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

The Volunteer Battalions from 1971 to 1975


The Volunteer Battalions in 1995

 
Lowland The Lowland Volunteers
 
 
POWRRQH 5th (V) Battalion,

6th/7th (V) Battalion,
accolade The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
(Queen’s and Royal Hampshires)
 
 
KORBR 4th (V) Battalion, accolade The King’s Own Royal Border Regiment
 
 
RRF 5th (Warwickshire) Battalion,

6th (Northumberland) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
 
 
Kings 5th/8th (V) Battalion, accolade The King’s Regiment
 
 
R.ANGLIAN 5th (V) Battalion,

6th (V) Battalion,

7th (V) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
 
DDR 4th (V) Battalion,
(1st Rifle Volunteers)
accolade The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment
 
 
LI 5th Battalion, The (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Light Infantry (Volunteers)

6th Battalion, The (Somerset and Cornwall) Light Infantry (Volunteers)

7th Battalion, The (Durham) Light Infantry (Volunteers)

8th Battalion, The (Yorkshire) Light Infantry (Volunteers)
 
 
POWORY 3rd Battalion,
(Yorkshire Volunteers)
accolade The Prince of Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire
 
 
GH 4th/5th Battalion,
(Yorkshire Volunteers)
accolade The Green Howards
(Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own Yorkshire Regiment)
 
 
RHF 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Royal Highland Fusiliers
(Princess Margaret’s Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment)
 
 
Cheshire 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Cheshire Regiment
 
 
RWF 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Royal Welch Fusiliers
 
 
RRW 2nd (V) Battalion, accolade The Royal Regiment of Wales
(24th/41st Foot)
 
 
RIR 4th/5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Irish Rangers (Volunteers)
 
 
RGBWR 2nd (V) Battalion, accolade The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment
 
 
WSFR 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment
(29th/45th Foot)
 
 
QLR 4th (V) Battalion, accolade The Queen’s Lancashire Regiment
 
 
DWR 3rd Battalion,
(Yorkshire Volunteers)
accolade The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment
(West Riding)
 
 
Staffs 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Staffordshire Regiment
(The Prince of Wales’s)
 
 
BlackWatch 3rd (V) Battalion, accolade The Black Watch
(Royal Highland Regiment)
 
 
High 3nd (V) Battalion, accolade The Highlanders
(Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons)
 
 
ASH 7th/8th (V) Battalion, accolade The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(Princess Louise’s)
 
 
RGJ 4th (V) Battalion,

5th (V) Battalion,
accolade The Royal Green Jackets
 
 
PARA 4th (V) Battalion,

10th (V) Battalion,
accolade The Parachute Regiment
 
 
The London Regiment
 
 
SAS 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (V)

23rd Special Air Service Regiment (V)
 

The Volunteer Units from 1999 to 2007

The Territorial Army Battalions in 2007

The Army Reserve Battalions in 2023