Infantry Volunteers

Lancashire

1859: The Bury Rifle Corps
1859: 8th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
1860:

24th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
56th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
1880:

12th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
17th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Lancashire Fuseliers
volunteer battalion of
The Lancashire Fuseliers
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
1883: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers


1886:

3rd Volunteer Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 5th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TF)
6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TF)
7th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TF)
8th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TF)
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
1914/
1918:
1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
3/5th Battalion,
4/5th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
1/6th Battalion,
2/6th Battalion,
3/6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers

1/7th Battalion,
2/7th Battalion,
3/7th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Battalion,
2/8th Battalion,
3/8th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers

Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: 5th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
7th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
8th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
LancsF
1936:





39th (The Lancashire Fusiliers)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
Royal Engineers



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1939: 1/5th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)

2/5th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)

1/6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)

2/6th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)




1/8th Battalion,
2/8th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers
1940:











39th Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Lancashire Fusiliers)



1941: 108th Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps


109th Regiment
Royal Armoured Corps






1943:







7th Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers


1946:


disbanded
2/8th Bn disbanded
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 5th (Bury) Battalion,
The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)


633rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(6th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)
574th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Lancashire Fusiliers) (TA)
634th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Lancashire Fusiliers) (TA)

1950:









574th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(7th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)
634th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)

1954:














merged into
310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)


























from
360h (Mobile)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

and
465th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester) (TA)

and
606h (East Lancashire)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)














from
310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)

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1955:
disbanded R (Stockport) Battery,
P (Manchester) Battery,
Q (Salford) Battery,


314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1961:



merged into
252rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TA)
this battery merged into
253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TA)
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed
D Company (The Lancashire Fusiliers),
The Fusilier Volunteers
and
B Company (The Lancashire Fusiliers),
4th (Territorial) Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment