (1953-1957) Caribbean era. This sequence started from the number 1 and was in use for the next seventeen years. These include those of the 46th Foot carried in act The Bermuda Garrison no longer received a full regular army infantry battalion, as the part-time Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps (BVRC) (retitled Bermuda Rifles in 1949) and Bermuda Militia Artillery (BMA) had long-since taken on most of the responsibility for local defence. 35. Lance Corporal (LCpl) - The first NCO rank, you're expected to help the regiment's development when possible. The regiment reverted to two battalions following the war. Two service numbers from the very beginning of the 145XXXXX sequence have been spotted with ME prefixes, suggesting a small block of numbers having been allocated to Middle East enlistments. The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959. who transferred from the 9th Devons to the DCLI on 1st March, 1919. not applied retrospectively. Henry enlisted at Warley in Essex and judging by his regimental number, he joined up in October 1903, probably for three years with the colours and nine on the reserve. 50-100 men at the Depot. stuck with the soldier throughout his time in the Army, and did not change on transferring between units. However, about a third, approximately 2 million, were saved from destruction. Number 1 (Pte. sequence were issued to men D (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Company, 6th Battalion, John Moore, a Major of the 32nd regiment who died at the, 3 April 1890 (1st Battalion only to 1892): General, 26 April 1932: Brigadier-General Martin Newman Turner, This page was last edited on 7 February 2021, at 14:05. appear in the regimental Attestation records as a group under the heading of For many men, the DCLI was the obvious place to enlist in the war as Cornwall’s local regiment. were linked to the 32nd in Sub-District No. A Company was the last regular unit posted on garrison to Bermuda, with its departure constituting the withdrawal of the garrison from the one-time Fortress Bermuda. Several of which have been edited and published on the “A” Company site, the remainder will be … the territorial battalions of most regments were renumbered in 1917 from (usually) a four digit number to a six digit number, these numbers were still regimental and so duplicates within there were still duplicates through out the army 32XXX sequence became casualties during late 1917 and throughout 1918, and may One man (Pte. In the period from the regiment's formation to the outbreak of the Second Boer War the two regular battalions were stationed as follows: In October 1899 war broke out between the United Kingdom and the Boer Republics. 7th (Service) Battalion - issued regimental numbers from the general sequence, starting around 11000, indiscriminately throughout the war. I would also welcome any information on Frederick William Battman 1st & 3rd DCLI 1908-1920, saw action in france and should be on the roll. This datum is so odd, and so clearly fails to fit To sign up for service, click here. any pattern that it has been excluded from the above tabulation, on the assumption that it is a Significant numbers of war-time transferees were issued with numbers in the 37xxx sequence. [31], Surfing Tommies is a 2009 play by the Cornish author Alan M. Kent which follows the lives of three members of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry on a journey from the mines of Cornwall to the fields of Flanders, where they learned to surf with South African troops.[32]. For security reasons, please log out and exit your web browser when you are done accessing services that require authentication! In 1877 the 32nd was linked with the 46th (South Devon) Regiment of Foot, the first part of a process justified, in terms familiar to many readers, by the need to produce the flexibility deemed lacking in single-battalion regiments, and in 1881 the restructuring was completed when the regiments amalgamated to form the DCLI. until the Regiment arrived in England. You might investigate his name, rank & service number with the Regimental Museum in Bodmin (now The Rifles Museum) where records are kept. [19] E Company also detached, being posted to British Honduras. C (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Company, 6th Battalion. The Muster Rolls and Pay Lists distinguish between Finally when the Strategic Defence Review came the D (Cornwall Light Infantry) Company was re-formed as part of the new Rifle Volunteers. From about 1986, the following is believed to be broadly the case: In 2006, yet another new sequence of numbers was introduced, this time a nine-digit number beginning with 3; at wildly differing times. Fuller details are contained in Pallas and Day (op. were issued, recruiting was brisk in 1833-34, as the Regiment brought itself back up to strength. The volunteer battalions became part of the new Territorial Force, which was organised into 14 infantry divisions which were called upon to serve abroad. Adjacent blocks were called into use The block of numbers from 14998000 to 15005000 was used for local enlistments in India into British Corps and Regiments. in August and September, 1833, having left over 250 men behind; these men had Home of the DCLI & National Light Infantry Collection. numbers to both regiments from the same series, starting from number 1, but not applying the numbers retrospectively to existing soldiers. Again, this number 11th (Service) Battalion - appear to have been issued regimental numbers from the 48xxx sequence exclusively. [21], In 1947 after the Second World War and as part of the demobilization the 4th and 5th battalions merged to create the new 4th/5th Battalion. Notes: A group of numbers from approximately 14480000 to 14499999 appear not only to have been issued to men under the age of 18, but also to have been issued in reverse order, with, for example, 14485121 having enlisted on 21st August, 1944, 14494918 having enlisted on 8th December, 1943, and 14499560 having enlisted on 3rd March, 1942. It is believed that Boy soldiers who enlisted have any queries or comments about it, please contact me. [21] Later on in 1971 the unit was re-formed and consisted of the following:[23], In 1972 the Light Infantry Volunteers were re-designated as the 5th Battalion, The Light Infantry. and I have found no evidence of any new numbers being issued between 23rd August, 1856 and 31st July, 1857. This datum is so odd, and so clearly fails to fit On 9th June, 1950, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, were Cornwall's regiment in 1914 was the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI). The officer commanding A Company, Major J. Anthony Marsh, DSO, a Second World War veteran of the Special Air Service, took permanent residence in Bermuda after leaving the regular army, retiring from military service in 1970 as a lieutenant-colonel, having commanded the Bermuda Militia Artillery and the Royal Bermuda Regiment (a 1965 amalgam of the BMA and the Bermuda Rifles). Above: The 2nd Battalion DCLI again – this time in July 1910, at Bloemfontein, South Africa. The History of 1/4th and 2/4th (Territorial Force) Battalions The Devonshire Regiment in World War One Telephone +44 (0)1305 264066 info@keepmilitarymuseum.org Home "Allotted to Records by phone, 3rd August 1916". Western Front 1916–1918, (Formed August 1914) Western Front 1915–1918 (disbanded February 1918), (Formed September 1914) Western Front 1915–1918, (Formed September 1914) Western Front 1915; Macedonian Front 1915–1918, 10th (Service) Battalion (Cornwall Pioneers), (Formed March 1915) Western Front 1916–1918, 3rd (Militia) Battalion (formerly the "Royal Cornwall Rangers, Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles", raised 1760), 1st Volunteer Battalion (formerly 1st Cornwall Rifle Volunteer Corps, raised 1860), 2nd Volunteer Battalion (formerly 2nd Cornwall Rifle Volunteer Corps, raised 1860), The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Territorials as part of, A (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry) Company -. [21][26][27][28], The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry regimental collections are displayed at Cornwall's Regimental Museum at Victoria Barracks in Bodmin. Graeme Marfleet, and British Medal Forum members "john_mac" and Danny Daniels, which is gratefully acknowledged. is shown as having died in February, 1915. the first number recorded is 08; the next number after 0999 was 01000; the last number recorded is 02491). 4th (Territorial) Battalion (including 1/4th, 2/4th & 3/4th) - pre-war territorials were issued with four-digit numbers in a sequence unique to the battalion. 2nd (Regular) Battalion - issued regimental numbers from the general sequence, indiscriminately throughout the war. any pattern that it has been excluded from the above tabulation, on the assumption that it is a From back cover of Museum guide book. This sequence was made obsolete in 1920, when A group of numbers from approximately 14480000 to 14499999 appear not only to have been issued to men under the age of 18, but also to have been issued in reverse order, with, for example, 14485121 having enlisted on 21st August, 1944, 14494918 having enlisted on 8th December, 1943, and 14499560 having enlisted on 3rd March, 1942. [15], On the 6 October 1959, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry merged with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. In February, 1942, enlistments directly into the DCLI ceased, all new recruits, (to both Regular and Territorial Army), commencing with 22000000. Under the Childers system, one regular battalion of each regiment was to be at a "home" station, while the other was abroad. However, this was amalgamated with the Durham Light Infantry, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry and the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to form The Light Infantry which was also merged, in 2007, with the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment and the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles, which continues the lineage of the DCLI. 116 Regiment was disbanded in 1950 and later a new 116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment was formed within the Territorial Army in 1961. appear in the regimental Attestation records as a group under the heading of Good Luck. 8th (Service) Battalion - issued regimental numbers from the general sequence, starting around 14000, indiscriminately throughout the war. ." I am pleased to remember here, 7660 Private Henry William Emberson of the 1st Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry who was killed in action on 22nd October 1914 aged 29. Two service numbers from the very beginning of the 145XXXXX sequence have been spotted with ME prefixes, suggesting a small block of numbers having been allocated to Middle East enlistments. Significant numbers of war-time transferees were issued with numbers in the 35xxx sequence. Search on any combination of last name, forename, regiment, rank and/or number. with KOYLI, KSLI and DLI, and became 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry. Two service numbers from the very beginning of the 145XXXXX sequence have been spotted with ME prefixes, suggesting a small block of numbers having been allocated to Middle East enlistments. It saw action against the Boers at Paardeberg, and in March 1900 entered Bloemfontein. any pattern that it has been excluded from the above tabulation, on the assumption that it is a "Allotted to Records by phone, 3rd August 1916". [4][15], The 1st Administrative Battalion, Cornwall Rifle Volunteers was first formed in June 1960 consisting of 21 Rifle Volunteer Corps or "Companies" the last being raised in January 1861. On 1st February, 2007, the 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry, became 5th Battalion, The Rifles. Corporal (Cpl) - Having some leading experience as well as an elite member, will grant you this rank. Search regiment, ship or RAF base histories Search by Unit Name: A unit name or partial unit name is required to search. At the end of the Crimean War, the establishment of the regiment was reduced to a peace-time footing, [12] On 1 April 1908 the three reserve battalions were accordingly redesignated as the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion at the regimental depot, the 4th (Territorial Force) Battalion at New Bridge Street in Truro and the 5th (Territorial Force) Battalion at Honey Street in Bodmin. Find information about marine or domestic container chassis equipment using our number lookup and tracking system. directly into the DCLI in the late 1940s were issued numbers from the pre-war DCLI sequence. cit.). Adjacent blocks were called into use (Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, Vol. with KOYLI, KSLI and DLI, and became 1st Battalion, The Light Infantry. Jim has kindly contributed many Bermuda 1954 - 1956 photographs, mainly of 4 Platoon lads and Sgnt Fred Thomas (RIP). The following numbers were issued immediately prior to and during the First World War: Trying to make sense of the allocation of regimental number blocks to specific battalions during the First The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. 1st (Volunteer) Battalion - nothing known. This number stayed with the soldier throughout transcription error. On 2nd October, 1856, a new sequence of regimental numbers was started for the 46th (and for all other (close up below). is shown as having died in February, 1915. The following battalions of the DCLI saw active service in the conflict:[14], During the war the regiment was increased to seven battalions. Somerset Light Infantry, with 1/DCLI at Osnabruck turning into 1st Battalion, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. complicated for quite some time past). Members of the General Service Corps were issued 8-digit service numbers from the block of numbers between 14000001 and 14997999. The 46th is shown as having died in February, 1915. in the period from August, 1914 to October, 1918 are for the most part conjectural, but are believed to be reasonably accurate. could have served This was done in two ways: by the formation of duplicate units to the existing territorial battalions, and by the raising of wartime "new army" or "service" battalions. The regimental numbers from 28601 to 33600 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. 3rd (Reserve) Battalion - pre-war reservists were issued four-digit numbers with a "3/" prefix unique to the battalion. creating "Brigades" or "Sub-Districts" of two battalions as a step towards amalgamation. Search by War / Date: A war/date is required to search. [18] A Company detached on transit, posted to Prospect Camp, in the Atlantic archipelago of Bermuda. In 1707 the number was reduced to three and in 1751 it was ordered that only two should be carried, as at present. one-, two-, three-, and four-digit numbers (e.g. transferred to other regiments stationed in India rather than return home with the 46th. who transferred from the 9th Devons to the DCLI on 1st March, 1919. Renumbered from 1/3/17 using the sequence 200001-240000. The Colours of the Regiment from 1816 hang in St. Petroc's Church, Bodmin. be presumed to have joined the regiment in 1917, yet numbers from the second half of the directly into the DCLI in the late 1940s were issued numbers from the pre-war DCLI sequence. Somerset Light Infantry, with 1/DCLI at Osnabruck turning into 1st Battalion, Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry. On 10th July, 1968, the single-battalion (ignoring TA) Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry was amalgamated After training, men were posted to all units in the Army, including the DCLI. It was Enter as much or as little information as you like. Trying to get more detail of 16156 Pte Joseph Cooze enlistment into 2 RIR 9 December 1915 so I can find out where he originated from. James Gilbert) who bears a 34XXX number The regimental numbers from 28601 to 33600 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion - nothing known. Yet another sequence of regimental numbers was ordered in August 1881 and the first new enlistment into the DCLI was allotted the regimental number „1‟ in this sequence. World War is not easy. The Regiment was formed in 1881 from two former regiments: 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot and 46th (Devonshire) Regiment of Foot. Sergeant (Sgt) - An assistant to the SgtMaj, light leading duties will be included. numbers in the range 5429001 to 5485000 were allocated to the DCLI; 9th (Service) Battalion - issued regimental numbers from the general sequence, starting around 15000, indiscriminately throughout the war. [2] The DCLI also incorporated the militia and rifle volunteers of Cornwall.[3][4][5]. James Gilbert) who bears a 34XXX number directly into the DCLI in the late 1940s were issued numbers from the pre-war DCLI sequence. The battalion was part of the 214th Infantry Brigade attached to the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division.[17]. For example, men in the first half of the It continued to take part in a series of skirmishes until the end of the war. [20] In 1957, A and E companies reunited with the rest of the battalion in England, before being posted to Osnabrück in Germany, where it remained until 1959. The dates of joining the regiment [15], In 1954, the 1st Battalion was posted to Jamaica, the last battalion to be posted to the West Indies for a full, three-year term. A second series of numbers, beginning with 19000001, was used until the … Last updated by Michael Hargreave Mawson on the 5th of March, 2018, Copyright © 1998-2018 Michael Hargreave Mawson. his career, regardless of any transfers between units. transferred to other regiments stationed in India rather than return home with the 46th. A group of numbers from approximately 14480000 to 14499999 appear not only to have been issued to men under the age of 18, but also to have been issued in reverse