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Wessex Volunteers |
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| 1967.04.01 |
formed in TAVR II with HQ at Exeter, and companies serving as successors to former TA battalions in the Wessex Brigade: |
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HQ Company (Devon) at Exeter, successor to 4th Bn The Devonshire Regt |
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A Company (Gloucester) at Gloucester, successor to 5th Bn The Gloucestershire Regt; formed dets 1971 at Cheltenham, Bristol and Trowbridge; formed dets by 1989 at Bristol and Cinderford |
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B Company (Hampshire) at Winchester, successor to 4th/5th Bn The Royal Hampshire Regt; plns formed 1971 at Basingstoke and Newport, IOW |
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C Company (Dorset) at Dorchester with Pln at Poole, successor to 4th Bn The Dorset Regt and elements 294 (Dorset Yeomanry) Field Regt RA; det formed 1971 at Wallisdown |
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D Company (Berkshire) at Reading, successor to 4th/6th Bn The Royal Berkshire Regt; formed det 1971 at Swindon |
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| 1970 |
E Company (Devon) formed at Exeter with Plns at Plymouth and Barnstaple by reorganisation HQ Coy; new HQ Company formed at Trowbridge from A Coy The Royal Wiltshire TerritorialsÃÂ |
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| 1971.04.01 |
Renamed 1st Battalion, Wessex Volunteers HQ at Trowbridge; redesignated on formation of 2nd Battalion |
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| 1971 |
Company subtitles omitted |
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| 1972.03.30 |
Renamed 1st Battalion, The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers) |
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| 1973 |
HQ and HQ Coy moved to Devizes |
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| 1975.04.01 |
Companies reorganised: D Coy at Reading and Swindon transferred as D Company 2nd Battalion |
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HQ Company at Devizes; by 1989 dets at Gloucester, Andover and Cheltenham; by 1995 Mortar Pln at Andover, Atk Pln at Stroud, Recce Pln at Cheltenham, Pioneer Pln at Cinderford |
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A Company at Gloucester; by 1991 two plns at Bristol |
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B Company at Winchester |
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C Company at Dorchester and Weymouth |
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D (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Company at Poole (det at Bournemouth), redesignation of D Coy, 2nd Battalion (plus a pln from C Company, 1st Bn) |
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E Company at Exeter (plns at Plymouth and Barnstaple) |
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| 1986 |
B Company at Winchester redesignated B Company 2nd Battalion; new B Company formed at Swindon from elements D Coy 2nd Battalion |
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| 1987.10.12 |
E Coy expanded to form HQ Company and A Company, 4th Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment |
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| 1990.12 |
C Coy at Dorchester transferred as C Company, 4th Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment; new C Company formed at Newbury by transfer of '?' Coy 2nd Battalion |
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| 1992.06 |
Battalion reduced to three rifle company order of battle: D Company at Poole transferred as D Company 4th Bn, The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment; B Company at Swindon and C Company at Newbury transferred to 2nd Battalion; battalion now consisted solely of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Higher Formation: |
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HQ Company at Devizes |
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A Company at Gloucester |
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B Company at Bristol, formed (effective 1 Apr. 1995) from Bristol plns of A Company and 245 Ambulance Sqn 155 Transport Regt RCT |
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C Company at Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, formed (effective 1 Apr. 1995) from existing elements |
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| 1995.10.06 |
Amalgamated with 2nd Battalion to form 2nd (V) Bn, The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment |
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2nd Battalion Wessex Volunteers |
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| 1971.04.01 |
Formed with Headquarters at Brock Barracks, Reading from cadres of The Buckinghamshire Regiment RA, The Royal Berkshire Territorials, The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials and The Dorset Territorials. |
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HQ Company at Reading |
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A (Royal Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Company at Bletchley from cadre The Buckinghamshire Regiment RA |
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B (Duke of Connaught's) Company at Portsmouth from cadre The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials. |
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C (Royal Berkshire) Company at Maidenhead, Slough and Basingstoke from cadre The Royal Berkshire Territorials |
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D (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Company at Poole, Bournemouth and Weymouth. Formed from cadre The Dorset Territorials |
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later: 'A' Company at Portsmouth and 'B' Company at Bletchley. |
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| 1972.03.30 |
Redesignated 2nd Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Volunteers). Headquarters at Brock Barracks, Reading. No change in companies. |
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| 1975.04.01 |
D Company at Poole redesignated D Company 1st Battalion. New D Company formed at Reading and Swindon by redesignation D Company 1st Battalion |
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| 1984 |
E (HSF) Company formed at Reading, Maidenhead, Winchester and Portsmouth |
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| 1986 |
B Company at Bletchley disbanded. New B Company formed at Winchester, Southampton and Newport, IOW by transfer B Company 1st Battalion. |
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Swindon platoon D Company formed nucleus B Company 1st Battalion |
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| 1992 |
Battalion reduced into three rifle companies order of battle. |
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| 1992.09.09 |
A Company and B Company reformed as C Company 6th/7th (Volunteer) Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment |
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New ? Company formed at Swindon by transfer B Company 1st Battalion; new ? Company formed at Newbury by transfer C Company 1st Battalion. C Company moved to Slough |
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E (HSF) Company disbanded. |
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| 1995.10.06 |
Battalion disbanded and amalgamated with 1st Battalion to form 2nd (Volunteer) Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment |
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HQ/D Company redesignated as HQ Company and Swindon? Company reorganised as part of C Company. C Company converted as D (Berkshire Yeomanry) Squadron Royal Yeomanry |
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