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| Militia of Engand and Wales | ||
| 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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| Final ballot for the regimental order of presidence | ||
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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 | |