Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex - Berkshire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1860: 1st Berkshire RVC raised
2nd Berkshire RVC raised
3rd Berkshire RVC raised
4th Berkshire RVC raised
5th Berkshire RVC raised
6th Berkshire RVC raised
7th Berkshire RVC raised
8th Berkshire RVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Battalion of
Berkshire Rifle Volunteers
│		 9th Berkshire RVC raised
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│		 36th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1861: 10st Berkshire RVC raised
11th Berkshire RVC raised
12th Berkshire RVC raised
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1863: 9st Berkshire RVC added
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1865: 6st Berkshire RVC disbanded
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1873: consolidated as
1st Berkshire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: │
│		 18th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
Berkshire
│		 Middx
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Berkshire Regiment)
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volunteer battalion of
The Prince Consort’s Own
(The Rifle Brigade)
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1882: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Berkshire Regiment)
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1884: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
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Berks
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1891: │
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│		 18th Middlesex
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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Berks
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 4th Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Royal Berkshire Regiment)
(TF)		 10th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Paddington Rifles) (TF)
Berks
│		 10th London
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│		 disbanded
 
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│		 10th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Hackney Regiment) (TF)
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│		 10th London
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1918:		 1/4th Battalion,
2/4th Battalion,
3/4th Battalion,
The Princess Charlotte of Wales’s
(Royal Berkshire Regiment)
│		 1/10th (County of London) Battalion,
2/10th (County of London) Battalion,
3/10th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Hackney Regiment)
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transferred to
The Prince Consort’s Own
(The Rifle Brigade)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 4th Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
│		 10th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Hackney Regiment) (TA)
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│		 10th London Regiment
(Hackney Regiment) (TA)
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1929: │
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transferred to
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
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1937: │
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│		 5th (Hackney) Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
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1939: │
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│		 6th Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
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│		 7th (Stoke Newington) Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 4th/6th Battalion,
The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
│		 648th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Royal Berkshire) (TA)
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1955: │
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1959:
transferred to
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Royal Regiment
(Berkshire and Wiltshire)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
D Company (Berkshire),
The Wessex Volunteers
and
C (Royal Berkshire) Company,
The Royal Berkshire Territorials
 

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2024-08-25