Infantry Volunteers

East Lancashire

1859: 2nd Lancashire RVC
3rd Lancashire RVC
│		 4th Lancashire RVC
7th Lancashire RVC
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1860: 3rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 2nd
62nd Lancashire RVC
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│
│
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│
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│		 17th Lancashire RVC
29th Lancashire RVC
36th Lancashire RVC
57th Lancashire RVC
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all part of
3rd Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
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1861: 81st Lancashire RVC
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│		 84th Lancashire RVC
36th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 7th
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1862: │
│		 87th Lancashire RVC
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1863: │
│		 88th Lancashire RVC
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1864: all part of
8th Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
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1865: │
│		 87th Lancashire RVC disbanded
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1868: │
│		 90th Lancashire RVC
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1870: │
│		 90th Lancashire RVC disbanded
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1876: 81st Lancashire RVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
2nd Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 consolidated as
4th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1880: │
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│		 3rd Lancashire
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 East Lancashire
Regiment
│
volunteer battalion of
The East Lancashire
Regiment
│
Lancashire
│		 layout
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1889: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment		 2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment
ELancs
│		 ELancs
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ELancs
│		 ELancs
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment (TF)		 5th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment (TF)
ELancs
│		 ELancs
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1914/
1918:		 1/4th Battalion,
2/4th Battalion,
3/4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment
│		 1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
3/5th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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layout layout
1921: 4th/5th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment (TA)
ELancs
│
layout layout
1939: 4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment (TA)
│		 5th Battalion,
The East Lancashire
Regiment (TA)
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: │
│		 disbanded
ELancs
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1958:
transferred to
The Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed elements of
HQ Company (Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Volunteers),
The Lancastrian Volunteers
and
A Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment),
C Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment),
4th (Territorial) Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
 

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2023-03-17