Great Britain (Volunteers)

Derbyshire - Nottinghamshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Derbyshire RVC raised 4th Derbyshire RVC raised │	2nd Derbyshire RVC raised │ │
1860:	5st Derbyshire RVC raised 12th Derbyshire RVC raised 13th Derbyshire RVC raised 15th Derbyshire RVC raised 16th Derbyshire RVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers │ │	8th Derbyshire RVC raised 10th Derbyshire RVC raised │ all part of 2nd Administrative Battalion of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers │ │ │ │ │	3rd Derbyshire RVC raised 6th Derbyshire RVC raised 7th Derbyshire RVC raised 9th Derbyshire RVC raised 11th Derbyshire RVC raised 17th Derbyshire RVC raised │ all part of 3rd Administrative Battalion of Derbyshire Rifle Volunteers │	2nd Nottinghamshire RVC raised 3rd Nottinghamshire RVC raised 4th Nottinghamshire RVC raised 5th Nottinghamshire RVC raised 6th Nottinghamshire RVC raised 7th Nottinghamshire RVC raised 8th Nottinghamshire RVC raised │ │ │ │
1861:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	all part of 1st Administrative Battalion of Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteers │
1861:	│ │	│ │	6th Derbyshire RVC disbanded │	│ │
1863:	16th Derbyshire RVC disbanded │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1866:	│ │	│ │	18th Derbyshire RVC raised │	│ │
1868:	19th Derbyshire (Elvaston) RVC raised │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1869:	│	2nd Derbyshire RVC disbanded	│	│
	│ │ │		8th Derbyshire RVC added 10th Derbyshire RVC added │	│ │ │
1871:	20th Derbyshire (Trent) RVC raised │		│ │	│ │
1872:	│ │		21st Derbyshire RVC raised │	│ │
1874:	│ │		22nd Derbyshire RVC raised │	│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │		consolidated as 3rd Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	consolidated as 2nd Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │
1880:	│ │ │		2nd Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │
	The creation of the territorial regiments by the Childers reforms
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1881:	volunteer battalion of The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and the Robin Hoods │		volunteer battalion of The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and the Robin Hoods │	volunteer battalion of The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) see also the Regular Battalions and the Militia Battalions and the Robin Hoods │
1887:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) │		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)	4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment)
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1902:	1st Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) │		2nd Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)	4th (Nottinghamshire) Volunteer Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TF)		6th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TF)	8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TF)
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1914/ 1918:	1/5th Battalion, 2/5th Battalion, 3/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) │		1/6th Battalion, 2/6th Battalion, 3/6th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) │	1/8th Battalion, 2/8th Battalion, 3/8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │		6th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │	8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │
1936:	│ │ │ │		40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) │	│ │ │ │
1939:	1/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │	2/5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │
1940:	│ │ │	│ │ │	40th (The Sherwood Foresters) Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery	│ │ │	│ │ │
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1941:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	112th Regiment, The Royal Armoured Corps (Foresters) │
1942:	captured	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1943:	5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) │		149th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Sherwood Foresters) │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1944:	│ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	suspended animation as 9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │
1946:	│ │		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	5th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │		575th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (6th Bn Sherwood Foresters) (TA) │ │	8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │	disbanded
1953:	│ │ │ │		575th (Sherwood Foresters) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │
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1961:	│ │ │ │ │ │		575th (The Sherwood Foresters) Field Squadron, 140th Corps Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (TA)	│ │ │ │ │ │
1961:		5th/8th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (TA) │
		Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:		disbanded and formed D Company (Sherwood Foresters), The Mercian Volunteers and The Derbyshire (Territorial) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) and The Nottinghamshire (Territorial) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

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