Great Britain (Volunteers)

Yorkshire West Riding

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	9th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │
1860:	28th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 29th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 30th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 37th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers │
1860:	9th Yorkshire West Riding RVC becomes 5th(Ⅱ) │
1861:	38th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │
1863:	37th Yorkshire West Riding RVC to → 38th Yorkshire West Riding RVC to → │ │ │ │ │ │		→ 37th Yorkshire West Riding RVC part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers	│ → 38th Yorkshire West Riding RVC part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers
1867:	29th Yorkshire West Riding RVC → 43rd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │		29th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1873:	29th Yorkshire West Riding RVC added 30th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 5th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own Light Infantry (South Yorkshire Regiment) │
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1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)
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	│ │ │ │ │			elements from 2nd Volunteer Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TF)		5th Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The King’s Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA) │		5th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA) │
1938:	│ │ │ │ │		53rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) │
1939:	1/4th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA) │	2/4th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA) │	│ │ │ │	57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1942:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	57th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) │
1946:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA) │ │ │		553rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) │ │	557th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) │
1954:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	557th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │ │ │ │		R (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) Battery, 323rd (West Riding) Light Anti-Aircraft 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 (Yorkshire), The Light Infantry Volunteers and 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry