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Militia of Engand and Wales |
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1759: |
1st Somersetshire Regiment of Militia │ |
2nd Somersetshire Regiment of Militia │ |
1778: |
county precedence 3 │ |
county precedence 3 │ |
1779: |
county precedence 20 │ |
county precedence 20 │ |
1780: |
county precedence 29 │ |
county precedence 29 │ |
1781: |
county precedence 21 │ |
county precedence 21 │ |
1782: |
county precedence 21 │ |
county precedence 21 │ |
1793: |
county precedence 40 │ |
county precedence 40 │ |
1803: |
county precedence 9 │ |
county precedence 9 │ |
1833: |
16th, or 1st Somersetshire Regiment of Militia │ |
47th, or 2nd Somersetshire Regiment of Militia │ |
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1875: |
16th, or 1st Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia │ |
47th, or 2nd Somersetshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia │ |
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms |
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1881: |
3rd (1st Somerset Militia) Battalion, Prince Albert’s Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment) │ |
4th (2nd Somerset Militia) Battalion, Prince Albert’s Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment) │ |
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Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve |
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1908: |
3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Prince Albert’s Light Infantry (Somersetshire Regiment) |
disbanded |
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Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia |
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1921: |
suspended animation │ |
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Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve |
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1924: |
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1953: |
disbanded |
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