Formation of the Volunteer Force | |||||||||
1859: | Leith Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
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1860: | 1st Midlothian (Leith) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
1st Peeblesshire RVC raised 2nd Peeblesshire RVC raised 3rd Peeblesshire RVC raised 4th Peeblesshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ |
2nd Midlothian RVC raised 3rd Midlothian RVC raised 4th Midlothian RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
1st Haddingtonshire RVC raised 2nd Haddingtonshire RVC raised 3rd Haddingtonshire RVC raised 4th Haddingtonshire RVC raised 5th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
1st Linlithgowshire RVC raised 2nd Linlithgowshire RVC raised 3rd Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ |
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1861: | │ │ |
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5th Midlothian RVC raised │ |
6th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │ |
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1862: | │ │ │ │ │ │ |
4th Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │ │ │ │ │ |
all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Midlothian Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ |
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4th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
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1863: | │ │ │ 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed ← │ |
1st Peeblesshire RVC added 2nd Peeblesshire RVC added 3rd Peeblesshire RVC added ← 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed by 1st │ |
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1868: | │ │ |
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7th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │ |
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1870: | │ │ |
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5th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ |
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1873: | │ │ |
2nd Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │ |
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1874: | │ │ |
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2nd Haddingtonshire RVC disbanded │ |
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1876: | │ │ |
6th Midlothian RVC raised │ |
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6th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ |
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | |||||||||
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1880: | │ │ │ │ |
consolidated as 2nd Midlothian (Midlothian and Peeblesshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps |
consolidated as 1st Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
consolidated as 1st Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | |||||||||
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1888: | 5th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
7th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
8th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) |
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Creation of the Territorial Force | |||||||||
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1908: | 7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) |
8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) |
10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF) |
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1914/ 1918: |
1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │ |
1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │ |
1/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │ |
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1920: | 7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │ |
8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │ |
10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │ |
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from 9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Army | |||||||||
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1921: | 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) |
merged into 57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA) |
A Company, 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) |
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from A Company, 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
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14th (West Lothian Royal Scots) Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1939: | 7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
8th (Lothians and Peeblesshire) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
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1946: | │ │ |
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suspended animation │ |
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army | |||||||||
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1947: | │ │ │ │ |
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514th Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Lothian Royal Scots) (TA) │ |
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Q (West Lothian Royal Scots) Battery, 432nd Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) |
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1961: | 8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | |||||||||
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1967: | disbanded and formed A Company (The Royal Scots), 52nd Lowland Volunteers and A (Royal Scots) Company, The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials |
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