Great Britain (Volunteers)

Hertfordshire - Bedfordshire - Huntingdonshire (1900-1914)

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Hertfordshire RVC raised │
1860:	6th Hertfordshire RVC raised 9th Hertfordshire RVC raised 10th Hertfordshire RVC raised 11th Hertfordshire RVC raised 12th Hertfordshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	2nd Hertfordshire RVC raised 3rd Hertfordshire RVC raised 4th Hertfordshire RVC raised 5th Hertfordshire RVC raised 7th Hertfordshire RVC raised 8th Hertfordshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteers │ │	1st Bedfordshire RVC raised 2nd Bedfordshire RVC raised 4th Bedfordshire RVC raised 5th Bedfordshire RVC raised 6th Bedfordshire RVC raised 7th Bedfordshire RVC raised 8th Bedfordshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers │
1862:	22nd Essex RVC raised │	│ │	│ │
1864:	13th Hertfordshire RVC raised │	│ │	9th Bedfordshire RVC raised │
1866:	│ │	8th Hertfordshire RVC absorbed by 7th │	│ │
1867:	12th Hertfordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1868:	13th Hertfordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1870:	11th Hertfordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1872:	│ │	│ │	9th Bedfordshire RVC disbanded │
1876:	14th Hertfordshire RVC raised │	│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 2nd Hertfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Bedfordshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Bedfordshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Bedfordshire Regiment │
1887:	1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment	2nd (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
	│	│	│	Huntingdonshire tranferred from The Suffolk Regiment
1900:	│ │	│ │	│ │	4th Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
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1901:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	4th (Huntingdonshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	The Hertfordshire Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (TF) │ │ │	1st Hertfordshire Battery, 2nd Hertfordshire Battery, IV East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)	5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (TF) │ │ │
1909:	1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (TF)		│ │
	│		│	Huntingdonshire tranferred to The Northamptonshire Regiment
1914/ 1918:	1/1st Battalion, 2/1st Battalion, 3/1st Battalion, 4/1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) │		5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA)
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1939:	│ │ │ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	6th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	1st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) │ │		5th Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) │
1958:	tranfrerred to 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) │		tranfrerred to 3rd East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) │
1958:	│		The Bedfordshire Regiment (TA)
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1961:	1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA)
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1964:	tranfrerred to The Royal Anglian Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed elements of 3rd (16th/44th Foot) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment and The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorials)