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1859: | 1st Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 1st Western) RVC raised 2nd Lanarkshire- (University of Glasgow) RVC raised 9th Lanarkshire (Bankers) RVC raised 11th Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 2nd Western) RVC raised 15th Lanarkshire (Procurators’) RVC raised 17th Lanarkshire- (Stockbrokers and Accountants) RVC raised 18th Lanarkshire RVC raised 33th Lanarkshire (Partick) RVC raised 39rd Lanarkshire RVC raised │ |
4th Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 1st Northern) RVC raised 6th Lanarkshire RVC raised 7th Lanarkshire RVC raised 8th Lanarkshire RVC raised 12th Lanarkshire (North Eastern) RVC raised 13nd Lanarkshire RVC raised │ all merged as 4th Lanarkshire (Glasgow 1st Northern) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ |
3rd Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 1st Southern) RVC raised 10th Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 2nd Southern) RVC raised 14th Lanarkshire (South Western) RVC raised 22nd Lanarkshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
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1860: | 50th Lanarkshire- (1st Press Corps) RVC raised 53rd Lanarkshire RVC raised 63rd Lanarkshire RVC raised 72nd Lanarkshire (Fine Arts) RVC raised 76th Lanarkshire (Port Dundas) RVC raised 77th Lanarkshire (City Rifle Guard, or 2nd University) RVC raised 79th Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 3rd Western) RVC raised │ all merged as 1st Lanarkshire (Glasgow 1st Western) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
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60th Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 1st Highland) RVC raised 61st Lanarkshire- (Glasgow 2nd Highland) RVC raised 93rd Lanarkshire- (Glasgow Highland Rangers) RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
16th Lanarkshire RVC raised 42nd Lanarkshire RVC raised 44th Lanarkshire RVC raised 52th Lanarkshire RVC raised 56th Lanarkshire RVC raised 57th Lanarkshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │ |
54th Lanarkshire RVC raised 82nd Lanarkshire RVC raised 87th Lanarkshire RVC raised │ all merged as 3rd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
29th Lanarkshire RVC raised 32nd Lanarkshire RVC raised 43rd Lanarkshire RVC raised 48th Lanarkshire RVC raised 95th Lanarkshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
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1st Administrative Battalion of Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
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1862: | │ │ │ │ |
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all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
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97th Lanarkshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised 98th Lanarkshire RVC raised 99th Lanarkshire RVC raised 100th Lanarkshire RVC raised │ |
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102nd Lanarkshire RVC raised 103rd Lanarkshire RVC raised │ |
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | |||||||||||
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2nd Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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7th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | |||||||||||
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4th Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
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5th Volunteer Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) |
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1891: | 1st Lanarkshire (Glasgow 1st Western) Volunteer Rifle Corps │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Force | |||||||||||
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1908: | 5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) |
8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) |
6th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) |
7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) |
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1914/ 1918: |
1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) │ |
1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) │ |
1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) │ |
1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Army | |||||||||||
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1921: | 5th/8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ |
6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ |
7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ |
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1938: | 5th/8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
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1939: | 5th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (56th Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
8th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) (57th Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
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10th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ │ |
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9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ │ |
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1940: | 56th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Cameronians) │ |
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1942: | 125th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Cameronians) │ |
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1946: | suspended animation │ |
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army | |||||||||||
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1947: | 591st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Cameronians) (TA) │ |
592nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Glasgow) (TA) │ |
6th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ |
7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ | |||||||
1949: | 591st (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Cameronians) │ |
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merged into 474th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (City of Glasgow) (TA) |
6th/7th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TA) │ │ |
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1953: | 591st (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Cameronians) │ |
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1955: | P (Cameronians) Battery, | Q (Blythswood) Battery, 445th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1961: | 445th (Lowland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1961: | 445th (Lowland) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1964: | 445th (Lowland) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | |||||||||||
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1967: | disbanded and formed part of 207 (Scottish) Light Air Defence Battery, 102nd (Ulster and Scottish) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers) and T (Glasgow) Battery, The Lowland Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials) |
disbanded and formed D Company (The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), 52nd Lowland Volunteers and B Company (Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)), The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials |
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