Great Britain (Volunteers)

Worcestershire - Warwickshire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1865: 1st Worcestershire AVC raised
part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Cheshire Artillery Volunteers
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1866: part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
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1867: part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Cheshire Artillery Volunteers
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1869: part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Shropshire Artillery Volunteers
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1873: attached to
1st Monmouthshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1874: part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Monmouthshire Artillery Volunteers
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1878: redesignated as
1st Administrative Brigade of
Worcestershire Artillery Volunteers
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Consolidation and renumbering
of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Worcestershire
(Worcester and Monmounth)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the
Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Welsh Division
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Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:
part of
Southern Division
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1890: 1st Worcestershire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 1st Monmounthshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
1891: 1st Worcestershire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
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1892: 1st Worcestershire and
Warwickshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899: │
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1900: 1st Worcestershire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 1st Warwickshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
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Division system abolished
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1902: 1st Worcestershire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Warwickshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 1st Worcestershire Battery,
2nd Worcestershire Battery,
3rd Worcestershire Battery,
II South Midland Ammunition Column,
II South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 1st Warwickshire Battery,
2nd Warwickshire Battery,
3rd Warwickshire Battery,
III South Midland Ammunition Column,
III South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 4th Warwickshire (Howitzer) Battery,
5th Warwickshire (Howitzer) Battery,
IV South Midland Ammunition Column,
IV South Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1914: 1/II South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 2/II South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 1/III South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 2/III South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 1/IV South Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/IV South Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1916: CCXLI Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCVI Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXLII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCVII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXLIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCVIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
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1916: │
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│		 broken up │
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1917: │
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│		 broken up
1919: suspended animation
│		 disbanded suspended animation
│		 disbanded │
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1920: 2nd South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
│		 3rd South Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 67th (South Midland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 68th (South Midland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
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1924: 67th (South Midland) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 68th (South Midland) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 67th (South Midland)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 68th (South Midland)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 95th Ant-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 119th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 120th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: │
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│		 95th Heavy Ant-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1942: │
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│		 119th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(South Midland) (TA)
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│		 120th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(South Midland) (TA)
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1944: │
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│		 suspended animation
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1946: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 267th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(South Midland) (TA)
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│		 disbanded 268th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Warwickshire) (TA)
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│		 320th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(South Midland) (TA)
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│		 495th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Birmingham) (TA)
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1951: 267th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1954: │
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│		 268th (Warwickshire))
Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 from
623rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
Royal Artillery
(Warwick) (TA)
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1955: │
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│		 P Battery, Q Battery, R Battery,
443rd (Warwickshire)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1956: P Battery,
R Battery,
267th (Worcestershire and
Warwickshire) Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Q Battery, │
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Warwickshire Batteries →
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│		 from
639th Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Worcestershire
Regiment) (TA)
│		 → Worwickshire Batteries of
267th (Worcestershire and
Warwickshire) Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 from
Q (Warwickshire) Battery,
442nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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P Battery,
Q Battery,
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R Battery
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1961: P Battery,
Q Battery,
267th (Worcestershire) Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 R Battery, R Battery, Q Battery,
268th (Warwickshire)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 P Battery, merged into
7th Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire
Regiment (TA)
1961: │
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│		 268th (Warwickshire) Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1964: 267th (Worcestershire)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 268th (Warwickshire)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 from elements of
7th Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
(TA)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
The Worcestershire
Territorial Regiment
Royal Artillery
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│		 disbanded and formed
P (68 South Midland) Battery,
The Warwickshire Regiment
Royal Artillery
(Territorials)
│		 Q (Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers) Battery,
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1969: reduced to cadre as
The Worcestershire Regiment
Royal Artillery
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│		 214th (Worcestershire)
Light Air Defence Battery,
104th Light Air Defence Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Volunteers)		 reduced to cadre as
The Warwickshire Regiment
Royal Artillery
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1970: cadre redesignated as
The Worcestershire Regiment
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1971: A (Worcestershire Regiment) Company,
The Light Infantry and
Mercian Volunteers		 X troop,
A (Queen’s Own Warwickshire
and Worcestershire Yeomanry) Squadron,
The Mercian Yeomanry
 

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