FANTASTIC HISTORICAL WW II DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT CAP BADGE

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Fantastic historical WW II Devonshire Regiment Cap Badge.
A bit of history. The 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment was serving in British India when the Second World War broke out, and spent the entire war in India, Ceylon and Burma. The 2nd Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment was a Regular Army unit that was serving on the island of Malta as part of the 1st Malta Infantry Brigade and was involved in the siege of Malta from June 1940 until November 1942. In July 1943 the battalion fought in the Allied invasion of Sicily, and, briefly, in the Allied invasion of Italy in September. After Italy the brigade was withdrawn to Sicily and then the United Kingdom where it became permanently part of the veteran 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division and trained with them in preparation for the Allied invasion of Normandy. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, it was intended that the battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Cosmo Nevill, should land at Le Hamel, on Gold Beach, behind the 1st Hampshires. However, owing to adverse sea conditions and an unexpectedly high tidal surge, three of the four rifle companies were carried over a mile to the east before they could make landfall and had to make their way to their assigned assembly point on foot. Of the four company commanders, two were wounded and one was killed. The battalion continued to fight well throughout the Battle of Normandy and the liberation of North-West Europe.
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