From Nexus Special Interests Ltd., publishers of "Military Modelling" and "Practical Wargamer". "Regiment" is issued six times a year. £ 2.75 per issue. Issue received December1996/January 1997 - Issue Eighteen. "The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment 1685-1996".

I confess I didn't know this magazine existed and I am very glad that I have now been enlightened. I had to do with several old and honoured regiments myself. I did my square bashing with The Green Howards at The Castle, Richmond, Yorks. My TA was spent with The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (The Green Machine) and I spent many happy years as officer in the Army section of a C.C.F. badged to the Royal Hampshire Regiment. The Tigers have "got the chop". The KSLI is now a battalion of The Light Infantry and The Green Howards are still going strong. I'll look out for "Regiments" on them.

The magazine is excellently produced, bags of colour, lots of photographs all about the history, uniforms, colours and equipment of the Regiment "starring" in the issue.

Each section treats of The Devonshire and Dorset's history e.g., The Regiment Today, The 11th Foot 1685-1881, The 39th Foot 1702-1881, The 54th Foot 1755-1881, The Devonshire Regiment 1881-1958, The Dorsetshire Regiment 1881-1951, The Dorset Regiment 1951-1958, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (11th, 39th & 54th Foot) 1958-1996.

On page six is a full page reproduction of Henry 1st Duke of Beaufort who raised the Duke of Beaufort's Musketeers in 1685. "The Regiment Today" has various photographs of members of the Regiment in colour and black and white showing their various distinctions, medals, badges of rank etc. On page 8 is an interesting inset on the Regimental Badge. There is a two page spread in the colour of the Regimental Band. On Page 11 is a photo of an officer in mess dress. On his left sleeve is the ribbon of the Croix de Guerre.

As a member of the KSLI TA Bn. I wore it too as the same French General, Gen. Berthelot commended them in WW1 and they too carried the honour on their sleeves. (4th Bn. also in 1918, Bligny Hill, near Chambrécy). [cf. "The King's Shropshire Light Infantry" by J.R.B. Moulsdale, Famous Regiments series. Leo Cooper Ltd.]. The Devonshire's exploit that won their Croix is on p.43, a colour reproduction of an excellent painting. Through the magazine there are some excellent uniformed figures painted by Bill Younghusband.

All the exploits and honours of the founding regiments are touched upon and often illustrated. There are only 6 pages of adverts in the whole 68 pages apart from subscriptions examples page.

The first two issues of Regiments are sold out. 1. The Life Guards. 2. The Blues and Royals. I'll list the other numbers available as you may be interested:-

No.3 The King's Regiment
No.4 The Grenadier Guards
No.5 The Yeomanry
No.6 The Princess of Wales' Royal Regiment
No.7 The Staffordshire Regiment
No.8 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment
No.9 The King's Royal Hussars
No.10 The Duke of Wellington's Regiment - Oops, Sold out.
No.11 The Black Watch
No 12 The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
No.13 The Corps of Royal Engineers
No.14 The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment (The Woofers!)
No 15 The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
No.16 The 22nd (Cheshire) Regiment

On 3rd January 1997 The Royal Anglian Regiment will fill Regiment No.19. Copies can be ordered from Nexus Subscription Services, Tower House, Sovereign Park, Lathkill Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 9EF.

The editor of this bursting-with-information periodical is Stuart Asquith, wargamer and author of several rule books and wargaming titles. I strongly recommend you to get a hold of a copy of "Regiments" - the bigger branches of WHS and John Menzies probably have on their "hobby" fixtures. You may find yourself hooked!

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