Great Britain (Volunteers)

Midlothian - Haddingtonshire - Linlithgowshire - Peeblesshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	Leith Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1860:	1st Midlothian (Leith) Rifle Volunteer Corps │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Peeblesshire RVC raised 2nd Peeblesshire RVC raised 3rd Peeblesshire RVC raised 4th Peeblesshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │	2nd Midlothian RVC raised 3rd Midlothian RVC raised 4th Midlothian RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │	1st Haddingtonshire RVC raised 2nd Haddingtonshire RVC raised 3rd Haddingtonshire RVC raised 4th Haddingtonshire RVC raised 5th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteers │	1st Linlithgowshire RVC raised 2nd Linlithgowshire RVC raised 3rd Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ │ │ │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │	│ │	5th Midlothian RVC raised │	6th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │	│ │
1862:	│ │ │ │ │ │	4th Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │ │ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Midlothian Rifle Volunteers │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	4th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Linlithgowshire Rifle Volunteers │
1863:	│ │ │ 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed ← │		1st Peeblesshire RVC added 2nd Peeblesshire RVC added 3rd Peeblesshire RVC added ← 4th Midlothian RVC absorbed by 1st │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1868:	│ │		│ │	7th Haddingtonshire RVC raised │	│ │
1870:	│ │		│ │	│ │	5th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │
1873:	│ │		2nd Peeblesshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │
1874:	│ │		│ │	2nd Haddingtonshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1876:	│ │		6th Midlothian RVC raised │	│ │	│ │
1878:	│ │		│ │	│ │	6th Linlithgowshire RVC raised │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	│ │ │ │		consolidated as 2nd Midlothian (Midlothian and Peeblesshire) Rifle Volunteer Corps	consolidated as 1st Haddingtonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 1st Linlithgowshire 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 Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion and the Edinburgh Volunteer Battalions and one more Volunteer Battalion │		volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion and the Edinburgh Volunteer Battalions and one more Volunteer Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion and the Edinburgh Volunteer Battalions and one more Volunteer Battalion │	volunteer battalion of The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalion and the Edinburgh Volunteer Battalions and one more Volunteer Battalion │
1888:	5th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)		6th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	7th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)	8th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)		8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)		10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/7th Battalion, 2/7th Battalion, 3/7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │		1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │		1/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, 2/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, 3/10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) │
1920:	7th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │		8th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │		10th (Cyclist) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │
	│ │ │ │ │ │	from 9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TF) │	│ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA)		merged into 57th (Lowland) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		A Company, 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA)
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	│ │ │ │ │ │				from A Company, 4th/5th Battalion (Queen’s Edinburgh), The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │
1938:	│ │ │ │				14th (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	7th/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │	8th (Lothians and Peeblesshire) Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │			│ │ │ │ │
1946:	│ │	│ │			suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │			514th Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (West Lothian, Royal Scots) (TA) │
1955:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │			Q (West Lothian, Royal Scots) Battery, 432nd Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:	8th/9th Battalion, The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed A Company (The Royal Scots), 52nd Lowland Volunteers and A (Royal Scots) Company, The Royal Scots and Cameronians Territorials

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