384:
535:. Artillery Observation Posts (OPs) were blinded by early morning mist and many were overrun along with the infantry in the forward zone. Much of the field artillery was lost, caught up in short-range fighting in the main battle zone, as were a number of RGA units either caught in the fighting or forced to abandon their guns as the Germans advanced rapidly. Others struggled to get their guns back during the 'Great Retreat'. Fourth Army HQ took over all of Fifth Army's formations and units on 2 April, and the first phase of the German offensive was halted on 4 April. Further attacks came on other parts of the front, but none broke through completely. 27th Brigade RGA officially joined Fourth Army on 1 May 1918 and remained with it until the Armistice.
662:
296:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate companies and batteries were created, releasing the 1st Line units to be sent overseas.
417:
524:
35:
59:
76:
555:, were dumped near the gun positions, which were occupied by night. The guns remained silent, with no prior registration, relying on 'firing by the map' at Zero hour. The main targets were enemy gun positions, which were swamped with gas. As the tanks and infantry advanced, 6-inch howitzer sections began moving up behind them. The attack was a brilliant success.
475:), which entailed much work for the siege gunners in moving their guns over the devastated Somme battlefields to get back into range of the enemy. For most of 1917 the battery was in quiet sectors of the front. On 22 September 1917 110th Siege Bty was joined by a section from the newly arrived 441st Siege Bty and was made up to a strength of six howitzers.
319:
as the basis on which to form complete new units for front line service. The cadre of the 110th Siege
Battery formed in 1916 was provided by the Clyde RGA, while a number of other siege batteries formed later in the Clyde Defences (150th, 191st, 221st, 278th, 286th) may have included trained men from
323:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The Clyde RGA serving in the Clyde garrison was reduced from five companies (1/2nd, 1/3rd, 2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd) to just three (numbered 1–3), which were to be kept up to strength with
498:
On 30 November the
Germans put in a heavy counter-attack against the weakened and ill-organised troops in the captured positions, which they quickly overran. 110th Siege Bty with its six 6-inch howitzers was at Sonnet Farm in front of La Vacquerie, alongside 108th Siege Bty (formed by the Forth RGA
494:
When the battle began with a crash of artillery at 06.20 on 20 November the German defenders were stunned, and the massed tanks completed their overcome. In most areas the attack was an outstanding success. Exploitation over succeeding days was less spectacular, though some bombardments were set up
757:
The Clyde defences were never engaged during the war. As the threat from German attack diminished there was demand for trained gunners for the fighting fronts and the War Office began reorganising surplus coastal manpower for duties elsewhere. By April 1944 many of the coast battery positions were
395:
under Army
Council Instruction 397 of 21 February 1916 from a cadre of three officers and 93 other ranks supplied by the Clyde RGA (almost certainly 1/1st Company), together with men drawn from the Thames and Medway Defences. The personnel of the battery went out to the Western Front in May 1916
311:
to be sent to France. The WO decided that the TF coastal gunners were well enough trained to take over many of the duties in the coastal defences, releasing
Regular RGA gunners for service in the field, and 1st line RGA companies that had volunteered for overseas service had been authorised to
510:
on 21 December. By now HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and on 1 February 1918 they were converted into permanent RGA brigades. 27th
Brigade was defined as a Mixed Brigade, with guns and howitzers of several sizes. 110th Siege Bty remained with this brigade until the
499:
at the same time as 110th). They suffered badly from the German barrage, but 110th managed to get two howitzers into action, firing until
Germans reached the rest of Gonnelieu Ridge. The gunners then removed the dial sights before abandoning their howitzers and joining
678:
on the outbreak of war in
September 1939 with the single 171 Battery (manning 4 × 6-inch guns) under command until 407 Coast Bty joined on 31 December 1940. The coastal artillery regiments began to be reorganised from September 1940, with the Clyde regiment becoming
600:
With postwar demobilisation, the Clyde RGA was placed in suspended animation during 1919. When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 the unit was reformed with one battery from No 1 Company and one from Nos 2 and 3, under the command of
383:
1790:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United
Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 14 May 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/122.
1809:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United
Kingdom, Part 7: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (July 1943), with amendments, TNA file WO 212/124.
1799:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 30: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 12 December 1942, with amendments, TNA file WO
987:
702:
On 1 April 1941 A and B Btys were renumbered 152 and 153 Coast Btys, and C Bty was split to form 154 and 155 Coast Btys, giving 538th Coast Rgt the following organisation, which it retained into 1944:
2392:
2096:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
2407:
404:
employed as siege artillery. By the end of July the old mortars were worn out, and the battery spent August without guns, providing fatigue parties before it was armed with four modern
2397:
2402:
292:, who had been commissioned into the Renfrew and Dumbarton RGA in 1902. Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
620:. The Clyde unit had its HQ and 171st Heavy Bty at 2 King Street, Port Glasgow, and 172 Hvy Bty at the Drill Hall, Helensburgh, forming part of the coast defence troops in
1840:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Coast Artillery and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (1 April 1944), with amendments, TNA file WO 212/120.
631:
made recommendations for defence schemes at 15 'Class A' home ports, including the Clyde (Scheme 11), but little was done to modernise them before the outbreak of
888:
884:
854:
789:
780:
196:
773:. By the end of the war, 538th (Clyde) Coast Rgt had become the headquarters for a number of batteries stationed in the Orkney & Shetland Defences (OSDEF):
770:
378:
491:. There was to be no preliminary bombardment or registration, and the guns were to open fire at Zero hour firing 'off the map' at carefully surveyed targets.
1054:
315:
Although complete defended ports units never left the UK, they did supply drafts of trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
570:
on 17 October a massive fireplan was prepared, with the heavy batteries right forward so that they could reach the German line of retreat across the
850:
282:
200:
639:
582:. By now the offensive had turned into a pursuit, and many of the heavy batteries had to be left behind. Fighting was ended on 11 November by the
1781:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 16 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/118.
925:
821:
When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, the Clyde coast artillery was reformed as two units, both within 105 Coast Artillery Brigade:
2171:
798:
574:. Fourth Army pushed on again on 23 October. There was no preliminary bombardment: instead the 6-inch howitzers formed the front part of the
1772:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 1 June 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/117.
2310:
467:
Fourth Army's front remained relatively quiet during early 1917, then in the Spring it was involved in following the German retreat to the
2079:
876:
605:
2284:
2269:
2254:
2239:
2224:
2209:
2190:
2148:
2118:
2103:
1682:
948:
929:
880:
609:
559:
845:
However, it was soon afterwards decided to reduce the number of TA coast regiments, and in 1948 417th Coast Rgt was converted into
627:
In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
397:
2059:
2015:
2001:
1960:
552:
2358:
1163:
1091:
954:
566:
on 8 October, it was becoming difficult for the heavy howitzers to keep up with the advance. For the assault crossing of the
361:
328:. In April 1918 the Clyde Garrison comprised the following administrative batteries under the control of No 23 Fire Command:
285:
212:
159:
from 1910 to 1967. Although they unit saw no active service, they supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the
124:
1849:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
628:
500:
429:
211:, but in 1910 it was split up, the Clyde elements being detached as an independent unit while the remainder became the
1294:
958:
759:
507:
484:
454:
436:
351:
300:
160:
128:
839:
2111:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
257:
253:
405:
2294:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
941:
865:
563:
488:
204:
188:
97:
1749:
616:, with 171 and 172 Batteries/ When the RGA was subsumed into the Royal Artillery in 1924, the unit became the
1881:
1870:
1829:
1818:
2372:
1729:
1637:
621:
544:
532:
1058:
661:
966:
583:
548:
512:
347:
278:
274:
136:
914:
813:
Between 10 and 31 January 1946 the regiment and its attached batteries passed into suspended animation.
683:
in January 1941 with A, B, C (all formed from 171) and 407 Coast Btys. The Clyde defences consisted of:
448:
416:
2155:
853:
at Dumbarton, becoming a battery of the amalgamated unit, which the following year was absorbed into
428:. By now massive quantities of artillery were employed for each phase of the continuing offensive as
320:
the unit among the recruits, although the Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this.
1892:
2232:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
460:
425:
2133:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
769:, 407 Bty was disbanded, 153 and 154 passed into suspended animation, and 152 and 308 Btys joined
2130:
1295:
110th Siege Bty War Diary, Feb 1916–Dec 1917, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/471/2.
472:
523:
2341:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
649:
In 1938 the RA replaced it 'brigade' designations with the term 'regiment' the unit became the
503:
with their rifles. Here the German advance was halted and the battery withdrawn for refitting.
273:
On the outbreak of war the Clyde RGA mobilised in Scottish Coast Defences under the command of
2306:
2280:
2265:
2250:
2235:
2220:
2205:
2186:
2167:
2144:
2114:
2099:
1361:
1314:
875:
However, when the TA was reduced on 1 May 1961 and 357th (Lowland) Light Rgt amalgamated with
602:
338:
176:
79:
638:
In 1934 172 Hvy Bty at Helensburgh converted to the medium artillery role and transferred to
675:
578:
but distributed unevenly to deal with specific sunken roads, fortified farms, strongpoints,
575:
442:
316:
2217:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
2197:
665:
BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun in typical coast defence mounting (preserved at Newhaven Fort).
