Great Britain (Volunteers)

Cumberland - Westmorland

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:	1st Westmorland RVC raised 2nd Westmorland RVC(Ⅰ) raised 3rd Westmorland RVC raised 4th Westmorland RVC raised 5th Westmorland RVC raised 6th Westmorland RVC raised 2nd Westmorland RVC(Ⅰ) absorbed by 3rd │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Westmorland Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │	1st Cumberland RVC raised 2nd Cumberland RVC raised 3rd Cumberland RVC raised 4th Cumberland RVC raised 5th Cumberland RVC raised 6th Cumberland RVC raised 7th Cumberland RVC raised 8th Cumberland RVC raised 9th Cumberland RVC raised 10th Cumberland RVC raised 11th Cumberland RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Cumberland Rifle Volunteers │
1863:	│ │	9th Cumberland RVC disbanded │
1878:	2nd Westmorland RVC(Ⅱ) raised │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Westmorland Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Cumberland Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Border Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Border Regiment │
1887:	2nd (Westmorland) Volunteer Battalion, The Border Regiment	1st (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion, The Border Regiment
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1900:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	3rd (Cumberland) Volunteer Battalion, The Border Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment (TF)		5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, 2/4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, 3/4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment │		1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, 2/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, 3/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment │ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment (TA)		5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment (TA)
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1939:	│ │ │	6th (East Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment │	│ │ │	7th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment │
1941:	│ │ │	│ │ │	110th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps │	│ │ │
1944:	│ │ │	│ │ │	5th Battalion, The Border Regiment │	│ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment (TA) │		640th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The Border Regiment) (TA) │
1950:	│ │ │ │ │		merged into 251st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Westmorland and Cumberland) (TA)
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1959:	transferred to The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed elements of A Company (King’sOwn Border), The Lancastrian Volunteers and D (The Westmorland) Company, 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The Border Regiment