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52:
69:
361:) and one of mountain artillery. The assignment of units to them seemed geographically arbitrary, with all the Irish militia units being grouped in the Southern Division, for example, but this related to where the need for coastal artillery was greatest, rather than where the units recruited. The regular batteries were distributed across most of the divisions and completely renumbered.
152:
and their only connection to brigade headquarters (HQ) was for the supply of drafts and recruits. The artillery militia units (sometimes referred to as regiments) already comprised a number of batteries, and were redesignated as brigades, losing their county titles in the process.
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batteries were grouped into one brigade, usually of nine sequentially-numbered batteries and a depot battery. For these units the divisions represented recruiting districts – batteries could be serving anywhere in the
638:
633:
404:
In RA terminology, a 'brigade' was a group of independent batteries grouped together for administrative rather than tactical purposes, the officer in command being usually a
375:
139:
to 11 new territorial divisions. These divisions were purely administrative and recruiting organisations, not field formations. For the first time the part-time
167:
380:
326:
405:
628:
385:
354:
337:
207:
358:
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413:
135:(RA) broke up its existing administrative brigades of garrison artillery (7th–11th Brigades, RA) and assigned the individual
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On 1 July 1889 the garrison artillery was reorganised again into three large territorial divisions of garrison artillery (
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304:
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315:
608:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
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140:
120:
293:
172:
584:
The New Annual Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry
Cavalry List and Indian Civil Service List for 1890
575:
The New Annual Army List, Militia List, Yeomanry
Cavalry List and Indian Civil Service List for 1884
136:
582:
573:
535:
476:
569:
271:
260:
132:
116:
90:
68:
27:
164:, listed as 10th in order of precedence, was organised with the following composition:
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57:
622:
200:
181:
100:
144:
72:
267:
416:, the ranks usually associated with command of an infantry or cavalry brigade.
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300:
235:
311:
251:
221:
196:
289:
278:
599:
The
Militia Artillery 1852–1909 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
565:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
333:
322:
190:
166:
228:
115:, was an administrative grouping of garrison units of the
601:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1987, ISBN 0-9508205-1-2.
639:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1889
450:
448:
446:
96:
86:
78:
63:
45:
37:
20:
606:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
247:9th Bty at Gibraltar – formerly 15th Bty, 10th Bde
244:8th Bty at Gibraltar – formerly 14th Bty, 10th Bde
241:7th Bty at Gibraltar – formerly 13th Bty, 10th Bde
634:Military units and formations established in 1882
592:Battery Records of the Royal Artillery, 1859–1877
327:Duke of Connaught's Own Sligo Artillery Militia
594:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1970.
563:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
8:
32:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
436:
434:
432:
376:List of Royal Artillery Divisions 1882–1902
175:, headquarters of North Irish Division, RA.
131:Under General Order 72 of 4 April 1882 the
26:
615:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1882–89.
259:2nd Brigade at Carrickfergus – formerly
489:
487:
428:
397:
143:were associated with the regulars. The
17:
510:
508:
381:South Irish Division, Royal Artillery
113:North Irish Division, Royal Artillery
7:
386:Southern Division, Royal Artillery
338:Londonderry Light Infantry Militia
208:Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich
14:
67:
50:
123:in Ireland from 1882 to 1889.
1:
283:Dublin City Artillery Militia
254:– formerly Depot Bty, 3rd Bde
238:– formerly 18th Bty, 10th Bde
203:– formerly 16th Bty, 11th Bde
586:, London: John Murray, 1889.
577:, London: John Murray, 1883.
526:Frederick, pp. 574–9, 891–2.
305:Mid-Ulster Artillery Militia
231:– formerly 5th Bty, 11th Bde
217:– formerly 15th Bty, 8th Bde
440:Frederick, pp. 567–73, 985.
224:– formerly 9th Bty, 9th Bde
210:– formerly 5th Bty, 7th Bde
655:
629:Royal Artillery divisions
604:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
316:Wicklow Artillery Militia
296:(4 btys) – disbanded 1888
25:
597:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
371:Royal Garrison Artillery
294:Galway Artillery Militia
162:North Irish Division, RA
41:4 April 1882–1 July 1889
21:North Irish Division, RA
82:Administrative division
549:Maurice-Jones, p. 151.
502:Maurice-Jones, p. 162.
467:Maurice-Jones, p. 150.
458:, pp. 4–6; Appendix 5.
176:
590:Lt-Col M.E.S. Lawes,
493:Lawes, Vol II, Index.
170:
173:Carrickfergus Castle
581:Lt-Gen H.G. Hart,
561:J.B.M. Frederick,
515:Monthly Army Lists
406:lieutenant-colonel
177:
613:Monthly Army List
456:Militia Artillery
410:brigadier-general
272:Donegal Artillery
141:Artillery Militia
121:Artillery Militia
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105:
646:
550:
547:
541:
537:Hart's Army List
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494:
491:
482:
478:Hart's Army List
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261:Antrim Artillery
171:Gun position at
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30:
18:
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332:9th Brigade at
321:8th Brigade at
310:7th Brigade at
299:6th Brigade at
288:5th Brigade at
277:4th Brigade at
266:3rd Brigade at
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133:Royal Artillery
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117:Royal Artillery
109:
91:Royal Artillery
51:
49:
33:
12:
11:
5:
652:
650:
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542:
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519:
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408:rather than a
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150:British Empire
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58:United Kingdom
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35:
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23:
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10:
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6:
4:
3:
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414:major-general
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250:Depot Bty at
249:
246:
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212:
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205:
202:
201:Isle of Wight
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185:
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182:Carrickfergus
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126:
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118:
114:
108:Military unit
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101:Carrickfergus
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29:
24:
19:
16:
612:
611:War Office,
605:
598:
591:
583:
574:
562:
545:
536:
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522:
514:
498:
477:
472:
463:
455:
454:Litchfield,
400:
348:
186:1st Brigade
161:
160:
145:Regular Army
130:
127:Organisation
112:
110:
87:Part of
73:British Army
15:
345:Disbandment
336:– formerly
325:– formerly
314:– formerly
303:– formerly
292:– formerly
281:– formerly
270:– formerly
268:Letterkenny
234:6th Bty at
227:5th Bty at
220:4th Bty at
213:3rd Bty at
206:2nd Bty at
195:1st Bty at
157:Composition
97:Garrison/HQ
623:Categories
556:References
215:Portsmouth
570:H.G. Hart
392:Footnotes
301:Dungannon
236:Gibraltar
137:batteries
365:See also
355:Southern
340:(6 Btys)
329:(4 Btys)
318:(4 btys)
307:(5 btys)
285:(4 btys)
274:(6 btys)
263:(8 btys)
568:Lt-Gen
539:, 1890.
480:, 1883.
359:Western
351:Eastern
312:Wicklow
252:Belfast
222:Rangoon
197:Sandown
46:Country
290:Galway
279:Dublin
189:HQ at
180:HQ at
64:Branch
55:
38:Active
424:Notes
334:Derry
323:Sligo
191:Derry
357:and
229:Mhow
119:and
111:The
79:Type
412:or
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572:,
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