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| County Regiment | Precedence | Colonel 1857[1] | Headquarters 1857[1] | Uniform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Anglesea Light Infantry Militia | 61 | Thomas Peers Williams | Beaumaris | Scarlet faced blue |
| Bedfordshire Light Infantry Militia | 18 | Richard Thomas Gilpin | Bedford | Scarlet faced dark green |
| Royal Berkshire Militia | 7 | John Blagrave[2] | Reading | Scarlet faced blue |
| Royal Brecknock Rifle Regiment of Militia | 132 | John Lloyd Vaughan Watkins | Brecon | Rifle green |
| Royal Buckinghamshire Militia (King's Own) | 35 | Lord Carrington | High Wycombe | Scarlet faced blue |
| Cambridgeshire Militia | 68 | Hon. Octavius Duncombe | Ely | Scarlet faced yellow |
| Royal Cardigan Rifle Regiment of Militia | 64 | William Thomas Rowland Powel | Aberystwyth | Rifle green |
| Royal Carmarthen Rifle Regiment of Militia | 24 | Lord Dynevor | Carmarthen | Rifle green |
| Royal Carnarvon Rifle Regiment of Militia | 56 | Hon. Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant | Carnarvon | Rifle green |
| 1st Royal Cheshire Militia | 6 | Lord Delamere | Chester | Scarlet faced blue |
| 2nd Royal Cheshire Militia | 103 | William Davenport Davenport | Stockport | Scarlet faced blue |
| Duke of Cornwall's Rangers Regiment of Militia (Rifles) | 38 | Earl of Mount Edgcumbe | Bodmin | Rifle green |
| 2nd Cornwall Rifle Regiment of Militia | 131 | ~ | Launceston | Rifle green |
| Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Militia Artillery | 6 | Sir Colman Rashleigh, 2nd Baronet | Truro | Blue faced scarlet |
| Royal Cumberland Militia | 9 | Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther | Whitehaven | Scarlet faced blue |
| Royal Denbigh Rifle Regiment of Militia | 46 | Robert Myddelton Biddulph | Wrexham | Rifle green |
| 1st Derby Militia | 62 | Lord Waterpark | Derby | Scarlet faced yellow |
| 2nd Derby Militia (The Chatsworth Rifles) | 34 | William Henry Frederick Cavendish | Chesterfield | Scarlet faced black |
| 1st Devon Militia | 41 | Francis Edward Drewe | Scarlet faced white | |
| South Devon Militia | 25 | Earl of Morley | Scarlet faced white | |
| Devon Artillery Militia | 7 | G S Buck | Devonport | |
| Dorset Militia | 42 | R H Bingham | Dorchester | Scarlet faced green |
Special Reserve Infantry
[edit]- Recruiting for militia ceased 15 January 1908
- Of 124 infantry battalions:
- 74 became reserve bns of line regts
- 23 disbanded
- 27 became Extra Reserve
Establishment
- SR: regular cadre: 8 officers, 40 NCOs, 50 ORs. SR: 25/41/539. On mobilization receive unfit and immature members from line bns. main duty to make up losses in line bns.
- ER: 644 all ranks, cannot be expanded.
23 disbandments notified by Special Army Order of 23 December 1907.[4]
- 4 KORL
- 4 Norfolk
- 4 Lincs
- 3 Devons
- 4 Suffolk
- 4 Somerset LI
- 3 R Irish
- 4 Yorkshire
- 4 Ches
- 4 RWF
- 4 SWB
- 5 R Inniskillings
- 4 Glosters
- 4 Border
- 3 OXford LI
- 4 Essex
- 4 Shropshire LI
- 8 KRRC
- 9 KRRC
- 6 R Irish Rifles
- 5 R Irish Fus
- 3 Connaught Rangers
- 6 RB
- ^ a b Thom's Irish almanac and official directory of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Dublin: Alexander Thom & Sons. 1857. pp. 443–460.
- ^ "Royal Berkshire Militia - A sepia portrait photograph of Colonel John Blagrave of Southcote and Calcot". The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
- ^ "The Special Reserve Infantry". The Times. 25 October 1909. p. 4.
- ^ "Naval And Military Intelligence". The Times. 24 December 1907. p. 4.