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The Devonshire & Dorset Regiment |
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The badge is made up of two elements from each of the old Devonshire and old Dorset badges:
- Devonshire - Exeter Castle, with the motto 'Semper Fidelis' (Ever Faithful);
- Dorset - A Sphinx on a tablet Marabout above the motto 'Primus in Indus' (First in India).
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The Devonshire Regiment |
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An eight pointed star surmounted by a royal crown, with a centre of Exeter Castle surrounded by a circlet with the legend
'The Devonshire Regiment'.
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The Dorsetshire Regiment |
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Gibraltar Castle with the 'Key to the Mediterranean', surmounted with a Marabout Sphinx, surrounded by the Waterloo wreath and
the title 'Dorset' (post 1953).
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The Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry |
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Centre of initials Q and O (Queen's Own), titled scroll inscribed 'Dorset' and initial Y (Yeomanry), in a garter circlet
with motto surmounted by a royal crown. The whole is surrounded by a double laurel wreath.
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The Dorset Yeomanry |
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A centre of the mailed fist of the Royal Armoured Corps, superimposed on crossed carbine and cavalry sabre. Circlet inscribed Tu
ne cede malis' (Yield not to Misfortune - family motto of the Dawson Damer family of Came Park, Dorchester), surmounted with
a Queen's crown. Scroll emblazoned 'Dorset Yeomanry'.
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