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| 1759: |
The Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia
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| 1778: |
county precedence 30
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| 1779: |
county precedence 44
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| 1780: |
county precedence 6
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| 1781: |
county precedence 14
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| 1782: |
county precedence 42
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| 1793: |
county precedence 43
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| 1803: |
county precedence 50
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| 1833: |
42nd, or
Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms |
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| 1881: |
3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
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Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve |
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| 1908: |
3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
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Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia |
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| 1921: |
suspended animation
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Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve |
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| 1924: |
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| 1953: |
disbanded |
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