Militia

Cornwall

1760: The Cornwall Regiment of Militia
1778: county precedence 11
1779: county precedence 37
1780: county precedence 43
1781: county precedence 42
1782: county precedence 4
1793: county precedence 34
1799: The Royal Cornwall Regiment of Militia
1803: county precedence 31
1810: The Royal Cornwall Light Infantry
Regiment of Militia
1831: The Duke of Cornwall Rangers,
Light Infantry Regiment of Militia
1833: 38th, or
Duke of Cornwall Rangers,
Light Infantry Regiment of Militia
1848: 38th, or
Duke of Cornwall Rangers,
Rifle Regiment of Militia
1853:
2nd Cornwall Regiment of Militia
1855:

131st, or
2nd Cornwall Regiment of Militia
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1858: 38th, or
Cornwall Rangers,
Rifle Regiment of Militia
1874: 38th, or
Royal Cornwall Rangers,
Rifle Regiment of Militia
1875: 38th, or
Royal Cornwall Rangers,
Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifle
Regiment of Militia
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881: 3rd (Militia) Battalion,
The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Cornwall
Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve
1908: 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia
1921: suspended animation
Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve
1924:
1953: disbanded