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5 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps

Unit Histories

From To Type Notes
15-Sep-1859 15-Sep-1859 Created at Congleton
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Renamed 5 Cheshire Rifle Volunteers
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 5 Cheshire Rifle Volunteers (Admin) as HQ Coy
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Reorganised as A and B Coys
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 8 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as C, D, E and F Coys
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 16 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as G Coy
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 27 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as H Coy
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 33 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps as I Coy
16-Mar-1880 16-Mar-1880 Absorbed 36 Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps but later disbanded
01-Jul-1881 01-Jul-1881 Event Became a Volunteer Battalion of The Cheshire Regiment [5th]
01-Dec-1887 01-Dec-1887 Converted to 5 The Cheshire Regiment Volunteers
Number of Records Returned: 11
Number of Pages Returned : 1

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