Infantry Volunteers

Inverness-shire - Lancashire (Liverpool)

The lineage of the 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, 9^th, Battalions and the 7^th Volunteer Battalion, The King’s is on the page The King’s
The lineage of the 7^th Battalion, The King’s is on the page The King’s / The Manchester Regiment

1859:	1st Inverness-shire RVC │
1860:	2nd Inverness-shire RVC 3rd Inverness-shire RVC 4th Inverness-shire RVC 5th Inverness-shire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Inverness-shire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	6th Inverness-shire RVC 7th Inverness-shire RVC │
1864:	1st Administrative Battalion of Inverness-shire (Inverness Highland) Rifle Volunteers │
1867:	8th Inverness-shire RVC 9th Inverness-shire RVC │
1869:	10th Inverness-shire RVC │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Inverness-shire (Inverness Highland) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │
1883:	transferred to The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders │
1887:	1st (Inverness Highland) Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders │
1900:	│ │ │		8th (Scottish) Volunteer Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TF)		10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders │		1/10th (Scottish) Battalion, 2/10th (Scottish) Battalion, 3/10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │		10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) (TA) │
1937:	│ │ │		The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA)
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1939:	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │ │	5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │ │	1st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │	2nd Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │
1942:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	89th (Liverpool Scottish) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │
1946:	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │ │		1st (Motor) Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │	655thLight Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Liverpool Scottish) (TA) │
1948:	│ │ │ │ │		1st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1950:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	merged into 525th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:	transferred to The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons │		transferred to The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed C Company (Cameron), 51st Highland Volunteers and D (Cameron) Company, 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)		disbanded and formed V Company (Liverpool Scottish), 51st Highland Volunteers and G Troop (The Liverpool Scottish), R (The King’s) Battery, The West Lancashire Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)