Great Britain (Volunteers)

Renfrewshire - Buteshire - Dumbartonshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:		1st Renfrewshire RVC raised 2nd Renfrewshire RVC raised 5th Renfrewshire RVC raised │	3rd Renfrewshire RVC raised 6th Renfrewshire RVC raised │ │	4th Renfrewshire RVC raised │ │ │
1860:	1st Buteshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Renfrewshire RVC raised 11th Renfrewshire RVC raised 13th Renfrewshire RVC raised 18th Renfrewshire RVC raised 22nd Renfrewshire RVC raised 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 raised 14th Renfrewshire RVC raised 15th Renfrewshire RVC raised 17th Renfrewshire RVC raised 20th Renfrewshire RVC raised 24th Renfrewshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │	7th Renfrewshire RVC raised 8th Renfrewshire RVC raised 16th Renfrewshire RVC raised 19th Renfrewshire RVC raised 21st Renfrewshire RVC raised 23rd Renfrewshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Renfrewshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Dumbartonshire RVC raised 2nd Dumbartonshire RVC raised 3rd Dumbartonshire RVC raised 4th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 5th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 6th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 7th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 8th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 9th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 10th Dumbartonshire RVC raised 11th Dumbartonshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	12th Dumbartonshire RVC raised │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	25th Renfrewshire RVC raised │	│ │
1863:		11st Renfrewshire RVC absorbed by 10th 1st Buteshire RVC added │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1867:		│ │	│ │	│ │	13th Dumbartonshire RVC raised │
1869:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	8th Dumbartonshire RVC disbanded 12th Dumbartonshire RVC disbanded │
1875:		│ │	│ │	│ │	14th Dumbartonshire RVC raised │
	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 │	│ │ │
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	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)	│ │ │ │ │
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1891:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	1st Dumbartonshire Volunteer Rifle Corps │
	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)