The Militia Infantry of the British Army

The county precedence of the Militia of England and Wales in the years 1778 - 1782

Regiments of the Militia for the revolutionary war (1793-1802)

Regiments of the Militia for the Napoleonic wars (1803)

Regiments of the Militia in 1833 and 1855

Regiments of the Militia 1880

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


The Special Reserve Battalions in 1914

These are the 74 Reserve and 27 Extra Reserve battalions of the Special Reserve as created in 1908 from the the Militia battalions of the County Regiments.

 
RS 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
 
 
WSurrey 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s
(Royal West Surrey Regiment)
 
 
EKent 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Buffs
(East Kent Regiment)
 
 
KO 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own
(Royal Lancaster Regiment)
 
 
NF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Northumberland Fusiliers
 
 
Warwicks 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
 
 
RF 5th (Reserve) Battalion,
6th (Reserve) Battalion,
7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment)
 
 
Kings 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The King’s
(Liverpool Regiment)
 
 
Norfolk 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Norfolk Regiment
 
 
Lincolns 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Lincolnshire Regiment
 
 
Devons 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Devonshire Regiment
 
 
Suffolk 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Suffolk Regiment
 
 
SLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade Prince Albert’s
(Somerset Light Infantry)
 
 
WYorks 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Own
(West Yorkshire Regiment)
 
 
EYorks 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The East Yorkshire Regiment
 
 
Bedfords 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Bedfordshire Regiment
 
 
Leicesters 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Leicestershire Regiment
 
 
RIrR 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Irish Regiment
 
 
Yorks 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)
 
 
LancasF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Lancashire Fusiliers
 
 
RSF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Royal Scots Fusiliers
 
 
Cheshire 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Cheshire Regiment
 
 
RWF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Royal Welsh Fusiliers
 
 
SWB 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The South Wales Borderers
 
 
KOSB 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
 
 
Cameronians 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
 
 
InniskillingF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
 
 
Gloucesters 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Gloucestershire Regiment
 
 
Worcesters 5th (Reserve) Battalion,
6th (Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Worcestershire Regiment
 
 
ELancs 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The East Lancashire Regiment
 
 
ESurrey 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The East Surrey Regiment
 
 
DCLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
 
 
DWR 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Duke of Wellington’s
(West Riding Regiment)
 
 
Border 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Border Regiment
 
 
Sussex 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Royal Sussex Regiment
 
 
Hants 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Hampshire Regiment
 
 
SStaffs 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The South Staffordshire Regiment
 
 
Dorsets 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Dorsetshire Regiment
 
 
SLancs 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Prince of Wales’s Volunteers
(South Lancashire Regiment)
 
 
WR 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Welsh Regiment
 
 
BlackWatch 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Black Watch
(Royal Highlanders)
 
 
OxfordsLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
 
 
Essex 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Essex Regiment
 
 
Foresters 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
 
 
NLancs 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
 
 
Northhamptons 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Northamptonshire Regiment
 
 
Berks 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Royal Berkshire Regiment)
 
 
WKent 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Own
(Royal West Kent Regiment)
 
 
KOYLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own
(Yorkshire Light Infantry)
 
 
KSLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The King’s
(Shropshire Light Infantry)
 
 
Middlesex 5th (Reserve) Battalion,
6th (Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
 
 
KRRC 5th (Reserve) Battalion,
6th (Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
 
 
Wilts 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Duke of Edinburgh’s
(Wiltshire Regiment)
 
 
Manchester 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Manchester Regiment
 
 
NStaffs 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s
(North Staffordshire Regiment)
 
 
YaL 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The York and Lancaster Regiment
 
 
DurhamLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Durham Light Infantry
 
 
HLI 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Highland Light Infantry
 
 
Seaforth 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
 
 
Gordon 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Gordon Highlanders
 
 
Cameron 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
 
 
RIRif 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Irish Rifles
 
 
PVRIF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade Princess Victoria’s
(Royal Irish Fusiliers)
 
 
ConnR 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Connaught Rangers
 
 
ASH 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade Princess Louise’s
(Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
 
 
POWLR 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians)
 
 
RMF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Munster Fusiliers
 
 
RDF 3rd (Reserve) Battalion,
4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
5th (Extra Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Dublin Fusiliers
 
 
RB 5th (Reserve) Battalion,
6th (Reserve) Battalion,
accolade The Prince Consort’s Own
(Rifle Brigade)