The North Devon Militia, later the Devon Artillery Militia, was a part-time military unit in the maritime county of Devonshire in the West of England....
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The Devon Militia was a part-time military force in the maritime county of Devonshire in the West of England. From their formal organisation as Trained...
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The 1st or East Devon Militia, later the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, was a part-time military unit in the maritime county of Devonshire in the...
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The South Devon Militia was a part-time military unit in the maritime county of Devonshire in the West of England. The Militia had always been important...
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additional regiments, the Nottinghamshire Militia and the North Devon Militia. The colonel of the North Devon Militia at the time was John Parker, the second...
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Barnstaple, and of Umberleigh House, Umberleigh, Lt. Col. of the North Devon Militia 1779-93), MP for Barnstaple 1780-84. He is not however stated in...
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The Devon Trained Bands were a part-time militia force recruited from Devonshire in South West England, first organised in 1558. They were periodically...
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Lupton, Brixham (category Country houses in Devon)
II Hayne (1747–1821), Sheriff of Devon in 1772 and Colonel of the North Devon Militia. It received a Grade II* listing in 1949. The park and gardens are...
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memory of Josiah Crane Esq., Captain and Adjutant of the North Devon Regiment of Local Militia. Colonel Henry Beavis, Commandant, who departed this life...
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American Revolutionary War, Francis Basset, lieutenant-colonel of the North Devon militia, commanded local miners to fortify the port, which helped counter...
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Richard Bampfylde (category Devon Militia officers)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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John Fortescue (MP for Barnstaple) (category Devon Militia officers)
Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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William Courtenay (died 1630) (redirect from William Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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The Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies (including Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Australia, New Zealand, and...
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The British Militia was the principal military reserve force of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Militia units were repeatedly raised in Great Britain during...
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Robert Dennis (died 1592) (category Devon Militia officers)
Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans, 1897/Andesite Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-37617881-4...
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John Chichester (died 1569) (category Devon Militia officers)
Barnstaple in North Devon, was a leading member of the Devonshire gentry, a naval captain, and ardent Protestant who served as Sheriff of Devon in 1550-1551...
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John Ferguson Davie (category Devon Militia officers)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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John Poulett, 4th Earl Poulett (category Devon Militia officers)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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Tapeley (category Country houses in Devon)
Tapeley is a historic estate in the parish of Westleigh in North Devon, England. The present mansion house known as Tapeley Park is a grade II* listed...
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small group also joined, presumably as light infantry, from the North Devon militia). Prior to departing to the Peninsula in October 1808, women were...
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junction of the Devon and Somerset Militia. Some of the Somersets fled, many joining Monmouth, and Monmouth followed up into that county; the Devons fell back...
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1st Devon Militia guarding French prisoners at Exeter. On being relieved by the 3rd Devon Militia, the 1st Somersets went to relieve the 4th Devon Militia...
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Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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Francis Basset, 1st Baron de Dunstanville (category Bassett family (Devon & Cornwall))
Parliament biography describes him as lieutenant-colonel of the North Devon Militia in this year, but an ode published in the Gentleman's Magazine of...
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Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 9th Baronet (category Devon Militia officers)
whole pack". On 4 August 1787, he was commissioned a captain in the North Devon Militia. He was promoted to major on 14 August 1790, and to lieutenant-colonel...
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Richard Edgcumbe (died 1562) (category Devon Militia officers)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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Thomas Denys (category Devon Militia officers)
Historical Records of the 1st Devon Militia (4th Battalion The Devonshire Regiment), With a Notice of the 2nd and North Devon Militia Regiments, London: Longmans...
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regiment marched out in June the following year to join a militia camp at Aylesbeare in Devon under Brigadier-General Gore. During August the regiments...
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Brixham and Fuge House, Blackawton, Sheriff of Devon in 1772 and Colonel of the North Devon Militia. The Hayne family had come to prominence in the person...
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