Infantry Volunteers

Lancashire (Liverpool) - Isle of Man

The lineage of the 7th Battalion, The King’s is on the page The King’s / The Manchester Regiment
The lineage of the 10th Battalion, The King’s is on the page The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders / The Liverpool Scottish

1859: 1st Lancashire RVC
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│		 13th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 5th Lancashire RVC
14th Lancashire RVC
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1860: 22nd Lancashire RVC
38th Lancashire RVC
45th Lancashire RVC
66th Lancashire RVC
69th Lancashire RVC
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all part of
1st Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
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│		 19th Lancashire RVC
39th Lancashire RVC
63rd Lancashire RVC
64th Lancashire RVC
68th Lancashire RVC
71st (Liverpool Highland) Lancashire RVC
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all part of
2nd Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
│		 32nd Lancashire (Victoria Rifles) RVC
54th Lancashire RVC
73rd Lancashire RVC
74th Lancashire RVC
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1862: 32nd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 5th
1862: 74th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 1st
1863: 73rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 80th
1880: 54th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 13th		 2nd Isle of Man
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1861: consolidated as
1st Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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absorbed 14th Lancashire RVC ←
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│		 86th Lancashire RVC
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← 14th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 1st
│		 79th Lancashire RVC
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1862: 79th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 5th		 80th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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layout layout
1862: absorbed 74th Lancashire RVC ↙
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│		 consolidated as
5th Lancashire
(The Liverpool
Rifle Volunteer Brigade)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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absorbed 32nd Lancashire RVC ↙
absorbed 79th Lancashire RVC ↙
│		 64th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 80th Lancashire
(Liverpool Press Guard)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1863: │
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│		 ↘ absorbed 73rd Lancashire RVC
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1864: │
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│		 64th Lancashire
(Liverpool Irish)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: │
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│		 absorbed 54th Lancashire RVC ↙
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│		 18th Lancashire
(Liverpool Irish)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 19th Lancashire
(Liverpool Press Guard)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 1st Isle of Man
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:
volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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1888: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)		 3rd Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)		 2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)		 5th (Irish) Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)		 6th Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)		 7th (Isle of Man)
Volunteer Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
Liverpool
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Liverpool
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│		 Liverpool
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 5th Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment) (TF)		 disbanded 6th (Rifle) Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment) (TF)		 8th (Irish) Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment) (TF)		 9th Battalion,
The King’s
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Liverpool
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│		 Liverpool
│		 Liverpool
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1914/
1918:		 1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
3/5th Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
│		 1/6th (Rifle) Battalion,
2/6th (Rifle) Battalion,
3/6th (Rifle) Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
│		 1/8th (Irish) Battalion,
2/8th (Irish) Battalion,
3/8th (Irish) Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
│		 1/9th Battalion,
2/9th Battalion,
3/9th Battalion,
The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 5th Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
(Liverpool) (TA)		 6th (Rifle) Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
(Liverpool) (TA)		 disbanded merged into
55th (West Lancashire)
Division,		 disbanded
Liverpool
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│		 Royal Engineers (TA)
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│		 38th (The King’s Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
Royal Engineers (TA)
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1937: Kings
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1939: │
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│		 9th Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
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│		 8th (Irish) Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
(Liverpool) (TA)
layout
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│		 Liverpool
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1940: │
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│		 38th (The King’s Regiment)
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1945: │
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│		 635th Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The King’s Regiment)
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1945: │
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│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: │
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│		 573rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The King’s Regiment) (TA)
│		 626th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Royal Artillery
(Liverpool Irish) (TA)
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1951: │
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│		 573rd (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The King’s Regiment) (TA)
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layout
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│		 Liverpool
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1955: │
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│		 Q (King’s) Battery,
287th (1st West Lancashire)
Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 Q (Liverpool Irish) Battery,
470th (3rd West Lancashire)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1958:
trandferred to
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
B (King’s) Company,
The Lancastrian Volunteers
 

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