Infantry Volunteers

Leicestershire

1859:	1st Leicestershire RVC │
1860:	2nd Leicestershire RVC 3rd Leicestershire RVC 4th Leicestershire RVC 5th Leicestershire RVC 6th Leicestershire RVC 7th Leicestershire RVC 8th Leicestershire RVC 9th Leicestershire RVC 10th Leicestershire RVC │ 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)