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| 1967.04.01 | Wessex Volunteers formed with companies serving as TAVR successors to former TA battalions in the Wessex Brigade (The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, The Gloucestershire Regiment, The Royal Hampshire Regiment, The Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment) |
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| 1972 | The Wessex Regiment | |
| 1988-92 | Devon and Dorset companies transferred to form 4th (V) Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, and Hampshire companies joined 6th/7th (V) Bn, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment | |
| 1995 | 1st Bn and 2nd Bn amalgamated to form 2nd (V) Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment | |
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