The Militia Infantry of the British Army

Regiments of the Militia 1880

These are the regiments just before the 1881 reorganisation, which would make them battalions of the county regiments.


	1^st, or	3^rd West York Light Infantry Militia



	2^nd, or	Huntingdonshire Rifle Militia


	3^rd, or	1^st South Durham Fusiliers Militia


	4^th, or	5^th West York Militia


	5^th, or	1^st West York Rifle Militia


	6^th, or	1^st Royal Cheshire Militia


	7^th, or	Royal Berkshire Militia


	8^th, or	Royal North Lincolnshire Militia


	9^th, or	Royal Cumberland Militia


	10^th, or	West Suffolk Militia


	11^th, or	2^nd Royal Surrey Militia


	12^th, or	East York Militia


	13^th, or	East Essex Rifle Militia


	15^th, or	South Mayo Rifle Militia


	16^th, or	1^st Somerset Light Infantry Militia


	17^th, or	Royal Westmoreland Light Infantry Militia


	18^th, or	Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia


	19^th, or	1^st or West Essex Militia


	20^th, or	1^st Royal Surrey Militia


	21^st, or	2^nd West York Light Infantry Militia


	22^nd, or	North York Rifle Militia


	23^rd, or	Royal South Gloucestershire Light Infantry Militia


	25^th, or	2^nd Devon Militia


	26^th, or	Leicestershire Militia


	27^th, or	Northumberland Light Infantry Militia


	28^th, or	Royal Elthorne or 5^th Middlesex Light Infantry Militia


	29^th, or	Royal South Lincoln Militia


	30^th, or	Hertford Militia


	32^nd, or	Royal Flint Rifle Militia


	33^rd, or	Royal Wiltshire Militia


	34^th, or	2^nd Derbyshire Militia (The Chatsworth Rifles)


	35^th, or	Royal Buckinghamshire (King’s Own) Militia


	36^th, or	1^st Warwickshire Militia


	37^th, or	West Kent Light Infantry Militia


	38^th, or	Royal Cornwall Rangers, Duke of Cornwall’s Own Rifle Militia


	39^th, or	1^st or West Norfolk Militia


	40^th, or	2^nd or East Norfolk Militia


	41^st, or	1^st Devon Militia


	42^nd, or	Dorsetshire Militia


	43^rd, or	2^nd North Durham militia


	44^th, or	Royal Glamorganshire Light Infantry Militia


	45^th, or	1^st Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster’s Own)


	46^th, or	Royal Denbigh and Merioneth Rifle Militia


	47^th, or	2^nd Somerset Light Infantry Militia


	48^th, or	Northamptonshire and Rutland Militia


	49^th, or	East Kent Militia


	50^th, or	Royal South Wales Borderers Militia (Royal Radnor and Brecknock Rifles)


	51^st, or	Oxfordshire Militia


	52^nd, or	Royal Sussex Light Infantry Militia


	53^rd, or	2^nd Warwickshire Militia


	54^th, or	Shropshire Militia


	55^th, or	3^rd or Royal Westminster Middlesex Light Infantry Militia


	56^th, or	Royal Carnarvon Rifle Militia


	57^th, or	Royal Montgomery Rifle Militia


	58^th, or	(The King’s Own) 2^nd Staffordshire Light Infantry Militia


	59^th, or	Royal Sherwood Foresters or Nottinghamshire Militia


	62^nd, or	1^st Derbyshire Militia


	63^rd, or	Edmonton Royal Rifles or 2^nd Middlesex Militia


	65^th, or	1^st Royal East Middlesex Militia


	66^th, or	(The King’s Own) 1^st Staffordshire Militia


	67^th, or	The Worcestershire Militia


	68^th, or	Cambridgeshire Militia


	69^th, or	Royal North Gloucestershire Militia


	70^th, or	Carlow Rifle Militia


	71^st, or	Fermanagh Light Infantry Militia


	73^rd, or	(The King’s Own) 3^rd Staffordshire Rifle Militia


	74^th, or	1^st Royal Lanarkshire Militia


	75^th, or	Armagh Light Infantry Militia


	76^th, or	Inverness, Banff, Moray and Nairn Militia (Highland Light Infantry)


