Great Britain (Volunteers)

Dorsetshire

Formation of the Volunteer Force

1859:

1^st Dorsetshire RVC raised
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1860:

2^nd Dorsetshire RVC raised
3^rd Dorsetshire RVC raised
4^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
5^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
6^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
7^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
8^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
9^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
10^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
11^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
12^th Dorsetshire RVC raised
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all part of
1^st Administrative Battalion of
Dorsetshire Rifle Volunteers
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1876:

12^th Dorsetshire RVC absorbed by 10^th
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1877:

10^th (Blackmoor Vale) Dorsetshire RVC
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force

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1880:

consolidated as
1^st Dorsetshire
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 Dorsetshire Regiment

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1887:

1^st Volunteer Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment

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Creation of the Territorial Force

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1908:

4^th Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment (TF)

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1914/
1918:

1/4^th Battalion,
2/4^th Battalion,
3/4^th Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
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Creation of the Territorial Army

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1921:

4^th Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment (TA)

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1939:

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8^th Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment (TA)
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army

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1947:

4^th Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment (TA)
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1951:

4^th Battalion,
The Dorset Regiment (TA)

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1958:

The Dorset Regiment (TA)

transferred to
The Devonshire and
Dorset Regiment

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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve

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1967:

disbanded and formed
C Company (Dorset),
The Wessex Volunteers
and
B Company (Dorset Regiment),
The Dorset Territorials