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1122:. 81st Field Rgt left Nijmegen on 18 October and took up its new gun positions by midnight on 20 October. The regiment had to provide its own patrols because there were no infantry between the guns and the enemy β the attacking infantry only moved up at the last moment. Lieutenant-Col R.V. Hills took over as CO on 20 October, and the next day Major R.J.H. Lloyd, who had been in temporary command, was wounded. The attack on s'Hertogenbosch (Operation Alan) began at 06.30 on 22 October, the infantry of 71 Bde advancing behind a timed programme fired by the guns. The regiment also fired at preselected targets on call, and fired coloured smoke to indicate targets for the
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1449:. The division began the movement promptly, and began the attack on Centuripe a day early. The divisional artillery deployed wherever it could find positions along the road; as the Official Historian commented: 'In Sicily there grew up the art, further developed in Italy of placing field and medium guns in positions which would have been seen in earlier days, as freakish'. The initial advance across 'immensely difficult terrain' was accomplished, but then there was bitter fighting for the town itself. On the afternoon of 2 August the division's reserve,
492:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. Then 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 batteries, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
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1099:, which the Germans held for two days, with the regiment firing several barrages and taking some casualties from return fire. The divisional artillery's flank was open, and had to be protected by a company from the divisional reconnaissance regiment; around 50 Germans were taken prisoner within the regiment's gun lines. Afterwards the guns fired frequent Harassing Fire (HF) tasks as the enemy slowly withdrew in front of 53rd Division. On 7 October, the regiment moved into the
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81st Fd Rgt driving back to collect ammunition were misdirected into an apparently deserted village where they found and captured three
Germans. Driving out, the Germans warned them of mines, so they dismounted and cleared the mines from the road under fire from Germans still in the village. They then handed over their prisoners to the nearest infantry before collected the ammunition for their battery.
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1827:, coronet and motto in service dress, while the other ranks wore Welsh dragon badges. During and after the Second World War, the whole of 81st and 281st Field Rgts wore RA badges, but after 1967 their successors in the Glamorgan Yeomanry Troop of 211th (South Wales) Bty in 104th Light Air Defence Rgt were allowed the dragon collar badge in No 1 uniform.
1170:. In December the regiment was required to transfer 25 of its men to the infantry to make up for losses in the campaign so far. On 20 January 1945 the division moved to the Eindhoven area to refit and train for a special operation. On the night of 4/5 February the regiment moved its guns into concealed positions near
1043:. The battalion was accompanied y the battery commander and two Forward Observation Officers (FOOs) from 342 Fd Bty, who brought down defensive fire (DF) when the battalion was subjected to attacks by tanks, infantry and artillery; it held the position thanks to the effective DF. On 17 August 71 Bde attacked
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and then moving into the lead. On 13 April 38 Brigade provided the break-out force of battalion groups with field artillery regiments in support. Once the Reno had been bridged, 38 Bde fought its way through and broke out once more, heading for the critical 'Argenta Gap'. By now 25-pounder ammunition
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including 78th
Division. The operation was launched on the evening of 5 May and extended the following day. The weight of artillery fire was immense, with all the guns averaging 368 rounds per gun in the first 24 hours, and the infantry made steady progress. Tunis fell on 7 May and all remaining Axis
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The establishment of a TA divisional artillery brigade was four 6-gun batteries, three equipped with 18-pounders and one with 4.5-inch howitzers, all of World War I patterns. However, the batteries only held four guns in peacetime. The guns and their first-line ammunition wagons were still horsedrawn
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the divisional artillery was joined by all the heavy artillery and the foothills were captured without much difficulty; both villages had been taken and an advance of 10 miles (16 km) made by the end of the following day. On 14 April the division attacked the hills overlooking
Longstop Hill, in
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and the killing ground 'Serpent' where German forces were fleeing through the narrowing
Falaise Gap. The guns fired 'Uncle' (all guns in the division) and then 'Victor' (all guns in the corps) targets steadily throughout the day on the enemy escape routes. The situation was chaotic: three gunners of
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from August 1915) did not concentrate at
Northampton until April 1915, moving in the summer to replace the 53rd (Welsh) Division at Bedford. Training of the units was made difficult by the lack of arms and equipment, and the requirement to provide drafts to the 1st Line overseas. In June the first
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on the canal line. On 9 November the FOO with 1st HLI and his signaller were captured by an enemy patrol as they went OP before first light. When the regiment moved to south of Weert, there was no infantry protection in front, and enemy patrols set off tripwire flares close by. On 14 November the
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and 4th BN RWF was transferred to 71 Bde, with 342 Fd Bty affiliated to it. On 3 August 71 Bde planned two battalion-sized raids. 81st Field Rgt was to have fired two smokescreens for
Operation Bayonet, but it was cancelled. It did fire in support of Operation Bugle, but that was called off soon
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defences and closing on the
Stoppelberg. That feature was taken during the morning and the division pushed on to the edge of the forest, but it was hard to get guns and vehicles along the muddy forest tracks. 81st Field Rgt reported that the second-in-command's OP tank had to be used to tow out
1047:, Houx and Point 244 supported by a fireplan involving the whole divisional artillery. The attack was successful and the fireplan described as 'immaculate'. 1st OBLI then followed up with an attack on Pointed 241 and 262. Next day the division had its Observation Posts (OPs) overlooking
1181:) opened at 05.00 on 8 February with the heaviest concentration of artillery employed by the British Army so far in the war. The bombardment hit enemy gun positions, HQs, and communications. After a pause and dummy attack at 07.40 to induce the Germans to man their guns, the
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LΓΌder. The
Surreys suffered heavy casualties and 322 Bty supporting them lost all eight of its guns. The division was involved in bitter defence for the Tebourba Gap against German attacks on 1β3 December, and another bitter battle round Longstop Hill on 22β24 December.
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was laid down to protect the assaulting columns. At 10.30 the full barrage made its first lift and the advance began. 81st Field Rgt fired in support of 71 Bde as usual. 53rd
Division's objectives were the Brandenburg and Stoppelberg features in the northern part of the
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in the summer of 1939, where the details of the split into two regiments were settled. The TA was mobilised on 1 September 1939, just before the outbreak of war. 81st Field Rgt remained part of 53rd (Welsh) Division, while 132nd was assigned to the duplicate
1624:, but advancing was difficult, and the capture of Monte La Pieve and Monte Spadura took from 13 to 24 October at heavy cost. Fighting on the Italian Front largely shut down for winter, but not before more abortive attacks by 78th Division in December.
617:. Some ammunition wagons arrived in September, and eight more 90 mm guns in October. Training began to speed up. In November the 90 mm guns were handed in, and the brigade moved to Bedford to take over the 5-inch howitzers from the 1st Line.
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Division, including 132nd Fd Rgt, landed in the first wave of Operation Torch. Forward Observation Officers from the artillery accompanied the two assault battalions as they landed on 'Apples Green' and 'Apples White' beaches near
1686:, effectively ending the Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers lineage. On 31 October 1956 the regiment absorbed the Glamorgan batteries of 408 (Glamorgan and Pembroke) Coast Rgt and 887 Locating Battery, which had been formed in Cardiff in 1947.
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arrived in Swansea for the Volunteers who installed them on the Swansea Embankment. The RGAM, which had no guns of its own, were able to use them for their 1860 annual training. A proposal to mount a heavy battery for the RGAM on the
730:. 81st (Welsh) Fd Rgt began this process by combining 321 and 322 Fd Btys into 321 Fd Bty, and 323 and 324 Fd Btys to form a new 322 Fd Bty. However, this arrangement was short-lived, because the TA was doubled in size after the
1277:. 38th Division's Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA), Brigadier H.J. Parham, developed techniques for concentrating large numbers of guns onto a single target in a very short time, and demonstrated them on the artillery ranges at
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was that the two-battery organisation did not work: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions. As a result, they were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries, each of two four-gun troops of
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1130:, which went well as the division fought its way into the outskirts of the town; it took two more days of house-to-house fighting to clear the old town, while the artillery fired HF tasks on the Germans' escape routes.
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division crossed the canal (Operation Mallard) with support from the guns, and on 16 November the regiment struggled across the temporary bridges with 71 Bde, ending the day in front of the defended locality of
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from 15 July, 71 Bde capturing Cahier and holding on to it by hard fighting. In early August, fearing heavy casualties among the units of a single recruiting area, 53rd (W) Division dispersed the battalions of
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gun tractors. By December 1940 81st (Welsh) Fd Rgt reorganised as A, B and C Btys, and on 14 January 1941 these were numbered as 323, 324 and 459 Fd Btys. The additional men for 459 Fd Bty came from disbanded
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of 38 Bde broke out of the bridgehead and captured Santa Maria on 29 November, supported by all the divisional artillery and a number of other regiments. Next day the brigade swept down the Li Colli ridge to
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After the order to mobilise was received on 4 August 1914, the units of the Welsh Division assembled at their drill halls. The 1st Welsh Brigade mobilised at Swansea under the command of a regular officer,
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of the 3rd Glamorgan AVC succeeded him in command; Capt Francis of the 1st Glamorgan AVC had previously been promoted as second major of the brigade on 6 May 1864 and became second lt-col on 27 April 1868.
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and the high ground beyond, but rain and mud bedevilled preparations. The division seized Vineyard Hill on 3 November and the enemy began to withdraw that night. By 9 November the division had reached the
1538:. Patrols could cross the river, but a fullscale operation was needed to establish a bridgehead. Despite the weather the Royal Engineers repaired roads and built bridges. When the weather abated the 6th
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and the batteries became A and B. However, like the 1st Line brigade, it was broken up before the end of 1916 to provide howitzer batteries to the field gun brigades: A (2/1 Glamorgan) (H) Bty went to
1512:, with two brigades sent round the coast by landing craft and one wading across the river on 3 October. Unfortunately, heavy rain the next day made the river impassable, just when a counter-attack by
1393:), despite an army-wide shortage of 25-pounder ammunition. This time the positions were taken and held after several days of fighting. 78th Division was then positioned for a direct drive on Tunis (
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between 25 and 28 July. It began moving into its concentration area south of Monte Scalpello on 26 July and completed its concentration on 30 July, just in time to participate in the
1343:(500 miles (800 km) distant) on 15 November as the first support troops began unloading at Algiers docks and the air forces began operating the airfields. The group's attack on
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were responsible for maintaining the battery, but its manning was the responsibility of the RGAM and the Volunteers. In the late 1870s at least two of the 68-pdrs were replaced by
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38th (Welsh) Division underwent training through the winter of 1939β40 in South-East Wales as part of Western Command. Training was hindered by the lack of equipment. After the
1652:, arriving on 22 April. After more stiff fighting, the division crossed in pursuit of the disintegrating German forces. Fighting on the Italian Front ended on 2 May after the
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on 23 July. Casualties in Eighth Army meant that the division had to return to the Italian front in the autumn, landing on 15 September. The division began assembling around
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on traversing slide carriages, but financial stringency prevented any further modernisation and the battery's armament remained unchanged to the end of the 19th Century.
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bogged guns and tractors ('its only use; in all other respects it was an infernal nuisance'). It took several days for the division to push on through Pfalzdorf towards
1126:(RAF). The infantry made slow progress, but by the end of 23 October 71 Bde was nearing its objectives. Next day 81st Field Rgt fired in support of a fresh attack by
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towards Roermond on the night of 21/22 November. Bridging operations were held up until the divisional artillery was able to suppress the German guns. 4th Battalion
1158:, supported only by 81st Fd Rgt, made several abortive attempts to cross the anti-tank ditch, but 1st OBLI succeeded, aided by a smokescreen fired by 81st Fd Rgt.
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The 1st Welsh Brigade, RFA, was reformed in the 53rd (W) Division on 7 February 1920 with 1st, 2nd and 3rd Glamorgan Batteries (the 3rd being transferred from the
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was running short, but on 18 April 38 Bde cut in behind Argenta and 78th Division was leap-frogging its brigades up the Via Adriatica. Then it headed for the
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on 11 February. By 22 February the artillery had rejoined the division at Beni Salama. For the rest of the year the recuperating division was stationed in the
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1230:, ending the fighting on 21st Army Group's front. The regiment handed in its guns on 30 May and converted to an infantry role with the occupation forces.
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railway station. The Germans began to withdraw that night, and XIII Corps began a slow pursuit along Highway 6 against rearguards. 78th Division reached
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as a reserve formation for the operation, which began with assault landings on 10 July. 78th Division embarked on 23 July and landed on the beaches near
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to refit. On 30 January 1916 the divisional artillery was ordered to rejoin the rest of the division. The batteries entrained at Pont-Remy, embarked at
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132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment was placed in suspended animation on 31 December 1945 and formally disbanded when the TA was reformed on 1 January 1947.
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The Allies landed on mainland Italy in early September 1943. 78th Division began to arrive on 22 September, and immediately began advancing towards
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Progress in the Italian campaign bogged down during the winter of 1943β4. The Allies' spring campaign in 1944 began with a renewed attempt to take
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1091:' main thrust. 81st Field Rgt crossed the canal on 19 September and went into action supporting the advance of 71 Bde. There was particularly at
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1039:. On 13/14 August 71 Bde made a night advance and at midday on 14 August 4th RWF was ordered to continue the advance to Point 240, south-east of
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bridgehead captured during Market Garden. While at Nijmegen one FOO was killed, and the regiment's CO, Lt-Col Tyler, was wounded and evacuated.
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was sent in, supported by 132nd Fd Rgt and the rest of the divisional and corps artillery. The town was cleared by first light the next day.
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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Volunteer Corps composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
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and its river but suffering heavy casualties. The exhausted division was then sent to the Middle East for rest and refit, embarking for
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four days of hard fighting, but could not hold the final hill, Tanngoucha. On 23 April it attacked Longstop and Tanngoucha again (the
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on 5 August, with strong artillery support. German resistance then stiffened, and 78th Division had to put in a full-scale attack at
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and on 8 November they handed over their obsolescent 5-inch howitzers to their 2nd Line unit, which had just arrived at Bedford.
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was formed in 1859 in response to a French invasion threat. Raised as a coast artillery unit, it later became part of the
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1643:. The operation was launched on 9 April behind massed artillery and went according to plan, with 78th Division clearing
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and the battery staffs were mounted. Partial mechanisation was carried out from 1927, at first with tractors, then with
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Large amounts of 25-pounder ammunition had been gathered for this operation. 78th Division's task was first to relieve
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1194:. Opposition was not strong but the terrain was difficult. By 02.00 on 9 February the leading units were through the
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by 25 November, from where parties were sent to various divisional artilleries for instruction in front line duties.
