Great Britain (Volunteers)

Leicestershire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Leicestershire RVC raised
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1860: 2nd Leicestershire RVC raised
3rd Leicestershire RVC raised
4th Leicestershire RVC raised
5th Leicestershire RVC raised
6th Leicestershire RVC raised
7th Leicestershire RVC raised
8th Leicestershire RVC raised
9th Leicestershire RVC raised
10th Leicestershire RVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Battalion of
Leicestershire Rifle Volunteers
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1873: 7th Leicestershire RVC disbanded
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Consolidation and
renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Leicestershire
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 Leicestershire Regiment
see also the Regular Battalions
and the Militia Battalion
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1883: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
Leics-1VB
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Leics-1VB
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1902: Leics-1VB
│
Leics-1VB
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1905: Leics-1VB
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 4th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
(TF)		 5th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
(TF)
Leics
│		 Leics
│
1914/
1918:		 1/4th Battalion,
2/4th Battalion,
3/4th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
│		 1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
3/5th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
│
Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 4th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
(TA)		 5th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
(TA)
Leics
│		 Leics
│
1936: 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
Royal Engineers (TA)
│		 │
│
│
│
1939: │
│
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│		 27th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 1/5th Battalion,
2/5th Battalion,
The Leicestershire Regiment
(TA)
layout
│		 RA
│		 layout
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1940: 44th (The Leicestershire Regiment)
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 │
│
│
│		 │
│
│
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1942: 121st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Leicestershire Regiment)
│		 │
│
│
│		 │
│
│
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1944: │
│		 reduced to cadre
│		 │
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1946: │
│		 suspended animation
│		 │
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
│ │ │
1947: 579th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment) (TA)		 527th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│
│		 5th Battalion,
The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment (TA)
layout
│		 layout
│		 Leics
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1949: │
│
│
│		 527th Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 │
│
│
│
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1950: P Battery,
Q Battery,
│		 R Battery, │
│
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1955: Q (Royal Leicestershire Regiment) Battery,
438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 │
│
│
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1961: this Battery → 4th/5th Battalion,
The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment (TA)
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1964:
transferred to
The Royal Anglian Regiment
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Creation of the Territorial
and Army Volunteer Reserve
│
1967: disbanded and formed elements of
4th (Leicestershire) Company,
5th (Volunteer) Battalion,
The Royal Anglian Regiment
and
The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment (Territorials)
 

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2026-09-30