Great Britain (Volunteers)

West Riding of Yorkshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1861:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps │
1864:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) (Sheffield) Artillery Volunteer Corps │ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		│ │
	Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:		volunteer brigade of Northern Division │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
1891:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │
	Division system abolished
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1902:		4th Yorkshire (West Riding) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	The West Riding Royal Horse Artillery	7th West Riding Battery, 8th West Riding Battery, 9th West Riding Battery, III West Riding Ammunition Column, III West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1914:	│ │ │ │	1/III West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │	2/III West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │
1916:	broken up	CCXLVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCXII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │
1917:		broken up	│ │
1919:			disbanded
	reconstituted │	reconstituted │
1920:		3rd West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		71st (West Riding) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1924:		71st (West Riding) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1938:		71st (West Riding) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:		│ │ │		123rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1942:		│ │ │ │		123rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) │
1944:		│ │ │ │		123rd Parachute Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) │
1945:		│ │ │ │		123rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) │
1946:		suspended animation │		suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		271st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) (TA) │		323rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) (TA) │
1953:		271st (Sheffield) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │
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		│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	from 467th (The York and Lancaster Regiment) Heavy Anti-Arcraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	from 553rd Light Anti-Arcraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’sOwm Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) and 557th Light Anti-Arcraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’sOwm Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) │
1955:		P (West Rinding) Battery, Q (West Riding) Battery, │	R (5th York and Lancaster) Battery,	P Battery, Q Battery, │	R (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Battery,
1961:		271st (The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1961:		271st (The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1964:		271st (The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers) Light Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers Royal Artillery (Territorials) │
1969:		reduced to cadre as The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers Royal Artillery │
1971:		B (The Sheffield Artillery Volunteers) Battery, 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Volunteers