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of Swansea Pier was abandoned when it was found that the structure would not support its weight. In June 1861 five
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in May 1915. In July the infantry of the division (now renamed the 53rd (Welsh) Division) embarked for service at
399:(RGA). On 1 January 1902 the RGA's divisional structure was abolished, and the unit at Swansea was designated the
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on 25 November failed, but other forces bypassed it and the brigade occupied it the next day and pushed on for
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in August, returning to Sutton Valence the following month. In October it moved into the permanent barracks at
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laid on for the attacking divisions on 11/12 May. 78th Division was committed to the battle on 15 May in the
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When the breakout from the Normandy beachhead began in early August, 53rd Division cleared the banks of the
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lorries, but the guns retained iron-tyred wheels until pneumatic tyres began to be introduced just before
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on 13 August. By now the Germans were evacuating Sicily, and the division was ordered to stand fast.
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was launched on 17 September. XII Corps had an important subsidiary role clearing the country west of
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in time of need. A number of Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were formed for coastal defence in
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1285:. When the three-battery establishment was introduced in 1941, 132nd Fd Rgt formed 496 Fd Bty.
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saddlery and horses began to arrive, but no guns until August, when the brigade received four
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was widely extended in front of Tebourba when it was attacked by the hastily-formed German
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and the Zig Canal as 21st Army Group closed up to the River Maas. 81st Field Rgt moved to
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to continue its training. On 18 November the division was warned for garrison duty in
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738:. For 81st (Field) Rgt this resulted in the following organisation from 8 May 1939:
734:
of 1938, and most regiments split to form duplicates in 1939 before the outbreak of
585:; the Brigade Ammunition Column was absorbed into the Divisional Ammunition Column.
229:. The unit's initial training was given by the permanent staff of the Swansea-based
1816:
1636:
1351:, only about 20 miles (32 km) from Tunis. Early on 27 November, 1st Battalion
1333:
1203:, mopping up opposition and fending off counter-attacks. Goch fell on 21 February.
964:
960:
735:
717:
200:
173:
3841:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth β Regiments.org (archive site)
3169:
Molony, Vol VI, Pt I, pp. 78β9, 120, 124β6, 129β30, 179, 201, 241β3, 246β7, 258β9.
1308:
3388:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2614:
2278:
1788:
1635:
was crossed, 78th Division was to push through towards the Bastia Bridge on the
1579:
1442:
1357:
1064:
708:
giving the brigade experience in embarking and disembarking guns and equipment.
705:
701:
573:
In May 1916 the TF field brigades were numbered, the 1st Welsh being designated
517:
513:
177:
3403:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2360:
1780:, but this was reabsorbed by 211 Bty in 1992, when the battery was reduced to:
1233:
81st (Welsh) Field Regiment was placed in suspended animation on 24 June 1946.
434:
Territorial gunners training with a 5-inch howitzer before the First World War.
209:
4th Corps formed at Cardiff on 13 June 1860 (absorbed by the 3rd Corps in 1864)
1661:
1649:
1583:
1544:
1457:
1215:
1151:
1052:
1040:
1020:
995:
834:
697:
567:
563:
559:
489:
841:. By 3 April the whole division was stationed in Northern Ireland as part of
620:
68th (2nd Welsh) Division was now assigned a role in Home Defence and joined
2267:
1766:
1644:
1446:
1385:
1214:) on 23/24 March, but crossed on 26 March and the next day attacked through
1171:
1096:
959:(6 June). Between 15 and 17 June 81st Fd Rgt moved to Marshalling Camp 2 at
948:
906:
890:
858:
818:
548:
521:
315:
206:
3rd Corps formed at Cardiff on 13 June 1860 (absorbed the 4th Corps in 1864)
3487:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
3468:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
893:
on 1 April. From 15 May 1943 53rd (W) Division in XII Corps became part of
268:
John Hewett of the 3rd Glamorgan AVC commanded the 1st Admin Brigade as a
3810:
3652:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014,
1614:
1477:
1438:
1381:
1348:
1329:
1147:
1100:
1092:
1024:
342:
3805:
3620:
The Territorial Artillery 1908β1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3214:
Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 222, 225, 262β7, 271β3, 281β4, 289β91, 319.
745:
Emplacing an 18-pounder with wooden wheels at the start of World War II.
539:
53rd (Welsh) Divisional Artillery was now ordered to France to join the
360:
as a separate unit. The commanding officer (CO), Sir Edward Stock Hill,
1777:
1730:
from surplus personnel of P Bty, 281st Fd Rgt, 282nd HAA Rgt Workshop,
1657:
1514:
1509:
1505:
1473:
1321:
1223:
902:
838:
713:
645:
641:
525:
349:
251:
193:
185:
115:
111:
3815:
3635:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859β1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3540:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
1324:. After landing and consolidating the beachhead, they were to capture
1602:
1587:
1531:
1497:
1492:
25-pounder and crew in a waterlogged position in Italy, October 1944.
1465:
1270:
1138:
984:
980:
814:
325:
43:
Waistbelt clasp of the 1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers, c1890
3778:, Cardiff: Western Mail, 1927/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
1292:. This was a new formation being assembled from disparate units for
955:
53rd (Welsh) Division was among the follow-up troops landing after
704:
in the summer of 1922. In 1925 the divisional camp was held on the
3562:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1632:
1606:
1598:
1526:
1487:
1461:
1364:
1340:
1307:
1207:
1206:
53rd (W) Division was not involved in the assault crossing of the
1105:
1072:
1060:
1048:
956:
942:
740:
727:
700:
in August 1921, and attended the first postwar divisional camp at
599:
555:
499:
429:
332:
212:
3825:
3737:, London: HMSO, 1966/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
3690:, London: HMSO, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
3671:, London: HMSO, 1973/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
3600:, London: HMSO, 1988/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
3598:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|I: November 1944 to May 1945
3577:, London: HMSO, 1987/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004,
3555:, Vol I, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
3504:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914β18
640:. They continued to serve with these brigades in Home Defence in
439:
182:
1st Administrative Brigade of Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
3688:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I: 1st April to 4th June 1944
3416:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859β1908
1820:
1740:
1610:
1567:
1219:
1200:
1133:
Next XII Corps was switched to clearing the country between the
882:
217:
80-pounder rifled muzzle-loading cannon on traversing carriage (
1547:, and took Rocca on 1 December. In the first three days of the
1518:
was developing. The situation was dangerous on 5 October until
877:
in the Welsh Border counties. In April 1942 it was assigned to
254:
Point. A sergeant and five gunners of the Coast Brigade of the
372:
of both units, though each had its own lieutenant-colonel and
604:
De Bange 90 mm French field gun issued to 2nd Line batteries.
588:
Both batteries fought with their new brigades throughout the
452:
2nd Glamorgan (Howitzer) Battery at Vere Street, Briton Ferry
292:(formed at Cardiff 15 February 1861, disbanded 1873) and the
180:, and by 8 November 1861 they had been consolidated into the
160:
and served during both World Wars until amalgamated in 1961.
3061:
Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 169, 176β7, 180β1, 187β8.
1445:
and expand the bridgehead, then to capture the hill town of
680:
HQ at Drill Hall, Swansea, later at Drill Hall, Port Talbot
459:
The unit was the senior field artillery brigade in the TF's
3715:, Newport, Gwent: Starling Press, 1983, ISBN 0-903434-61-X.
3575:
Victory in the Mediterranean, Part I|: June to October 1944
1803:
today, currently as a close support unit equipped with the
1525:
At the end of October 78th Division was ordered to capture
683:
321 (Glamorgan) Field Bty (Howitzer) at Drill Hall, Swansea
423:
of 1908, the 1st Glamorganshire RGA (V) transferred to the
387:(RA) from 1882 until 1889 when they were absorbed into the
379:
The Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers formed part of the
3771:, Cheltenham: History Press, 2020, ISBN 978-0-7509-9044-8.
