Great Britain (Volunteers)

Lancashire

1859:	The Bury Rifle Corps │
	Formation of the Volunteer Force
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1859:	8th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1860:	│ │ │		24th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		56th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │		12th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		17th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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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
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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) │
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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
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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)
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1936:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │		39th (The Lancashire Fusiliers) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers │	│ │ │ │
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) │
1955:	│ │		disbanded	R (Stockport) Battery, P (Manchester) Battery,	Q (Salford) Battery,
	│ │ │			314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
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
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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