Infantry Volunteers

Midlothian - Haddingtonshire - Linlithgowshire - Peeblesshire

1859:	Leith Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1860:	1st Midlothian (Leith) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Peeblesshire RVC 2nd Peeblesshire RVC 3rd Peeblesshire RVC 4th Peeblesshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │	2nd Midlothian RVC 3rd Midlothian RVC 4th Midlothian RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Haddingtonshire RVC 2nd Haddingtonshire RVC 3rd Haddingtonshire RVC 4th Haddingtonshire RVC 5th Haddingtonshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers │	1st Linlithgowshire RVC 2nd Linlithgowshire RVC 3rd Linlithgowshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │	│ │	5th Midlothian RVC │	6th Haddingtonshire RVC │	│ │
1862:	│ │ │ │ │ │	4th Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │ │ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Midlothian Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	4th Linlithgowshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers │
1863:	│ │ │ 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed ← │		1st Peeblesshire RVC 2nd Peeblesshire RVC 3rd Peeblesshire RVC ← 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed by 1st │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1868:	│ │		│ │	7th Haddingtonshire RVC │	│ │
1870:	│ │		│ │	│ │	5th Linlithgowshire RVC │
1873:	│ │		2nd Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1874:	│ │		│ │	2nd Haddingtonshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1876:	│ │		6th Midlothian RVC │	│ │	│ │
1878:	│ │		│ │	│ │	6th Linlithgowshire RVC │
	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 │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │		volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │
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) │
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) │
	│ │ │ │ │ │	from 9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │	│ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │
	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) │
1938:	│ │ │ │				14th (West Lothian Royal Scots) Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │	8th (Lothians and Peeblesshire) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │			│ │ │ │ │
1946:	│ │	│ │			suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │			514th Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Lothian Royal Scots) (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │			Q (West Lothian Royal Scots) Battery, 432nd Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:	8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │
	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