4 The Gloucestershire Regiment
4 (City of Bristol) Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment
Unit Histories
| 22-Aug-1760 |
22-Aug-1760 |
Created |
as North Battalion, Gloucestershire Militia at Cirencester with seven coys |
| 20-Apr-1763 |
20-Apr-1763 |
Reorganised |
as a regiment designated North Gloucetershire Militia |
| 30-Jun-1795 ? |
30-Jun-1795 ? |
Renamed |
Royal North Gloucetershire Militia sometime in 1795 |
| 30-Jun-1854 ? |
30-Jun-1854 ? |
Renamed |
Royal North Gloucetershire Light Infantry sometime in 1854 |
| 01-Jul-1881 |
01-Jul-1881 |
Renamed |
4 Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| 31-Mar-1908 |
31-Mar-1908 |
Disbanded |
See Note |
| 01-Apr-1908 |
01-Apr-1908 |
Converted from |
1 The Gloucestershire Regiment Volunteers |
| 15-Mar-1909 ? |
15-Mar-1909 ? |
Renamed |
4 (City of Bristol) Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment (by this date) |
| 04-Aug-1914 |
04-Aug-1914 |
Mobilised |
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| 15-Mar-1915 ? |
15-Mar-1915 ? |
Converted to |
1/4 The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| 07-Feb-1920 |
07-Feb-1920 |
Reformed |
as 4 (City of Bristol) Battalion The Gloucestershire Regiment |
| 01-Nov-1938 |
01-Nov-1938 |
Reorganised |
as a Searchlight Regiment with the subtitle (66 Searchlight Regiment) with 447, 448 and 449 Searchlight Batteries. |
| 01-Aug-1940 |
01-Aug-1940 |
Converted to |
66 Searchlight Regiment RA |
| Number of Records Returned: 13 |
| Number of Pages Returned : 1 |
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