Infantry Volunteers

North Staffordshire

1859:	2nd Staffordshire RVC 3rd Staffordshire RVC 6th Staffordshire RVC │
1860:	9th Staffordshire RVC 10th Staffordshire RVC 13th Staffordshire RVC 16th Staffordshire RVC 28th Staffordshire RVC 36th Staffordshire RVC 37th Staffordshire RVC 38th Staffordshire RVC 40th Staffordshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │	7th Staffordshire RVC 8th Staffordshire RVC 19th Staffordshire RVC 21st Staffordshire RVC 24th Staffordshire RVC 25th Staffordshire RVC 39th Staffordshire RVC │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │
1869:	38th Staffordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1872:	37th Staffordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 2nd Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 7th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	2nd Staffordshire (Staffordshire Rangers) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	5th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) (TF)	6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Prince of Wales’s (North Staffordshire Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	5th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) (TA) │	6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) (TA) │
1936:	41st (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers │	│ │ │ │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	7th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) (TA) │
1940:	41st (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	576th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1949:	576th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (5th North Staffords) Battery, R (5th North Staffords) Battery, 441st Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1959:	│ │ │ │	transferred to The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) │
1960:	441st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ these batteries	│ │ │ │
1961:	5th/6th Battalion, The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) (TA) │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed C Company (Stafordhire), The Wessex Volunteers and C (North Staffordshire) Company, 5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s)