	77^th, or	Royal North Down Rifle Militia


	78^th, or	2^nd Royal Lanarkshire Militia


	79^th, or	Royal Antrim Rifle Militia


	80^th, or	Royal Tyrone Fusiliers Militia


	81^st, or	Dumfries, Roxburgh, Kirkcudbright and Selkirk Militia (Scottish Borderers)


	82^nd, or	6^th Royal Lancashire Militia


	83^rd, or	Queen’s Own Royal Tower Hamlets Light Infantry Militia


	84^th, or	4^th Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Light Infantry)


	85^th, or	Prince of Wales’s Royal Longford Light Infantry Militia


	86^th, or	Royal Perthshire Rifle Militia


	87^th, or	South Cork Light Infantry Militia


	88^th, or	Kildare Rifle Militia


	89^th, or	Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders Militia


	90^th, or	Highland Borderers Light Infantry Militia


	91^st, or	Galway Militia


	93^rd, or	Roscommon Militia


	95^th, or	Londonderry Light Infantry Militia


	96^th, or	Highland Rifle Militia


	97^th, or	King’s Own Royal Tower Hamlets Light Infantry Militia


	98^th, or	King’s County Royal Rifle Militia


	99^th, or	Wexford Militia


	100^th, or	The Queen’s Own Royal Dublin City Militia


	101^st, or	Cavan Light Infantry Militia


	102^nd, or	The Prince of Wales’s Donegal Militia


	103^rd, or	2^nd Royal Cheshire Militia


	104^th, or	Queen’s County Royal Rifle Militia


	105^th, or	North Tipperary Light Infantry Militia


	106^th, or	Royal London Militia


	107^th, or	Kerry Militia


	108^th, or	Louth Rifle Militia


	109^th, or	Dublin County Light Infantry Militia


	110^th, or	Royal Herefordshire Militia


	111^th, or	Leitrim Rifle Militia


	112^th, or	Royal South Down Light Infantry Militia


	113^th, or	2^nd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancasters Own Rifles)


	114^th, or	Westmeath Rifle Militia


	115^th, or	Royal Ayrshire and Wigton Rifle Militia (The Prince Regent’s)


	116^th, or	North Cork Rifle Militia


	118^th, or	3^rd Royal Surrey Militia


	119^th, or	Royal Meath Militia


	120^th, or	North Mayo Fusiliers Militia


	121^st, or	Monaghan Militia


	122^nd, or	Hampshire Militia


	123^rd, or	Royal Limerick County Fusiliers Militia


	125^th, or	3^rd Royal Lancashire Militia (The Duke of Lancashire’s Own)


	126^th, or	Edinburgh or Queen’s Light Infantry Militia


	127^th, or	Kilkenny Fusiliers Militia


	128^th, or	4^th or Royal South Middlesex Militia


	129^th, or	The Prince of Wales’s Royal Renfrew Militia


	130^th, or	7^th Royal Lancashire Militia (Rifles)


	133^rd, or	4^th West York Militia


	134^th, or	6^th West York Militia


	135^th, or	5^th Royal Lancashire Militia



		Royal Alderney Militia


	1^st, or	East Royal Guernsey Militia (Light Infantry)

	2^nd, or	North Royal Guernsey Militia (Light Infantry)

	3^rd, or	South Royal Guernsey Militia (Light Infantry)

	4^th, or	West Royal Guernsey Militia (Light Infantry)


	1^st, or	Northwest Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

	2^nd, or	North Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

	3^rd, or	East Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

	4^th, or	South Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

	5^th, or	Southwest Royal Militia of the Island of Jersey

From the Militia to the Special Reserve (1881-1908) and beyond

The Special Reserve Battalions in 1914