Infantry Volunteers

Ross-shire - Sutherland - Elginshire/Morrayshire - Orkney - Caithness-shire - Nairnshire - Shetland

1859:		1st Sutherland RVC 2nd Sutherland RVC │
1860:	1st Ross-shire RVC 2nd Ross-shire RVC 3rd Ross-shire RVC 4th Ross-shire RVC │ │ │ │ │	3rd Sutherland RVC 4th Sutherland RVC 2nd Sutherland RVC becomes Coy of 1st 3rd Sutherland RVC becomes Coy of 1st 4th Sutherland RVC becomes Coy of 1st 1st Orkney and Shetland RVC 1st Caithness-shire RVC │ │	1st Elginshire RVC 2nd Elginshire RVC 3rd Elginshire RVC 4th Elginshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Elginshire Rifle Volunteers │	1th Nairnshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	5th Ross-shire RVC(I) 6th Ross-shire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Ross-shire Rifle Volunteers │	2nd Caithness-shire RVC 3rd Caithness-shire RVC │ │ │ │ │	5th Elginshire RVC 6th Elginshire RVC │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	1th Nairnshire RVC disbanded
1863:	│ │	│ │	7th (Duff) Elginshire RVC │
1864:	5th Ross-shire RVC(I) disbanded │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Sutherland RVC split up: 2nd Sutherland RVC 3rd Sutherland RVC 4th Sutherland RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Sutherland Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1865:	5th Ross-shire RVC(II) │	│ │	│ │
1866:	7th Ross-shire RVC 8th Ross-shire RVC │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1867:	9th Ross-shire RVC │	4th Caithness-shire RVC │	8th Elginshire RVC │
1868:	│ │	5th Sutherland RVC │	│ │
1871:	│ │	│ │	9th Elginshire RVC │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Ross-shire (Ross Highland) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Sutherland (Sutherland Highland) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Elginshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │	volunteer battalion of The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │	volunteer battalion of The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │
1887:	1th (Ross Highland) Volunteer Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	3rd (Morrayshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │
1891:	│ │ │ │	1st Sutherland (Sutherland Highland) Volunteer Rifle Corps │	│ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TF)	5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TF)	6th (Morrayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, 2/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, 3/4th (Ross Highland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │ │ │ │	1/5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, 2/5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, 3/5th (The Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │	1/6th (Morrayshire) Battalion, 2/6th (Morrayshire) Battalion, 3/6th (Morrayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th/5th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA)		│ │ │ │
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1937:	4th/5th (The Ross, Sutherland and Caithness) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │ │
1939:	4th (Ross-shire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │ │ │	5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │ │	6th (Morrayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │ │ │	7th (Morrayshire) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │ │ │
1941:	5th (Caithness and Sutherland) Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	11th Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s) (TA) │
1961:	transferred to The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed B Company (Seaforth), 51st Highland Volunteers and B (Seaforth) Company, C (Seaforth) Company, 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons)