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The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Raised in 1702 as Fox's Regiment of Marines (32nd Foot in 1751) and in 1741 as Price's Regiment (46th Foot in 1751). These two regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, in 1881. The regimental march is a combination of "Trelawny" and "One and All".
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (32nd & 46th Foot) Regimental Museum is located in
The Keep
Bodmin Barracks
Bodmin
Cornwall PL31 1EG
Hours: Mon-Fri 8.00-5.00
Curator: Major W H White Tel: (01208) 72810
Directions: About a quarter mile south of town centre on B3269 Lostwithiel road
The Colours in St. Petroc's Church, Bodmin.
27 Old Colours carried by the Regiment since 1816 hang in the Soldier's Aisle.
Click on thumbnail images of St Petroc's Church to view full size images
Movements of the Sixth (Service) Battalion August 1914 formed at Bodmin and sent to Aldershot as the 43rd Brigade [14th Division] 14 September 1914 renamed the 14th [Light] Division 26 September 1914 inspected on Queen's Parade by the King November 1914 billeted in the Guildford and Godalming district 22 January 1915 inspected on Hankley Common by Earl Kitchener 18 February 1915 sent to Stanhope Lines, Aldershot 11 May 1915 warned to proceed overseas 18 May 1915 entrainment began 21 May 1915 landed at Boulogne 20 February 1918 disbanded in France Fought in almost every major battle on the Western Front
First World War Battles
Retreat from Mons - Marne, 1914 - Aisne, 1914 - La Bassee, 1914 - Armentieres, 1914 - Ypres, 1915, 17 - Gravenstafel - St. Julien - Frezenberg - Bellewaarde - Hooge, 1915 - Mount Sorrel - Somme, 1916, 18 - Delville Wood - Guillemont - Flers-Courcelette - Morval - Le Transloy - Ancre, 1916 - Bapaume, 1917, 18 - Arras, 1917 - Vimy, 1917 - Scarpe, 1917 - Arleux - Langemarck, 1917 - Menin Road - Polygon Wood - Broodseinde - Poelcappelle - Passchendaele - Cambrai, 1917, 18 - St. Quentin - Rosieres - Lys - Estaires - Hazebrouck - Albert, 1918 - Hindenburg Line - Havrincourt - Canal du Nord - Selle - Sambre - France and Flanders, 1914-1918 - Italy, 1917-18 - Struma - Doiran, 1917, 18 - Macedonia, 1915-18 - Gaza - Nebi Samwil - Jerusalem - Tell Asur - Megiddo - Sharon - Palestine, 1917-18 - Aden.
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry silk postcard, made in France for the Allied troops in World War 1 to send home as a souvenir
30 July to 22 September 1915 Hooge [German liquid fire attack] & Bellewaarde
13 August to 16 September 1916 Somme, Delville Wood, Fleurs - Courcelette
14 March to 5 April 1917 Hindenburg Line, Arras, Scarpe, Ypres, Langemarch, Menin Road & Passchendaele
DCLI Colours: 1915
During WW1 William's home address was 43 Haseley Road, Handsworth, Birmingham 21 (QCFO/163/1) - being the address endorsed on his military identity tag. DCLI Regimental Books
- The History of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry 1914-1919 by Everard Wyrall. With a Foreward by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, Colonel-in-Chief. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1932, xix, 514 pp., portraits, plates, maps, plans. 9".
- The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (The 32nd and 46th Regiments of Foot) by Robert Frederick Kinglake Goldsmith. (Hardcover, 122 pages, Published by Leo Cooper Ltd., Dimensions: 23 cm., ISBN: 0850520258) Part of the Famous Regiments Series. 34 Illustrations.
- History of the 1st D.C.L.I., 1914. Compiled from Official Records and other Sources. By. E. M. Channing-Renton, Lieutenant. Illustrated by Viscount French, John Hassall, R.I., Major T. A. Kendall and others. Alexandria; Studies Publications, 1924. x, 43, v pp., portrait, plates, maps. (The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Great War History Series) 9".
- Notes on the History of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Compiled by Major J. H. T. Cornish-Bowden. Devenport: Hiorns and Miller. (1913-14). 7". No. 1 - The Raising of the Regiment and the Meaning of its name. 64pp. No. 2 - Early War Services. 55 pp.
- Images of England, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Compiled by Hugo White for the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Museum. 2000. ISBN 0752418939. 128 pages, contains over 200 photographs.
- A Short History of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; its Formation and Services, 1702-1928. Devonport: Swiss & Co., Army Printers and Publishers, 1929. xvi, 63 pp. Coloured plate of colours. 6 1/2 ".
- A Short History of The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry; its Formation and Services, 1702-1938. Plymouth: Underhill (Plymouth) Ltd., printers, 1939. xvi, 63pp., plate, 6 3/8". Another edition of the above book.
- The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry Regimental standing orders. --. Author: Great Britain. Army. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Publisher: Underhill (Plymouth) Ltd.
- The Red Feather. The Regimental Magazine of the 6th (Service) Battalion of the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Printed by Drew, Union Street, Aldershot.
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The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)
Raised in 1744 as Trelawney's Regiment (49th Foot in 1748) and in 1755 as the 2nd Battalion of the 19th Foot (66th Foot in 1758). These two regiments became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Princess Charlotte's (Berkshire Regiment) in 1881 (Royal in 1885). As a royal regiment it wore blue facings. The regimental march is the "Dashing White Sergeant". Amalgamated in 1959 with the Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh's) to form The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire).
The museum is located at The Wardrobe, 58 The Close, Salisbury, Wiltshire [01722 414536]. Hours: April - October daily 10.00 - 4.30; February, March, November Monday - Friday; Closed December & January. Curator: Major (Retd) J H Peters MBE. Memorials and retired Colours are housed at Forbury Gardens in Reading and in St Mary's, St George's and St Laurence's churches in Reading; St Helen's, Abingdon; Windsor Castle and Osborne House, Isle of Wight.
Royal Berkshire Regiment silk postcard, made in France for the Allied troops in World War 1 to send home as a souvenir.
First World War Battles 1914 Mons 1914 - 1918 Ypres 1916 - 1918 Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Somme 1917 - 1918 Arras 1917 Cambrai 1917 - 1918 Selle, Vittorio Veneto, Doiran
