Great Britain (Volunteers)

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

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:		1st Sutherland RVC raised 2nd Sutherland RVC raised │
1860:	1st Ross-shire RVC raised 2nd Ross-shire RVC raised 3rd Ross-shire RVC raised 4th Ross-shire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │	3rd Sutherland RVC raised 4th Sutherland RVC raised 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 raised 1st Caithness-shire RVC raised │ │	1st Elginshire RVC raised 2nd Elginshire RVC raised 3rd Elginshire RVC raised 4th Elginshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Elginshire Rifle Volunteers │	1th Nairnshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	5th Ross-shire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 6th Ross-shire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Ross-shire Rifle Volunteers │	2nd Caithness-shire RVC raised 3rd Caithness-shire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │	5th Elginshire RVC raised 6th Elginshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	1th Nairnshire RVC disbanded
1863:	│ │	│ │	7th (Duff) Elginshire RVC raised │
1864:	5th Ross-shire RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Sutherland RVC split up: 2nd Sutherland RVC independent 3rd Sutherland RVC independent 4th Sutherland RVC independent │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Sutherland Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1865:	5th Ross-shire RVC(Ⅱ) raised │	│ │	│ │
1866:	7th Ross-shire RVC raised 8th Ross-shire RVC raised │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1867:	9th Ross-shire RVC raised │	4th Caithness-shire RVC raised │	8th Elginshire RVC raised │
1868:	│ │	5th Sutherland RVC raised │	│ │
1871:	│ │	│ │	9th Elginshire RVC raised │
	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
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	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)