The Scottish Rifle Volunteers 1859-1908

Print and Lineage Index

  1.   The Royal Scots - The Rifle Volunteers
  2.   The Royal Scots Fusiliers - The Rifle Volunteers
  3.   The King's Own Scottish Borderers - The Rifle Volunteers
  4.   The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) - The Rifle Volunteers
  5.   The Black Watch - The Rifle Volunteers
  6.   The Highland Light Infantry - The Rifle Volunteers
  7.   The Seaforth Highlanders - The Rifle Volunteers
  8.   The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders - The Rifle Volunteers
  9.   The Gordon Highlanders - The Rifle Volunteers
  10.   The Arygll and Sutherland Highlanders - The Rifle Volunteers
  11.   The London Scottish Rifle Volunteers
  12.   The Liverpool Scottish Rifle Volunteers

In May of 1859, the establishment of the Volunteer Force in Great Britain was sanctioned; organised on a county basis and devised for use as a national defence army in the event of invasion. At the beginning of the volunteer system, provisions were made for units to be trained as cavalry, artillery, engineers and infantry. The latter section were styled 'Rifle Volunteers', and were organised in units ranging in size from as little as a half-company, to as large as a battalion of over 900 men. By 1880 the smaller corps had been merged into battalions, and the following year a system was introduced whereby all units were linked to the regular regiments of infantry and styled 'Volunteer Battalions'.

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