Great Britain (Volunteers)

Shropshire - Herefordshire - Radnorshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Shropshire RVC raised │
1860:	4th Shropshire RVC raised 5th Shropshire RVC raised 6th Shropshire RVC raised 10th Shropshire RVC raised 11th Shropshire RVC raised 14th Shropshire RVC raised 16th Shropshire RVC raised 17th Shropshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Shropshire Rifle Volunteers │	9th Shropshire RVC raised 9th Shropshire RVC → 1st Shropshire AVC	2nd Shropshire RVC raised 3rd Shropshire RVC raised 7th Shropshire RVC raised 8th Shropshire RVC raised 12th Shropshire RVC raised 13th Shropshire RVC raised 15th Shropshire RVC raised 18th Shropshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Shropshire Rifle Volunteers │	1st Herefordshire RVC raised 2nd Herefordshire RVC raised 3rd Herefordshire RVC raised 4th Herefordshire RVC raised 5th Herefordshire RVC raised 6th Herefordshire RVC raised 7th Herefordshire RVC raised 8th Herefordshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Herefordshire Rifle Volunteers │	1st Radnorshire RVC raised 2nd Radnorshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 3rd Radnorshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1863:	16th Shropshire RVC disbanded │		│ │	│ │	│ │
1864:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	1st Radnorshire RVC added 2nd Radnorshire RVC(Ⅰ) added 3rd Radnorshire RVC added │
1872:	│ │		│ │	3rd Radnorshire RVC disbanded │
	│ │ │ │	from broken up 1st Administrative Battalion of Montgomeryshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1873:	2nd Montgomeryshire RVC added 4th Montgomeryshire RVC(Ⅱ) added │		│ │ │	5th Herefordshire RVC disbanded │ │
1876:	2nd Montgomeryshire RVC disbanded 4th Montgomeryshire RVC(Ⅱ) disbanded │		│ │ │	│ │ │
1878:	│ │ │		│ │ │	2nd Radnorshire RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded 2nd Radnorshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised │
1879:	│ │		13th Shropshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Shropshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 2nd Shropshire Rifle Volunteer Corps	consolidated as 1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) 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 King’s Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) │		volunteer battalion of The King’s Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The King’s Light Infantry (Shropshire Regiment) │
1882:	parent regiment changed title The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) │		parent regiment changed title The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) │	parent regiment changed title The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) │
1888:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry)	│ │ │
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1891:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) Volunteer Rifle Corps │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) (TF) │			The Herefordshire Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) (TF) │
1909:	│ │ │			1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The King’s (Shropshire Light Infantry) │			1/1st Battalion, 2/1st Battalion, 3/1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment) │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (TA) │			1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment (TA) │
1939:	│ │ │ │ │	5th Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (TA) │ │		│ │ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment (TA) │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (TA)			1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Light Infantry (TA)
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	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed HQ Company (Shropshire), The Light Infantry Volunteers and A Company (King’s Shropshire Light Infantry), The King’s Shropshire and Herefordshire Light Infantry (Territorials)			disbanded and formed C Company (Herefordshire), The Light Infantry Volunteers and B Company (Herefordshire Light Infantry), The King’s Shropshire and Herefordshire Light Infantry (Territorials)