battle honours: Dettingen, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse, Peninsula, Afghanistan 1879–80, Tirah, Defence of Ladysmith, Relief of Ladysmith, South Africa 1899-1902 The Great War (25 battalions): Aisne 1914 '18, La Bassée 1914, Armentières 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Hill 60, Ypres 1915 '17, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Aubers, Loos, Somme 1916 '18, Albert 1916, Bazentin, Delville Wood, Guillemont, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Arras 1917 '18, Vimy 1917, Scarpe 1917, Bullecourt, Pilckem, Langemarck 1917, Polygon Wood, Broodseinde, Poelcappelle, Passchendaele, Rosières, Villers Bretonneux, Lys, Hazebrouck, Bois des Buttes, Marne 1918, Tardenois, Bapaume 1918, Hindenburg Line, Havrincourt, Épéhy, Canal du Nord, Beaurevoir, Cambrai 1918, Selle, Sambre, France and Flanders 1914–18, Piave, Vittorio Veneto, Italy 1917–18, Doiran 1917 '18, Macedonia 1915–18, Egypt 1916–17, Gaza, Nebi Samwil, Jerusalem, Tel Asur, Palestine 1917–18, Tigris 1916, Kut al Amara 1917, Mesopotamia 1916-18 The Second World War: Normandy Landing, Port en Bessin, Tilly sur Seulles, Caen, St. Pierre la Vielle, Nederrijn, Roer, Rhine, Ibbenburen, North-West Europe 1944–45, Landing in Sicily, Regalbuto, Sicily 1943, Landing at Porto San Venere, Italy 1943, Malta 1940–42, Imphal, Shenam Pass, Tamu Road, Ukhrul, Myinmu Bridgehead, Kyaukse 1945, Burma 1943-45 4th, 5th, 6th Bns: South Africa 1900-01 Colonels Colonels of the Regiment were: 1667: Edward Somerset, 2nd Marquess of Worcester disbanded 1673: Col Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort disbanded 1685: Col Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort 1685–1687: Col Charles Somerset, Marquess of Worcester 1687–1688: Lt-Gen William Herbert, 2nd Marquess of Powis 1688–1702: Maj-Gen Sir John Hanmer, 3rd Baronet 1702–1705: Gen James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope 1705–1715: Maj-Gen John Hill 1715–1738: Brig-Gen Edward Montagu 1738–1743: Maj-Gen Stephen Cornwallis 1743–1746: Col Robinson Sowle 1746–1747: Brig-Gen William Graham 1747–1765: Lt-Gen Maurice Bocland The 11th Regiment of Foot 1765–1781: Gen William A'Court Ashe 1781–1791: Lt-Gen Francis Smith The 11th (North Devonshire) Regiment 1791–1806: Gen James Grant 1806–1807: Gen Hon Richard FitzPatrick 1807–1823: Gen Sir Charles Asgill, 2nd Baronet GCH 1823–1837: Gen Sir Henry Tucker Montresor KCB GCH 1837–1841: Gen Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin KCB GCH 1841–1856: Gen Sir John Wilson KCB 1856–1857: Lt-Gen William George Cochrane 1857–1862: Lt-Gen Sir Richard Doherty 1862–1874: Gen Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant GCMG KCB Devonshire Regiment 1874–1890: Gen Sir Francis Seymour, 1st Baronet GCB 1890–1897: Gen Sir George Harry Smith Willis GCB 1897–1902: Lt-Gen Sir Edward Newdigate Newdegate KCB 1902–1903: Maj-Gen Hon. Charles John Addington 1903–1910: Maj-Gen Hon. Sir Savage Lloyd Mostyn KCB (also Royal Welch Fusiliers) 1910–1921: Lt-Gen Sir George Mackworth Bullock