Great Britain (Volunteers)

Cornwall

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Cornwall RVC raised 2nd Cornwall RVC raised 3rd Cornwall RVC raised │	4th Cornwall RVC raised │ │ │
1860:	7th Cornwall RVC raised 8th Cornwall RVC raised 11th Cornwall RVC raised 12th Cornwall RVC raised 15th Cornwall RVC raised 17th Cornwall RVC raised 18th Cornwall RVC raised 20th Cornwall RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Cornwall Rifle Volunteers │ 8th Cornwall RVC disbanded │	5th Cornwall RVC raised 6th Cornwall RVC raised 9th Cornwall RVC raised 10th Cornwall RVC raised 13th Cornwall RVC raised 14th Cornwall RVC raised 16th Cornwall RVC raised 19th Cornwall RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Cornwall Rifle Volunteers │ 14th Cornwall RVC disbanded │
1861:	1st Administrative Battalion of Cornwall (The Duke of Cornwall’s) Rifle Volunteers │ 21st Cornwall RVC raised │	2nd Administrative Battalion of Cornwall (The Duke of Cornwall’s) Rifle Volunteers │ │ │
1865:	│ │	22nd Cornwall RVC raised │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 4th Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │ │	2nd Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry │	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry │
1885:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TF)	5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th/5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA) │ │ │
1939:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA) │ │ │	5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA) │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th/5th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA) │ │
1959:	transferred to The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry │
1960:	The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed A Company (Cornwall), The Light Infantry Volunteers and The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorials)