Infantry Volunteers

Cheshire

1859:	1st Cheshire RVC 2nd Cheshire RVC 3rd Cheshire RVC 4th Cheshire RVC │	6th Cheshire RVC 7th Cheshire RVC │ │ │
1860:	11th Cheshire RVC 14th Cheshire RVC 30th Cheshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Cheshire RVC 23rd Cheshire RVC 24th Cheshire RVC │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ 10th Cheshire RVC absorbed by 6th │ │ │ │ │	12th Cheshire RVC 15th Cheshire RVC 22nd Cheshire RVC 25th Cheshire RVC 26th Cheshire RVC 28th Cheshire RVC 32nd Cheshire RVC │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	9th Cheshire RVC 13th Cheshire RVC 17th Cheshire RVC 18th Cheshire RVC 19th Cheshire RVC 20th Cheshire RVC 21st Cheshire RVC 29tth Cheshire RVC 31st Cheshire RVC │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │	5th Cheshire RVC 8th Cheshire RVC 16th Cheshire RVC 27th Cheshire RVC 33rd Cheshire RVC │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │
1861:	34th Cheshire RVC │	│ │	│ │	9th Cheshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1863:	35th Cheshire RVC │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1864:	34th Cheshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1865:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	36th Cheshire RVC │
1866:	│ │	│ │	25th Cheshire RVC absorbed by 12th │	│ │	│ │
1876:	│ │	│ │	│ │	23rd Derbyshire RVC │	│ │
1879:	│ │	6th (The Earl of Chester’s) Cheshire RVC │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1880:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	36th Cheshire RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 6th Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 12th Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 13th Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 5th Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
1880:	│ │ │ │	2nd Cheshire (Earl of Chester’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	3rd Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	4th Cheshire (Cheshire and Derbyshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Cheshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Cheshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Cheshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Cheshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Cheshire Regiment │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │	2nd (Earl of Chester’s) Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment	4st Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │	5st Volunteer Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TF)	5th (Earl of Chester’s) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TF)		6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TF)	7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │	1/5th (Earl of Chester’s) Battalion, 2/5th (Earl of Chester’s) Battalion, 3/5th (Earl of Chester’s) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │		1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment │
1920:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		merged into 6th (Cheshire and Shropshire) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)	│ │ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th/5th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA)				7th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA)
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1939:	4th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) │	5th (Earl of Chester’s) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) │		6th Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	│ │	disbanded		disbanded	│ │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed A Company (Cheshire), The Mercian Volunteers and 4th/7th (Territorial) Battalion, The Cheshire Regiment