3431:
Monty's Men: The British Army and the Liberation of Europe
1617:
Valley, on appalling roads that even defeated the 'Quad'.
692:
324 (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Bty at Drill Hall, Bridgend
1558:, and 78th Division had been moved across Italy to be in
1370:
A Camouflaged 25-pounder Gun in Action near Medjez-el-Bab
1257:
From Spring 1941 the division was in Southern England as
1059:
By late August 53rd (W) Division's units were across the
3845:
3650:
The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939β1945
1296:
in preparation for the Allied invasion of North Africa (
512:
At the end of August the Welsh Division concentrated at
455:
1st Welsh Ammunition Column at Banwell Street, Morriston
1071:
and was working its way through the canal area west of
225:
The 1st Glamorgan AVC at Swansea was raised by Captain
3088:
Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 441, 447, 449, 459.
1701:
282nd (Glamorgan and Monmouthshire) Field Regiment, RA
395:. In 1899 the artillery volunteers became part of the
3776:
History of the 53rd (Welsh) Division (T.F.) 1914β1918
3722:, Caernarfon: Palace Books, 1990, ISBN 1-871904-01-3.
1843:
Lt-Col John Hewett, former CO, appointed 22 July 1864
1689:
This was followed on 1 May 1961 by amalgamation with
547:. It embarked on 20 November and had concentrated at
520:, but this was cancelled and in December it moved to
3895:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1961
3713:
Glamorgan β Its Gentlemen and Yeomanry, 1797 to 1908
1990:
1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org.
1819:
cap badge. As collar badges, the officers wore gilt
689:
323 (Glamorgan) Field Bty at Drill Hall, Port Talbot
1456:78th Division was then sent round the west side of
1083:There was a pause at the Meuse-Escaut Canal before
311:
Number 1, 2, 3 batteries (Swansea) by the 1st Corps
307:with 17 batteries provided by the following Corps:
280:of the 1st Admin Brigade on 22 July 1864, when Maj
127:
122:
107:
97:
89:
74:
56:
48:
31:
2578:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2290:Glamorganshire at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1218:to Dingden. It then took part in the drive to the
1150:. 71 Brigade attempted an assault crossing of the
967:. Embarkation commenced on 19 June, 342 Fd Bty at
3890:Military units and formations established in 1859
3251:
3249:
3247:
3245:
1627:78th Division returned to V Corps for the Allied
2543:
2541:
1601:against strong opposition, 10β24 June, securing
338:Number 8-14 batteries (Cardiff) by the 3rd Corps
321:Number 5 battery (Briton Ferry) by the 2nd Corps
3836:The Regimental Warpath 1914β1918 (archive site)
3521:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
3506:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
3178:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 26β7, 39, 42β5, 55.
2481:
2479:
2477:
2475:
2473:
2471:
2469:
2467:
2465:
2391:
2389:
2387:
821:in West Glamorgan. Six weeks later it moved to
303:In May 1880 the Corps were consolidated as the
2212:
2210:
2208:
2206:
1943:
1941:
1939:
1937:
1866:, appointed 20 May 1922, died 14 November 1929
1787:D (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop at
1765:F (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop at
919:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
897:training for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
829:. Parts of 53rd (Welsh) Division were sent to
761:324 (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Bty at Bridgend
686:322 (Glamorgan) Field Bty at Drill Hall, Neath
3875:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
3560:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
3553:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
3455:The Development of the British Army 1899β1914
3307:372β413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
3287:266β288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
2204:
2202:
2200:
2198:
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8:
3735:The Destruction of the Axis forces in Africa
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2351:
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2347:
2345:
1110:25-pounders in action during the advance on
800:, which became active on 18 September 1939.
368:, first appointed on 22 July 1864, remained
305:1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
288:Also attached to the Admin Brigade were the
3851:Royal Artillery Units Netherlands 1944β1945
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1593:78th Division returned to the line for the
951:tractors advancing in Normandy August 1944.
449:1st Glamorgan (Howitzer) Battery at Swansea
3885:Military units and formations in Glamorgan
3196:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 392β7, 418β20.
3079:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 433β40.
2573:
2571:
2403:
2401:
2333:
2331:
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2240:
2238:
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2101:
1847:John Crichton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Bute
1745:211 (South Wales) Battery, Royal Artillery
1739:Finally, when the TA was reduced into the
1597:, working its way up the west bank of the
1063:and driving over open country towards the
813:On mobilisation 81st Field Rgt moved into
3767:Lt-Col Will Townend & Frank Baldwin,
3231:
3229:
3070:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 396β9.
3052:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, pp. 140β5.
2424:
2422:
1963:
1961:
1959:
1957:
1955:
1953:
1853:Victor Child Villiers, 7th Earl of Jersey
1732:Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
1684:281st (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1406:forces in Tunisia surrendered by 13 May.
1339:11 Brigade Group began the march towards
1141:with 71 Bde on 1 November to relieve the
1002:. 53rd Division was then involved in the
791:Annual camp for the regiment was held at
3880:Military units and formations in Swansea
3324:"South Wales Artillery at Regiments.org"
3282:
3280:
3278:
3276:
2624:
2622:
2610:
2608:
2606:
2604:
2602:
2515:
2513:
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1823:on their blue patrol jackets and bronze
1414:78th Division had been selected for the
1267:55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
758:323 (Glamorgan) Field Bty at Port Talbot
246:were installed in a two-tier battery at
3433:, London: Yale University Press, 2013,
3187:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt II, pp. 371, 390β1.
3151:Molony, Vol V, pp. 456-61, 485β90, 494.
2893:
2891:
2889:
2887:
2885:
2615:Field Rgts at British Artillery in WW2.
2587:
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2509:
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2357:"53 (W) Division at Regimental Warpath"
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1985:
1983:
1981:
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1973:
1906:
1887:
1860:Archibald Douglas, 4th Baron Blythswood
1855:, appointed 18 June 1875, died May 1915
1784:C (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop at Cardiff
1776:for a new 217 (County of Gwent) Bty at
1762:E (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop at Cardiff
150:1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
32:1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
3633:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
3418:, Aldershot, The Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
3205:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 116, 125.
3097:Playfair & Molony, Vol IV, p. 264.
1743:in 1967, the combined regiment became
1590:on 2 June and then went into reserve.
1067:. On 4 September the division cleared
636:and B (2/2 Glamorgan) (H) Bty went to
28:
3449:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2111:"Glamorgan Yeomanry at Regiments.org"
1691:282nd (Welsh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt
1620:The division held Monte Cappello and
1312:78th 'Battleaxe' Division's insignia.
990:On 1 July 53rd (W) Division relieved
7:
3637:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3622:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2816:Townend & Baldwin, pp. 545, 549.
2338:53 (W) Division at Long, Long Trail.
1967:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 81β5.
1534:, which formed part of the Germans'
848:One of the lessons learned from the
774:321 (Glamorgan) Field Bty at Swansea
676:giving the following organisation:
672:). At the same time it absorbed the
290:1st Glamorgan Light Horse Volunteers
2953:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 293, 305β6, 310.
2279:Briton Ferry at Drill Hall Project.
2153:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 4β6.
1922:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1β3.
