Great Britain (Volunteers)

Yorkshire West Riding

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	7th Yorkshire West Riding RVC(Ⅰ) raised 8th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │		10th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │	15th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │
1860:	13th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 14th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ all merged as 7th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps(Ⅰ) │ │ 4th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps(Ⅱ) │	34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	10th Yorkshire West Riding RVC becomes- 6th(Ⅱ) 32nd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	12th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 23rd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 25th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 26th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 42nd Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers │
1862:	│ │ │ │ │	34th (Saddleworth) Yorkshire West Riding RVC 35th (Airdale) Yorkshire West Riding RVC │	all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │ │
1864:	│ │	│ │	41st Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │	│ │
1865:	│ │	35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC → │	│ │	→ 35th Yorkshire West Riding RVC │
1868:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	44th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised 6th (The Huddersfield) Yorkshire West Riding RVC(Ⅱ) │	│ │ │ │
1874:	│ │	│ │	│ │	26th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │
1875:	│ │	│ │	│ │	45th Yorkshire West Riding RVC raised │
1876:	│ │	│ │	44th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │	25th Yorkshire West Riding RVC disbanded │
1877:	│ │	34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC →	→ 34th Yorkshire West Riding RVC │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │		consolidated as 6th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 12th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │		│ │ │	9th Yorkshire West Riding Rifle Volunteer Corps │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion │		volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion │
1883:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)	3rd Volunteer Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)	see also 7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)	5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │		1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │		5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) (TA) │
1936:	│ │ │ │ │		43rd (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1938:	58th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │	│ │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │	68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │	1/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │	2/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │
1940:	58th (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │ │	43rd (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1942:	│ │ │ │ │	68th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	114th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps │ │ │
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1943:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding) │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	43rd Garrison Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment)	│ │ │ │	11th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
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1944:	│ │ │ │ │	suspended animation │ │ │ │	600th Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
1946:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	382nd Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	disbanded	578th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	322nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	disbanded
1947:	│ │ │ │ │ │		578th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Bn, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │	673rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │ │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	673rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │
	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 538th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Riding) (TA) │
1950:	│ │		│ │	│ │
1951:	382nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1954:	382nd Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) (TA) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
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1955:	R (4th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery, │		P (5th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery,	Q (6th Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) Battery,
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1961:		The West Riding Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment (West Riding)
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		Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed C Company (The Duke of Wellellington’s), The Yorkshire Volunteers and The West Riding Territorials

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