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) in 1961


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

Contents
- The Volunteers (TAVR II) -
- The Territorials (TAVR III) -
 

 
- The Volunteers (TAVR II) -
 
 
Lowland 52nd Lowland Volunteers
 
 
Home-Counties 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Regiment
 
 
Lancastrian The Lancastrian Volunteers
 
 
Fusilier The Fusilier Volunteers
 
 
East-Anglia 5th (Volunteer) Battalion, accolade The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
 
Wessex The Wessex Volunteers
 
 
Light-Infantry The Light Infantry Volunteers
 
 
Yorkshire The Yorkshire Volunteers
 
 
Mercian The Mercian Volunteers
 
 
Welsh The Welsh Volunteers
 
 
NIM The North Irish Militia
 
 
Highland 51st Highland Volunteers
 
 
GreenJackets 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, accolade The Royal Green Jackets
 
 
PARA 4th (Volunteer) Battalion,

10th (Volunteer) Battalion,

15th (Scottish Volunteer) Battalion,
accolade The Parachute Regiment
 
 
SAS 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Volunteers)
23rd Special Air Service Regiment (Volunteers)
 

 
- The Territorials (TAVR III) -
 
 
ASH 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s)
 
 
BedsHerts The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
BlackWatch 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
 
 
Border 4th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Border Regiment
 
 
CR 4th/7th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Cheshire Regiment
 
 
Foresters The Derbyshire (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
 
 
Dorset The Dorset Territorials
 
 
DCLI The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Territorials)
 
 
ELancs 4th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The East Lancashire Regiment
 
 
DurhamLI 6th/8th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Durham Light Infantry
 
 
Essex The Essex Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
Gordon 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Gordon Highlanders
 
 
GH The Green Howards Territorials
 
 
YaL The Hallamshire (Territorial) Battalion
 
 
HIW The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials
 
 
KingsOwn 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Royal Regiment
(Lancaster)
 
 
KOSB 4th/5th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Scottish Borderers
 
 
KOYLI 4th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
 
 
KSLI accolade The King’s Shropshire and Herefordshire Light Infantry (Territorials)
Hereford-LI accolade
 
 
LeedsR The Leeds Rifles Territorials
 
 
London The London Yeomanry and Territorials
 
 
Manchester The Manchester Regiment (Ardwick and Ashton) Territorials
 
 
Monmouth The Monmouthshire (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The South Wales Borderers
 
 
Northants The Northamptonshire Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
Foresters The Nottinghamshire (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
 
 
Oxfords The Oxfordshire Territorials
 
 
POWORY The Prince of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Territorials
 
 
High 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Own Highlanders
(Seaforth and Camerons)
 
 
Surrey 6th (Territorial) Battalion,
(Queen’s Surreys)
accolade The Queen’s Regiment
EKent 7th (Territorial) Battalion,
(East Kent)
accolade
Wkent 8th (Territorial) Battalion,
(West Kent)
accolade
Sussex 9th (Territorial) Battalion,
(Royal Sussex)
accolade
Middx 10th (Territorial) Battalion,
(Middlesex)
accolade
 
 
RobinHood The Robin Hood (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
 
 
Berks The Royal Berkshire Territorials
 
 
QRR accolade 5th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Royal Green Jackets
RB accolade
 
 
RHF 3rd (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Royal Highland Fusiliers
(Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 
 
InniskillingF 5th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
 
 
IrishF 5th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Royal Irish Fusiliers
(Princess Victoria’s)
 
 
Leics The Royal Leicestershire Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
Lincs The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
Norfolk The Royal Norfolk Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
NF 4th/5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion,

7th (Territorial) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
 
 
RScots accolade The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials
Cameronians accolade
 
 
UlsterR 6th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Royal Ulster Rifles
 
 
RWF 4th (Territorial) Battalion,

6th/7th (Territorial) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Welch Fusiliers
 
 
Wilts The Royal Wiltshire Territorials
 
 
SomersetYandLI The Somerset Yeomanry and Light Infantry (Territorials)
 
 
Staffs 5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion, accolade The Staffordshire Regiment
(The Prince of Wales’s)
 
 
SuffolkCambs The Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Regiment (Territorials)
 
 
Welch 4th (Territorial) Battalion,

5th/6th (Territorial) Battalion,
accolade The Welch Regiment
 
 
DWR The West Riding Territorials
 

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