Formation of the Volunteer Force | |||||||||
1859: | 1st Monmouthshire RVC raised │ |
3rd Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ |
1st Brecknockshire RVC raised │ |
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1860: | 2nd Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 2nd Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 3rd(Ⅱ) 4th Monmouthshire RVC raised 10th Monmouthshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ |
3rd Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 2nd(Ⅱ) 11th Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ 2nd Monmoutshire (1st Pontypool) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ |
5th Monmouthshire RVC raised 6th Monmouthshire RVC raised 7th Monmouthshire RVC raised 8th Monmouthshire RVC raised 9th Monmouthshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Monmouthshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
2nd Brecknockshire RVC raised 3rd Brecknockshire RVC raised 4th Brecknockshire RVC raised 5th Brecknockshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ |
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11th Monmouthshire RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │ |
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6th Brecknockshire RVC raised │ |
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1864: | 4th Monmouthshire RVC disbanded │ |
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1875: | 10th Monmouthshire RVC disbanded │ |
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1878: | 11th Monmoutshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised │ |
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | |||||||||
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1880: | consolidated as 1st Monmoutshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
2nd Monmoutshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ |
consolidated as 4th Monmoutshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
consolidated as 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ |
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3rd Monmoutshire Rifle Volunteer Corps |
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | |||||||||
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1885: | 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The South Wales Borderers │ |
3rd Volunteer Battalion, The South Wales Borderers │ |
4th Volunteer Battalion, The South Wales Borderers |
1st (Brecknockshire) Volunteer Battalion, The South Wales Borderers |
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Creation of the Territorial Force | |||||||||
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1908: | 1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TF) |
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TF) |
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TF) |
The Brecknockshire Battalion, The South Wales Borderers (TF) |
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1914/ 1918: |
1/1st Battalion, 2/1st Battalion, 3/1st Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment │ |
1/2nd Battalion, 2/2nd Battalion, 3/2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment │ |
1/3rd Battalion, 2/3rd Battalion, 3/3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment │ |
1/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, 2/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, 3/1st Brecknockshire Battalion, The South Wales Borderers │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Army | |||||||||
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1921: | 1st Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ |
2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ |
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ |
The Brecknockshire Battalion, The South Wales Borderers (TA) │ │ |
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3rd (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ |
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1929: | 1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) |
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1938: | 1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (58th Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │ |
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4th Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
3rd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
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1940: | 68th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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1942: | 68th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Monmouthshire Regiment) │ |
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1944: | 68th Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Monmouthshire Regiment) │ |
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1945: | 609th Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Monmouthshire Regiment) │ |
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1946: | suspended animation │ |
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army | |||||||||
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1947: | 603rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1st (Rifle) Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment) │ |
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637th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3rd Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment) (TA) │ │ │ |
638th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Brecknock) (TA) │ │ │ │ |
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1955: | P (1st Monmouthshire) Battery, 283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) |
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638th (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ |
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1961: | │ │ │ │ |
638th (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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638th (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | |||||||||
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1967: | disbanded and formed B Company (South Wales Borderers), The Welsh Volunteers and The Monmouthshire (Territorial) Battalion, The South Wales Borderers |
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