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Authors
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T.F.
Mills |
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Page
created 1 November 1999. Corrected and updated
23.06.2006
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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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1860.06.09 |
1st
Administrative Battalion, Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteers
formed with HQ at Stirling to administer existing
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- 1st Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stirling, raised 14 Oct. 1859
- 2nd Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stirling, raised 3 Feb. 1860
- 3rd Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Falkirk, raised 27 Mar. 1860
- 4th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Lennoxtown, raised 6 Mar. 1860
- 5th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Balfron, raised 1 May 1860; disbanded 1877
- 6th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Denny, raised 11 Apr. 1860
- 7th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Lennox Mill, raised 1 May 1860
- 8th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Strathblane, raised 25 May 1860; disbanded Apr. 1864
- 9th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Bannockburn, raised 21 May 1860
- 10th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stirling, raised 10 Nov. 1860 (not regimented); disbanded
Feb. 1864
- 11th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Stirling, raised 6 Dec. 1860
- 12th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Carron, raised 10 Feb. 1862
- 13th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Kilsyth, raised 19 July 1866
- 14th Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Alva -- see 1st Clackmannan and Kinross
RVC
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1862 |
Clackmannan
corps regimented: |
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- 1st Clackmannan Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Alloa (two coys raised 2 June 1860)
- 2nd Clackmannan Rifle Volunteer Corps
at Tillicoultry (raised 10 Mar. 1860)
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1867.11.05 |
Clackmannan corps transferred
to 1st Admin Battalion, Clackmannan Rifle Vols |
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1880.03.16 |
1st Stirlingshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
consolidated with HQ at Stirling |
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- A Company at
Stirling, formerly 1st RVC
- B Company at Stirling, formerly 2nd
RVC
- C Company at Falkirk, formerly 3rd
RVC
- D Company at Lennox Mill, formerly
4th RVC; moved 1880 to Falkirk
- E Company at Lennoxtown, formerly 4th
RVC
- F Company at Stirling, formerly 11th
RVC
- G Company at Denny, formerly 6th RVC
- H Company at Bannockburn, formerly
9th RVC
- I Company at Carron, formerly 12th
RVC
- K Company at Kilsyth, formerly 13th
RVC
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1881.07.01 |
volunteer battalion of Princess
Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) |
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1887.12.01 |
4th (Stirlingshire) Volunteer Battalion,
Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland
Highlanders) |
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1904 |
H Company and
I Company moved to Stenhousemuir |
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1905 |
F Company moved
to Falkirk |
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1908.04.01 |
7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
formed in T.F. with HQ at Stirling by amalgamation
with 7th (Clackmannan and Kinross) Battalion,
and constituting the Territorial infantry for Stirlingshire, Clackmannan
and Kinross |
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- A Company at
Stirling (det at Bridge of Allan)
- B Company at Stenhousemuir (det at
Denny)
- C Company at Falkirk (det at Bonnybridge)
- D Company at Lennoxtown (det at Kilsyth)
- E Company at Alloa
- F Company at Alva (dets at Dollar,
Tillicoultry and Menstrie)
- G Company at Kinross (det at Kelty)
- H Company at Alloa (dets at Sauchie
and Clackmannan)
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1915.03 |
1/7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
renumbered on formation of 2/7th Battalion
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1920.02.07 |
7th Battalion, Princess
Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Stirling |
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- A Company at ?
- B Company at ?
- C Company at ?
- D Company at ?
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1921.01.01 |
7th Battalion, The
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) |
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1939.09.02 |
formed duplicate 10th
Battalion |
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1947.01.01 |
7th Battalion, The
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Stirling |
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- A Company at Stirling (Stirlingshire)
- B Company at Falkirk (Stirlingshire)
- C Company at Alloa (Clackmannan)
- D Company at Kinross (Kinross-shire)
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1967.04.01 |
disbanded and concurrently
amalgamated with 8th Battalion, to
form TAVR elements
of The
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's)
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South Africa
1900-02
The Great War: [contributed to honours of parent regiment]
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1896.08.05 |
Hon. Col. Walter John Francis (Erskine),
Earl of Mar and Kellie (Viscount Fentoun, Lord Erskine of Direletowne),
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1932.08.05 |
Hon. Brig-Gen. Sir Norman A. Orr Ewing,
Bt., DSO, ADC |
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Lt-Col. (Hon. Col.) The Viscount Younger
of Leckie, OBE, TD, DL [to 1967] |
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