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Cambs Regt. - History |
Cambridgeshire Regiment - Chronological History
| 1860-1872 | The
Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps:
1st Cambridgeshire; 2nd, Wisbech; 3rd, Cambridge Univeristy; 4th, Whittlesey |
| 1872-1880 | 1st Administrative Battalion Cambridgeshire Rifle Volunteers |
| 1880-1887 | 1st Cambridgeshire Battalion Rifle Volunteer Corps |
| 1887-1908 | 3rd (Cambridgeshire) Volunteer Battalion The Suffolk Regiment |
| 1908-1914 | 1st Battalion The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF) |
| 1914-1919 | The
Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF):
1/1st Battalion; 2/1st Battalion (disbanded 1918); 3/1st Battalion - 1915-1917; 4/1st Battalion - 1915-1917; The Depot |
| 1920-1945 | The
Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA)
1st Battalion; |
| 1947-1955 | 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA (TA) |
| 1955-1956 | 629 (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) Parachute Light Regiment RA (TA) |
| 1956-1961 | 1st Battalion The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA) |
| 1961-1971 | The Suffolk & Cambridgeshire Regiment (TF) |
| 1971-1992 | D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| 1992-1995 | D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 5th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| 1995 onwards | D (Cambridgeshire) Company, 6th (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment |
| Note: | The forerunner of The Cambridgeshire Regiment (TA), the 30th Foot (Cambridgeshire) had its origin in 1702 and served with distinction in most campaigns of the 18th and 19th centuries until 1881 when it became 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, now the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. There were also Volunteer Corps in the County during the Napoleonic Wars. Not withstanding these points, the continuous history of the Regiment begins in 1860. |
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