Great Britain (Volunteers)

Hampshire - Isle of Wight

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Hampshire RVC raised │ │	2nd Hampshire RVC raised 3rd Hampshire RVC raised │		4th Hampshire RVC raised │ │
1860:	11th Hampshire RVC raised 13th Hampshire RVC raised 15th Hampshire RVC raised 16th Hampshire RVC raised 18th Hampshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Hampshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │	10th Hampshire RVC raised 14th Hampshire RVC raised 19th Hampshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	7th Hampshire RVC raised 8th Hampshire RVC raised 12th Hampshire RVC raised 17th Hampshire RVC raised 20th Hampshire RVC raised 21st Hampshire RVC raised 22nd Hampshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Hampshire Rifle Volunteers │ │	5th (The Porthmouth) Hampshire RVC raised 6th Hampshire RVC raised 23rd Hampshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Hampshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │ │		1st Isle of Wight RVC raised 2nd Isle of Wight RVC raised 3rd Isle of Wight RVC raised 4th Isle of Wight RVC raised 5th Isle of Wight RVC raised 6th Isle of Wight RVC raised 7th Isle of Wight RVC raised 8th Isle of Wight RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteers │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │		6th Isle of Wight RVC disbanded │
1864:	18th Hampshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │		3rd Isle of Wight RVC absorbed by 1st │
1865:	│ │ │ │	all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Hampshire Rifle Volunteers │	22nd Hampshire RVC disbanded │ │ │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │
1868:	8th Hampshire RVC added 21st Hampshire RVC added │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	← →	7th Hampshire RVC added 12th Hampshire RVC added 17th Hampshire RVC added 20th Hampshire RVC added │		│ │ │ │ │
1869:	│ │	│ │		│ │		8th Isle of Wight RVC disbanded │
1874:	24th Hampshire RVC raised │ │	│ │ │		17th Hampshire RVC disbanded 20th Hampshire RVC disbanded │		│ │ │
1875:	25th Hampshire RVC raised │	│ │		│ │		│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 2nd Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 4th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 1st Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │	│ │		3nd Hampshire 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 Hampshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Hampshire Regiment │		volunteer battalion of The Hampshire Regiment │		volunteer battalion of The Hampshire Regiment │
1885:	│ │ │	│ │ │	4th Hampshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │		│ │ │
1885:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment	4th Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment		5th (Isle of Wight, Princess Beatrice’s) Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
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1893:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	3rd (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │		5th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Volunteer Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)	5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)	7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)	6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)		8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)
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1911:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	9th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TF)	│ │ │ │
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1/6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion, 2/6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion, 3/6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │ │ │	1/9th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/9th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/9th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Battalion, 2/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Battalion, 3/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │
1920:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	disbanded	│ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │	5th/7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │		6th (Duke of Connaught’s Own) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │ │		8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice’s) Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │
1937:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │		The Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1938:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		59th (Duke of Connaught’s Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		The Princess Beatrice’s (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment │	5th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │ │	7th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │	69th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │
1940:	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	530th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │
1942:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	69th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) │	│ │ │ │
1943:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	69th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │
1943:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	merged into 51st/69th Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	merge undone and suspended animation as 69th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	530th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) │
1946:	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment (TA)	14th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (TA)	642nd Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment) (TA)	383rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) (TA)	disbanded	428th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) (TA) │
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1948:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		428th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) (TA) │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │		428th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) (TA) │
1950:	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	merged into 524th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment) (TA)	│ │ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1951:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		383rd Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │
1955:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │		P (Princess Beatrice’s Island of Wight) Battery, 457th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft, Royal Artillery (TA)
1956:	4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment (TA)			│ │ │
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	│ │ │ │ │		from P (Royal Hampshire) Battery, 256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1961:	│ │ │ │ │			383rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) (TA) │
1962:	│ │ │ │ │			383rd Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) (TA) │
1964:	│ │ │ │ │ │			383rd (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed B (Hampshire) Company, The Wessex Volunteers and A company (4/5 Royal Hampshire), The Hampshire and Island of Wight Territorials			disbanded and formed B Company (Duke of Connaught’s 6th Royal Hampshire Royal Artillery), E company (7th Royal Hampshire), The Hampshire and Island of Wight Territorials