Great Britain (Volunteers)

North Staffordshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	2nd Staffordshire RVC raised 3rd Staffordshire RVC raised 6th Staffordshire RVC raised │
1860:	9th Staffordshire RVC raised 10th Staffordshire RVC raised 13th Staffordshire RVC raised 16th Staffordshire RVC raised 28th Staffordshire RVC raised 36th Staffordshire RVC raised 37th Staffordshire RVC raised 38th Staffordshire RVC raised 40th Staffordshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │	7th Staffordshire RVC raised 8th Staffordshire RVC raised 19th Staffordshire RVC raised 21st Staffordshire RVC raised 24th Staffordshire RVC raised 25th Staffordshire RVC raised 39th Staffordshire RVC raised │ 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)