Great Britain (Volunteers)

Northamptonshire - Huntingdonshire (from 1914)

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Northamptonshire RVC raised 2nd Northamptonshire RVC raised │
1860:	4th Northamptonshire RVC raised 5th Northamptonshire RVC raised 6th Northamptonshire RVC raised 7th Northamptonshire RVC raised 8th Northamptonshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers │
1867:	9th Northamptonshire RVC raised │
1872:	5th Northamptonshire RVC absorbed by 4th 4th Northamptonshire RVC becomes 3rd │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Northamptonshire Regiment │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TF)	Northamptonshire Battery, IV East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)
	│	Huntingdonshire tranferred from The Bedfordhire Regiment
1914:	│ │	The Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment │ │	1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion 3/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion │
1915:	│ │ │	transferred to The Army Cyclist Corps │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA)	5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA)
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1937:	50th (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA)	│ │ │ │
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1939:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	4th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA) │
1940:	50th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Northamptonshire Regiment)	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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1945:	637th Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Northamptonshire Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	585th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Northamptonshire Regiment) (TA) │	5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA) │ │
1949:	585th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Northamptonshire Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	R (The Northamptonshire Regiment) Battery, 438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	│ │ │ │
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1960:	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	tranferred to 2nd East Anglian Regiment (Douchess of Gloucester’s Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) │
1961:	this Battery →	4th/5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA) │
1964:		tranferred to The Royal Anglian Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed elements of 2nd (Duchess of Gloucesters Own Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment and B Company (5th Northamptonshire), C Company (4th Northamptonshire), The Northamptonshire Regiment (Territorials)