Great Britain (Volunteers)

West Kent

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	14th Kent RVC raised │ │ │ │ │		1st Kent RVC raised 9th Kent RVC raised │ │ │ │		3rd Kent RVC raised 4th Kent RVC raised 7th Kent RVC raised 8th Kent RVC raised 13th Kent RVC raised │
1860:	11th Kent RVC raised 17th Kent RVC raised 23rd Kent RVC raised 33rd Kent RVC raised 35rd Kent RVC raised 39th Kent RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Kent Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │		12th Kent RVC raised 15th Kent RVC raised 19th Kent RVC raised 20th Kent RVC raised 22nd Kent RVC raised 31st Kent RVC raised 38th Kent RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Kent Rifle Volunteers │ 38th Kent RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │		18th Kent RVC raised 21st Kent RVC(Ⅰ) raised 25th Kent RVC raised 27th Kent RVC raised 28th Kent RVC raised 32nd Kent RVC raised 34th Kent RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Kent Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	39th Kent RVC to → │ │		→ 39th Kent RVC 45th Kent RVC raised │		21st Kent RVC(Ⅰ) disbanded │ │	│ │ │
1862:	11th Kent RVC disbanded │		│ │		│ │	│ │
1864:	│		│		│	26th	21st
	│ │		│ │		│ │	Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps
1868:	│ │		20th Kent RVC disbanded │		│ │	│ │	│ │
1869:	│ │		│ │		7th Kent RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1870:	│ │ │ │		22nd Kent RVC disbanded │ │ │		4th Kent RVC attached to → │ │ │	→ 4th Kent RVC 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1871:	│ │		│ │		8th Kent RVC disbanded │	│ │
1872:	│ │		9th Kent RVC disbanded │		│ │	│ │
1873:	│ │		15th Kent RVC disbanded │		│ │	│ │
1874:	│ │ │		19th Kent RVC disbanded 39th Kent RVC disbanded │		│ │ │	│ │ │
1874:	1st Kent RVC added 31st Kent RVC added 45th Kent RVC added │				12th Kent RVC added │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1876:	45th Kent RVC disbanded │				32nd Kent RVC disbanded │	│ │
1877:	consolidated as 1st Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps │				│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │				consolidated as 3rd Kent (West Kent) Rifle Volunteer Corps	consolidated as 4th Kent (Royal Arsenal) 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 Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │				volunteer battalion of The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)				2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)
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1900:	│ │ │ │		4th Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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1906:	│ │ │		disbanded		│ │ │	│ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (TF)		5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (TF)	6th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (TF)	20th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) (TF)
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1910:	│		│	The Kent Cyclist Battalion (TF)	│
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, 4/4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │ │	1/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion 2/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion 3/1st Kent Cyclist Battalion │ │ │ │	1/20th (County of London) Battalion, 2/20th (County of London) Battalion, 3/20th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) │ │
1915:	│ │ │		│ │ │	transferred to The Army Cyclist Corps │	│ │ │
1916:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	transferred to The Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA) │		5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA) │	disbanded	20th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) (TA) │
1922:	│ │ │		│ │ │		20th London Regiment (The Queen’s Own) (TA) │
1935:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │		34th (The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │
1939:	│ │ │ │	6th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │ │	7th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │ │
1940:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	34th (The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │
1945:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	633rd Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent) │
1945:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	4th/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA) │				569th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Queen’s Own) (TA) │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │				569th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Queen’s Own) (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │				Q (Queen’s Own) Battery, 265th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:		transferred to The Queen’s Own Own Buffs, Royal Kent Regiment │
1966:		transferred to The Queen’s Regiment │
		Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed elements of B Company (Queen’s Own Buffs), 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment and B The Queen’s Own Buffs Company, 8th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (West Kent)