Index

The Territorial Regiments

 
County Precedence

In 1881 the British Army was reorganised into territorial regiments with regular, militia and volunteer battalians.

Reference:
"Short Histories of the Territorial Regiments of the British Army," edited by R. de M. Rudolf, I.S.O. of the War Office. 1905.

Original Titles

Territorial Regiments

Volunteer Battalions

1st Foot

Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)

Queen's Rifle Volunteer Brigade, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th V.B.

2nd Foot

Queens's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th V.B.

3rd Foot

Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B.

4th Foot

King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B.

5th Foot

Northumberland Fusiliers

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

6th Foot

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

7th Foot

Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)

1st, 2nd 3rd & 4th V.B.

8th Foot

King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th V.B.

9th Foot

Norfolk Regiment

1st, 2nd 3rd & 4th V.B.

10th Foot

Lincolnshire Regiment

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

11th Foot

Devonshire Regiment

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B.

12th Foot

Suffolk Regiment

1st, 2nd, 3rd V.B. & Cambridge University VRC

13th Foot

Prince Albert's (Somersetshire Light Infantry)

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

14th Foot

Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

15th Foot

East Yorkshire Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

16th Foot

Bedfordshire Regiment

1st, 2nd 3rd & 4th V.B.

17th Foot

Leicestershire Regiment

1st V.B.

18th Foot

Royal Irish Regiment

No Volunteer Battalions

19th Foot

Alexandra Princess of Wales's Own
(Yorkshire Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B.

20th Foot

Lancashire Fusiliers

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

21st Foot

Royal Scots Fusiliers

1st & 2nd V.B.

22nd Foot

Cheshire Regiment

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B.

23rd Foot

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

24th Foot

South Wales Borderers

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B.

25th Foot

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st Roxburgh and Selkirk VRC, 2nd & 3rd V.B, Gallaway VRC

26th and 90th Foot

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Lanarkshire VRC, 2nd V.B. 3rd Lanarkshire VRC & 4th V.B.

27th and 108th Foot

Royal Inskilling Fusiliers

No Volunteer Battalions

28th and 61st Foot

Gloucestershire Regiment

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

29th and 36th Foot

Worcestershire Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

30th and 89th Foot

East Lancashire Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

31st and 70th Foot

East Surrey Regiment

1st Surrey VRC, 2nd, 3rd & 4th V.B.

32nd and 46th Foot

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1st & 2nd V.B.

33rd and 76th Foot

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

34th and 55th Foot

Border Regiment

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

35th and 107th Foot

Royal Sussex Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B., 1st Cinque Ports VRC

37th and 67th Foot

Hampshire Regiment

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B.

38th and 80th Foot

South Staffordshire Regiment

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B.

39th and 54th Foot

Dorsetshire Regiment

1st V.B.

40th and 82nd Foot

Prince of Wales's Volunteers
(South Lancashire Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B.

41st and 69th Foot

Welsh Regiment

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B., 3rd Glamorganshire V.B.

42nd and 73rd Foot

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th V.B.

43rd and 52nd Foot

Oxfordshire Light Infantry

1st & 2nd V.B., 1st & 2nd Bucks VRC

44th and 56th Foot

Essex Regiment

1st, 2nd 3rd & 4th V.B.

45th and 95th Foot

Sherwood Foresters
(Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B, 1st Nottinghamshire VRC, 4th V.B.

47th and 81st Foot

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

48th and 58th Foot

Northamptonshire Regiment

1st V.B.

49th and 66th Foot

Princess Charlotte of Wales's
(Royal Berkshire Regiment)

1st V.B.

50th and 97th Foot

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

1st, 2nd 3rd & 4th V.B.

51st and 105th Foot

King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry)

1st V.B.

53rd and 85th Foot

King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)

1st & 2nd V.B., 1st Hereforshire VRC

57th and 77th Foot

Duke of Cambridges's Own (Middlesex Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B., 17th Middlesex VRC
60th Foot King's Royal Rifle Corps 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 12th, 13th, 21st, 22nd 25th, 26th & 27th Middlesex VRC, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th London VRC

62nd and 99th Foot

Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)

1st Wiltshire VRC & 2nd V.B.

63rd and 96th Foot

Manchester Regiment

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th V.B.

64th and 98th Foot

Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)

1st & 2nd V.B.

65th and 84th Foot

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st & 2nd V.B.

68th and 106th Foot

Durham Light Infantry

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B.

71st and 74th Foot

Highland Light Infantry

1st, 2nd & 3rd V.B, 9th Lanarkshire VRC & 5th V.B.

72nd and 78th Foot

Seaforth Highlanders

1st V.B, 1st Sutherland VRC & 3rd V.B.

75th and 92nd Foot

Gordon Highlanders

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th V.B.

79th Foot

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1st V.B.

83rd and 86th Foot

Royal Irish Rifles

No Volunteer Battalions

87th and 89th Foot

Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers)

No Volunteer Battalions

88th and 94th Foot

Connaught Rangers

No Volunteer Battalions

91st and 93rd Foot

Princess Louise's
(Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 5th V.B., 1st Dumbartonshire VRC & 7th V.B.

100th and 109th Foot

Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment
(Royal Canadians)

No Volunteer Battalions

101st and 104th Foot

Royal Munster Fusiliers

No Volunteer Battalions

102nd and 103rd Foot

Royal Dublin Fusiliers

No Volunteer Battalions
  Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consorts Own) 7th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 24th, 2nd Tower Hamlets VRC