Great Britain (Volunteers)

West Surrey

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:			2nd Surrey RVC raised │	5th Surrey RVC raised │
1860:			part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers	13th Surrey RVC raised 14th Surrey RVC raised 17th Surrey RVC raised 18th Surrey RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │	10th Surrey RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	19th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:				22nd Surrey RVC raised │	23rd Surrey RVC raised │	│ │
1862:				25th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) raised 25th Surrey RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 24th(Ⅱ) │	│ │ │	│ │ │
			made independent from 1st Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1867:			2nd Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1868:			│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Surrey Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │
1875:			│ │	22nd Surrey RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1877:			│ │	14th Surrey RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:			│ │ │ │	consolidated as 5th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 10th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │
1880:			│ │	4th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps	6th Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps	8th Surrey 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 (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │	volunteer battalion of The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │
1883:			1st Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)	4th Volunteer Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:			4th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (TF)	5th Battalion, The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (TF)	22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TF)	24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:			1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, 4/4th Battalion, The Queen's (West Surrey Regiment) │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Queen's (West Surrey Regiment) │ │	1/22nd (County of London) Battalion, 2/22nd (County of London) Battalion, 3/22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment) (The Queen’s) │ │	1/24th (County of London) Battalion, 2/24th (County of London) Battalion, 3/24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment) (The Queen’s) │ │
1916:			│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	tranferred to The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │	tranferred to The Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:			4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │	5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │	22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA) │	24th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA) │
1922:			│ │	│ │	22nd London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA)	24th London Regiment (The Queen’s) (TA)
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1924:		Surrey Group Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Companies, Royal Engineers (TA) │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1935:		30th (Surrey) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1937:		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │	7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │
1938:		│ │ │ │ │	4th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (63rd Searchlight Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1939:		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │	1/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, 2/6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │	1/7th (Southwark) Battalion, 2/7th (Southwark) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) │
1940:		30th (Surrey) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │	63rd (4th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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1942:		│ │ │ │	127th (Queen’s) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1943:		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:		│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:		565th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Surrey) (TA) │ │	598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Queen’s) (TA) │ │	5th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ │	6th (Bermondsey) Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey) (TA) │ │	622th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7th Bn The Queen’s Royal Regiment) (TA) │
1949:		565th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Surrey) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1952:		│ │ │ │ │	598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
	from 566th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (City of London Rifles) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (City of London Rifles) Battery, S (City of London Rifles) Battery	R (Surrey) Battery, 565th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	Q (4th Queen’s) Battery,	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	R (Queen’s) Battery, S (Queen’s) Battery, 570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1959:		│ │ │ │		tranferred to The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment │	tranferred to The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment │
1961:			3rd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment (TA)
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1966:			tranferred to The Queen’s Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:			disbanded and formed A Company (Queen’s Surreys), 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment and D Company, 6th (Territorial) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Queen’s Surreys)