Great Britain (Volunteers)

City of Edinburgh

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps (The City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps) │
1862:	│ │ │		2nd Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1865:	1st Battalion, 1st Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps (The Queen’s City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade) │	2nd Battalion, 1st Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps (The Queen’s City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade) │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1867:	│ │ │	│ │ │	← absorbed into		3rd Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │	│ │			2nd Edinburgh (City) Rifle Volunteer Corps
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer double battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │				volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │
1888:	1st Battalion, The Queen’s Rifle Volunteer Brigade	2nd Battalion, The Queen’s Rifle Volunteer Brigade	3rd Battalion, The Queen’s Rifle Volunteer Brigade		4th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
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1900:	highland companies to → │ │ │	│ │ │ │	highland companies to → │ │ │	The Highland Battalion, The Queen’s Rifle Volunteer Brigade │	│ │ │ │
1902:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	9th Volunteer Battalion (Highlanders), The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	│ │ │ │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) │	5th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) │		9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) │	6th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) │
1909:	4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)	5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)		9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)	│ │ │ │
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, 2/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, 3/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │	1/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, 2/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, 3/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │		1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, 2/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, 3/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │ │ │ │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │	5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │		9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ │	6th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ │
	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1921:	4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │			merged into 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA)	merged into 57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
1938:	4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (52nd Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │		former 10th Bn forms 14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Lothian Royal Scots) (TA)		19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │
1940:	52nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery				│ │
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1942:	130th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots) │				│ │ │ │
1947:	│ │				suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	587th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots) │				519th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │				519th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Dunedin) (TA) │
	│ │ │ │ │ │		from 514th (West Lothian Royal Scots) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	transferred from 471th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Forth) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots) Battery,		Q (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Battery,	R (City of Edinburgh) Battery,	S (Dunedin) Battery,
		432nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │
1961:		converted into 432nd (City of Edinburgh) Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (TA)	Q Battery merged into 445nd (Lowland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)