468:
401:
308:
184:
180:
75:
34:
2166:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
1938:
962:
879:
in Edinburgh, R (Clyde) Bty instead amalgamated with 277th (Lowland) Field Rgt, 402nd (
643:
589:
304:
192:
132:
64:
969:, (former CO) appointed 12 July 1924, continued as Hon Col of 416th (Clyde) Coast Rgt.
592:
began early in 1919, and 110th Siege Battery was disbanded by the middle of the year.
2386:
710:
860:
When Coast Artillery Branch of the RA was disbanded in 1956, 416th Coast Rgt became
632:
571:
231:
156:
107:
2185:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
1083:
2113:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
567:
332:
240:
164:
2305:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
2098:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
483:
In November the battery was assigned to 21st Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) with
324:
Regular recruits. Later they were absorbed into No 23 Coastal Fire Command at
293:
869:
716:
392:
246:
216:
986:
A new independent 171 Coast Bty was formed in April 1941 and later joined
806:
724:
289:
152:
2367:
2262:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
551:
on 8 August. Four hundred rounds of ammunition per howitzer, much of it
2339:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
802:
325:
2299:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
2277:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2234:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2179:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2160:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
543:
In late July Fourth Army began secretly massing its artillery for the
766:
734:
558:
Fourth Army launched a series of attacks over succeeding weeks (the
660:
522:
415:
382:
2202:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
487:, which was preparing for its surprise attack with tanks at the
531:
Fifth Army was attacked on 21 March 1918, the first day of the
2177:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1362:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
762:
detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties.
1315:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', TNA file WO 95/5494/4.
847:
417th (Dumbartonshire) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
527:
Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in February 1918.
2318:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During October, 1914
420:
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud in September 1916.
2377:
2164:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
2325:
Army Council Instructions Issued During February 1916
2393:
Defended ports units of the Royal Garrison Artillery
2183:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1683:
Scottish Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
889:
277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Field Rgt
506:After Cambrai 110th Siege Bty joined 27th HAG with
387:
220 mm Heavy mortar in action with the French Army.
118:
113:
103:
93:
85:
70:
52:
44:
23:
2332:Army Council Instructions Issued During April 1917
2292:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
891:in Renfrewshire, with the following organisation:
851:254th (West Highland) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
608:James Lithgow. When the TF was reorganised as the
2408:Military units and formations established in 1910
16:Former Scottish defence units of the British Army
2143:, London: Souvenir Press, 1967/Pan Books, 1970,
2034:
2032:
1988:
1986:
1904:
1902:
1900:
369:These defences never saw action during the war.
2398:Military units and formations in Dumbartonshire
2249:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
2219:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
2204:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
1759:
1757:
1698:
1696:
1694:
1692:
1690:
1591:
1589:
1587:
1585:
1583:
1272:
1270:
1268:
1164:Helensburgh at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
674:The regiment mobilised in the Lowland Area of
1341:
1339:
1337:
1335:
307:and there was an urgent need for batteries of
2403:Military units and formations in Renfrewshire
2247:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
832:417th (Dumbartonshire) (Mixed) Coast Regiment
379:110th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
191:(RGA) of eight companies was formed from the
8:
1031:
1029:
1027:
1025:
1023:
1021:
1019:
1017:
1015:
495:to help the infantry take certain villages.
187:of 1908, a new 'defended ports' unit of the
39:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
2046:
2044:
1916:
1914:
1857:
1855:
1712:
1710:
1708:
988:524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Rgt
741:independent battery joined 7 September 1942
2125:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2011:
2009:
197:1st Renfrew and Dumbarton RGA (Volunteers)
33:
924:When the TA was further reduced into the
252:In 1914 the Clyde defences included four
2080:871–895 Btys RA at British Army 1945 on.
2060:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2016:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2002:235–265 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
1961:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
1647:
1645:
1612:
1610:
1469:
1467:
1465:
1310:
1308:
1306:
1304:
1302:
1173:
1171:
1078:
1076:
949:James Cleland Burns, 3rd Lord Inverclyde
312:increase their strength by 50 per cent.
1956:
1954:
1952:
1950:
1150:
1148:
1009:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 24, 147.
1002:
979:
838:('Mixed' indicated that members of the
344:Porthill Battery – 2 × 4.7-inch QF guns
2275:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
1357:
1355:
1353:
1351:
1213:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
1188:
1186:
1117:
1115:
1113:
1111:
1109:
928:in 1967, the regiment merged into the
926:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
288:of the Port Glasgow shipbuilding firm
281:, while No 1 Company was commanded by
20:
2135:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
1290:
1288:
1286:
1284:
1282:
1231:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
1222:Army Council Instructions, 1915–1916.
