Great Britain (Volunteers)

Middlesex - Tower Hamlets

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:	39th Middlesex RVC raised part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Middlesex Rifle Volunteers │ │ │		3rd Tower Hamlets RVC raised 7th Tower Hamlets RVC raised 9th Tower Hamlets RVC raised 10th Tower Hamlets RVC raised │ │ │	8th Tower Hamlets RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │	26th Middlesex RVC raised 42nd Middlesex RVC raised │ all part of 5th Administrative Battalion of Middlesex Rifle Volunteers │	29th Middlesex RVC raised part of 4th Adminstrative Battalion of Middlesex Rifle Volunteers │ │ │
1861:	39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │		11th Tower Hamlets RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteers │	12th Tower Hamlets RVC raised │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	29th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │
1862:	39th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (The Finsbury Rifle Volunteer Corps) │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1863:	│ │		12th Tower Hamlets RVC ← │	← 12th Tower Hamlets RVC to │	│ │	│ │
1864:	│ │ │ │		9th Tower Hamlets RVC absorbed by → 11th Tower Hamlets RVC disbanded │ │	│ │ │ │	→ absorbed 9th Tower Hamlets RVC │ │ │	29th Middlesex (North Middlesex) Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1866:	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	consolidated as 26th Middlesex (The Customs and the Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │ │
1868:	│ │		│ │		absorbed 8th Tower Hamlets RVC │	│ │
1870:	│ │ │		12th Tower Hamlets RVC absorbed by → │ │	1st London Rifle Volunteer Corps	│ │ │	│ │ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │		consolidated as 3rd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1880:	21st Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps (The Finsbury Rifle Volunteers)		2nd Tower Hamlets Rifle Volunteer Corps		15th Middlesex (The Customs and the Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) 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 │		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 │		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 │	volunteer battalion of The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and other Volunteer Battalions and for a short time Volunteer Battalion │ │ │
1883:	transferred to The King’s Royal Rifle Corps see also the Regular Battalions and militia battalions in Huntingdonshire, Flintshire, Middlesex, Carlow and Cork and volunteer battalions in parts of London Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols, Vols and Vols │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1891:	21st Middlesex (Finsbury) Volunteer Rifle Corps		2nd Tower Hamlets Volunteer Rifle Corps │		15th Middlesex (The Customs and the Docks) Volunteer Rifle Corps	17th Middlesex (North Middlesex) Volunteer Rifle Corps
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) (TF)		17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (TF)			19th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (St. Pancras) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/11th (County of London) Battalion, 2/11th (County of London) Battalion, 3/11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) │		1/17th (County of London) Battalion, 2/17th (County of London) Battalion, 3/17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) │			1/19th (County of London) Battalion, 2/19th (County of London) Battalion, 3/19th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (St. Pancras) │
1916:	transferred to The King’s Royal Rifle Corps │ │		transferred to The Prince Consort’s Own (The Rifle Brigade) │			transferred to The Duke of Cambridge’s Own (Middlesex Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	11th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) (TA) │		17th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (TA) │			19th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (St. Pancras) (TA) │
1922:	11th London Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) (TA) │		17th London Regiment (Poplar and Stepney Rifles) (TA) │			19th London Regiment (St. Pancras) (TA) │
1926:	│ │		17th London Regiment (Tower Hamlets Rifles) (TA)			│ │
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1935:	61st (Finsbury Rifles) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA)		│ │ │			33rd (St. Pancras) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA)
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1937:	│ │ │ │		The Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (TA) │			│ │ │ │
1938:	61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │	12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │			│ │ │ │
1939:	61st (Middlesex) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	12th (Finsbury Rifles) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	1st Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (TA) │		2nd Battalion, Tower Hamlets Rifles, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1940:	61st (Middlesex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery	│ │ │	│ │ │		│ │ │	33rd (St. Pancras) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
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1941:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (Tower Hamlets Rifles) │		10th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort’s Own) (Tower Hamlets Rifles) │	│ │ │ │ │
1945:	│ │ │ │ │ │	12th Light Anti-Aircraft Holding Regiment, Royal Artillery (Finsbury Rifles) │	│ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │	632nd Regiment, Royal Artillery (St. Pancras) │ │ │
1945:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
1946:	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │		│ │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	461st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Middlesex) (TA) │	512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Finsbury Rifles) (TA) │	656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Rifle Brigade) (TA) │			568th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (St. Pancras) (TA) │
1949:	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │			568th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (St. Pancras) (TA) │
1955:	disbanded	P (Finsbury Rifles) Battery,	R (Tower Hamlets) Battery,			Q (St. Pancras) Battery,
			512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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			from 459th (Mixed) (The Essex Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	from 517th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5th Essex) (TA) │
1961:			P Battery,	Q (Tower Hamlets) Battery, 300th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	R Battery,
1961:			300th Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1964:			300th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1965:			300th Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tower Hamlets) (TA) │
		from 1st Field Regiment Honourable Artillery Company, Royal Horse Artillery │	from The Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion │	│ │ │ disbanded and formed │	from 254th (City of London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
		Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		C Battery Honourable Artillery Company (RHA),	Honourable Artillery Company Light Infantry Company,	R Battery (The Tower Hamlets),	S Battery (City of London),
		The Greater London Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials) │
1969:		reduced to cadre both Hounourable Artiilery Companie batteries return to The Honourable Artillery Company │
1971:		B (Greater London Royal Artillery) Battery, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment

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