Great Britain (Volunteers)

Worcestershire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Worcestershire RVC raised 2nd Worcestershire RVC raised │
1860:	3rd Worcestershire RVC raised 4th Worcestershire RVC raised 5th Worcestershire RVC raised 6th Worcestershire RVC raised 7th Worcestershire RVC raised 8th Worcestershire RVC raised 9th Worcestershire RVC raised 16th Worcestershire RVC raised 20th Worcestershire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers │ │		10th Worcestershire RVC raised 11th Worcestershire RVC raised 12th Worcestershire RVC raised 13th Worcestershire RVC raised 14th Worcestershire RVC raised 15th Worcestershire RVC raised 17th Worcestershire RVC raised 18th Worcestershire RVC raised 19th Worcestershire RVC raised 21st Worcestershire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Worcestershire Rifle Volunteers │
1868:	│ │		15th Worcestershire RVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 10th Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │		2nd Worcestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Worcestershire Regiment │		volunteer battalion of The Worcestershire Regiment │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TF)		8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment │		1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) │		8th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) │
1925:	│		│
1939:	│ │ │ │ │ │	9th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	7th Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment (TA) │ │		639th Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Worcestershire Regiment) (TA) │
1961:	│ │ │ │		merged into 267th (Worcestershire) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed B Company (Worcestershire), The Mercian Volunteers and some personel to The Worcester Territorial Regiment, Royal Artillery