1094:from the original on 19 February 2006
424:On 12 July the battery joined in the
396:where they took over four old French
299:By October 1914, the campaign on the
155:part-time coast defence units of the
7:
2279:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2264:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
826:416th (Clyde) (Mixed) Coast Regiment
201:1st Argyll and Bute RGA (Volunteers)
729:became independent 7 September 1942
205:1st Edinburgh City RGA (Volunteers)
1055:"Forth Coast Rgt at Regiments.org"
849:, and then in 1954 it merged into
391:110th Siege Battery was formed at
14:
881:Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
842:were integrated into the units.)
612:(TA) in 1921, it was renamed the
739:308 Bty at Ardhallow Battery –
335:Battery – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns
226:had the following organisation:
74:
57:
28:416th (Clyde) Coast Regiment, RA
26:538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment, RA
2373:Great War Centenary Drill Halls
2368:British Army units from 1945 on
2334:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2327:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2320:, London: HM Stationery Office.
885:888 (Renfrewshire) Locating Bty
777:141, 142, 144, 158, 268 Btys –
747:to Toward Castle 31 August 1942
1573:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1547:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1534:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
955:Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet
640:62nd (Scottish) Medium Brigade
622:52nd (Lowland) Divisional Area
215:with its headquarters (HQ) at
179:(TF) was created from the old
149:Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery
125:Sir James Lithgow, 1st Baronet
24:Clyde Royal Garrison Artillery
1:
2347:, London: A&C Black 1961.
629:Committee of Imperial Defence
357:Battery 1 – 1 × 6-inch QF gun
207:. The new unit was named the
681:538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment
547:, which launched the Allied
236:No 1 Company at Port Glasgow
1551:, Vol V, pp. 295–9, 308–15.
455:Battle of the Ancre Heights
437:Battle of Flers-Courcelette
2424:
1893:541 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
1882:533 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
1871:534 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
1730:538 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
1433:, pp. 249–50, 257, Map 33.
1420:Cooper, pp. 178–80, 194–7.
560:Second Battle of the Somme
432:attacked again and again:
376:
2378:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
2290:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2230:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2215:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1154:Maurice-Jones, pp. 187–8.
951:, appointed 27 March 1909
877:278th (Lowland) Field Rgt
866:357th (Lowland) Light Rgt
855:277th (Lowland) Field Rgt
352:Nobel's Explosive Factory
203:, and personnel from the
32:
2260:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2141:The Ironclads of Cambrai
2127:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1740:Frederick, pp. 604, 630.
1499:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
940:The following served as
840:Women's Royal Army Corps
790:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
781:534th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
614:Clyde Coast Brigade, RGA
373:110th Siege Battery, RGA
189:Royal Garrison Artillery
151:and its successors were
98:Royal Garrison Artillery
1929:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
1626:Titles and Designations
1345:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 102–9.
771:505th (Forth) Coast Rgt
745:407 Bty at Stranraer –
618:Clyde Heavy Brigade, RA
533:German spring offensive
2361:The British Army, 1914
2345:Who was Who, 1951–1960
2026:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
1971:Maurice-Jones, p. 276.
1763:Frederick, pp. 603–10.
1750:Collier, Appendix XIX.
1673:Maurice-Jones, p. 221.
1616:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
1389:, Vol III, pp. 26, 29.
1142:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
779:previously comprising
706:152 Bty at Cloch Point
666:
584:Armistice with Germany
549:Hundred Days Offensive
528:
421:
388:
303:was bogging down into
2303:The Battle of Cambrai
1830:Collier, Chapter XXI.
1819:Collier, Chapter XIX.
1638:Collier, Chapter III.
1376:, pp. 216–21, Map 32.
1276:Frederick, pp. 702–4.
664:
526:
501:60th Infantry Brigade
449:Battle of Le Transloy
419:
386:
230:HQ at 2 King Street,
209:Forth & Clyde RGA
2297:Capt Wilfred Miles,
765:In June 1945, after
651:Clyde Heavy Regiment
2070:Litchfield, p. 306.
2050:Litchfield, p. 296.
2038:Frederick, p. 1007.
1992:Frederick, p. 1000.
1920:Litchfield, p. 282.
1908:Frederick, p. 1011.
1861:Litchfield, p. 301.
1664:Litchfield, p. 275.
1577:, Vol V, pp. 352–9.
1538:, Vol V, pp. 196–7.
1512:, Vol IV, pp. 22–3.
1262:ACIs February 1916.
1204:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1061:on 30 December 2005
1044:Litchfield, p. 298.
1035:Litchfield, p. 307.
797:previously part of
788:previously part of
461:Battle of the Ancre
400:– 1880 model heavy
341:– 2 × 6-inch Mk VII
2245:J.B.M. Frederick,
1702:Frederick, p. 634.
1604:Frederick, p. 601.
1595:Frederick, p. 613.
1446:, Vol III, p. 197.
1253:Frederick, p. 647.
1244:, Annexes 4 and 7.
1133:Frederick, p. 696.
693:1 × 12-pounder gun
667:
606:Lieutenant-Colonel
529:
473:Operation Alberich
422:
389:
2172:978-1-845747-28-2
1980:Federick, p. 997.
1398:Cooper, pp. 85–8.
690:2 × 4.7-inch guns
564:Battle of Cambrai
489:Battle of Cambrai
445:(25–28 September)
439:(15–22 September)
339:Ardhallow Battery
195:companies of the
177:Territorial Force
142:
141:
80:Territorial Force
2415:
2353:External sources
2311:978-1-84574724-4
2156:James E. Edmonds
2082:
2077:
2071:
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2057:
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2048:
2039:
2036:
2027:
2024:
2018:
2013:
2004:
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1993:
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1909:
1906:
1895:
1890:
1884:
1879:
1873:
1868:
1862:
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1827:
1821:
1816:
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1779:
1773:
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1727:
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1578:
1571:
1565:
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1539:
1532:
1526:
1519:
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1506:
1500:
1497:
1491:
1484:
1478:
1471:
1460:
1453:
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1427:
1421:
1418:
1412:
1405:
1399:
1396:
1390:
1383:
1377:
1370:
1364:
1359:
1346:
1343:
1330:
1323:
1317:
1312:
1297:
1292:
1277:
1274:
1263:
1260:
1254:
1251:
1245:
1242:Forgotten Fronts
1238:
1232:
1229:
1223:
1220:
1214:
1211:
1205:
1202:
1196:
1190:
1181:
1175:
1166:
1161:
1155:
1152:
1143:
1140:
1134:
1131:
1125:
1124:, various dates.
1119:
1104:
1103:
1101:
1099:
1080:
1071:
1070:
1068:
1066:
1057:. Archived from
1051:
1045:
1042:
1036:
1033:
1010:
1007:
991:
984:
942:Honorary Colonel
936:Honorary Colonel
901:P (Clyde) Bty –
883:) Light Rgt and
676:Scottish Command
610:Territorial Army
576:Creeping barrage
545:Battle of Amiens
519:Spring Offensive
463:(13–18 November)
443:Battle of Morval
406:6-inch howitzers
398:220mm 'Mortiers'
360:Battery 2 – 2 ×
245:No 3 Company at
239:No 2 Company at
78:
63:
61:
60:
37:
21:
2423:
2422:
2418:
2417:
2416:
2414:
2413:
2412:
2383:
2382:
2355:
2350:
2198:Martin Farndale
2131:Basil Collier,
2109:Maj A.F. Becke,
2094:Maj A.F. Becke,
2090:
2085:
2078:
2074:
2069:
2065:
2058:
2054:
2049:
2042:
2037:
2030:
2025:
2021:
2014:
2007:
2000:
1996:
1991:
1984:
1979:
1975:
1970:
1966:
1959:
1948:
1937:
1933:
1928:
1924:
1919:
1912:
1907:
1898:
1891:
1887:
1880:
1876:
1869:
1865:
1860:
1853:
1848:
1844:
1839:
1835:
1828:
1824:
1817:
1813:
1808:
1804:
1798:
1794:
1789:
1785:
1780:
1776:
1771:
1767:
1762:
1755:
1748:
1744:
1739:
1735:
1728:
1724:
1718:Years of Defeat
1715:
1706:
1701:
1688:
1681:
1677:
1672:
1668:
1663:
1659:
1653:Years of Defeat
1650:
1643:
1636:
1632:
1624:
1620:
1615:
1608:
1603:
1599:
1594:
1581:
1572:
1568:
1559:
1555:
1546:
1542:
1533:
1529:
1520:
1516:
1507:
1503:
1498:
1494:
1485:
1481:
1472:
1463:
1454:
1450:
1441:
1437:
1428:
1424:
1419:
1415:
1406:
1402:
1397:
1393:
1384:
1380:
1371:
1367:
1360:
1349:
1344:
1333:
1324:
1320:
1313:
1300:
1293:
1280:
1275:
1266:
1261:
1257:
1252:
1248:
1239:
1235:
1230:
1226:
1221:
1217:
1212:
1208:
1203:
1199:
1191:
1184:
1176:
1169:
1162:
1158:
1153:
1146:
1141:
1137:
1132:
1128:
1120:
1107:
1097:
1095:
1082:
1081:
1074:
1064:
1062:
1053:
1052:
1048:
1043:
1039:
1034:
1013:
1008:
1004:
1000:
995:
994:
985:
981:
976:
938:
828:at Port Glasgow
819:
799:541st Coast Rgt
755:
700:
687:4 × 6-inch guns
672:
659:
653:on 1 November.
598:
541:
521:
481:
469:Hindenburg Line
457:(3–11 November)
426:Somme Offensive
414:
381:
375:
309:Siege artillery
271:
266:
199:, part of the
185:Haldane Reforms
181:Volunteer Force
173:
145:
120:
89:Coast Artillery
58:
56:
40:
27:
25:
17:
12:
11:
5:
2421:
2419:
2411:
2410:
2405:
2400:
2395:
2385:
2384:
2381:
2380:
2375:
2370:
2365:
2363:(archive site)
2354:
2351:
2349:
2348:
2342:
2335:
2328:
2321:
2314:
2295:
2288:
2273:
2258:
2243:
2228:
2213:
2194:
2175:
2152:
2139:Bryan Cooper,
2137:
2128:
2122:
2107:
2091:
2089:
2086:
2084:
2083:
2072:
2063:
2052:
2040:
2028:
2019:
2005:
1994:
1982:
1973:
1964:
1946:
1931:
1922:
1910:
1896:
1885:
1874:
1863:
1851:
1842:
1833:
1822:
1811:
1802:
1792:
1783:
1774:
1765:
1753:
1742:
1733:
1722:
1704:
1686:
1675:
1666:
1657:
1641:
1630:
1618:
1606:
1597:
1579:
1566:
1553:
1540:
1527:
1514:
1501:
1492:
1479:
1461:
1448:
1435:
1422:
1413:
1400:
1391:
1378:
1365:
1347:
1331:
1318:
1298:
1278:
1264:
1255:
1246:
1233:
1224:
1215:
1206:
1197:
1182:
1167:
1156:
1144:
1135:
1126:
1105:
1072:
1046:
1037:
1011:
1001:
999:
996:
993:
992:
978:
977:
975:
972:
971:
970:
952:
937:
934:
922:
921:
911:
905:
903:ex R/357th Rgt
899:
836:
835:
829:
818:
815:
811:
810:
793:
784:
754:
751:
750:
749:
743:
737:
731:
721:
719:by August 1942
707:
699:
696:
695:
694:
691:
688:
671:
668:
658:
655:
644:Broughty Ferry
597:
594:
590:Demobilisation
540:
537:
520:
517:
480:
477:
465:
464:
458:
452:
451:(1–18 October)
446:
440:
413:
410:
377:Main article:
374:
371:
367:
366:
365:
364:
362:12-pdr QF guns
358:
345:
342:
336:
305:Trench warfare
270:
267:
265:
262:
250:
249:
243:
237:
234:
193:Dumbartonshire
172:
169:
143:
140:
139:
122:
116:
115:
111:
110:
105:
101:
100:
95:
91:
90:
87:
83:
82:
72:
68:
67:
65:United Kingdom
54:
50:
49:
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29:
15:
13:
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6:
4:
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2401:
2399:
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2391:
2390:
2388:
2379:
2376:
2374:
2371:
2369:
2366:
2364:
2362:
2359:Mark Conrad,
2357:
2356:
2352:
2346:
2343:
2340:
2336:
2333:
2329:
2326:
2322:
2319:
2316:War Office,
2315:
2312:
2308:
2304:
2300:
2296:
2293:
2289:
2286:
2285:0-9508205-0-4
2282:
2278:
2274:
2271:
2270:0-9508205-2-0
2267:
2263:
2259:
2256:
2255:1-85117-009-X
2252:
2248:
2244:
2241:
2240:1-85753-080-2
2237:
2233:
2229:
2226:
2225:1-870114-05-1
2222:
2218:
2214:
2211:
2210:1-870114-00-0
2207:
2203:
2199:
2195:
2192:
2191:1-870423-06-2
2188:
2184:
2180:
2176:
2173:
2169:
2165:
2161:
2157:
2154:Brig-Gen Sir
2153:
2150:
2149:0-330-02579-1
2146:
2142:
2138:
2136:
2134:
2129:
2126:
2123:
2120:
2119:1-847347-43-6
2116:
2112:
2108:
2105:
2104:1-847347-39-8
2101:
2097:
2093:
2092:
2087:
2081:
2076:
2073:
2067:
2064:
2061:
2056:
2053:
2047:
2045:
2041:
2035:
2033:
2029:
2023:
2020:
2017:
2012:
2010:
2006:
2003:
1998:
1995:
1989:
1987:
1983:
1977:
1974:
1968:
1965:
1962:
1957:
1955:
1953:
1951:
1947:
1944:
1942:
1935:
1932:
1926:
1923:
1917:
1915:
1911:
1905:
1903:
1901:
1897:
1894:
1889:
1886:
1883:
1878:
1875:
1872:
1867:
1864:
1858:
1856:
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1846:
1843:
1837:
1834:
1831:
1826:
1823:
1820:
1815:
1812:
1806:
1803:
1796:
1793:
1787:
1784:
1778:
1775:
1769:
1766:
1760:
1758:
1754:
1751:
1746:
1743:
1737:
1734:
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1726:
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1705:
1699:
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1691:
1687:
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1679:
1676:
1670:
1667:
1661:
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1646:
1642:
1639:
1634:
1631:
1627:
1622:
1619:
1613:
1611:
1607:
1601:
1598:
1592:
1590:
1588:
1586:
1584:
1580:
1576:
1570:
1567:
1563:
1562:Western Front
1557:
1554:
1550:
1544:
1541:
1537:
1531:
1528:
1525:, pp. 287–90.
1524:
1523:Western Front
1518:
1515:
1511:
1505:
1502:
1496:
1493:
1490:, pp. 259–79.
1489:
1488:Western Front
1483:
1480:
1476:
1475:Western Front
1470:
1468:
1466:
1462:
1458:
1457:Western Front
1452:
1449:
1445:
1439:
1436:
1432:
1431:Western Front
1426:
1423:
1417:
1414:
1411:, pp. 221–30.
1410:
1409:Western Front
1404:
1401:
1395:
1392:
1388:
1382:
1379:
1375:
1374:Western Front
1369:
1366:
1363:
1358:
1356:
1354:
1352:
1348:
1342:
1340:
1338:
1336:
1332:
1328:
1327:Western Front
1322:
1319:
1316:
1311:
1309:
1307:
1305:
1303:
1299:
1296:
1291:
1289:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1279:
1273:
1271:
1269:
1265:
1259:
1256:
1250:
1247:
1243:
1237:
1234:
1228:
1225:
1219:
1216:
1210:
1207:
1201:
1198:
1194:
1189:
1187:
1183:
1179:
1174:
1172:
1168:
1165:
1160:
1157:
1151:
1149:
1145:
1139:
1136:
1130:
1127:
1123:
1118:
1116:
1114:
1112:
1110:
1106:
1093:
1089:
1087:
1079:
1077:
1073:
1060:
1056:
1050:
1047:
1041:
1038:
1032:
1030:
1028:
1026:
1024:
1022:
1020:
1018:
1016:
1012:
1006:
1003:
997:
989:
983:
980:
973:
968:
964:
960:
956:
953:
950:
947:
946:
945:
944:of the unit:
943:
935:
933:
931:
927:
920:
916:
912:
910:
906:
904:
900:
898:
894:
893:
892:
890:
886:
882:
878:
873:
871:
867:
863:
862:R (Clyde) Bty
858:
856:
852:
848:
843:
841:
833:
830:
827:
824:
823:
822:
816:
814:
809:
808:
804:
800:
794:
792:
791:
785:
783:
782:
776:
775:
774:
772:
768:
763:
761:
752:
748:
744:
742:
738:
736:
732:
730:
726:
722:
720:
718:
712:
711:Toward Castle
708:
705:
704:
703:
697:
692:
689:
686:
685:
684:
682:
677:
669:
663:
656:
654:
652:
647:
645:
641:
636:
634:
630:
625:
623:
619:
615:
611:
607:
604:
595:
593:
591:
587:
585:
581:
577:
573:
569:
565:
561:
556:
554:
550:
546:
538:
536:
534:
525:
518:
516:
514:
509:
504:
502:
496:
492:
490:
486:
478:
476:
474:
470:
462:
459:
456:
453:
450:
447:
444:
441:
438:
435:
434:
433:
431:
427:
418:
411:
409:
407:
403:
399:
394:
385:
380:
372:
370:
363:
359:
356:
355:
353:
349:
346:
343:
340:
337:
334:
331:
330:
329:
327:
321:
318:
313:
310:
306:
302:
301:Western Front
297:
295:
291:
287:
286:James Lithgow
284:
280:
277:J. Rogerson,
276:
268:
263:
261:
259:
258:4.7-inch guns
255:
248:
244:
242:
238:
235:
233:
229:
228:
227:
225:
220:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
194:
190:
186:
182:
178:
170:
168:
166:
162:
161:Western Front
158:
154:
150:
144:Military unit
138:
134:
130:
126:
123:
117:
112:
109:
106:
102:
99:
96:
92:
88:
84:
81:
77:
73:
69:
66:
55:
51:
47:
43:
36:
31:
22:
19:
2360:
2344:
2338:
2337:War Office,
2331:
2330:War Office,
2324:
2323:War Office,
2317:
2302:
2298:
2291:
2276:
2261:
2246:
2231:
2216:
2201:
2182:
2178:
2163:
2159:
2140:
2132:
2124:
2110:
2095:
2075:
2066:
2055:
2022:
1997:
1976:
1967:
1940:
1934:
1925:
1888:
1877:
1866:
1845:
1836:
1825:
1814:
1805:
1795:
1786:
1777:
1768:
1745:
1736:
1725:
1717:
1678:
1669:
1660:
1652:
1633:
1625:
1621:
1600:
1574:
1569:
1561:
1556:
1548:
1543:
1535:
1530:
1522:
1517:
1509:
1504:
1495:
1487:
1482:
1474:
1456:
1451:
1443:
1438:
1430:
1425:
1416:
1408:
1403:
1394:
1386:
1381:
1373:
1368:
1329:, pp. 150–6.
