Great Britain (Volunteers)

North Lancashire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	11th Lancashire (Preston) RVC raised 12th Lancashire RVC raised │
1860:	30th Lancashire RVC raised 44th Lancashire RVC raised 59th Lancashire RVC raised 61st Lancashire RVC raised 12th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 11th 30th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 11th │	27th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │
1861:	all part of 6th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │	82nd Lancashire RVC raised │ │ │
1866:	44th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 11th │	│ │	│ │
1868:	61st Lancashire RVC absorbed by 11th │	│ │	│ │
1876:	│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 11th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │
1880:	│ │ │	14th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (TF)	5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, 4/5th Battalion, The North Lancashire Regiment │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The North Lancashire Regiment │ │	1/12th Battalion, 2/12th Battalion, The North Lancashire Regiment
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (TA)	5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (TA)
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1938:	4th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (62nd Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1940:	62nd (4th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery	│ │ │ │
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1941:	│ │	18th Battalion, The Reconnaissance Corps
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1942:	│ │ │	18th Regiment, The Reconnaissance Corps │
1943:	150th (The Loyal) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │	18th Reconnaissance Regiment, The Royal Armoured Corps │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	597th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Loyal) (TA)	5th Battalion, The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (TA)
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1950:	R (Loyal) Battery, 337th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2nd West Lancashire) (TA)	│ │ │ │ │
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	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed D Company (Loyals), The Lancastrian Volunteers