Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex - Tower Hamlets - Surrey - City of London

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:		1st Middlesex AVC raised │ │	1st Tower Hamlets AVC raised │ │	1st Surrey AVC raised 2nd Surrey AVC raised │
1863:	1st London (City) AVC raised │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1864:	│ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Brigade of Middlesex Artillery Volunteers │		1st Surrey AVC disbanded │ │ │
1873:		1st London (City) AVC added 1st Tower Hamlets AVC disbanded │		│ │ │
1876:	1st London (City) Artillery Volunteer Corps │	1st Middlesex AVC disbanded		2nd Surrey Artillery Volunteer Corps │ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │			1st Surrey Artillery Volunteer Corps │
	Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:	volunteer brigade of London Division │			volunteer brigade of London Division │
1883:	1st London (City of London) Artillery Volunteer Corps │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:	part of Eastern Division │
1891:	1st London Volunteer Artillery Corps │
1897:	1st City of London Volunteer Artillery Corps (Eastern Division, Royal Artillery) │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:	1st City of London Volunteer Artillery Corps (Eastern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │
	Division system abolished
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1902:	1st City of London Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	1st City of London Battery, 2nd City of London Battery, 3rd City of London Battery, I London Ammunition Column, I London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)		18th County of London Battery, 19th County of London Battery, 20th County of London Battery, VII London Ammunition Column, VII London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)		15th County of London Battery, 16th County of London Battery, 17th County of London Battery, VI London Ammunition Column, VI London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1909:	I London (City of London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		│ │ │		│ │ │
1914:	1/I London (City of London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/I London (City of London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	1/VII London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/VII London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	1/VI London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/VI London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
1916:	CCLXXX Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXC Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │
1916:	│ │	│ │	broken up	│ │	│ │	│ │
1919:	suspended animation │	disbanded		disbanded	suspended animation │	disbanded
1920:	3rd London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		7th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		6th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	90st (3rd London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)		64th (London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)		63rd (London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1922:	90st (1st London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │		64th (7th London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │		63rd (6th London) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │
1924:	90st (1st London) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		64th (7th London) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		63rd (6th London) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1929:	90st (City of London) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │		│ │ │
1938:	90st (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		64th (7th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		63rd (6th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1938:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │		52nd (6th London) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	│ │ │	138th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │	117th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │	62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1942:	│ │ │ │	138th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (City of London) │	│ │ │ │	117th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th London) │	│ │ │ │	62nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th London) │
1945:	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	290th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (City of London) (TA) │	disbanded	264th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th London) (TA) │	disbanded	263rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th London) (TA) │	disbanded
1951:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │		263rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th London) (TA) │
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1954:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │		263rd (Self Propelled) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th London) (TA) │
	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	from Kent elements of 415th (Thames and Medway) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1956:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │		263rd (6th London) Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	│ │ │ │ │	from 353rd (London) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	from 452nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (London) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1961:	HQ (City of London) Battery,	Q (53rd London) Battery,	P (7th London) Battery,	R (Lloyds) Battery,	HQ Battery,
	254th (City of London) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │				263th (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary’s) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1964:	254th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed S Battery (City of London), The Greater London Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)