1326:
1321:
1258:
1249:
1241:
1236:
1227:
1218:
1209:
1200:
1192:
1177:
1159:
1138:
1129:
1121:
1096:. Retrieved
1085:
1063:. Retrieved
1059:the original
1049:
1040:
1005:
982:
939:
923:
919:ex 402nd Rgt
918:
909:ex 277th Rgt
908:
902:
897:ex 277th Rgt
896:
874:
861:
859:
846:
844:
837:
834:at Dumbarton
831:
825:
820:
812:
796:
787:
778:
764:
756:
746:
740:
728:
714:
701:
680:
673:
670:Mobilisation
657:World War II
650:
648:
637:
633:World War II
626:
617:
613:
599:
588:
579:
572:River Sambre
557:
542:
539:Hundred Days
530:
505:
497:
493:
482:
466:
423:
390:
368:
322:
314:
298:
272:
269:Mobilisation
251:
232:Port Glasgow
223:
221:
208:
174:
157:British Army
148:
146:
108:Port Glasgow
94:Part of
18:
2301:, Vol III,
1193:Who was Who
1098:19 February
1065:30 December
930:Lowland Rgt
733:155 Bty at
723:154 Bty at
709:153 Bty at
568:River Selle
430:Fourth Army
333:Cloch Point
264:World War I
254:6-inch guns
241:Helensburgh
165:World War I
104:Garrison/HQ
2387:Categories
2162:, Vol IV,
2088:References
1720:, Annex M.
1716:Farndale,
1655:, Annex B.
1651:Farndale,
1560:Farndale,
1521:Farndale,
1486:Farndale,
1477:, Annex M.
1473:Farndale,
1459:, Annex E.
1455:Farndale,
1429:Farndale,
1407:Farndale,
1372:Farndale,
1325:Farndale,
1240:Farndale,
795:369 Bty –
786:223 Bty –
760:Home Guard
758:manned by
562:). By the
508:Fifth Army
485:Third Army
294:War Office
183:under the
121:commanders
114:Commanders
2181:, Vol V,
1564:, p. 307.
1508:Edmonds,
1122:Army List
1084:"Conrad,
870:Edinburgh
868:based in
717:Stranraer
642:based at
553:gas shell
513:Armistice
393:Sheerness
256:and four
247:Dumbarton
224:Clyde RGA
217:Edinburgh
213:Forth RGA
175:When the
48:1910–1967
2196:Gen Sir
1939:Watson,
1800:212/123.
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907:Q Bty –
887:to form
807:Shetland
753:Late War
725:Loch Ewe
596:Interwar
290:Lithgows
153:Scottish
1941:TA 1947
1442:Miles,
1385:Miles,
1178:Burke's
915:Paisley
817:Postwar
803:Lerwick
698:Mid-War
479:Cambrai
402:mortars
326:Gourock
283:Captain
163:during
119:Notable
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767:VE Day
735:Dunoon
603:Brevet
348:Ardeer
317:cadres
171:Origin
71:Branch
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45:Active
1628:1927.
998:Notes
412:Somme
275:Major
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2100:ISBN
1575:1918
1549:1918
1536:1918
1510:1918
1444:1917
1387:1917
1100:2006
1086:1914
1067:2005
222:The
147:The
86:Role
959:CBE
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864:in
801:at
715:to
580:etc
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