The Volunteer Infantry of the British Army

From 1947 to 1961

The notation ⁓ is short for the regimental title that forms the heading of a section.


Resurrection in 1947		Changes in 1950/60		Changes in 1961

The Honourable Artillery Company
Infantry Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
7^th/9^th (Highlanders) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	8^th/9^th Battalion, ⁓	→
8^th (Lothian and Peebleshire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	8^th/9^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Queen’s Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	3^rd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment	→
6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	3^rd Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment	→

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
410^th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery	→	1956: 5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
4^th Battalion	}	1950: 4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
588^th Light A-A Regiment, RA	}	1950: 4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
43^rd Royal Tank Regiment	→	1956: 6^th (City) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
7^th Battalion	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
7^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1956: 7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
18^th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	}	1956: 7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
8^th (1^st City of London) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	The City of London Battalion, ⁓	→

The King’s Regiment (Liverpool)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Norfolk Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Lincolnshire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 4^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
6^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 4^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The Devonshire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 4^th Battalion, ⁓ → 1958: The Devonshire Regiment			→
5^th (Prince of Wales’s) Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 4^th Battalion, ⁓ → 1958: The Devonshire Regiment			→

The Suffolk Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment	→
629^th Parachute Light Regiment, RA	→	1956: 1^st Battalion, The Cambridgeshire Regiment	}	The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment	→

The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s)
4^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 4^th Battalion, ⁓ → 1960: The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s)			→
6^th Battalion, ⁓	}				→

The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Own)				The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	3^rd Battalion, ⁓	→
		584^th Heavy A-A Regiment, RA	}	3^rd Battalion, ⁓	→
45^th/51^st Royal Tank Regiment	→	1956: 7^th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion, ⁓	→	The Leeds Rifles, ⁓	→

The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York’s Own)				The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	3^rd Battalion, ⁓ (see above)

The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1958: The Bedfordshire Regiment	}	1^st Battalion, ⁓	→
1^st Battalion, The Hertfordshire Regiment	→	→	}	1^st Battalion, ⁓	→

The Royal Leicestershire Regiment
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Lancashire Fusiliers
5^th (Bury) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Scots Fusiliers
4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Cheshire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Welch Fusiliers
4^th (Denbighshire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
446^th Airborne Light A-A Regiment, RA	→	1958: 6^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The South Wales Borderers
2^nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment	→	→	→	→	→

The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
4^th (The Border) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→
5^th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
6^th (Lanarkshire) Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 6^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
7^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1950: 6^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Gloucestershire Regiment
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Worcestershire Regiment
7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The East Lancashire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The East Surrey Regiment
6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	4^th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment	→
42^nd Royal Tank Regiment	→	1956: 23^rd London Regiment	}	4^th Battalion, The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment	→

The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1960: The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry	→	→	→

The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1957: 5^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	}	The West Riding Battalion, ⁓	→
		382^nd Medium Regiment, RA	}	The West Riding Battalion, ⁓	→

The Border Regiment
4^th (Cumberland and Westmorland) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Sussex Regiment
4^th/5^th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Hampshire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	}	1956: 4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
14^th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	}	1956: 4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The South Staffordshire Regiment
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Dorsetshire Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1958: The Dorset Regiment	→	→	→

The South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Welch Regiment
4^th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
5^th (Glamorgan) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
16^th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	→	1956: 6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→

The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
4^th/5^th (Dundee and Angus) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
6^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1958: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry			→

The Essex Regiment
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	5^th/8^th Battalion, ⁓	→
8^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	5^th/8^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Northamptonshire Regiment
5^th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales’s)
4^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment
4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
1^st Battalion, The Herefordshire Light Infantry	→	→	→	→	→

The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	5^th Battalion, ⁓	→
11^th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment	→	1958: 8^th Battalion, ⁓
		571^st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA

The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
Queen Victoria’s Rifles, ⁓	→	→	}	The Queen’s Royal Rifles	→
The Queen’s Westminsters, ⁓	→	→	}	The Queen’s Royal Rifles	→

The Wiltshire Regiment (Duke of Edinburgh’s)
4^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Manchester Regiment
8^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
9^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The North Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s)
6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	5^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→
		441^st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, RA	}	5^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→

The York and Lancaster Regiment
The Hallamshire Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Durham Light Infantry
6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
8^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment)
5^th/6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
9^th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 1^st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, ⁓	→	→	→

The Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
11^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Gordon Highlanders
4^th/7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	3^rd Battalion, ⁓	→
5^th/6^th (Banff, Buchan and Donside) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	}	3^rd Battalion, ⁓	→
The London Scottish, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
4^th/5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
The Liverpool Scottish, ⁓	→	1948: 1^st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, ⁓	→	→	→

The Royal Ulster Rifles
The London Irish Rifles, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
6^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Royal Irish Fusiliers (Princess Victoria’s)
5^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise’s)
7^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
8^th Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→

The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own)
The London Rifle Brigade, ⁓	}	1960: The London Rifle Brigade / Rangers, ⁓	→	→	→
The Rangers, ⁓	}	1960: The London Rifle Brigade / Rangers, ⁓	→	→	→
The Artists’ Rifles, ⁓	→	1952: 21^st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists)	→	→	→

The Parachute Regiment
10^th (County of London) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
11^th (Middlesex) Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 8^th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
12^th (Yorkshire) Battalion, ⁓	}	1956: 12^th/13^th (Yorkshire and Lancashire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
13^th (Lancashire) Battalion, ⁓	}	1956: 12^th/13^th (Yorkshire and Lancashire) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→
14^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 5^th Battalion, The Royal Hampshire Regiment
15^th (Scottish) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
16^th (Welsh) Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 6^th Battalion, The Welch Regiment
17^th (9^th Bⁿ, Durham Light Infantry) Battalion, ⁓	→	→	→	→	→
18^th Battalion, ⁓	→	1956: 8^th Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment

The Battalions of the Territorial Army (TA) in 1961

The Battalions of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) in 1967

The Volunteer Battalions from 1971 to 1975

The Volunteer Battalions in 1995

The Volunteer Units from 1999 to 2007

The Territorial Army Battalions in 2007

The Army Reserve Battalions in 2023