Infantry Volunteers

Lancashire (Liverpool and Manchester)

The lineage of the 5^th, 6^th, 8^th, 9^th, Battalions and the 7^th Volunteer Battalion, The King’s is on the page The King’s
The lineage of the 10^th Battalion, The King’s is on the page The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders / The Liverpool Scottish
The lineage of the 5^th - 9^th, Battalions, The Manchester Regiment is on the page The Manchester Regiment

1860:	15th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) │
1882:	│ │ │ │ │ │			22nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment │
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1888:	4th Volunteer Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment)			6th Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	7th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) (TF)			10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) │			1/10th Battalion, 2/10th Battalion, 3/10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	7th Battalion, The King’s Regiment (Liverpool) (TA)			10th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA)
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1938:	40th (The King’s Regiment) Battalion, The Royal Tank Corps (TA)			41st (Oldham) Battalion, The Royal Tank Corps (TA)
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1939:	transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │			transferred to The Royal Armoured Corps │
1939:	40th (The King’s) Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │	46th (Liverpool Welsh) Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │	33rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	41st (Oldham) Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │	47st (Oldham) Battalion, The Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │
1943:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	33rd Light Anti-Aircraft/ Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │	│ │ │	33rd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1945:	40th (The King’s) Royal Tank Regiment │	46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment │	│ │ │	41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment │	47st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment │
1946:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	40th (The King’s) Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │ │	653rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Liverpool Welsh) (TA) │	533rd Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	41st (Oldham) Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │ │
1950:	│ │ │ │	533rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Liverpool Welsh) (TA) │		│ │ │ │
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1955:	│ │ │ │ │ │	Q (Liverpool Welsh) Battery, 368th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)		│ │ │ │ │ │
1956:	40th/41st Royal Tank Regiment (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed HQ Squadron, A Squadron, C Squadron, The Duke of Lancaster’s Own Yeomanry (Royal Tank Regiment) (Territorials)