Great Britain (Volunteers)

Durham

There is another page about infantry volunteers from Durham.

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:				3rd Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps │
		from 2nd Administrative Battalion of Durham Rifle Volunteers │		│ │ │ │
1862:		1st Durham RVC 15th Durham RVC 16th Durham RVC 19th Durham RVC │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Durham Rifle Volunteers │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1867:		│ │ │ │		3rd Durham (The Sunderland) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1872:		19th Durham RVC disbanded │		│ │
1877:		21st Yorkshire North Riding RVC raised │		│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		consolidated as 1st Durham (Durham and North Riding of York) Rifle Volunteer Corps │		│ │ │ │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:		volunteer battalion of The Durham Light Infantry │		volunteer battalion of The Durham Light Infantry │
1887:		1st Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry		3rd (Sunderland) Volunteer Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:		5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TF)		7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TF)
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1914/ 1918:		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry │		1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TA) │		7th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TA) │
1924:		│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │
1936:		│ │ │ │		47th (The Durham Light Infantry) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers │
1938:		5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TA) (54th Searchlight Regiment) │		│ │ │ │
1939:		1/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TA) (54th Searchlight Regiment) │	2/5th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry (TA) (55th Searchlight Regiment) │	│ │ │ │
1940:		54th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry)	55th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry)	47th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry)
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1942:		│ │ │ │	113th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) │	112th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) │
1946:		suspended animation │	suspended animation │	│ │
1947:		│ │	│ │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		589th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │ │	590th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │ │	582nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │
1949:		589th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │	590th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
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		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 325th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Sunderland) (TA) │
1954:		│ │	│ │	│ │
	from 485th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tees) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (North Riding) Battery,	Q (Stockton) Battery,	R (Hartlepool) Battery,	R Battery,
	437th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │ │			463rd (7h Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:	P Battery, Q Battery,
	463rd (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)