Great Britain (Volunteers)

Devonshire

1852:	Exeter and South Devon Rifle Corps │
	Formation of the Volunteer Force
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1859:	1st Devonshire (Exeter and South Devon) Rifle Volunteer Corps │		2nd Devonshire RVC raised 3rd Devonshire RVC raised │ │
1860:	24th Devonshire RVC raised │ 24th Devonshire RVC absorbed by 1st │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	5th Devonshire RVC raised 8th Devonshire RVC raised 11th Devonshire RVC raised 13th Devonshire RVC raised 14rd Devonshire RVC raised 20th Devonshire RVC raised 25th Devonshire RVC raised 27th Devonshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │	16th Devonshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │ 22th Devonshire RVC raised │ 3rd Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	9th Devonshire RVC raised 10th Devonshire RVC raised 17th Devonshire RVC raised 23rd Devonshire RVC raised 26th Devonshire RVC raised │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │	4th Devonshire RVC raised 6th Devonshire RVC raised 18th Devonshire RVC raised 21st Devonshire RVC raised │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │	19th Devonshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │ │	1st Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │	2nd Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │	4th Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │	3rd Administrative Battalion of Devonshire Rifle Volunteers │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 19th Devonshire RVC disbanded │
1863:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅰ) added │
1865:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │
1868:	│ │	│ │	│ │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised │	│ │
1872:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	4th Devonshire RVC disbanded │
1874:	│ │	│ │	16th Devonshire RVC absorbed by 2nd │	│ │	│ │
1875:	│ │	20th Devonshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅱ) disbanded │	│ │
1876:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	28th Devonshire RVC(Ⅲ) raised │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │ │	consolidated as 5th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 2nd Devonshire (Prince of Wales’s) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 9th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 6th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
1880:	│ │	3rd Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps	│ │	5th Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps	4th Devonshire 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 Devonshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Devonshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Devonshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Devonshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Devonshire Regiment │
1885:	1st (Exeter and South Devon) Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	2nd (Prince of Wales’s) Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	5th (The Hay Tor) Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment	4th Volunteer Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TF)		5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TF)		6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TF)	7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment │		1/5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, 2/5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, 3/5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment │		1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment │	1/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/7th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA)		5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA)		6th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA)	disbanded
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1939:	│ │ │	8th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │	7th (Haytor) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │	9th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │
1941:	│ │ │	│ │ │	86th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	87th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1944:	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
1946:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │ │		5th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │ │	396th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Devon) (TA) │	628th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1950:	│ │ │ │			merged into 256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Devon) (TA)
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1958:	transferred to The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment │
1958:	4th Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers) (TA) │
1958:	The Devonshire Regiment (TA) │
1965:	The Devonshire Regiment (1st Rifle Volunteers) (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed HQ Company (Devon), The Wessex Volunteers and C Squadron, The Devonshire Territorials (Royal Devon Yeomanry / 1st Rifle Volunteers)