Great Britain (Volunteers)

Cheshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Cheshire RVC raised 2nd Cheshire RVC raised 3rd Cheshire RVC raised 4th Cheshire RVC raised │	6th Cheshire RVC raised 7th Cheshire RVC raised │ │ │
1860:	11th Cheshire RVC raised 14th Cheshire RVC raised 30th Cheshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Cheshire RVC raised 23rd Cheshire RVC raised 24th Cheshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ 10th Cheshire RVC absorbed by 6th │ │ │ │ │	12th Cheshire RVC raised 15th Cheshire RVC raised 22nd Cheshire RVC raised 25th Cheshire RVC raised 26th Cheshire RVC raised 28th Cheshire RVC raised 32nd Cheshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	9th Cheshire RVC raised 13th Cheshire RVC raised 17th Cheshire RVC raised 18th Cheshire RVC raised 19th Cheshire RVC raised 20th Cheshire RVC raised 21st Cheshire RVC raised 29tth Cheshire RVC raised 31st Cheshire RVC raised │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │	5th Cheshire RVC raised 8th Cheshire RVC raised 16th Cheshire RVC raised 27th Cheshire RVC raised 33rd Cheshire RVC raised │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Cheshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │
1861:	34th Cheshire RVC raised │	│ │	│ │	9th Cheshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1863:	35th Cheshire RVC raised │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1864:	34th Cheshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1865:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	36th Cheshire RVC raised │
1866:	│ │	│ │	25th Cheshire RVC absorbed by 12th │	│ │	│ │
1876:	│ │	│ │	│ │	23rd Derbyshire RVC raised │	│ │
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	│ │ │
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	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