1877:, former CO, appointed 28 July 1934
1795:211 (South Wales) Bty continues in
1755:, with the following organisation:
664:when the TF was reorganised as the
504:4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the
446:HQ at Park Road Drill Hall, Swansea
401:1st Glamorganshire RGA (Volunteers)
276:. Lieutenant-Col Hewett became the
18:Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
2780:Townend & Baldwin, pp. 369β70.
2744:Townend & Baldwin, Appendix A.
2135:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 131.
1894:Converted from 68-pdr smoothbores.
1759:D (Monmouthshire) Troop at Newport
1570:Valley. At first light on 19 May,
1476:before capturing the key point of
1228:German surrender at LΓΌneburg Heath
777:322 (Glamorgan) Field Bty at Neath
25:
3831:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3223:Jackson, Vol VI, Pt III, pp. 340.
3115:Molony, Vol V, pp. 151β2, 158β60.
2547:Sainsbury, pp. 17β20; Appendix 2.
1504:. Next, it was sent to cross the
1460:. 38 (Irish) Brigade crossed the
1226:early on 4 May, the day that the
562:on 3 February and disembarked at
485:(Temporary Lt-Col, TF) J. Henry.
427:with the following organisation:
231:Royal Glamorgan Artillery Militia
3821:Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
3811:British Artillery in World War 2
3009:Collier, Chapter XIV and Map 20.
2789:Townend & Baldwin, pp. 43β4.
2721:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1631:(Operation Grapeshot). Once the
1031:and then fought its way towards
440:1st Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade RFA
235:18-pounder muzzle-loading cannon
78:
61:
37:
3806:British Army units from 1945 on
3370:104 Rgt history at MoD website.
2998:Collier, Chapter XIV and Map 5.
2485:Frederick, pp. 491β3, 521, 531.
1724:509 (Motor Transport) Company,
1695:283rd (Monmouthshire) Field Rgt
1401:, supported by all the guns of
750:81st (Welsh) Field Regiment, RA
188:with the following components:
3747:The Army and Society 1815β1914
3106:Molony, Vol V, pp. 9, 55, 151.
2807:Townend & Baldwin, p. 535.
2268:Swansea at Drill Hall Project.
1797:104th Regiment Royal Artillery
1753:104 Light Air Defence Regiment
1629:Spring 1945 offensive in Italy
1391:Second Battle of Longstop Hill
1177:The Battle of the Reichswald (
971:, the rest of the regiment at
881:District, and concentrated in
798:38th (Welsh) Infantry Division
465:5-inch breechloading howitzers
300:(attached from 1864 to 1866).
1:
2987:Collier, Chapter VIII, Map 5.
1706:P (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Bty β
1435:3rd Canadian Infantry Brigade
1000:Battle of 'Scottish Corridor'
901:). 81st Field Rgt moved into
885:, with 81st Fd Rgt moving to
370:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
1772:In 1986, 211 Bty provided a
1677:281st (Welsh) Field Regiment
1540:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
1328:and secure the roads around
1261:' Reserve, stationed behind
1237:132nd (Welsh) Field Regiment
930:459 Fd Bty β 1st Battalion,
924:324 Fd Bty β 1st Battalion,
917:323 Fd Bty β 1st Battalion,
590:Sinai and Palestine Campaign
348:Number 16 and 17 batteries (
260:80-pdr rifled muzzle-loaders
2898:81 Fd Rgt at RA Netherlands
1248:British Expeditionary Force
1143:Independent Belgian Brigade
804:81st (Welsh) Field Regiment
660:). It was redesignated the
541:British Expeditionary Force
3911:
3749:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3729:& Brig C.J.C. Molony,
2944:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 257β67.
2879:Martin, pp. 145β6, 149β50.
2861:Martin, pp. 120, 127, 143.
1825:Prince of Wales's feathers
1679:in 53rd (Welsh) Division.
662:81st (Welsh) Brigade, RFA,
648:until the end of the war.
615:French De Bange 90 mm guns
415:was subsumed into the new
233:(RGAM). In 1860 a pair of
3858:The Territorial Army 1947
3846:Royal Artillery 1939β1945
3517:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3142:Molony, Vol V, pp. 433β6.
3133:Molony, Vol V, pp. 345β6.
3124:Molony, Vol V, pp. 174β9.
2908:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 123β4.
2843:Martin, pp. 108β9, 118β9.
2629:132 Fd Rgt at RA 1939β45.
2593:"81 Fd Rgt at RA 1939β45"
2258:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 117β23.
1416:Allied invasion of Sicily
1317:11 Infantry Brigade Group
1222:. 81st Field Rgt entered
1004:Second Battle of the Odon
909:where it was attached to
610:68th (2nd Welsh) Division
244:68-pounder muzzle-loaders
36:
3618:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3457:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2521:Gentlemen & Yeomanry
2407:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 83β90.
1869:Col R.B. Benyon-Winsor,
1835:The following served as
1726:Royal Army Service Corps
1613:and then moved into the
1595:Battle of Lake Trasimene
1397:). This was launched by
992:15th (Scottish) Division
926:East Lancashire Regiment
766:132nd Field Regiment, RA
622:First Army (Home Forces)
579:CCLXVII (1/Cheshire) Bde
575:CCLXV (265) Brigade, RFA
463:, and was equipped with
397:Royal Garrison Artillery
3760:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury,
2700:Collier Maps 17 and 20.
2533:Titles and Designations
2000:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1849:, appointed 4 July 1865
1135:Wessem-Nederweert Canal
1085:Operation Market Garden
1035:to help in closing the
932:Highland Light Infantry
583:CCLXVI (1/II Welsh) Bde
168:The enthusiasm for the
3816:The Drill Hall Project
3799:The British Army, 1914
3774:Maj C.H. Dudley Ward,
3466:The Battle of Normandy
3160:Molony, Vol V, p. 502.
2935:Ellis, Vol II, p. 160.
1493:
1377:
1313:
1252:evacuated from Dunkirk
1115:
952:
746:
605:
596:2/I Welsh Brigade, RFA
509:
506:Royal Artillery Museum
496:1/I Welsh Brigade, RFA
435:
358:2nd Glamorganshire AVC
222:
3485:The Defeat of Germany
2870:Ellis, Vol II, p. 44.
2825:Ellis, Vol I, p. 470.
2798:Ellis, Vol I, p. 408.
2762:Ellis, Vol I, p. 334.
2710:Farndale, pp. 99β100.
2677:Joslen, pp. 346, 348.
2216:Litchfield, pp. 78β9.
1811:Uniforms and insignia
1718:R (1 Monmouth) Bty β
1491:
1368:
1311:
1156:Royal Welsh Fusiliers
1109:
1009:Royal Welch Fusiliers
946:
744:
638:CCCXLIII (2/IV Welsh)
603:
503:
433:
425:Royal Field Artillery
294:1st Monmouthshire AVC
216:
154:Royal Field Artillery
134:Sir Edward Stock Hill
3826:The Long, Long Trail
3745:* Edward M. Spiers,
3682:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
3648:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin,
3611:Lt-Col H.F. Joslen,
3453:Col John K. Dunlop,
2976:Collier, Chapter VI.
2852:Ellis, Vol II, p. 6.
2095:Beckett, Appendix X.
1799:(Volunteers) in the
1654:Surrender of Caserta
1549:Battle of the Sangro
1502:complex of airfields
1464:on 4 August and the
1353:East Surrey Regiment
1183:Counter-battery fire
1013:158 Infantry Brigade
634:CCCXLII (2/Cheshire)
362:Member of Parliament
227:George Grant Francis
199:2nd Corps formed at
192:1st Corps formed at
3663:Brig C.J.C. Molony,
3360:Litchfield, p. 183.
3348:Frederick, p. 1040.
3330:on 27 December 2005
3255:Frederick, p. 1001.
2917:Buckley, pp. 244β5.
2834:Buckley, pp. 188β9.
2381:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2363:on 14 November 2009
2171:Spiers, Chapter 10.
2162:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
2117:on 26 December 2005
1428:Battle of Centuripe
1179:Operation Veritable
1162:Operation Veritable
1045:Le Mesnil-Villement
977:Royal Victoria Dock
911:71 Infantry Brigade
630:CCCXL (340) Brigade
341:Number 15 battery (
196:on 10 December 1859
3558:J.B.M. Frederick,
3551:J.B.M. Frederick,
3479:Major L.F. Ellis,
3460:Major L.F. Ellis,
3414:Ian F.W. Beckett,
3297:Litchfield, p. 83.
3043:Joslen, pp. 102β2.
2926:Martin, pp. 173β4.
2723:, file WO 212/238.
2565:Sainsbury, pp. 60.
2556:Farndale, Annex A.
2395:Frederick, p. 694.
2312:British Army, 1914
2180:Frederick, p. 682.
1947:Frederick, p. 658.
1931:Spiers, pp. 163β8.
1714:from 282nd HAA Rgt
1500:and its important
1494:
1378:
1314:
1185:was resumed and a
1116:
1114:, 23 October 1944.
983:district south of
953:
899:Operation Overlord
755:RHQ at Port Talbot
747:
674:Glamorgan Yeomanry
606:
534:4.5-inch howitzers
510:
436:
352:) by the 3rd Corps
345:) by the 3rd Corps
335:) by the 2nd Corps
331:Number 7 battery (
328:) by the 2nd Corps
324:Number 6 battery (
318:) by the 1st Corps
314:Number 4 battery (
274:Lieutenant-Colonel
223:
170:Volunteer movement
101:Garrison Artillery
93:Artillery Regiment
3784:978-1-845740-50-4
3658:978-1-78331-085-2
3439:978-0-300-13449-0
2771:Martin, pp. 73β6.
2753:Martin, pp. 51β5.
2668:Joslen, pp. 65β6.
2652:Joslen, pp. 87β8.
2040:, 15 August 1862.
2011:Glamorgan Militia
1831:Honorary Colonels
1734:, and 533 Co RASC
1720:from 283rd Fd Rgt
1708:from 281st Fd Rgt
1212:Operation Plunder
1011:(RWF) comprising
969:Royal Albert Dock
864:Defence Regiments
658:2nd Welsh Brigade
417:Territorial Force
407:Territorial Force
282:Edward Stock Hill
248:Lighthouse Island
158:Territorial Force
143:
142:
130:the Regiment
16:(Redirected from
3902:
3791:External sources
3372:
3367:
3361:
3358:
3349:
3346:
3340:
3339:
3337:
3335:
3326:. Archived from
3320:
3309:
3304:
3298:
3295:
3289:
3284:
3271:
3262:
3256:
3253:
3240:
3233:
3224:
3221:
3215:
3212:
3206:
3203:
3197:
3194:
3188:
3185:
3179:
3176:
3170:
3167:
3161:
3158:
3152:
3149:
3143:
3140:
3134:
3131:
3125:
3122:
3116:
3113:
3107:
3104:
3098:
3095:
3089:
3086:
3080:
3077:
3071:
3068:
3062:
3059:
3053:
3050:
3044:
3041:
3024:
3017:
3011:
3006:
3000:
2995:
2989:
2984:
2978:
2973:
2967:
2960:
2954:
2951:
2945:
2942:
2936:
2933:
2927:
2924:
2918:
2915:
2909:
2906:
2900:
2895:
2880:
2877:
2871:
2868:
2862:
2859:
2853:
2850:
2844:
2841:
2835:
2832:
2826:
2823:
2817:
2814:
2808:
2805:
2799:
2796:
2790:
2787:
2781:
2778:
2772:
2769:
2763:
2760:
2754:
2751:
2745:
2742:
2736:
2733:
2724:
2717:
2711:
2708:
2702:
2697:
2691:
2684:
2678:
2675:
2669:
2666:
2653:
2650:
2631:
2626:
2617:
2612:
2597:
2596:
2589:
2580:
2575:
2566:
2563:
2557:
2554:
2548:
2545:
2536:
2530:
2524:
2517:
2486:
2483:
2460:
2457:
2451:
2448:
2442:
2439:Forgotten Fronts
2435:
2429:
2426:
2417:
2414:
2408:
2405:
2396:
2393:
2382:
2379:
2373:
2372:
2370:
2368:
2359:. Archived from
2353:
2340:
2335:
2316:
2307:
2301:
2298:
2292:
2287:
2281:
2276:
2270:
2265:
2259:
2256:
2231:
2229:, 20 March 1908.
2223:
2217:
2214:
2181:
2178:
2172:
2169:
2163:
2160:
2154:
2151:
2145:
2142:
2136:
2133:
2127:
2126:
2124:
2122:
2113:. Archived from
2107:
2096:
2093:
2087:
2086:, various dates.
2081:
2056:
2048:
2042:
2034:
2028:
2020:
2014:
2007:
2001:
1998:
1992:
1987:
1968:
1965:
1948:
1945:
1932:
1929:
1923:
1920:
1914:
1911:
1895:
1892:
1837:Honorary Colonel
1712:Q (Welsh) Bty β
1574:was launched at
1564:Creeping barrage
1395:Operation Vulcan
1168:Bocholt, Belgium
973:East India Docks
947:25-pounders and
850:Battle of France
831:Northern Ireland
666:Territorial Army
389:Western Division
374:Honorary Colonel
278:Honorary Colonel
219:Smiths Hill Fort
84:Territorial Army
82:
67:
65:
64:
41:
29:
21:
3910:
3909:
3905:
3904:
3903:
3901:
3900:
3899:
3865:
3864:
3863:
3856:Graham Watson,
3793:
3727:I.S.O. Playfair
3590:William Jackson
3567:William Jackson
3534:Martin Farndale
3500:Martin Farndale
3445:Basil Collier,
3399:Maj A.F. Becke,
3384:Maj A.F. Becke,
3380:
3375:
3368:
3364:
3359:
3352:
3347:
3343:
3333:
3331:
3322:
3321:
3312:
3305:
3301:
3296:
3292:
3285:
3274:
3263:
3259:
3254:
3243:
3237:Years of Defeat
3234:
3227:
3222:
3218:
3213:
3209:
3204:
3200:
3195:
3191:
3186:
3182:
3177:
3173:
3168:
3164:
3159:
3155:
3150:
3146:
3141:
3137:
3132:
3128:
3123:
3119:
3114:
3110:
3105:
3101:
3096:
3092:
3087:
3083:
3078:
3074:
3069:
3065:
3060:
3056:
3051:
3047:
3042:
3027:
3021:Years of Defeat
3018:
3014:
3007:
3003:
2996:
2992:
2985:
2981:
2974:
2970:
2964:Years of Defeat
2961:
2957:
2952:
2948:
2943:
2939:
2934:
2930:
2925:
2921:
2916:
2912:
2907:
2903:
2896:
2883:
2878:
2874:
2869:
2865:
2860:
2856:
2851:
2847:
2842:
2838:
2833:
2829:
2824:
2820:
2815:
2811:
2806:
2802:
2797:
2793:
2788:
2784:
2779:
2775:
2770:
2766:
2761:
2757:
2752:
2748:
2743:
2739:
2735:Joslen, p. 302.