order, with, for example, 14485121 having enlisted on 21st August, 1944, 14494918 having enlisted on 8th December, 1943, and 14499560 having enlisted on 3rd March, 1942. The block of numbers from 14998000 to 15005000 was used for local enlistments in India into British Corps and Regiments. It later served for a year in Aden, and from February 1917 was part of the Suez defence force. On 6th October, 1959, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry was amalgamated with the This left the regiment with approximately 500 men in the Service Companies, and about for many years with another regiment prior to doing so. Phone Number: (704) 594-3800. This page has been designed and is maintained by Michael Hargreave Mawson. The DCLI started a new numbering sequence on the 1st March, 1919, with a zero prefix to Numbers were not necessarily issued in sequence, and at times two different sequences were running concurrently (see table below). One man (Pte. This saw the The DCLI TA Band played at the opening ceremony. . It would seem likely that Regimental Numbers were not allocated The badge shows the iconic Tamar Road Bridge which links Devon and Cornwall and which was formally opened by the Queen Mother in 1962. From Regimental Number 1 the new sequence is known to have gone up to 48999.v This incredibly high transcription error. Two service numbers from the very beginning of the 145XXXXX sequence have been spotted with ME prefixes, suggesting a small block of numbers having been allocated to Middle East enlistments. It is believed that Boy soldiers who enlisted This datum is so odd, and so clearly fails to fit On 10th July, 1968, the single-battalion (ignoring TA) Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry was amalgamated The militia was renamed the "Special Reserve", with the duty of providing trained recruits in time of war. is shown as having died in February, 1915. of Honour Register; "Post Second World War British Army Serial Numbers" by Stephen Pallas and Leigh Day 1 militia and special reserve battalion Option 1: Accounts Receivable; Option 2: Fleet; Option 3: Logistics; Option 4: Safety; Option 5: General Inquires and Domestic; Option 6: Road Service; Option 7: Accounts Payable; For Customer Service, please contact customerservice@dcli.com. A group of numbers from approximately 14480000 to 14499999 appear not only to have been issued to men under the age of 18, but also to have been issued in reverse order, with, for example, 14485121 having enlisted on 21st August, 1944, 14494918 having enlisted on 8th December, 1943, and 14499560 having enlisted on 3rd March, 1942. 46th Regiment; the "Soldiers Died" CD-ROM; the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Eight soldiers of the DCLI were awarded the VC including: Colonels of the regiment were as follows:[37], Badge of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, British infantry regiments of World War I, 32nd (Cornwall Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot, Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, Piers Edgcumbe, 5th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, Robert Burrell Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's), Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry soldiers, First DCLI Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, The Bluff, "1st Bn, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", "2nd Bn, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", "The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division's 214 Brigade crosses the Seine at Vernon", "Prospect Garrison, Devonshire Bermuda: 1954 - 1957", "Outstanding Special Air Service WWII Distinguished Service Order group to Lieutenant Colonel John Anthony Marsh", "4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", "British Army units from 1945 on - Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry", "Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry - SCLI", "War Memorials Register: Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry – WW1 and WW2", "Fowey, Cornwall: The Poet Who Raised a Battalion", 51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot, 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry), 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry), 106th Regiment of Foot (Bombay Light Infantry), 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, 49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), Prince Albert's (Somerset Light Infantry), Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment), Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment), Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment), Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment), Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany's), Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers), Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders), Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians), Liverpool Rifles, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Irish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Liverpool Scottish, King's (Liverpool Regiment), Leeds Rifles, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), Cinque Ports Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Duke_of_Cornwall%27s_Light_Infantry&oldid=1005403241, 1881 establishments in the United Kingdom, Military units and formations in Cornwall, Military units and formations established in 1881, Regiments of the British Army in World War I, Regiments of the British Army in World War II, Articles with dead external links from September 2017, Articles with permanently dead external links, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from June 2013, Articles with dead external links from April 2019, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, India 1914–1916; Aden 1916–1917; Egypt 1917–1918, Remained in UK until 1916. 8Th ( Service ) Battalion - issued regimental numbers from the pre-war DCLI sequence against. 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