Great Britain (Volunteers)

South Staffordshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Staffordshire RVC raised │ │	4th Staffordshire RVC raised 14th Staffordshire RVC raised │	5th Staffordshire RVC raised │ │
1860:	15th Staffordshire RVC raised 17th Staffordshire RVC raised 18th Staffordshire RVC raised 20th Staffordshire RVC raised 27th Staffordshire RVC raised 31st Staffordshire RVC raised 35th Staffordshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │	22nd Staffordshire RVC raised 33rd Staffordshire RVC raised 34th Staffordshire RVC raised │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │	11th Staffordshire RVC raised 12th Staffordshire RVC raised 23rd Staffordshire RVC raised 26th Staffordshire RVC raised 29th Staffordshire RVC raised 30th Staffordshire RVC raised 32nd Staffordshire RVC raised │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Staffordshire Rifle Volunteers │
1864:	35th Staffordshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1873:	17th Staffordshire RVC absorbed by 27th │	│ │	│ │
1874:	│ │	│ │	26th Staffordshire RVC absorbed by 5th │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 4th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 5th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │	3rd Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	4th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The South Staffordshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The South Staffordshire Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The South Staffordshire Regiment │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TF)		6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment │		1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA) │		6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA) │
1939:	│ │ │ │	7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA) │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA) │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	5th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │		643rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment) (TA) │	666th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │
1950:	│ │		│ │
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	│ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │	from 473rd (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (North Midland) (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │		R (South Stafordshire) Battery, 444th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	P (Wolverhampton) Battery, Q (West Bromwhich) Battery,
1959:	transferred to The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s) │		│ │ │ │
	│ │ │ │ │ │	from R (Worcestershire) Battery, 442nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	from ??? R Battery, 639th (Worcestershire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1961:	│ │ │ │		444th (South Staffordshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed HQ Company (Staffordhire), The Wessex Volunteers and A (South Stafford) Company, B (South Stafford) Company, 5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s)	disbanded and formed 210th (Staffordshire) Light Air Defence Battery, 104th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers)