Great Britain (Volunteers)

East Lancashire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	2nd Lancashire RVC raised 3rd Lancashire RVC raised │	4th Lancashire RVC raised 7th Lancashire RVC raised │
1860:	3rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 2nd 62nd Lancashire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │	17th Lancashire RVC raised 29th Lancashire RVC raised 36th Lancashire RVC raised 57th Lancashire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	81st Lancashire RVC raised │ │	84th Lancashire RVC raised 36th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 7th │
1862:	│ │	87th Lancashire RVC raised │
1863:	│ │	88th Lancashire RVC raised │
1864:	all part of 8th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │	│ │ │ │
1865:	│ │	87th Lancashire RVC disbanded │
1868:	│ │	90th Lancashire RVC raised │
1870:	│ │	90th Lancashire RVC disbanded │
1876:	81st Lancashire RVC disbanded │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 2nd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │	3rd Lancashire 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 East Lancashire Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The East Lancashire Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion │
1889:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (TF)	5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/4th Battalion, 2/4th Battalion, 3/4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment │	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	4th/5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (TA)
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1939:	4th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (TA) │	5th Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (TA) │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	│ │	disbanded
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1958:	transferred to The Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed elements of HQ Company (Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s Volunteers), The Lancastrian Volunteers and A Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment), C Company (4th East Lancashire Regiment), 4th (Territorial) Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment

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