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1859: | 1st Warwickshire RVC raised 3rd Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ |
2nd Warwickshire RVC raised 4th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ |
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1860: | 6th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ all merged into 1st Warwickshire (Birmingham) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ |
5th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 7th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 8th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 9th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised 10th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Warwickshire Rifle Volunteers │ |
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4th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 3rd(Ⅱ) 5th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 4th(Ⅱ) 7th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 5th(Ⅱ) 8th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 6th(Ⅱ) 9th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 7th(Ⅱ) 10th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅰ) becomes 8th(Ⅱ) 9th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised 10th Warwickshire RVC(Ⅱ) raised │ |
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11th Warwickshire RVC raised 6th Warwickshire RVC raised(Ⅱ) absorbed by 2nd 7th Warwickshire RVC raised(Ⅱ) absorbed by 2nd 11th Warwickshire RVC absorbed by 10th(Ⅱ) │ |
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12th Warwickshire RVC raised 12th Warwickshire RVC absorbed by 3rd(Ⅱ) │ |
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | ||||||
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms | ||||||
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1883: | 1st Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment |
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Creation of the Territorial Force | ||||||
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1908: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TF) |
6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TF) |
7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TF) |
8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TF) |
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1914/ 1918: |
1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment │ |
1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment │ |
1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment │ |
1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Army | ||||||
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1921: | 5th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) |
6th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) |
7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) |
8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) |
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1936: | 45th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │ |
68th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1937: | │ │ │ │ │ |
69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1939: | │ │ │ │ │ |
69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
1/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
2/7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
2/8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
1/8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ │ |
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9th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ |
8th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ |
1940: | 45th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
69th (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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1942: | 122nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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1943: | 122nd Light Anti-Aircraft/ Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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1944: | 122nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │ |
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army | ||||||
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1947: | 580th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) (TA) │ │ |
469th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) (TA) │ |
7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA) │ │ │ |
623rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (Warwickshire) (TA) │ │ │ |
18th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment (TA) │ │ │ │ |
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from 522nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1950: | 580th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) (TA) │ |
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HQ Battery, P (5/6th Royal Warwicks) Battery, 442nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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443rd (Warwickshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) |
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from R Battery, 443rd (Warwickshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1963: | 7th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers (TA) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve | ||||||
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1967: | disbanded and formed elements of HQ (Warwickshire) Company, B Company (The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers), The Fusilier Volunteers and Q (Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers) Battery, The Warwickshire Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials) and A (Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers) Squadron, The Queen’s Own Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (Territorials) |
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