Great Britain (Volunteers)

Roxburghshire - Berwickshire - Dumfriesshire - Wigtownshire - Kirkcudbrightshire - Selkirkshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:			1st Berwickshire RVC raised │
1860:	1st Selkirkshire RVC raised 2nd Selkirkshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Roxburghshire RVC raised 2nd Roxburghshire RVC raised 3rd Roxburghshire RVC raised 4th Roxburghshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	2nd Berwickshire RVC raised 3rd Berwickshire RVC raised 4th Berwickshire RVC raised 5th Berwickshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Dumfriesshire RVC raised 2nd Dumfriesshire RVC raised 3rd Dumfriesshire RVC raised 4th Dumfriesshire RVC raised 5th Dumfriesshire RVC raised 6th Dumfriesshire RVC raised 7th Dumfriesshire RVC raised 8th Dumfriesshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Wigtownshire RVC raised 2nd Wigtownshire RVC raised 3rd Wigtownshire RVC raised 4th Wigtownshire RVC raised 5th Wigtownshire RVC raised 1st Kirkcudbrightshire RVC raised 2nd Kirkcudbrightshire RVC raised 3rd Kirkcudbrightshire RVC raised 4th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC raised 5th Kirkcudbrightshire RVC raised │ all part of The Galloway Administrative Battalion of Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │ │ │ │ │	5th Roxburghshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Roxburghshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │	9th Dumfriesshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1862:		1st Selkirkshire RVC added 2nd Selkirkshire RVC added 1st Administrative Battalion of Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Dumfriesshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1863:		│ │ │ │ │ │ │	6th Berwickshire RVC raised 7th Berwickshire RVC raised │ 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 raised │ │ │ │
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
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	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