The Dorset Regiment

Dorsetshire Regiment Dorset Regiment
Cap badge of the Dorset Regiment (1953–1958).
Active	1881–1958
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Role	Line infantry
Size	2 Regular battalions 1 Militia and Special Reserve battalion 1 Volunteer and Territorial battalion Up to 6 Hostilities-only battalions
Garrison/HQ	The Depot Barracks, Dorchester
Nickname(s)	The Dorsets
Motto(s)	Primus in Indis
March	Quick: The Maid of Glenconnel
Anniversaries	Plassey, 23 June

The Dorset Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1958, being the county regiment of Dorset. Until 1951, it was formally called the Dorsetshire Regiment, although usually known as "The Dorsets". In 1958, after service in the Second Boer War along with World War I and World War II, the Dorset Regiment was amalgamated with the Devonshire Regiment to form the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. In 2007, it was amalgamated with the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment, The Light Infantry and the Royal Green Jackets to form a new large regiment, The Rifles.

The Dorsetshire Regiment was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot and the 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment of Foot. The 1st Battalion took part in operations in the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of British India in 1897–98, and the 2nd Battalion fought in the Second Boer War, participating in the Relief of Ladysmith.