Wiltshire Regiment

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infantry regiment regiment of the British Army

The Wiltshire Regiment was a historic infantry regiment of the British Army with a long service record in major conflicts from the 18th to the 20th century, particularly World Wars I and II.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry regiment ⓘ
regiment of the British Army ⓘ
activePeriod 1881–1959 ⓘ
alliedWith 5th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment NERFINISHED ⓘ
Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry NERFINISHED ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedCounty Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
battalionCountInWorldWarI multiple regular, territorial and service battalions ⓘ
battalionCountInWorldWarII multiple regular and hostilities-only battalions ⓘ
battleHonour Arnhem 1944 ⓘ
Burma 1944–45 ⓘ
Cassino II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gallipoli 1915 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Normandy 1944 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Passchendaele NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somme 1916 ⓘ
Ypres 1917 NERFINISHED ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dateAmalgamated 1959 ⓘ
dateFormed 1881 ⓘ
formedByAmalgamationOf 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedUnder Childers Reforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
garrison Devizes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wiltshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname The Wilts NERFINISHED ⓘ
participatedIn First World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Irish War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palestine Emergency NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Boer War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Third Anglo-Burmese War NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron Duke of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor 62nd (Wiltshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
99th (Lanarkshire) Regiment of Foot NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseum The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalMuseumLocation Salisbury NERFINISHED ⓘ
regimentalTitle The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s) NERFINISHED ⓘ
role line infantry ⓘ
servedInTheatre Burma Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Italian Campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
North-West Europe 1944–45 ⓘ
Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ
status amalgamated ⓘ
type line infantry regiment ⓘ
uniformFacingColour buff ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Rifles Berkshire and Wiltshire Museum → dedicatedTo → Wiltshire Regiment ⓘ
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → formedByAmalgamationOf → Wiltshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)
Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire) → predecessor → Wiltshire Regiment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's)