2734:
2727:
2718:
2714:
2709:
2705:
2698:
2694:
2688:Years of Defeat
2685:
2681:
2676:
2672:
2667:
2656:
2651:
2634:
2627:
2620:
2613:
2600:
2591:
2590:
2583:
2576:
2569:
2564:
2560:
2555:
2551:
2546:
2539:
2531:
2527:
2518:
2489:
2484:
2463:
2458:
2454:
2449:
2445:
2436:
2432:
2428:Ward, pp. 56β7.
2427:
2420:
2415:
2411:
2406:
2399:
2394:
2385:
2380:
2376:
2366:
2364:
2355:
2354:
2343:
2336:
2319:
2308:
2304:
2300:Ward, pp. 9-10.
2299:
2295:
2288:
2284:
2277:
2273:
2266:
2262:
2257:
2234:
2224:
2220:
2215:
2184:
2179:
2175:
2170:
2166:
2161:
2157:
2152:
2148:
2143:
2139:
2134:
2130:
2120:
2118:
2109:
2108:
2099:
2094:
2090:
2082:
2059:
2054:, 26 July 1864.
2049:
2045:
2035:
2031:
2026:, 19 June 1860.
2021:
2017:
2008:
2004:
1999:
1995:
1988:
1971:
1966:
1951:
1946:
1935:
1930:
1926:
1921:
1917:
1912:
1908:
1904:
1899:
1898:
1893:
1889:
1884:
1833:
1813:
1673:
1622:Monte Battaglia
1520:Royal Engineers
1486:
1412:
1306:
1304:Operation Torch
1298:Operation Torch
1283:Salisbury Plain
1244:
1239:
1164:
1124:Royal Air Force
1120:s'Hertogenbosch
1112:s'Hertogenbosch
1081:
941:
895:21st Army Group
875:Western Command
811:
806:
789:
784:
670:Royal Artillery
654:
598:
498:
478:
473:
421:Haldane Reforms
419:(TF) under the
413:Volunteer Force
409:
385:Royal Artillery
256:Royal Artillery
166:
164:Volunteer Force
146:
129:
128:Colonel of
114:
103:Field Artillery
102:
62:
60:
44:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
3908:
3906:
3898:
3897:
3892:
3887:
3882:
3877:
3867:
3866:
3862:
3861:
3853:
3848:
3843:
3838:
3833:
3828:
3823:
3818:
3813:
3808:
3803:
3801:(archive site)
3792:
3789:
3788:
3787:
3772:
3765:
3758:
3723:
3716:
3709:
3699:
3680:
3661:
3646:
3631:
3616:
3609:
3586:
3563:
3556:
3549:
3530:
3515:
3496:
3477:
3458:
3451:
3442:
3429:John Buckley,
3427:
3412:
3397:
3381:
3379:
3376:
3374:
3373:
3362:
3350:
3341:
3310:
3299:
3290:
3272:
3257:
3241:
3225:
3216:
3207:
3198:
3189:
3180:
3171:
3162:
3153:
3144:
3135:
3126:
3117:
3108:
3099:
3090:
3081:
3072:
3063:
3054:
3045:
3025:
3012:
3001:
2990:
2979:
2968:
2955:
2946:
2937:
2928:
2919:
2910:
2901:
2881:
2872:
2863:
2854:
2845:
2836:
2827:
2818:
2809:
2800:
2791:
2782:
2773:
2764:
2755:
2746:
2737:
2725:
2712:
2703:
2692:
2679:
2670:
2654:
2632:
2618:
2598:
2581:
2567:
2558:
2549:
2537:
2525:
2487:
2461:
2452:
2443:
2430:
2418:
2409:
2397:
2383:
2374:
2341:
2317:
2302:
2293:
2282:
2271:
2260:
2232:
2227:London Gazette
2218:
2182:
2173:
2164:
2155:
2146:
2137:
2128:
2097:
2088:
2057:
2052:London Gazette
2043:
2038:London Gazette
2029:
2024:London Gazette
2015:
2002:
1993:
1969:
1949:
1933:
1924:
1915:
1905:
1903:
1900:
1897:
1896:
1886:
1885:
1883:
1880:
1879:
1878:
1867:
1856:
1850:
1844:
1832:
1829:
1812:
1809:
1805:L118 light gun
1793:
1792:
1785:
1770:
1769:
1763:
1760:
1737:
1736:
1722:
1716:
1710:
1672:
1669:
1536:Bernhardt Line
1485:
1482:
1451:38 (Irish) Bde
1411:
1408:
1326:Blida Airfield
1305:
1302:
1243:
1240:
1238:
1235:
1196:Siegfried Line
1163:
1160:
1080:
1077:
1037:Falaise Pocket
1029:Thury-Harcourt
940:
937:
936:
935:
928:
922:
887:Sutton Valence
810:
807:
805:
802:
788:
785:
783:
780:
779:
778:
775:
772:
763:
762:
759:
756:
694:
693:
690:
687:
684:
681:
653:
650:
597:
594:
497:
494:
477:
474:
472:
469:
461:Welsh Division
457:
456:
453:
450:
447:
408:
405:
381:Welsh Division
354:
353:
346:
339:
336:
329:
322:
319:
312:
211:
210:
207:
204:
203:on 2 June 1860
197:
165:
162:
144:
141:
140:
131:
125:
124:
120:
119:
109:
105:
104:
99:
95:
94:
91:
87:
86:
76:
72:
71:
69:United Kingdom
58:
54:
53:
50:
46:
45:
42:
34:
33:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
3907:
3896:
3893:
3891:
3888:
3886:
3883:
3881:
3878:
3876:
3873:
3872:
3870:
3860:
3859:
3854:
3852:
3849:
3847:
3844:
3842:
3839:
3837:
3834:
3832:
3829:
3827:
3824:
3822:
3819:
3817:
3814:
3812:
3809:
3807:
3804:
3802:
3800:
3797:Mark Conrad,
3795:
3794:
3790:
3785:
3781:
3777:
3773:
3770:
3766:
3763:
3759:
3756:
3755:0-582-48565-7
3752:
3748:
3744:
3743:1-845740-68-8
3740:
3736:
3732:
3728:
3724:
3721:
3717:
3714:
3710:
3708:
3707:1-85818-509-2
3704:
3700:
3697:
3696:1-845740-70-X
3693:
3689:
3685:
3681:
3678:
3677:1-845740-69-6
3674:
3670:
3666:
3662:
3659:
3655:
3651:
3647:
3644:
3643:0-9508205-0-4
3640:
3636:
3632:
3629:
3628:0-9508205-2-0
3625:
3621:
3617:
3614:
3610:
3607:
3606:1-845740-72-6
3603:
3599:
3595:
3591:
3587:
3584:
3583:1-845740-71-8
3580:
3576:
3572:
3568:
3564:
3561:
3557:
3554:
3550:
3547:
3546:1-85753-080-2
3543:
3539:
3535:
3531:
3528:
3527:1-870114-05-1
3524:
3520:
3516:
3513:
3512:1-870114-00-0
3509:
3505:
3501:
3497:
3494:
3493:1-845740-59-9
3490:
3486:
3482:
3478:
3475:
3474:1-845740-58-0
3471:
3467:
3463:
3459:
3456:
3452:
3450:
3448:
3443:
3440:
3436:
3432:
3428:
3425:
3424:0-85936-271-X
3421:
3417:
3413:
3410:
3409:1-847347-39-8
3406:
3402:
3398:
3395:
3394:1-847347-39-8
3391:
3387:
3383:
3382:
3377:
3371:
3366:
3363:
3357:
3355:
3351:
3345:
3342:
3329:
3325:
3319:
3317:
3315:
3311:
3308:
3303:
3300:
3294:
3291:
3288:
3283:
3281:
3279:
3277:
3273:
3270:
3268:
3261:
3258:
3252:
3250:
3248:
3246:
3242:
3238:
3232:
3230:
3226:
3220:
3217:
3211:
3208:
3202:
3199:
3193:
3190:
3184:
3181:
3175:
3172:
3166:
3163:
3157:
3154:
3148:
3145:
3139:
3136:
3130:
3127:
3121:
3118:
3112:
3109:
3103:
3100:
3094:
3091:
3085:
3082:
3076:
3073:
3067:
3064:
3058:
3055:
3049:
3046:
3040:
3038:
3036:
3034:
3032:
3030:
3026:
3022:
3016:
3013:
3010:
3005:
3002:
2999:
2994:
2991:
2988:
2983:
2980:
2977:
2972:
2969:
2965:
2959:
2956:
2950:
2947:
2941:
2938:
2932:
2929:
2923:
2920:
2914:
2911:
2905:
2902:
2899:
2894:
2892:
2890:
2888:
2886:
2882:
2876:
2873:
2867:
2864:
2858:
2855:
2849:
2846:
2840:
2837:
2831:
2828:
2822:
2819:
2813:
2810:
2804:
2801:
2795:
2792:
2786:
2783:
2777:
2774:
2768:
2765:
2759:
2756:
2750:
2747:
2741:
2738:
2732:
2730:
2726:
2722:
2716:
2713:
2707:
2704:
2701:
2696:
2693:
2689:
2683:
2680:
2674:
2671:
2665:
2663:
2661:
2659:
2655:
2649:
2647:
2645:
2643:
2641:
2639:
2637:
2633:
2630:
2625:
2623:
2619:
2616:
2611:
2609:
2607:
2605:
2603:
2599:
2594:
2588:
2586:
2582:
2579:
2574:
2572:
2568:
2562:
2559:
2553:
2550:
2544:
2542:
2538:
2534:
2529:
2526:
2522:
2516:
2514:
2512:
2510:
2508:
2506:
2504:
2502:
2500:
2498:
2496:
2494:
2492:
2488:
2482:
2480:
2478:
2476:
2474:
2472:
2470:
2468:
2466:
2462:
2456:
2453:
2447:
2444:
2440:
2434:
2431:
2425:
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3711:Bryn Owen,
3334:27 December
2523:, pp. 62β6.
2367:14 November
2121:26 December
1821:Welsh leeks
1789:Abertillery
1580:Hitler Line
1443:Catenanuova
1437:across the
1420:Eighth Army
1358:Kampfgruppe
1128:158 Brigade
1079:Netherlands
1065:River Somme
963:, close to
866:of the RA.
855:25-pounders
706:Isle of Man
702:Aberystwyth
514:Northampton
471:World War I
178:South Wales
118:(from 1890)
108:Garrison/HQ
3869:Categories
3733:, Vol IV:
3686:, Vol VI:
3596:, Vol VI:
3573:, Vol VI:
3483:, Vol II:
3378:References
3239:, Annex M.
3235:Farndale,
3019:Farndale,
2962:Farndale,
2690:, Annex D.
2686:Farndale,
2437:Farndale,
1662:Klagenfurt
1639:and on to
1584:Roccasecca
1560:XIII Corps
1545:Fossacesia
1458:Mount Etna
1374:Henry Carr
1294:First Army
1269:along the
1216:Hamminkeln
1192:Reichswald
1152:River Maas
1095:, west of
1053:Habloville
1023:as far as
1021:River Orne
998:after the
996:River Odon
835:Ballymoney
827:militiamen
698:Porthmadog
570:defences.
568:Suez Canal
564:Alexandria
560:Marseilles
524:, then to
490:War Office
123:Commanders
3667:, Vol V:
3464:, Vol I:
3023:, p. 104.
2084:Army List
1882:Footnotes
1767:Ebbw Vale
1728:(RASC) β
1697:to form:
1645:Cotignola
1447:Centuripe
1441:river at
1424:Cassibile
1386:Toukabeur
1275:Aldershot
1172:Groesbeek
1097:Eindhoven
1089:XXX Corps
907:Sheerness
891:Maidstone
879:XII Corps
871:III Corps
819:Gorseinon
549:Pont-Remy
530:Gallipoli
522:Cambridge
411:When the
316:Morriston
184:based at
52:1859β1961
3725:Maj-Gen
3588:Gen Sir
3565:Gen Sir
3532:Gen Sir
3498:Gen Sir
3265:Watson,
2966:, p. 95.
2441:, p. 73.
2310:Conrad,
1913:Beckett.
1650:River Po
1615:Santerno
1478:Randazzo
1439:Dittaino
1399:IX Corps
1382:Chaouach
1349:Tebourba
1330:Birtouta
1279:Larkhill
1259:IV Corps
1148:Roermond
1101:Nijmegen
1093:Wintelre
1025:Grimbosq
939:Normandy
843:VI Corps
823:Pembroke
652:Interwar
343:Bridgend
272:, later
3267:TA 1947
2535:, 1927.
1778:Cwmbran
1749:Newport
1671:Postwar
1658:Villach
1641:Argenta
1515:Panzers
1510:Termoli
1506:Biferno
1474:Maletto
1403:V Corps
1322:Algiers
1224:Hamburg
1187:barrage
1041:BonnΕil
1033:Falaise
994:on the
903:Suffolk
839:Kilkeel
815:billets
793:Malvern
714:Fordson
646:Suffolk
642:Norfolk
526:Bedford
383:of the
350:Penarth
298:Newport
266:Captain
252:Mumbles
194:Swansea
186:Cardiff
156:in the
116:Swansea
112:Cardiff
57:Country
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2009:Owen,
1603:Pescia
1588:Alatri
1576:Aquino
1572:36 Bde
1532:Sangro
1498:Foggia
1470:Bronte
1466:Simeto
1410:Sicily
1271:Sussex
1139:Wessem
1069:St Pol
985:Bayeux
981:Subles
921:(OBLI)
728:troops
326:Skewen
75:Branch
66:
49:Active
2459:Ward.
1902:Notes
1774:cadre
1633:Senio
1607:Egypt
1599:Tiber
1527:Vasto
1484:Italy
1462:Salso
1372:, by
1341:Tunis
1208:Rhine
1073:Lille
1061:Seine
1049:Ronai
957:D-Day
934:(HLI)
889:near
857:with
556:Egypt
518:India
483:Major
333:Neath
270:Major
3780:ISBN
3751:ISBN
3739:ISBN
3703:ISBN
3692:ISBN
3673:ISBN
3654:ISBN
3639:ISBN
3624:ISBN
3602:ISBN
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3508:ISBN
3489:ISBN
3470:ISBN
3435:ISBN
3420:ISBN
3405:ISBN
3390:ISBN
3336:2005
2369:2009
2123:2005
1858:Maj
1741:TAVR
1693:and
1660:and
1637:Reno
1611:Fano
1568:Liri
1472:and
1384:and
1265:and
1250:was
1220:Elbe
1201:Goch
1051:and
1027:and
975:and
949:Quad
883:Kent
873:and
859:Quad
644:and
364:for
250:off
148:The
98:Role
90:Type
1871:CBE
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1281:on
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