Great Britain (Volunteers)

Somerset

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Somersetshire RVC raised 2nd Somersetshire RVC raised │	3rd Somersetshire RVC raised │ │
1860:	7th Somersetshire RVC raised 14th Somersetshire RVC raised 17th Somersetshire RVC raised 18th Somersetshire RVC raised 22nd Somersetshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Somersetshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │	5th Somersetshire RVC raised 8th Somersetshire RVC raised 9th Somersetshire RVC raised 11th Somersetshire RVC raised 12th Somersetshire RVC raised 16th Somersetshire RVC raised 20th Somersetshire RVC raised 21st Somersetshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Somersetshire Rifle Volunteers │	4th Somersetshire RVC raised 6th Somersetshire RVC raised 10th Somersetshire RVC raised 13th Somersetshire RVC raised 15th Somersetshire RVC raised 19th Somersetshire RVC raised 23rd Somersetshire RVC raised 24th Somersetshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Somersetshire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │ │	26th Somersetshire RVC raised │ │	25th Somersetshire RVC raised 27th Somersetshire RVC raised │
1871:	│ │	│ │	24th Somersetshire RVC disbanded │
1873:	│ │	11th Somersetshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1876:	│ │	28th Somersetshire RVC raised │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 3rd Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 4th Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │	2nd Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	3rd Somersetshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) │	volunteer battalion of Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) │	volunteer battalion of Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) │
1882:	1st Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry)	2nd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry)	3rd Volunteer Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) (TF)		5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA)		5th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA)
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1939:	│ │ │ │ │ │	6th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA) │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	7th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA) │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	630th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Somerset Light Infantry) │
1950:	│ │
1959:	transferred to The Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry │
1960:	The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed C Company (Somerset Light Infantry), The Somerset Yeomanry and Light Infantry (Territorials)