Great Britain (Volunteers)

Ayrshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	2nd Ayrshire RVC raised │
1860:	1st Ayrshire RVC raised 3rd Ayrshire RVC raised 4th Ayrshire RVC raised 5th Ayrshire RVC raised 6th Ayrshire RVC raised 7th Ayrshire RVC raised 8th Ayrshire RVC raised 9th Ayrshire RVC raised 10th Ayrshire RVC raised 11th Ayrshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	12th Ayrshire RVC raised 13th Ayrshire RVC raised │
1862:	14th Ayrshire RVC raised │
1873:	1st Ayrshire RVC 2nd Ayrshire RVC 4th Ayrshire RVC 6th Ayrshire RVC 7th Ayrshire RVC 9th Ayrshire RVC 11th Ayrshire RVC │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers │	3rd Ayrshire RVC 5th Ayrshire RVC 8th Ayrshire RVC 10th Ayrshire RVC 12th Ayrshire RVC 13th Ayrshire RVC 14th Ayrshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Ayrshire Rifle Volunteers │
1873:	15th Ayrshire RVC raised │	16th Ayrshire RVC raised │
1874:	9th Ayrshire RVC absorbed by 1st 17th Ayrshire RVC raised │	│ │ │
1878:	│ │	8th Ayrshire RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Ayrshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 3rd Ayrshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │	2nd Ayrshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots Fusiliers │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TF)	5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TA) │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th/5th Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TA) │
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1959:	transferred to The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed B Company (The Royal Scots Fusiliers), 52nd Lowland Volunteers and A Company (4th/5th Royal Scots Fusiliers), 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)