Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	3rd Middlesex (Hampstead) RVC raised 13th Middlesex RVC raised 14th Middlesex RVC raised │	12th Middlesex RVC raised │ │ │		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 raised 35th Middlesex RVC raised 41th Middlesex RVC raised │ all part of 6th Administrative Battalion of Middlesex Rifle Volunteers │	16th Middlesex RVC raised 24th Middlesex RVC raised 30th Middlesex RVC raised 43rd Middlesex RVC raised 44th Middlesex RVC raised 45th Middlesex RVC raised │ │	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 │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1862:	12th Middlesex RVC added 33rd Middlesex RVC added 41st Middlesex RVC added │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1863:	│ │		45th Middlesex RVC absorbed by 43rd │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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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 │	│ │ │
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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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:	│ │		│ │	│ │		│ │
1902:	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │	27th Middlesex (Harrow School) Volunteer Rifle Corps	│ │ │
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1906:	│ │		│ │	│ │	Harrow School Cadet Corps │	│ │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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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)
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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
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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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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
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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) │
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) │		│ │ │ │
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
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1967:	disbanded and formed D Company (Middlesex), 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment and 10th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Middlesex)