Great Britain (Volunteers)

City of Edinburgh

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
(The City of Edinburgh
Rifle Volunteer Corps)
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1862: │
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│		 2nd Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1865: 1st Battalion,
1st Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
(The Queen’s City of Edinburgh
Rifle Volunteer Brigade)
│		 2nd Battalion,
1st Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
(The Queen’s City of Edinburgh
Rifle Volunteer Brigade)
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1867: │
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│		 ← absorbed into 3rd Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: │
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│		 2nd Edinburgh (City)
Rifle Volunteer Corps
Edinburgh
│		 Edinburgh
│		 Edinburgh
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The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:
volunteer battalion of
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
see also the Regular Battalions
and the Militia Battalion
and more Volunteer Battalions
and one more Volunteer Battalion
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volunteer battalion of
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
see also the Regular Battalions
and the Militia Battalion
and more Volunteer Battalions
and one more Volunteer Battalion
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1888: 1st Battalion,
The Queen’s
Rifle Volunteer Brigade		 2nd Battalion,
The Queen’s
Rifle Volunteer Brigade		 3rd Battalion,
The Queen’s
Rifle Volunteer Brigade		 4th Volunteer Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
Rscots-QER
│		 Rscots-QER
│		 Rscots-QER
│		 RScots
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1900: highland companies to →
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│		 highland companies to →
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│		 The Highland Battalion,
The Queen’s
Rifle Volunteer Brigade
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1902: │
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│		 9th Volunteer Battalion
(Highlanders),
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)		 │
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Rscots-QER
│		 Rscots-QER
│		 Rscots-QER
│		 RScots
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 4th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)
│		 5th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)
│		 9th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)
│		 6th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)
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1909: 4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)		 5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)		 9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment) (TF)		 │
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Rscots-QER
│		 Rscots-QER
│		 RScots
│		 RScots
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1914/
1918:		 1/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
2/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
3/4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
│		 1/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
2/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
3/5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
│		 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
2/9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
3/9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
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│		 1/6th Battalion,
2/6th Battalion,
3/6th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(Lothian Regiment)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 4th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)
│		 5th (Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles)
Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)
│		 9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)
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│		 6th Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)
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│		 from
10th (Cyclist) Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TF)
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1921: 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh),
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)
│		 merged into
7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion,
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment) (TA)		 merged into
57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
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1938: 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh),
The Royal Scots
(The Royal Regiment)
(52nd Searchlight Regiment) (TA)
│		 former 10th Bn forms
14th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(West Lothian, Royal Scots) (TA)		 19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: 52nd Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery		 │
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RA
│		 RA
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1942: 130th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots)
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1947: │
│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 587th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots)
│		 519th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1949: │
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│		 519th Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Dunedin) (TA)
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│		 from
514th (West Lothian, Royal Scots)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 transferred from
471th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Forth) (TA)
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1955: P (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots) Battery, Q (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Battery, R (City of Edinburgh) Battery, S (Dunedin) Battery,
432nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1961: converted into
432nd (City of Edinburgh)
Corps Engineer Regiment,
Royal Engineers (TA)		 Q Battery merged into
445nd (Lowland)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
 

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