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The Herefordshire Regiment
is one of England's most famous county regiments, the
continuous lineage of which starts with The Volunteer
Herefordshire Regiment in 1860.
1861.02.20 1st Administrative Battalion, Herefordshire
and Radnorshire Rifle Volunteers
formedwith HQ at Hereford to administer existing corps:
1st Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Hereford,
raised Apr. 1860
2nd Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Ross, raised
1860
3rd Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Ledbury,
raised 1860
4th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Bromyard,
raised 1860
5th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at South Archenfield,
raised 1860; disbanded 1873
6th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Leominster,
raised 1860
7th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Kingston,
raised 1860
8th Herefordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Hereford,
raised 1860
1st Radnorshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Presteigne,
raised 1860; brigaded 20 Feb. 1861
2nd Radnorshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at Knighton, raised
1860; ; brigaded 20 Feb. 1861; disbanded 1878; new 2nd
Corps raised 1878 at Rhayader
3rd Radnorshire Rifle Volunteer Corps at New Radnor,
raised 1860; disbanded 1872
1880.05.11 1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) Rifle
Volunteers
A Company at Hereford, formerly 1st Corps
B Company at Ross, formerly 2nd Corps
<company> at Ledbury
<company> at Bromyard
<company> at Leominster
<company> at Kingston
<company> at Hereford
<company> at Ross
I Company at Presteigne, formerly 1st Radnor Corps
K Company at Rhayader, formerly 2nd Radnor Corps
1881.07.01 volunteer battalion of The King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry)
1881 B Coy at Ross absorbed E Coy
1887? ranked as 3rd Volunteer Battalion without change
of title
1888 Cyclist Section formed
1889 new E Company formed at Weobley; Welsh Border Brigade
Bearer Company formed as part of A Coy
1891.12 1st Herefordshire (Hereford and Radnor) Volunteer
Rifle Corps
1905 L Company formed at Hereford from Cyclist Section;
M Company formed at Ruardean; G Company and I Company
amalgamated; Bearer Coy separated as Welsh Border Brigade
Company RAMC
1908.04.01 The Herefordshire Battalion, The King's (Shropshire
Light Infantry)
transferred to T.F. with HQ at the Barracks, Hereford
1909 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Regiment
(part of the corps of The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
1915: 9th Aug. 1915 - 1st Battalion at
Gallipoli - Egypt 22 Dec 1915 to 1917
Palestine 1917- 1918 - France/Flanders
28 JUne 1918
1920.02.07 reconstituted in T.A. with
HQ at the Barracks, Hereford
1947.04.01 1st Battalion, The Herefordshire Light Infantry
reconstituted in T.A. with HQ at Hereford
1951 - Light Infantry Group becomes
Light Infantry Brigade.
1967.04.01 disbanded and concurrently reconstituted
as two units:
C Company (Herefordshire), Light Infantry Volunteers
formed in TAVR II at Hereford
B Company (Hereford Light Infantry), The King's Shropshire
and Herefordshire Light Infantry (T)
formed in TAVR III at Ross-on-Wye and Hereford
1968 - Light Infantry.
The Light Infantry (LI), was formed on Vesting Day
10 July 1968 from the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(51st Foot & 105th Foot), the King's Shropshire
Light Infantry (53rd Foot & 85th Foot), the Durham
Light Infantry (68th Foot & 106th Foot) and the
Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry to form the Light
Infantry in the Light Division.
1969.01.01 TAVR III element reduced to cadre as The
King's Shropshire and Herefordshire Light Infantry
at ?, sponsored by The Light Infantry Volunteers
1971.04.01 reorganised as two companies:
C Company (Herefordshire), Light Infantry Volunteers
at Hereford
D (Herefordshire Light Infantry) Company, Light Infantry
and Mercian Volunteers, reconstituted from cadre at
Ross-on-Wye
1972.08.01 C Coy's battalion redesignated as 5th Battalion,
The Light Infantry (Volunteers)
1975.04.01 D Coy redesignated D (Hereford) Company
and transferred to 6th (V) Battalion, The Light Infantry
1981.03.31 D Coy at Ross-on-Wye (det at Ledbury) transferred
to 5th Battalion as D Company
1988.11.09 C Coy subtitle omitted as battalion redesignated
as 5th (Shropshire and Herefordshire) Battalion, The
Light Infantry (V)
1993.04.01 D Company disbanded
1999.07.01 Hereford Platoon, E (Light Infantry) Company,
The West Midlands Regiment
formed by amalgamation of HQ Coy and C Coy 5th Bn,
The Light Infantry (company HQ at Shrewsbury)
Territorial Army
5th Battalion The (Shropshire & Herefordshire)
Light Infantry - Headquarters in Shrewsbury
6th Battalion The (Somerset & Cornwall) Light
Infantry - Headquarters in Taunton
7th Battalion The (Durham) Light Infantry - Headquarters
in Durham
8th Battalion The (Yorkshire) Light Infantry - Headquarters
in Wakefield
- The Regimental Headquarters is in Winchester
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