Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex

The Special Air Service Regiment

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:	38th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1877:	38th Middlesex (Artists’) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	20th Middlesex (Artists’) Rifle Volunteer Corps
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	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Prince Consort’s Own (The Rifle Brigade) see also the Regular Battalions and the militia battalions in Ireland and Tower Hamlets and volunteer battalions in parts of London Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols and Vols │
1891:	20th Middlesex (Artists’) Volunteer Rifle Corps │
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/28th (County of London) Battalion, 2/28th (County of London) Battalion, 3/28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) │
1916:	transferred to The Prince Consort’s Own (The Rifle Brigade) │
1920:	28th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1922:	28th London Regiment (Artists’ Rifles) (TA) │
1937:	The Artists Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (TA) │
1942:	│		1st Special Air Service
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1943/ 1945:	│ │ │		2nd - 5th Special Air Service formed │
1944:	│ │		Special Air Service Regiment │
1945:	│ │		disbanded
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	21st Battalion, Special Air Service Regiment (Artists Rifles) (TA) │
1949:	│
1950:	21st Special Air Service Regiment (The Artists Rifles) (TA) │
1951:	│ │ │		The Malayan Scouts (Special Air Service) │
1952:	│ │ │		22nd Special Air Service Regiment │
1959:	│ │ │	23rd Special Air Service Regiment (TA) │	│ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve		│
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1967:	21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (Volunteers) │	23rd Special Air Service Regiment (Volunteers) │ │	│ │ │ │
	Territorial Army		│
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	Army Reserve		│
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2014:	21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists) (R) │	23rd Special Air Service Regiment (R) │	│ │ │

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