39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot

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39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot
Active	1702 to 1881.
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Army
Type	Line Infantry
Role	Light Infantry
Size	One battalion
Nickname	"Shankey's Horses" , "The Green Linnets", "The Flamers".
Colors	Pea Green Facings, Gold Braided Lace
March	Quick: Slow:
Battles/wars	Plassey, Gibraltar, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Peninsula, Maharajpore, Sevastopol

The 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1719 and amalgamated into The Dorsetshire Regiment in 1881.

The Regiment was raised by Colonel Richard Coote in Ireland in August 1702. This was in fact a reforming of Richard Coote's Regiment of Foot, which he had in turn inheireted in [[1692 from Viscount Lisburne's Regiment of Foot which was originally formed in 1689.

In 1751, they were numbered the 39th Regiment of Foot, and in 1782 took a county title as the 39th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. In 1794 the regiment was captured, and reformed in Ireland the following year by absorbing the short-lived 104th Regiment of Foot (Royal Manchester Volunteers).

In 1805 a number of regiments had their territorial affiliations shuffled, with the East Middlesex title passing to the 77th Foot and the 39th taking the Dorsetshire title previously held by the 35th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot to become the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot.

The 39th arrived in the British colony of New South Wales toward the end of 1825. The Regiment saw service in Hobart,Tasmania Sydney, Swan River colony and Bathurst, leaving on July 5, 1832 to see service in India.

[edit] Colonels

1689.03.08 Adam (Loftus), 1st Viscount Lisburne
1692.02.01 Col. Richard Coote

1702.02.12 Col. Richard Coote
1703.03.17 Lt-Gen. Nicholas Sankey
1719.03.11 Brig-Gen. Thomas Ferrers [also 23rd Dgns, 17th Foot, Ferrers's Foot]
1722.09.28 Brig-Gen. William Newton
1730.11.10 Lt-Gen. Sir John Cope, KB
1732.12.15 Lt-Gen. Thomas Wentworth
1737.06.27 Gen. John (Campbell), 4th Duke of Argyll, KT
1738.11.01 Lt-Gen. Richard Onslow
1739.06.06 Col. Robert Dalway
1740.12.28 Brig-Gen. Samuel Walter Whitshed
1743.06.14 Maj-Gen. Edward Richbell [also 17th Foot, 61st Foot]
1752.03.14 Lt-Gen. John Aldercron
1766.08.06 Gen. Sir Robert Boyd, KB
1794.07.02 Gen. Nisbett Balfour [also 93rd Foot]
1823.10.28 Lt-Gen. Sir George Airey, KCH
1833.03.04 Lt-Gen. Hon. Sir Robert William O'Callaghan, GCB
1840.06.15 Gen. Sir Frederick Philipse Robinson, GCB [also 59th Foot; Gov. Tobago 1816-27]
1852.02.11 Lt-Gen. George Burrell, CB
1853.01.17 Gen. Sir Richard Lluellyn, KCB
1867.12.08 Gen. Sir Charles Thomas van Straubenzee, GCB