Great Britain (Volunteers)

Leicestershire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Leicestershire RVC raised │
1860:	2nd Leicestershire RVC raised 3rd Leicestershire RVC raised 4th Leicestershire RVC raised 5th Leicestershire RVC raised 6th Leicestershire RVC raised 7th Leicestershire RVC raised 8th Leicestershire RVC raised 9th Leicestershire RVC raised 10th Leicestershire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers │
1873:	7th Leicestershire RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Leicestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Leicestershire Regiment │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment
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1902:	│
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1905:	│
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (TF)		5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (TA)		5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (TA)
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1936:	44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │		│ │ │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │	27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (TA)
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1940:	44th (The Leicestershire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1942:	121st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Leicestershire Regiment) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │	reduced to cadre │	│ │
1946:	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	579th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Royal Leicestershire Regiment) (TA)	527th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	5th Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (TA)
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1949:	│ │ │ │	527th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │
1950:	P Battery, Q Battery, │	R Battery,	│ │ │
1955:	Q (Royal Leicestershire Regiment) Battery, 438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │
1961:	this Battery →		4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (TA) │
1964:			transferred to The Royal Anglian Regiment │
1967:			disbanded and formed elements of 4th (Leicestershire) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment and The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Territorials)