The Volunteer Infantry of the British Army

The Rifle Volunteers from 1859 to 1880

The Consolidation of the Rifle Volunteers in 1880

From the Consolidation of 1880 to the creation of the Territorial Force in 1908

The Volunteer units as parts of the territorial regiments 1881-1914

The Territorial Force Divisions 1910-14

The Battalions of the Territorial Force (TF) in 1914

The Creation of the Territorial Army (TA) from 1920 to 1922

Conversion from 1935 to 1938

The Battalions of the Territorial Army (TA) in 1939

From 1947 to 1961


The Battalions of the Territorial Army (TA) 1961

 
HAC-Infantry Infantry Battalion, accolade The Honourable Artillery Company
 
 
RS 8th/9th Battalion, accolade The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
QRSR 3rd Battalion,

4th Battalion,
accolade The Queen’s Royal Surrey Regiment (TA)
 
 
EKent 4th Battalion,

5th Battalion,
accolade The Buffs
(Royal East Kent Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
KO 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster)
(TA)
 
 
NF 4th/5th Battalion,

6th Battalion,

7th Battalion,
accolade The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (TA)
 
 
Warwicks 7th Battalion, accolade The Royal Warwickshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
RoyalF The City of London Battalion, accolade The Royal Fusiliers
(The City of London Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
Liverpool 5th Battalion, accolade The King’s Regiment
(Liverpool)
(TA)
 
 
Norfolk 4th Battalion, accolade The Royal Norfolk Regiment (TA)
 
 
Lincs 4th/6th Battalion, accolade The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Devons The Devonshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
SuffolkCambs The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Somerset The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert’s) (TA)
 
 
Yorkshire 3rd Battalion, accolade The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire (TA)
LeedsR The Leeds Rifles, accolade
 
 
BedfHerts 1st Battalion, accolade The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Leicesters 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Yorks 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
LancsF 5th (Bury) Battalion, accolade The Lancashire Fusiliers (TA)
 
 
RSF 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Scots Fusiliers (TA)
 
 
Cheshire 4th Battalion,

7th Battalion,
accolade The Cheshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
RWF 4th (Denbighshire) Battalion,

6th/7th Battalion,
accolade The Royal Welch Fusiliers (TA)
 
 
Monmouths 2nd Battalion, accolade The Monmouthshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
KOSB 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Scottish Borderers (TA)
 
 
Cameronians 6th/7th Battalion, accolade The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles)
(TA)
 
 
InniskillingF 5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (TA)
 
 
Gloucesters 5th Battalion, accolade The Gloucestershire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Worcs 7th Battalion, accolade The Worcestershire Regiment (TA)
 
 
ELancs 4th Battalion, accolade The East Lancashire Regiment (TA)
 
 
DCLI The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (TA)
 
 
DWR The West Riding Battalion, accolade The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
(West Riding)
(TA)
 
 
ELancs 4th (Westmorland and Cumberland) Battalion, accolade The Border Regiment (TA)
 
 
Sussex 4th/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, accolade The Royal Sussex Regiment (TA)
 
 
RHR 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Hampshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
SStaffs 5th Battalion, accolade The South Staffordshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Dorset The Dorset Regiment (TA)
 
 
SLancs 4th Battalion, accolade The South Lancashire Regiment
(Prince of Wales’s Volunteers)
(TA)
 
 
Welch 4th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion,

5th (Glamorgan) Battalion,

6th Battalion,
accolade The Welch Regiment (TA)
 
 
BlackWatch 4th/5th (Dundee and Angus) Battalion,

6th/7th Battalion,
accolade The Black Watch
Royal Highland Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
OxonBucks The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (TA)
 
 
Essex 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Essex Regiment (TA)
 
 
Foresters 5th/8th Battalion, accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
(TA)
 
 
NLancs 5th Battalion, accolade The Loyal Regiment
(North Lancashire)
(TA)
 
 
Northant 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Northamptonshire Regiment (TA)
 
 
Berks 4th/6th Battalion, accolade The Royal Berkshire Regiment
(Princcess Charlotte of Wales’s)
(TA)
 
 
WKent 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment (TA)
 
 
KOYLI 4th Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (TA)
 
 
KSLI 4th Battalion, accolade The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry (TA)
 
 
HerefordLI 1st Battalion, accolade The Herefordshire Light Infantry (TA)
 
 
Middlesex 5th Battalion, accolade The Middlesex Regiment
(The Duke of Cambridge’s Own)
(TA)
 
 
QRR The Queen’s Royal Rifles (TA)
 
 
Wilts 4th Battalion, accolade The Wiltshire Regiment
(Duke of Edinburgh’s)
(TA)
 
 
Manchester 8th Battalion,

9th Battalion,
accolade The Manchester Regiment (TA)
 
 
NStaffs 5th/6th Battalion, accolade The North Staffordshire Regiment
(The Prince of Wales’s)
(TA)
 
 
YaL The Hallamshire Battalion, accolade The York and Lancaster Regiment (TA)
 
 
DurhamLI 6th Battalion, accolade The Durham Light Infantry (TA)
DurhamLI 8th Battalion, accolade
 
 
HLI 5th/6th Battalion, accolade The Highland Light Infantry
(The City of Glasgow Regiment)
(TA)
DurhamLI 1st Battalion, The Glasgow Highlanders, accolade
 
 
Seaforth 11th Battalion, accolade The Seaforth Highlanders
(Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
(TA)
 
 
GordonH 3rd Battalion, accolade The Gordon Highlanders (TA)
LondonScottish The London Scottish, accolade
 
 
GordonH 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders (TA)
LiverpoolScottish 1st Battalion, The Liverpool Scottish, accolade
 
 
LIR The London Irish Rifles, accolade The Royal Ulster Rifles (TA)
RURif 6th Battalion, accolade
 
 
IrishF 5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Irish Fusiliers
(Princess Victoria’s)
(TA)
 
 
ASH 7th Battalion,

8th Battalion,
accolade The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s)
(TA)
 
 
RB The London Rifle Brigade / Rangers, accolade The Rifle Brigade
(Prince Consort’s Own)
(TA)
 
 
PARA 10th (County of London) Battalion,

12th/13th (Yorkshire and Lancaster) Battalion,

15th (Scottish) Battalion,

17th (9th Bn, Durham Light Infantry) Battalion,
accolade The Parachute Regiment (TA)
 
 
SAS 21st Special Air Service Regiment (TA)
 

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