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1860.08.21 |
1st
Administrative Battalion, Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteers
formed with HQ at Bedford to administer existing
corps: |
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- 1st Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Bedford, raised 27 Feb. 1860
- 2nd Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Toddington, raised 1 Mar. 1860
- 3rd Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
never formed
- 4th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Dunstable, raised 24 Apr. 1860
- 5th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Ampthill, raised 26 Apr. 1860
- 6th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Luton, raised 16 May 1860
- 7th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Biggleswade, raised 11 Sep. 1860; moved 1871 to Shefford
- 8th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Woburn, raised 18 Sep. 1860
- 9th Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Bedford, raised 16 May 1864; disbanded Nov. 1872
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1866 |
HQ moved to Toddington |
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1870 |
HQ moved to Woburn |
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1880.04.13 |
1st Bedfordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
consolidated with HQ at Bedford |
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- A Company at
Bedford, formed from 1st Corps
- B Company at Bedford, formed from 1st
Corps
- C Company at Toddington, formerly 2nd
Corps; moved by 1894 to Luton?
- D Company at Dunstable, formerly 4th
Corps
- E Company at Ampthill, formerly 5th
Corps
- F Company at Luton, formed from 6th
Corps
- G Company at Luton, formed from 6th
Corps
- H Company at Shefford, formerly 7th
Corps
- I Company at Woburn, formerly 8th Corps.
moved by 1894 to Biggleswade?
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion of The
Bedfordshire Regiment |
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1887.12 |
3rd Volunteer Battalion, The
Bedfordshire Regiment |
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1900 |
cadet corps formed at
Bedford Modern School (transferred 1904 to 1st Bedofrdshire RE (Vols)) |
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1908.04.01 |
5th Battalion, The
Bedfordshire Regiment
transferred to T.F. with HQ at Bedford, and concurrently
amalgamated with 4th (Huntingdonshire) Vol Bn
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- A Company at
Bedford
- B Company at Luton
- C Company at Luton
- D Company at Biggleswade (dets at Sandy,
Arlesey and St. Neots)
- E Company at Ampthill (det at Olney)
- F Company at Luton (dets at Dunstable
and Leighton Buzzard)
- G Company at Fleton (det at Yaxley)
- H Company at Huntingdon (dets at St.
Ives and Ramsey)
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1915.03 |
1/5th Battalion, The
Bedfordshire Regiment
renumbered on formation of 2/5th Battalion
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1919.07.29 |
5th Battalion,
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment |
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1920.02.07 |
reconstituted in T.A.
with HQ at Bedford |
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1939.07.01 |
formed duplicate 6th Battalion |
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1947.01.01 |
5th Battalion, The
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Bedford andconcurrently
amalgamated with duplicate 6th Battalion |
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1958.06.02 |
transferred
to the corps of 3rd
East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot) without change of title |
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1958.12.15 |
The Bedfordshire
Regiment [T.A.] |
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1961.04.01 |
[Bedfordshire coys],
1st Battalion, The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire
Regiment [T.A.]
(formed by amalgamation of The Bedfordshire Regiment,
and The Hertfordshire
Regiment, part of the corps of 3rd
East Anglian Regiment (16th/44th Foot)) |
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1964.09.01 |
transferred
to the corps of The Royal Anglian Regiment
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1967.04.01 |
disbanded
and concurrently reconstituted as two units: |
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1969.04.01 |
TAVR III element reduced
to cadre as The Bedfordshire
and Hertfordshire Regiment at Hertford,
sponsored by 5th (V) Bn, The Royal Anglian Regiment
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1971.04.01 |
B
(Bedfordshire) Company, 6th
(V) Battalion, The Royal Anglian Regiment
reconstituted from cadre at Bedford (and 3 Coy, 5th
Bn, The Royal Anglian Regiment continued only the Essex lineage): |
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1975.04.01 |
B
Coy at Bedford absorbed Braintree element
from C (Essex)
Coy, 6th Bn, Royal Anglian Regt |
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1978 |
No.
5 Coy redesignated as
5th (Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire) Company
(5 RAR) |
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1985 |
[6
RAR]: B Coy
formed pln at Dunstable |
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1988 |
5th
Coy redesignated as 4th
(Hertfordshire) Company (5 RAR) |
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1992.04.01 |
companies
reorganised: |
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1996.04.01 |
1
Coy converted as 201 (Bedford)
Squadron, 158th (Royal Anglian)
Transport Regiment, RLC (V) |
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1999.07.01 |
companies
reorganised: |
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