Infantry Volunteers

Lancashire (Manchester)

The lineage of the 10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment is on the page The King’s / The Manchester Regiment

1859: 6th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
1860: 21st Lancashire RVC
46th Lancashire RVC
55th Lancashire RVC
60th Lancashire RVC
67th Lancashire RVC
76th Lancashire RVC


all part of
4th Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
6th Lancashire
(1st Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps







40th Lancashire
(3rd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps







28th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) RVC
43rd Lancashire RVC
70th Lancashire RVC
78th Lancashire (4h Manchester) RVC







33th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps








23rd Lancashire RVC
31st Lancashire RVC









1861:
absorbed 43rd Lancashire RVC

43rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 6th


1862:


70th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 28th


1863:








78rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd


absorbed 78th Lancashire RVC


all part of
7th Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
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1864:








28th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd 33rd Lancashire
(2nd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps



1872: 91st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps




Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
1880: consolidated as
21st Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps









consolidated as
23rd Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
1880: 4th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps




16th Lancashire
(3rd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
20th Lancashire
(2nd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
7th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps

The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
1888: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
4th Volunteer Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
3th Volunteer Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
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Manchester
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Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: 5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TF)
6th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TF)
7th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TF)
8th (Ardwick) Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TF)
9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TF)
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
1914/
1918:
1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
3/5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
1/6th Battalion,
2/6th Battalion,
3/6th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
1/7th Battalion,
2/7th Battalion,
3/7th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
1/8th (Ardwick) Battalion,
2/8th (Ardwick) Battalion,
3/8th (Ardwick) Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
1/9th Battalion,
2/9th Battalion,
3/9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)
6th/7th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)
8th (Ardwick) Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)
9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
Manchester
1936:


65th (The Manchester Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)






1938:


65th (The Manchester Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)






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1939: 6th Battalion, 7th Battalion, 1/9th Bn, 2/9th Bn,
The Manchester Regiment (TA) The Manchester Regiment (TA) The Manchester Regiment (TA)
1940:





65th (The Manchester Regiment)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery












1941: 111th Regiment,
Royal Armoured Corps
(Manchester Regiment)










88th A-T
Rgt
DWR
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1942:


reconstituted as
1st Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment















1943: 5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment










1946:
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susp. an.
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 652nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester) (TA)
465th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester) (TA)
disbanded 8th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
(Ardwick) (TA)
9th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment (TA)

1955: disbanded part of
P (Manchester) Battery,
314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)








Manchester
Manchester
1958:
transferred to
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
transferred to
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
C (Manchester) Company,
The Lancastrian Volunteers
and
The Manchester Regiment
(Ardwick and Ashton) Territorials