Infantry Volunteers

Middlesex

1859: 3rd Middlesex (Hampstead) RVC
13th Middlesex RVC
14th Middlesex RVC

12th Middlesex RVC


9th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps

18th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps

2nd Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps

1860: all part of
2nd Administrative Battalion of
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers




33rd Middlesex RVC
35th Middlesex RVC
41th Middlesex RVC


all part of
6th Administrative Battalion of
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
16th Middlesex RVC
24th Middlesex RVC
30th Middlesex RVC
43rd Middlesex RVC
44th Middlesex RVC
45th Middlesex RVC


9th Middlesex
(West Middelsex)
Rifle Volunteer Corps











2nd Middlesex
(South Middelsex)
Rifle Volunteer Corps




1861:



35th Middlesex RVC absorbed by 40th



all part of
7th Administrative Battalion of
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers













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1862: 12th Middlesex RVC
33rd Middlesex RVC
41st Middlesex RVC













1863:
45th Middlesex RVC absorbed by 43rd



Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
1880: consolidated as
3rd Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps

consolidated as
16th Middlesex
(South West Middlesex)
Rifle Volunteer Corps












1880:


8th Middlesex
(South West Middlesex)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
5th Middlesex
(West Middelsex)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
9th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps




The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Duke of Cambridges’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
volunteer battalion of
The Duke of Cambridges’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
volunteer battalion of
The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment)
volunteer battalion of
The Royal Fusiliers
(City of London Regiment)
volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1883:



transferred to
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
transferred to
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps


1887:


2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridges’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)










1891: 3rd Middlesex
Volunteer Rifle Corps




5th Middlesex
(West Middlesex)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
9th Middlesex
Volunteer Rifle Corps

2nd Middlesex
(South Middlesex)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
1898: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridges’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)








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1899:



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1902:





27th Middlesex
(Harrow School)
Volunteer Rifle Corps


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1906:


Harrow School Cadet Corps

Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: 7th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
(TF)
8th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
(TF)
9th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
(TF)
Harrow School Contingent,
Officers Training Corps
10th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)
(TF)
Middlesex
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Middlesex
Middlesex Middlesex
1914/
1918:
1/7th Battalion,
2/7th Battalion,
3/7th Battalion,
4/7th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)

1/8th Battalion,
2/8th Battalion,
3/8th Battalion,
4/8th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)

1/9th Battalion,
2/9th Battalion,
3/9th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)


1/10th Battalion,
2/10th Battalion,
3/10th Battalion,
4/10th Battalion,
The Duke of Cambridge’s Own
(Middlesex Regiment)

Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: 7th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)
8th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)
9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)
disbanded
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Middlesex
1938:







9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)

(60th Searchlight Regiment) (TA)
1940:







60th Searchlight Regiment
(9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment),
Royal Artillery
1942:







126th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment)
1945:








1946:

suspended animation
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: 7th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)

11th (Middlesex) Battalion,
The Parachute Regiment (TA)



595th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment) (TA)
1949:









595th Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment) (TA)















from
571st (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment
(Middlesex),
Royal Artillery (TA)

from
604th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Royal Fusiliers) (TA)

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1955:











Q Battery,
R Battery,
P Battery,
571st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(9th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment,
Duke of Cambridge’s Own) (TA)
S Battery,
1956:


8th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)



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1961: 5th Battalion,
The Middlesex Regiment
(Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)
1966:
transferred to
The Queen’s Regiment
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed
D Company (Middlesex),
5th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Queen’s Regiment

and
10th (Territorial) Battalion,
The Queen’s Regiment
(Middlesex)