Infantry Volunteers

Essex - Suffolk - Cambridgeshire - Huntingdonshire (until 1900)

1859:	1st Suffolk RVC │				1st Huntingdonshire RVC
1860:	2nd Suffolk RVC 3rd Suffolk RVC 5th Suffolk RVC 8th Suffolk RVC 9th Suffolk RVC │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Suffolk Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	4th Suffolk RVC 7th Suffolk RVC 14th Suffolk RVC 15th Suffolk RVC 17th Suffolk RVC │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Suffolk Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	6th Suffolk RVC 10th Suffolk RVC 11th Suffolk RVC 12th Suffolk RVC 13th Suffolk RVC 16th Suffolk RVC 18th Suffolk RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Suffolk Rifle Volunteers │	2nd Cambridgeshire RVC 4th Cambridgeshire RVC 5th Cambridgeshire RVC 6th Cambridgeshire RVC 7th Cambridgeshire RVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	1st Cambridgeshire RVC 8th Cambridgeshire RVC │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	3rd Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	9th Suffolk RVC to → 21st Suffolk RVC 12th Suffolk RVC ← │	→ 9th Suffolk RVC │ │ │	19th Suffolk RVC 20st Suffolk RVC ← 12th Suffolk RVC to │	9th Cambridgeshire RVC │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1862:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	9th Cambridgeshire RVC ← 9th Cambridgeshire RVC absorbed by 20th │ │	← 9th Cambridgeshire RVC to 10th Cambridgeshire RVC │ │	all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1863:	│ │	│ │	19th Suffolk RVC disbanded │	│ │	17th Essex RVC │	│ │	│ │
1864:	21st Suffolk RVC becomes 3rd Suffolk AVC │	│ │	│ │	│ │	8th Cambridgeshire RVC absorbed by 1st │	│ │	│ │
1865:	│ │	15th Suffolk RVC disbanded │	│ │	10th Cambridgeshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1866:	12th Suffolk RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1870:	│ │	│ │	18th Suffolk RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1872:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	1st Cambridgeshire RVC 1st Huntingdonshire RVC 17th Essex RVC 7th Cambridgeshire RVC disbanded │			│ │ │ │ │
1875:	5th Suffolk RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │			│ │
1877:	7th Suffolk RVC 9th Suffolk RVC │ │ │ │ │	4th Suffolk RVC 14th Suffolk RVC 17th Suffolk RVC all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Norfolk Rifle Volunteers	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │			│ │ │ │ │ │ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Suffolk Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │		consolidated as 6th Suffolk (West Suffolk) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │			│ │ │ │ │
1880:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	1st Cambridgeshire (Cambridge, Essex and Huntingdonshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps │			2nd Cambridgeshire (Cambridge University) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Suffolk Regiment │		volunteer battalion of The Suffolk Regiment │	volunteer battalion of The Suffolk Regiment │			volunteer battalion of The Suffolk Regiment │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment	3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment			4th (Cambridge University) Volunteer Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
	│		│	│	Huntingdonshire tranferred to The Bedfordshire Regiment		│
1903:	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │			The Cambridge University Volunteer Rifle Corps │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF) │		5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF) │	The Cambridgeshire Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF) │	The Essex and Suffolk Cyclist Battalion (TF) │		Cambridge University Contingent, Senior Division Officers Training Corps
1909:	│ │ │		│ │ │	1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF)	│ │ │		│ │ │
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1910:	│ │		│ │	│ │	6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TF)	8th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Essex Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment │ │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment │ │	1/1st Battalion, 2/1st Battalion, 3/1st Battalion, 4/1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment │	1/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment │ │
1920:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	merged into 11th (Essex and Suffolk) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TA)			1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA)
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1938:	│ │ │		13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │	5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	2nd Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) │
1946:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (TA) │ │		513th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	629th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) (TA) │
1949:	│ │ │ │		513th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │
1953:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	629th (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1955:	│ │		R (Sheffield) Battery,	P Battery, Q Battery,
	│ │ │ │			629th (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Airborne Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │			629th (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Parachute Light Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1956:	│ │ │			1st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) │
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1959:	transferred to 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) │			transferred to 1st East Anglian Regiment (Royal Norfolk and Suffolk) │
1961:	The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA)
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1964:	transferred to The Royal Anglian Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed elements of 1st (Norfolk and Suffolk) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment and B Company, C Company, The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (Territorials)