Infantry Volunteers

Renfrewshire - Buteshire - Dumbartonshire

1859:		1st Renfrewshire RVC 2nd Renfrewshire RVC 5th Renfrewshire RVC │	3rd Renfrewshire RVC 6th Renfrewshire RVC │ │	4th Renfrewshire RVC │ │ │
1860:	1st Buteshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Renfrewshire RVC 11th Renfrewshire RVC 13th Renfrewshire RVC 18th Renfrewshire RVC 22nd Renfrewshire RVC 2nd Renfrewshire RVC absorbed by 1st 13th Renfrewshire RVC absorbed by 1st 18th Renfrewshire RVC absorbed by 1st │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │	9th Renfrewshire RVC 14th Renfrewshire RVC 15th Renfrewshire RVC 17th Renfrewshire RVC 20th Renfrewshire RVC 24th Renfrewshire RVC │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │	7th Renfrewshire RVC 8th Renfrewshire RVC 16th Renfrewshire RVC 19th Renfrewshire RVC 21st Renfrewshire RVC 23rd Renfrewshire RVC │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Dumbartonshire RVC 2nd Dumbartonshire RVC 3rd Dumbartonshire RVC 4th Dumbartonshire RVC 5th Dumbartonshire RVC 6th Dumbartonshire RVC 7th Dumbartonshire RVC 8th Dumbartonshire RVC 9th Dumbartonshire RVC 10th Dumbartonshire RVC 11th Dumbartonshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	12th Dumbartonshire RVC │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	25th Renfrewshire RVC │	│ │
1863:		11st Renfrewshire RVC absorbed by 10th 1st Buteshire RVC │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1867:		│ │	│ │	│ │	13th Dumbartonshire RVC │
1869:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	8th Dumbartonshire RVC disbanded 12th Dumbartonshire RVC disbanded │
1875:		│ │	│ │	│ │	14th Dumbartonshire RVC │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		consolidated as 1st Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 3rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 4rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:		1st Renfrewshire (Renfrew and Bute) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	2nd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	3rd Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	│ │ │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:		volunteer battalion of Princess Louise’s (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) │	volunteer battalion of Princess Louise’s (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) │	volunteer battalion of Princess Louise’s (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) │	volunteer battalion of Princess Louise’s (Sutherland and Argyll Highlanders) │
1887:		1th (Renfrewshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	2nd (Renfrewshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	3rd (Renfrewshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1891:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	1st Dumbartonshire Volunteer Rifle Corps │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:		5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TF)	6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TF)		9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:		1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, 2/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, 3/5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	1/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, 2/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, 3/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │		1/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, 2/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, 3/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		5th/6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) │			9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) │
1937:		│ │ │ │ │			9th (Dumbartonshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA) │
1939:		5th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA)	6th (Renfrewshire) Battalion, The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s) (TA)	54th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	100th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
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1940:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	100th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │
1941:		91st Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	93rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1942:		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	58th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:		│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		disbanded	402nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th/6th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TA) │	554th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TA) │ │	558th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TA) │	500th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │ │
1950:			│ │	│ │	│ │
1951:			402nd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th/6th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1955:			P Battery, R Battery, 402nd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) (TA) │	Q Battery,	disbanded
1961:			merged into 277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)