Militia

Staffordshire

1776:	The Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │
1778:	county precedence 40 │
1779:	county precedence 31 │
1780:	county precedence 23 │
1781:	county precedence 19 │
1782:	county precedence 10 │
1793:	county precedence 27 │
1803:	county precedence 2 │
1805:	The King’s Own Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │
1833:	66^th, or King’s Own Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │
1853:	66^th, or (The King’s Own) 1^st Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │		(The King’s Own) 2^nd Staffordshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia │ │	(The King’s Own) 3^rd Staffordshire Rifle Regiment of Militia │ │
1855:	│ │ │ │		58^th, or (The King’s Own) 2^nd Staffordshire Light Infantry Regiment of Militia │	73^rd, or (The King’s Own) 3^rd Staffordshire Rifle Regiment of Militia │

1874:	1 Battalion, 66^th, or (The King’s Own) 1^st Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │	2 Battalion, 66^th, or (The King’s Own) 1^st Staffordshire Regiment of Militia │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	3^rd (Militia) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment │	4^th (Militia) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment │	3^rd (Militia) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │	4^rd (Militia) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │
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	Conversion of the Miltia into the Special Reserve
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1908:	3^rd (Reserve) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	4^th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	3^rd (Reserve) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	4^rd (Extra Reserve) Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
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	Renaming of the Special Reserve into the Militia
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1921:	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Renaming of the Militia into the Supplementary Reserve
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1924:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1953:	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded	disbanded