Great Britain (Volunteers)

Lancashire (Manchester)

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:		6th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1860:	21st Lancashire RVC raised 46th Lancashire RVC raised 55th Lancashire RVC raised 60th Lancashire RVC raised 67th Lancashire RVC raised 76th Lancashire RVC raised │ all part of 4th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │	6th Lancashire (1st Manchester) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	40th Lancashire (3rd Manchester) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	28th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) RVC raised 43rd Lancashire RVC raised 70th Lancashire RVC raised 78th Lancashire (4h Manchester) RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │	33th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	23rd Lancashire RVC raised 31st Lancashire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │	absorbed 43rd Lancashire RVC ← │	│ │	← 43rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 6th │	│ │	│ │
1862:	│ │	│ │	│ │	70th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 28th │	│ │	│ │
1863:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	78rd Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd → │ │ │	→ absorbed 78th Lancashire RVC │ │ │	all part of 7th Administrative Battalion of Lancashire Rifle Volunteers │
1864:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	28th Lancashire RVC absorbed by 33rd →	33rd Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │
1872:	91st Lancashire RVC raised │	│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 21st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	consolidated as 23rd Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	4th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │	│ │ │ │	16th Lancashire (3rd Manchester) Rifle Volunteer Corps │		20th Lancashire (2nd Manchester) Rifle Volunteer Corps │	7th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and another Volunteer Battalion and one more Volunteer Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and another Volunteer Battalion and one more Volunteer Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and another Volunteer Battalion and one more Volunteer Battalion │		volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and another Volunteer Battalion and one more Volunteer Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Manchester Regiment see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and another Volunteer Battalion and one more Volunteer Battalion │
1888:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment	2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment	4th Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment		5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment	3th Volunteer Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)	6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)	7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)		8th (Ardwick) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)	9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │	1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │		1/8th (Ardwick) Battalion, 2/8th (Ardwick) Battalion, 3/8th (Ardwick) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │	1/9th Battalion, 2/9th Battalion, 3/9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA)		6th/7th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA)		8th (Ardwick) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA)	9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA)
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1936:	│ │ │ │		65th (The Manchester Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1938:	│ │ │ │		65th (The Manchester Regiment) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1939:	│	6th Battalion,	│	7th Battalion,	│	1/9th Bn,	2/9th Bn,
	│	The Manchester Regiment (TA)	│	The Manchester Regiment (TA)	│	The Manchester Regiment (TA)
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1940:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	65th (The Manchester Regiment) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1941:	111th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps (Manchester Regiment)	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	88th A-T Rgt │
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1942:	│ │ │ │	reconstituted as 1st Battalion, The Manchester Regiment	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1943:	5th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment │		│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1946:	│ │		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	susp. an. │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	652nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Manchester) (TA) │		465th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Manchester) (TA) │	disbanded	8th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (Ardwick) (TA) │	9th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (TA) │ │
1955:	disbanded		part of P (Manchester) Battery, 314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
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1958:					transferred to The King’s Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) │	transferred to The King’s Regiment (Manchester and Liverpool) │
					Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:					disbanded and formed C (Manchester) Company, The Lancastrian Volunteers and The Manchester Regiment (Ardwick and Ashton) Territorials

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