Infantry units of the Volunteer Force from 1859 to 1908, after which they were incorporated into the Territorial Force
Note: some renumbering of units occurred around 1880
For Volunteer units 1794–1813 see British Volunteer Corps
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Pages in category "Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 474 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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B
- Barnsley Rifles
- Bloomsbury Rifles
- Blythswood Rifles
- Bolton Rifles
- Bradford Rifles
- 1st (Brecknock) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteers
- 2nd (Brynmawr) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Crickhowell) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Hay) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Builth) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Talgarth) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (Cefn) Brecknockshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- City of Bristol Rifles
C
- 1st (Carnarvon) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Carnarvon) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Carnarvon) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Tremadoc) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Llanberis) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Pwllheli) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Bangor) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (Conway) Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Central London Rangers
- 9th (Mottram) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th (Dukinfield) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th Cheshire and Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 17th (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 18th (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 19th (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 20th (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 21st (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 29th (Stockport) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 31st (Hyde) Cheshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st (Hastings) Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteers
- 6th (Deal and Walmer) Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Rye) Cinque Ports Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Clerkenwell Rifles
D
- 1st (Wrexham) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Denbighshire Rifle Volunteers
- 2nd (Ruabon) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Denbigh and Ruabon) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Vale of Gresford) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Gwersyllt) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Ruthin) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (Chirk) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th (Llanrwst) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Llangollen) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Wrexham) Denbighshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Sudbury) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Chesterfield) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (High Peak Rifles of Buxton) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (High Peak Rifles of Chapel-en-le-Frith) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th (Dove Valley) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (High Peak Rifles of Bakewell) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 10th (Wirksworth) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 11th (Matlock) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 17th (Clay Cross) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 18th (Whaley Bridge) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 21st (Hartington) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 22nd (Staveley) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 23rd (Glossop) Derbyshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st (Exeter and South Devon) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Plymouth) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Prince of Wales's) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Devonport Dockyard) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Upper Cullompton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th (Buckerell) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Ashburton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 10th (Newton Abbot) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 11th (Bampton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th (East Devon and Honiton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 14th (Tiverton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 16th (Stonehouse) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 17th (Totnes) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 20th (Broadhembury) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 22nd (Tavistock) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 23rd (Chudleigh) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 24th (Budleigh Salterton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 25th (Ottery St Mary) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 26th (Kingsbridge) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 27th (Colyton) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 28th (South Brent) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Devon Rifle Volunteers
- 1st (Stockton) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Durham (1st Durham and North Riding of York) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Durham Rifle Volunteers
- 3rd (Sunderland) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 15th (Darlington) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 16th (Castle Eden) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
E
- East Yorkshire Rifle Volunteers
- 1st City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Queen's Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Brigade
- 2nd City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd City of Edinburgh Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Queen's Edinburgh Rifles
- 3rd Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th Essex Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th Essex (Plaistow and Victoria Docks) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th Essex (Silvertown) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Exeter and South Devon Volunteers
F
- Finsbury Rifles
- 1st (Mold) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Flintshire and Carnarvonshire Rifle Volunteers
- 1st Flintshire Rifle Volunteers
- 2nd (Hawarden) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Vale of Clwyd) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Holywell) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Flint) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Caergwrle) Flintshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
G
- 3rd (Swansea Rifles) Glamorganshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Glasgow Highlanders
- 1st (City of Bristol) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Gloucester Docks Company) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers
- 3rd (Gloucester City) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Stroud) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Stroud) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Stroud) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (Cheltenham) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th (Tewkesbury) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Cirencester) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 10th (Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 11th (Dursley) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 12th (Forest of Dean) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th (Odd Fellows – Cheltenham) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 14th (Cheltenham) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 14th (City of Gloucester Rifles) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 15th (Stow-on-the-Wold) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 16th (North Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Grimsby Rifles
I
- Inverness Artisan Rifles
- 1st (Castletown and Foxdale) Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Douglas) Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (Ramsey Rifles) Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Crosby) Isle of Man Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Isle of Man Volunteers
- 1st (Ryde) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 2nd (Newport) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd (2nd Ryde) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Nunwell) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Ventnor) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th (Sandown) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th (Cowes and Osborne) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th (Freshwater) Isle of Wight Rifle Volunteer Corps
- Isle of Wight Rifles
K
- 3rd Kent (Blackheath) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 3rd Kent (West Kent) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th Kent (Woolwich Town) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th Kent (Kidbrooke) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th Kent (Sydenham) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 12th Kent (Dartford) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th Kent (Greenwich) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 18th (Bromley Rifle Club) Kent Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 21st Kent (Lewisham) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 25th Kent (Blackheath Artisans) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 26th Kent (Royal Arsenal) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 27th Kent (Deptford Dockyard) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 28th Kent (Charlton) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 32nd Kent (Eltham) Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 34th Kent (Deptford Town Artisans) Rifle Volunteer Corps
L
- 1st (Glasgow 1st Western) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers
- 2nd (University of Glasgow) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 4th (Glasgow, 1st Northern) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (1st Eastern) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 5th (Blythswood Rifles) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 6th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 7th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 8th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 9th (Glasgow 1st Bankers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 10th (Glasgow Highland) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 11th (Glasgow 2nd Western) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 12th (North Eastern) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 13th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 15th (Procurators) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 17th (Stockbrokers and Accountants) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 18th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 21st (Parkhead Artisans) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 30th (1st Central) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 31st (Central Blythswood) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 33rd (1st Partick) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 34th (1st Rifle Rangers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 35th (2nd Rifle Rangers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 38th (Rifle Rangers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 39th Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 45th (Grocers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 46th (Grocers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
- 47th (Grocers) Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps