Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex

1853: The Victoria Volunteer
Rifle Corps
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Formation of the Volunteer Force
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1859: 1st Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1860: 1st Middlesex
(Victoria)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 11th Middlesex
(St. George’s)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 37th Middlesex RVC raised
part of
4th Adminstrative Battalion of
Middlesex Rifle Volunteers
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│		 21st Middlesex RVC raised
27th Middlesex RVC raised
31st Middlesex RVC raised
34th Middlesex RVC raised
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merged as
21st Middlesex
(Civil Service)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
│		 22nd Middlesex
(Queen’s)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1861: │
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│		 37th Middlesex
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 37th Middlesex
(St. Giles’s and St. George’s,
Bloomsbury)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1875: │
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│		 50st Middlesex
(Bank of England)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: │
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│		 6th Middlesex
(St. George’s)
Rifle Volunteer Corps		 19th Middlesex
(St. Giles’s and St. George’s,
Bloomsbury)
Rifle Volunteer Corps		 12st Middlesex
(Civil Service)
Rifle Volunteer Corps		 25st Middlesex
(Bank of England)
Rifle Volunteer Corps		 13th Middlesex
(Queen’s)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
(Westminster)
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:
volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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volunteer battalion of
The Prince Consort’s Own
(The Rifle Brigade)
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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volunteer battalion of
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1891: 1st Middlesex
(Victoria)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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│		 6th Middlesex
(St. George’s)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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│		 19th Middlesex
(St. Giles’s and St. George’s,
Bloomsbury)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
│		 12th Middlesex
(Civil Service)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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│		 25th Middlesex
(Bank of England)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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│		 13th Middlesex
(Queen’s)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
(Westminster)
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1892: 1st Middlesex
(Victoria and St. George’s)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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│		 12th Middlesex
(Civil Service)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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1898: │
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│		 The Prince of Wales’s Own
12th Middlesex
(Civil Service)
Volunteer Rifle Corps
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Middx
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 9th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) (TF)		 15th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Own,
Civil Service Rifles) (TF)		 16th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) (TF)
9th London
│		 15th London
│		 16th London
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1914/
1918:		 1/5th (County of London) Battalion,
2/5th (County of London) Battalion,
3/5th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
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│		 1/15th (County of London) Battalion,
2/15th (County of London) Battalion,
3/15th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Own,
Civil Service Rifles)
│		 1/16th (County of London) Battalion,
2/16th (County of London) Battalion,
3/16th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles)
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1916:
transferred to
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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transferred to
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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transferred to
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1920: 9th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) (TF)
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│		 15th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Own,
Civil Service Rifles) (TF)
│		 16th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen’s Westminster Rifles) (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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layout layout
1921: 9th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) (TA)
│		 16th (County of London) Battalion,
The London Regiment
(Queen’s Westminster and
Civil Service Rifles) (TA)
6th London
│		 16th London
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1922: 9th London Regiment
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles) (TA)
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│		 16th London Regiment
(Queen’s Westminster and
Civil Service Rifles) (TA)
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1937: Queen Victoria’s Rifles,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 The Queen’s Westminsters,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1939: 1st Battalion,
Queen Victoria’s Rifles,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 2nd Battalion,
Queen Victoria’s Rifles,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 1st Battalion,
The Queen’s Westminsters,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 2nd Battalion,
The Queen’s Westminsters,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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1941: 7th Battalion
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles),
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 8th Battalion
(Queen Victoria’s Rifles),
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 11th (Queen’s Westminsters)
Battalion,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
│		 12th (Queen’s Westminsters)
Battalion,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: Queen Victoria’s Rifles,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
(TA)
│		 The Queen’s Westminsters,
The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
(TA)
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QVR
│		 QWestminsters
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layout layout
1961: The Queen’s Royal Rifles (TA)
QRR
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
B Company (Queen’s Royal Rifles),
4th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets
and
A Company (Queen’s Royal Rifles),
5th (Territorial) Battalion,
The Royal Green Jackets
 

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2025-06-04