Infantry Volunteers

Roxburghshire - Berwickshire - Dumfriesshire - Wigtownshire - Kirkcudbrightshire - Selkirkshire

1859:			1st Berwickshire RVC │
1860:	1st Selkirkshire RVC 2nd Selkirkshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Roxburghshire RVC 2nd Roxburghshire RVC 3rd Roxburghshire RVC 4th Roxburghshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	2nd Berwickshire RVC 3rd Berwickshire RVC 4th Berwickshire RVC 5th Berwickshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Dumfriesshire RVC 2nd Dumfriesshire RVC 3rd Dumfriesshire RVC 4th Dumfriesshire RVC 5th Dumfriesshire RVC 6th Dumfriesshire RVC 7th Dumfriesshire RVC 8th Dumfriesshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Wigtownshire RVC 2nd Wigtownshire RVC 3rd Wigtownshire RVC 4th Wigtownshire RVC 5th Wigtownshire RVC 1st Kirkcudbrightshire RVC 2nd Kirkcudbrightshire RVC 3rd Kirkcudbrightshire RVC 4th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC │ all part of The Galloway Administrative Battalion of Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │ │ │ │ │	5th Roxburghshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Roxburghshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │	9th Dumfriesshire RVC │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1862:		1st Selkirkshire RVC 2nd Selkirkshire RVC 1st Administrative Battalion of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1863:		│ │ │ │ │ │ │	6th Berwickshire RVC 7th Berwickshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Berwickshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1866:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	5th Wigtownshire RVC disbanded 4th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC disbanded │
1867:		5th Roxburghshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1868:		1st Administrative Battalion (The Border) of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	6th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC │ │ │ │
1874:		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	1th Wigtownshire RVC absorbed by 3rd 4th Wigtownshire RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		consolidated as 1st Roxburgh and Selkirk (The Border) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Berwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as 1st Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	consolidated as The Galloway (Kirkcudbright and Wigtown) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:		volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers │ │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers │ │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers │ │
1887:		transferred to The The King’s Own Scottish Borderers │	2nd (Berwickshire) Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers	3rd (Dumfries) Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers	│ │ │ │
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1891:		1st Roxburgh and Selkirk Volunteer Rifle Corps │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	The Galloway (Kirkcudbright and Wigtown) Volunteer Rifle Corps │
1899:		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	transferred to The The King’s Own Scottish Borderers │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:		4th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TF)		5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TF)
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1914/ 1918:		1/4th (The Border) Battalion, 2/4th (The Border) Battalion, 3/4th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers │		1/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, 2/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, 3/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		4th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │		5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │
1939:		4th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │ │ │	6th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │ │ │	5th (Dumfriesshire) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │ │ │	7th (Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		4th (The Border) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │		5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Battalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA) │
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1961:		4th/5th Battalion,
		The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA)
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	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed C Company (The King’s Own Scottish Borderers), 52nd Lowland Volunteers and 4th/5th (Territorial) Battlalion, The King’s Own Scottish Borderers