Great Britain (Volunteers)

Lancashire (Manchester)

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

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 6th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1860: 21st Lancashire RVC raised
46th Lancashire RVC raised
55th Lancashire RVC raised
60th Lancashire RVC raised
67th Lancashire RVC raised
76th Lancashire RVC raised
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all part of
4th Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
│		 6th Lancashire
(1st Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 40th Lancashire
(3rd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 28th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) RVC raised
43rd Lancashire RVC raised
70th Lancashire RVC raised
78th Lancashire (4h Manchester) RVC raised
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│		 33th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 23rd Lancashire RVC raised
31st Lancashire RVC raised
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1861: │
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│		 70th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 28th
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│		 78rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd →
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│		 all part of
7th Administrative Battalion of
Lancashire Rifle Volunteers
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1864: │
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│		 28th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd → 33rd Lancashire
(2nd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1872: 91st Lancashire RVC raised
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
21st Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 consolidated as
23rd Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1880: 4th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 16th Lancashire
(3rd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 20th Lancashire
(2nd Manchester)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 7th Lancashire
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
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volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
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volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
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volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
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volunteer battalion of
The Manchester Regiment
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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
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Manchester
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│		 Manchester
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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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
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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
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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
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│		 65th (The Manchester Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 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)
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│		 65th (The Manchester Regiment)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1941: 111th Regiment,
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│		 88th A-T
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1942: │
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1943: 5th Battalion,
The Manchester Regiment
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1946: │
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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)
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1955: disbanded part of
P (Manchester) Battery,
314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
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Manchester
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1958:
transferred to
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
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transferred to
The King’s Regiment
(Manchester and Liverpool)
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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
 

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