The Lancastrian Volunteers

formed from elements of
4th/5th Battalion,
The King’s Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster)
(TA)

and
4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment (TA)

and
4th Battalion,
The South Lancashire Regiment (TA)

and
4th Battalion,
The Border Regiment (TA)

and
5th Battalion,
The King’s Regiment (TA)

and
8th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)

and
9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)

and
5th Battalion,
The Loyal Regiment (TA)

formed from elements of
4th/5th Battalion,
The King’s Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster)
(TA)

and
288th (2nd West Lancashire)
Light Air Defence Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

formed from elements of
851st (Westmorland and
Cumberland Yeomanry)
IndependantField Battery,

Royal Artillery (TA)

and
4th Battalion,
The Border Regiment (TA)

formed from elements of
4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
(TA)

and
5th (Bury) Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
(TA)

and
253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TA)

formed from elements of
8th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)

and
9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)

Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: The Lancastrian Volunteers 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion,
The King’s Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster)
4th (Territorial) Battalion,
The Border Regiment
4th (Territorial) Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
The Manchester Regiment
(Ardwick and Ashton)
Territorials
Lancastrian
KingsOwn
Border
ELancs
Manchester
1969:


reduced to cadre as
4th/5th Battalion,
The King’s Own Royal Regiment
reduced to cadre as
4th Battalion,
The Border Regiment
reduced to cadre as
4th Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment
reduced to cadre as
8th/9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
layout layout
1971: 1st Battalion, B (4th Border Regiment) Company, A (East Lancashire) Company, C (Manchester) Company,
The Lancastrian Volunteers



The Northumbrian Volunteers

2nd Battalion,
The Lancastrian Volunteers
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1975: 5th/8th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The King’s Regiment
4th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment
4th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
Kings
KORBR
QLR



from
3rd (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Cheshire Regiment







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1999: A (King’s) Company,
C (King’s) Company,
B (Cheshire) Company,
D (Cheshire) Company,
A Tobruk (King’s Own Royal Border Regiment) Company,
C Sicily (King’s Own Royal Border Regiment) Company,
B Somme (Queen’s Lancashire Regiment) Company,
D Waterloo (Queen’s Lancashire Regiment) Company,
The King’s and Cheshire Regiment

The Lancastrian and Cumbrian Volunteers

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2006: A (Cheshire) Company,
B Company,
A (King’s Regiment) Company,
D (King’s Regiment) Company,
B (Queen’s Lancashire Regiment) Company,
C (King’s Own Royal Border Regiment) Company,
4th Battalion,
The Mercian Regiment
4th Battalion,
The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
(King’s, Lancashire and Border)
LANCS
2023: LANCS