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

The Volunteer Units from 1999 to 2007

The Territorial Army Battalions in 2007


The Army Reserve Battalions in 2023

The 4th Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment and the 8th Battalion, The Rifles were raised in 2017.

The London Regiment was converted into 1st Battailon, The London Guards in 2022, which is an administrative unit. The companies are part of Guards Regiments.

 
GG Ypres Company, accolade The Grenadier Guards
 
 
CG No. 17 Company, accolade The Coldstream Guards
 
 
SG G (Messines) Company, accolade The Scots Guards
 
 
IG No. 15 (Loos) Company, accolade The Irish Guards
 
 
SCOTS 52nd Lowland, 6th Battalion

51st Highland, 7th Battalion
accolade The Royal Regiment of Scotland
 
 
POWRRQH 3rd Battalion,

4th Battalion,
accolade The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
(Queen’s and Royal Hampshires)
 
 
LANCS 4th Battalion, accolade The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
(King’s, Lancashires and Borders)
 
 
RRF 5th Battalion, accolade The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
 
 
RAR 3rd Battalion, accolade The Royal Anglian Regiment
 
 
YORKS 4th Battalion, accolade The Royal Yorkshire Regiment
(14th/15th, 19th and 33rd/76th Foot)
 
 
MERCIAN 4th Battalion, accolade The Mercian Regiment
 
 
WELSH 3rd Battalion, accolade The Royal Welsh
 
 
IRISH 2nd Battalion, accolade The Royal Irish Regiment
 
 
PARA 4th Battalion, accolade The Parachute Regiment
 
 
RIFLES 6th Battalion,

7th Battalion,

8th Battalion,
accolade The Rifles
 
 
SAS 21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (R)

23rd Special Air Service Regiment (R)