Great Britain (Volunteers)

Yorkshire West Riding

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	7th Yorkshire West Riding RVC(Ⅰ) raised 8th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │		10th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │	15th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │
1860:	13th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 14th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ all merged as 7th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps(Ⅰ) │ │ 4th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps(Ⅱ) │	34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Yorkshire West Riding RVC becomes- 6th(Ⅱ) 32nd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	12th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 23rd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 25th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 26th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 42nd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers │
1862:	│ │ │ │ │	34th (Saddleworth) Yorkshire West Riding RVC 35th (Airdale) Yorkshire West Riding RVC │	all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │
1864:	│ │	│ │	41st Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │	│ │
1865:	│ │	35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC → │	│ │	→ 35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC │
1868:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	44th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 6th (The Huddersfield) Yorkshire West Riding RVC(Ⅱ) │	│ │ │ │
1874:	│ │	│ │	│ │	26th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │
1875:	│ │	│ │	│ │	45th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │
1876:	│ │	│ │	44th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │	25th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │
1877:	│ │	34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC →	→ 34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │		consolidated as 6th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 12th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │		│ │ │	9th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │		volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)		5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │		5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │
1936:	│ │ │ │ │		43rd (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1938:	58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │	│ │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │	68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │	1/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │	2/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │
1940:	58th (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │ │	43rd (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1942:	│ │ │ │ │	68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	114th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps │ │ │
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1943:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	43rd Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment)	│ │ │ │	11th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
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1944:	│ │ │ │ │	suspended animation │ │ │ │	600th Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	382nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	disbanded	578th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	322nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	disbanded
1947:	│ │ │ │ │ │		578th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	673rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │ │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	673rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │
	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 538th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) (TA) │
1950:	│ │		│ │	│ │
1951:	382nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1954:	382nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
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1955:	R (4th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery, │		P (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery,	Q (6th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery,
	│ │ │ │ │				from 5th/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │
1961:	The West Riding Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
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	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed C Company (The Duke of Wellellington’s), The Yorkshire Volunteers and The West Riding Territorials