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Isle of Wight Territorials |
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Note:
This
is a battalion history of the part-time reserves, which are normally
liable for full-time active service only in an emergency. See the
main regimental page(s) as linked below for more information.
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| How to find information about individuals who served in this corps |
| Titles and Lineage |
English County Index Alphabetic Index of Titles |
| 1967.04.01 | Hampshire T.A. units disbanded and concurrently reconstituted as successors to all battalions of The Royal Hampshire Regiment: | |
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| 1969.01.01 | TAVR III element reduced to cadre at Winchester, sponsored by Wessex Volunteers | |
| 1971.04.01 | reorganised as two companies: | |
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| 197u | B Coy 2nd Bn redesignated A (Duke of Connaught's) Company | |
| 1986 | B Coy 1st Bn transferred to 2nd Battalion | |
| 1992.09.09 | C (Duke of Connaught's)
Company, 6th/7th (V) Battalion, The
Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment at Portsmouth with 9 (Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles) Pln at Newport, IOW, amalgamation of A Coy and B Coy |
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| 1999.07.01 | C (Princess
of Wales's Royal Regiment) Company, The
Royal Rifle Volunteers at Portsmouth with 9 (Princess Beatrice's) Pln at Newport |
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| 2006? | D (Duke of Connaught’s)
Company, 3rd Battalion, The Princess
of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshires) at Portsmouth (Rifle Pln and GPMG Pln); less 9 Pln converted and transferred as 266 (Princess Beatrice's) Port Sqn in 165 Port Regt RLC |
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| History (Links) & War Service | Introduction to Volunteers |
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Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight Infantry (C Coy, 3 PWRR site) | |
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C (Princess of Wales Royal Regiment) Company (RRV site) | |
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| Battle Honours |
Index
of Battle Honours Index of Wars |
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| Colours, Standards and Guidons | Introduction to Colours |
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| Honorary Colonels | Index of Royal Colonels |
| Honorary Colonel, Hampshire & IOW Territorials [1967-1971]: | ||
| 1967.04.01 | Admiral of the Fleet The Rt Hon Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (Mountbatten), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, KJStJ [from 4th/5th Bn R Hampshire Regt] | |
| Deputy Honorary Colonel, 2nd Bn, Wessex Vols [1971-1972]: | ||
| 1971.04.01 | Admiral of the Fleet The Rt Hon Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas (Mountbatten), 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, KG, PC, GCB, OM, GCSI, GCIE, GCVO, DSO, KJStJ [reappointed; to 25 June 1971] | |
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