Editing Devonshire and Dorset Regiment (section)

===1960s===
In November 1958 the 1st Battalion moved to [[Cyprus]], where they carried out [[History of Cyprus since 1878|anti-insurgency activities]] against the paramilitary [[EOKA]] organisation. A ceasefire was called in December 1959, and the island achieved independence from Britain in August 1960. Following the ending of the conflict the battalion carried out exercises in [[Kingdom of Libya|Libya]] before returning to the United Kingdom in 1961.<ref name="cyprus">{{cite web|url=http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/cyprus.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history|title=Cyprus 1958–1961|publisher=The Keep Military Museum|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref><ref name="regts2">{{cite web|url=http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/011dd.htm|title=1st Battalion, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment|last=Mills|first=T F|date=16 May 2006|work=regiments.org: Land Forces of Britain the Empire and the Commonwealth|access-date=3 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016145902/http://regiments.org/deploy/uk/reg-inf/011dd.htm|archive-date=16 October 2007}}</ref>

From 1961 to 1963 the battalion was based in [[Plymouth]], taking part in exercises in the [[Salisbury Plain Training Area]] and in recruitment activities following the ending of [[conscription|National Service]]. In May 1962 the regiment was given the [[Honorary Freedom of Boroughs Act 1885|freedom]] of the City of Exeter, and were presented with a stand of [[Military colours|colours]] by the [[Colonel-in-Chief]], [[Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark|Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent]].<ref name="regts2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/plymouth.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history|title=Plymouth 1961–1963|publisher=The Keep Military Museum|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref>

From July 1963 the battalion was based in [[Holywood, County Down|Holywood]], [[County Down]]. Placed on twenty-four hours' travel notice, in May 1964 they moved to [[British Guiana]] where there was political and civil unrest.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/belfast.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history|title=Belfast 1963–1965 (Including British Guiana 1964)|publisher=The Keep Military Museum|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> Elections were held in December of that year, a first step in the independence of the colony. The battalion returned to Holywood in January 1965.<ref name="regts2"/>

In February 1966 the battalion joined the [[British Army of the Rhine]] (BAOR) as part of [[6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)|6th Infantry Brigade]] based in [[Münster]].<ref name="regts2"/><ref name=baor>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/baor.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history|title=BAOR – Münster and Osnabrück 1965–1969|publisher=The Keep Military Museum|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> In 1967 disturbances spread throughout the Arab world in the wake of the [[Six-Day War]]. The battalion were dispatched to [[Benghazi]] in Libya to evacuate isolated British personnel.<ref name="regts2"/> In January 1968 the regiment were transferred within the BAOR to the [[12th Mechanized Brigade (United Kingdom)|12th Infantry Brigade]] based in [[Osnabrück]].<ref name="regts2"/><ref name="baor"/>
In 1970 the battalion moved to [[Malta]].<ref name="regts2"/><ref name="malta"/> Following the outbreak of [[The Troubles]] in [[Northern Ireland]], the Devon and Dorsets were moved to [[Belfast]] with less than twenty four hours' notice in June 1970.<ref name=malta>{{cite web|url=http://www.keepmilitarymuseum.org/devonanddorset/malta.php?&dx=1&ob=3&rpn=history|title=Malta GC 1970–1971 (including Belfast 1970)|publisher=The Keep Military Museum|access-date=3 January 2012}}</ref> They found themselves involved in the [[Falls Curfew|Battle of the Falls]].<ref name="malta"/> They returned to Malta in August 1970.<ref name="regts2"/>