Great Britain (Volunteers)

Northamptonshire - Huntingdonshire (from 1914)

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Northamptonshire RVC raised
2nd Northamptonshire RVC raised
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1860: 4th Northamptonshire RVC raised
5th Northamptonshire RVC raised
6th Northamptonshire RVC raised
7th Northamptonshire RVC raised
8th Northamptonshire RVC raised
│
all part of
1st Administrative Battalion of
Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteers
│
1867: 9th Northamptonshire RVC raised
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1872: 5th Northamptonshire RVC absorbed by 4th
4th Northamptonshire RVC becomes 3rd
│
Consolidation and renumbering
of the Volunteer Force
│
1880: consolidated as
1st Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire
Regiment
see also the Regular Battalions
and the Militia Battalions
│
1887: 1st Volunteer Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment
│
Northants
│
Creation of the Territorial Force
│
layout layout
1908: 4th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TF)		 Northamptonshire Battery,
IV East Anglian Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
Northants
│
Huntingdonshire tranferred from
The Bedfordhire Regiment
 
1914: │
│		 The Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion (TF)
layout
│		 HuntsC
│
1914/
1918:		 1/4th Battalion,
2/4th Battalion,
3/4th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment
│
│		 1/1st Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion
2/1st Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion
3/1st Huntingdonshire
Cyclist Battalion
│
1915: │
│
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transferred to
The Army Cyclist Corps
│
Creation of the Territorial Army
│ │
1921: 4th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)		 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)
Northamptons
│		 Northamptons
│
1937: 50th (The Northamptonshire
Regiment)
Anti-Aircraft Battalion,
Royal Engineers (TA)		 │
│
│
│
RE
│		 layout
│
layout layout
1939: │
│
│
│		 │
│
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│		 4th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)
│
1940: 50th Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Northamptonshire
Regiment)		 │
│
│
│		 │
│
│
│
RA
│		 layout
│		 layout
│
1945: 637th Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Northamptonshire
Regiment)
│		 │
│
│
│
│		 │
│
│
│
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1946: suspended animation
│		 │
│		 │
│
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
│ │ │
layout layout
1947: 585th Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Northamptonshire
Regiment) (TA)
│		 5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)
│
│
1949: 585th (Mixed)
Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Northamptonshire
Regiment) (TA)
│		 │
│
│
│
│
│
│
1955: R (The Northamptonshire
Regiment) Battery,
438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 │
│
│
│
RA
│		 layout
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1960: │
│
│
│
│
│
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tranferred to
2nd East Anglian Regiment
(Douchess of Gloucester’s Own
Lincolnshire and
Northamptonshire)
│
layout layout
1961: this Battery → 4th/5th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)
│
1964:
tranferred to
The Royal Anglian Regiment
│
Creation of the Territorial
and Army Volunteer Reserve
│
1967: disbanded and formed elements of
2nd (Duchess of Gloucesters Own Lincolnshire
and Northamptonshire) Company,
5th (Volunteer) Battalion
The Royal Anglian Regiment
and
B Company (5th Northamptonshire),
C Company (4th Northamptonshire),
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (Territorials)
 

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