Great Britain (Volunteers)

Lancashire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:		10th Lancashire RVC raised │
1860:		37th (North Lonsdale) Lancashire RVC raised 37th Lancashire RVC divided in 37A Lancashire RVC 37B Lancashire RVC 37C Lancashire RVC 52nd Lancashire RVC 53rd Lancashire RVC │ 65th Lancashire RVC raised 75th Lancashire RVC raised │
1861:		75th Lancashire RVC disbanded │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │ 75th Lancashire RVC raised │
1870:		52nd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 37B │
1875:		53rd Lancashire RVC disbanded 75th Lancashire RVC disbanded │
1876:		consolidated as 10th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		│ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:		volunteer battalion of The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) │
1883:		1st Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
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1900:		│ │ │ │		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:		4th Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (TF)		5th Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:		1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		4th Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (TA)		5th Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (TA)
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1938:		56th (4th Bn, The King’s Own Royal Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │
1939:		│ │ │	66th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │
1941:		│ │ │	│ │ │	107th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (King’s Own)
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1942:		│ │ │ │	66th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own) │	│ │ │ │
1943:		56th Light AntiAircraft/ Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Royal Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	107th Training Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (King’s Own) │ │
1944:		56th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Royal Regiment) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1945:		56th Anti-Tank (Self Propelled) Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Royal Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:		│ │	suspended animation │	│ │
1946:		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		380th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own) (TA) │	390th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own) (TA) │	5th Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (TA) │
1950:		│ │ │ │ │	R Battery, 306th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Lancashire Hussars) (TA)	│ │ │ │ │
1951:		380th Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own) (TA) │		│ │ │ │
	from 293rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (East Lancashire) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	from 556th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (East Lancashire) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (Church) Battery,	R (Furness) Battery, 380th Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	Q (Burnley) Battery,	│ │ │ │
1959:		│ │ │ │		transferred to The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment │
1961:	merged into 288th (2nd West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	R (King’s Own) Battery →	4th/5th Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster) (TA) │ │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed elements of A Company (King’s Own Border), The Lancastrian Volunteers and 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion, The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)