Several units of the
Volunteer Force
The Volunteer Force was a citizen army of part-time rifle, artillery and engineer corps, created as a Social movement, popular movement throughout the British Empire in 1859. Originally highly autonomous, the units of volunteers became increa ...
formed in Middlesex from 1859 shared the number 1:
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1st (Hanover Square) Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps
The 1st (Hanover Square) Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps (1st Middx AVC) was a unit of the Volunteer Force raised to supplement the British Army at a time of perceived crisis in 1860. The expense of maintaining a unit of this description led t ...
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1st Middlesex Engineers
The 1st Middlesex Engineers was the senior engineer unit of Britain's Volunteer Force, raised in 1860 and originally recruited from the South Kensington Museum. It provided Royal Engineers (RE) units to the 47th (1/2nd London) Division, the 47th ( ...
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1st (Victoria Rifle Club) Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1st (Regent Street) Middlesex Light Horse Volunteers
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