1652:
1640:
1660:
870:
588:
766:
1477:
1465:
878:
511:
1485:
57:
74:
492:
of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate companies, batteries and divisions were formed, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas. Thus were formed the 2/1st, 2/2nd and 2/3rd
Companies of the Kent RGA and the 1/1st and 2/1st Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Btys.
607:
in
October–November 1917. In late 1917 the HAGs became permanent brigades. 1/1st Kent Bty joined 92nd (Mobile) Brigade on 13 January 1918 and remained with it until the end of the war. On 1 February 1918, the HAGs became Brigades once more, and 92nd became 92nd (Mobile) Brigade, RGA, composed of four
1626:
By 1942 the threat from German attack had diminished, the coast defences were seen as absorbing excessive manpower and there was demand for trained gunners for the fighting fronts. A process of reducing the manpower in the coast defences began. However, the Dover guns remained in commission in order
491:
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
199:
units were raised in Great
Britain as a result of an invasion scare in 1859. These small independent units were quickly organised into larger groupings, and the 1st Administrative Brigade of Kent Artillery Volunteers was formed on 15 August 1860. It comprised the following Artillery Volunteer Corps
667:
The battery formally separated from 1/1st Bty on 26 December 1914, but it was
January 1916 before it received its guns. Even then, vital equipment such as sights were still lacking. 67th (2nd Home Counties) Division had a dual role of training drafts for units serving overseas and at the same time
1609:
CAHQ. By July 1942, CA Plotting Rooms (later termed Army
Plotting Rooms) had been created for the most important coast defences, with No 1 at Dover under the Corps Commander, Coast Artillery (CCCA), XII Corps and No 2 at Newhaven under CCCA Canadian Corps. In May 1943, when XII Corps and Canadian
1065:
In 1926 it was decided that the coastal defences of Great
Britain should be solely manned by part-time soldiers of the TA. This entailed some reorganisation of units, and the scheme reached its final form in 1932. As a result, the brigade was split up on 1 October 1932. 166 (City of Rochester)
857:
consisted of 1/3 and 2/3 Companies of the Kent RGA and 1/1, 1/2, 2/1 and 2/2 Companies of the Sussex RGA. These six companies were reduced to just two (Nos 1 and 2 Companies, Sussex RGA), given a slightly higher establishment (five officers and 100 other ranks (ORs)), and the 1st and 2nd Line
1659:
575:
Over the next two years, the 1/1st Kent Bty was moved from one Heavy
Artillery Group (HAG) to another as circumstances demanded. On 12 February 1917, the battery was joined by a section of 118th Heavy Bty RGA to make it up to a strength of six guns. This was a regular unit formed at
699:
swept away the Home/Foreign service distinction all TF soldiers became liable for overseas service, if medically fit. The
Provisional Brigades' role thus expanded to include physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas. The 4th Provisional Brigade became the
848:
formed at
Sheerness in 1915 and Dover in 1916 are known to have had nuclei of men from the Kent RGA (and Sussex RGA in the case of the 134th). This may also have been the case for some of the numerous other siege batteries formed in the two garrisons during the war.
615:
of March 1918, 92nd (M) Bde was sent from GHQ Reserve to reinforce the hard-pressed Third Army. 1/1st Kent Bty was caught up in the 'Great Retreat', saving its guns but losing the rest of its equipment. After refitting, the brigade remained with Third Army until the
1635:
detachments or were in the hands of care and maintenance parties. On 1 April, 520th and 521st (K&S) Coast Rgt absorbed the batteries of 550th–553rd Coast Rgts, which were being disbanded, giving the three Kent & Sussex regiments the following organisation:
486:
On the outbreak of war on 4 August 1914, the Kent RGA went to its war stations manning the coast artillery and the Heavy Battery mobilised at Faversham. After mobilisation, units of the TF were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service, and on 15 August the
1300:
The Coast Observer Detachments (CODs) began to appear in February 1941. They were equipped with early warning radar to detect surface ships and low-flying aircraft, and were later placed in direct communication with the coast artillery plotting rooms.
572:, and Third Army closed it down at the end of the first day. In August the battery transferred to support Fourth Army in the continuing Somme offensive. Lack of ammunition and the worn state of the old 4.7-inch guns reduced its effectiveness.
1720:
From now on the regiments were effectively holding units for the remaining cadres of coast units in south east England, and most of the CODs were disbanded. South Eastern Command was abolished at the end of 1944 and the regiments came under
1639:
1651:
852:
This process meant a continual drain on the manpower of the defended ports units and in April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. By this stage of the war, the Dover and Newhaven Defences of
1732:, the three regiments were consolidated (together with 540th and 549th Coast Rgts) into a single regiment, with many batteries disbanded (or placed in 'suspended animation' (S/A) in the case of established TA units):
726:
only carried out 12 bombardments of British coastal targets during World War I, so most of the extensive coastal defences were never tested. Kent was, however, an exception to the inactivity, and the ports of
2951:
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.
1154:
2976:
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.
2963:
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
541:. However, heavy artillery was not required for India, so when the division departed on 30 October, the 1/1st Home Counties (Kent) Bty – usually referred to as the 1/1st Kent Bty – stayed behind with the
762:, while No 3 Company, Kent RGA, along with Nos 40 and 46 Companies, RGA, manned the Dover Defences (No 11 Fire Command). These were developed as the war progressed, until by April 1918 they comprised:
3653:
1121:
528:
3301:
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,
1240:, the coastal defence of South East England became a critical priority. On 14 July, the Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment was split into three separate coast regiments, each of three batteries.
3648:
1457:
ordered the emplacement of long-range guns and by September two long-range Counter Bombardment (CB) fire commands were being added to the harbour defences, manned by the Royal Artillery and
3643:
1314:
1182:
1139:
1067:
3623:
1393:
2823:
Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional units), 22 October 1941 with amendments, TNA files WO 212/6 and WO 33/1883.
580:
shortly after the outbreak of war and had been in France with 4.7-inch guns since 6 November 1914. By now, the heavy batteries on the Western Front were adopting the modern
1797:
519th (K&S) Coast Rgt and all its batteries passed into S/A on 10 January 1946, and 520th (K&S) Coast Rgt and its one remaining battery did likewise in March 1946.
1219:, where in the absence of air attacks it frequently engaged ground targets in a medium artillery role. 55th (Kent) HAA Regiment was placed in suspended animation in 1946.
1429:
1135:
915:
3638:
3094:
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.
836:
Meanwhile, although TF defended ports units never served overseas, those that had volunteered were supplying trained gunners to RGA units that were, and providing
3628:
1810:
1324:
1256:
1192:
1071:
950:
845:
743:), and Dover was shelled again (the last such bombardment of the war) on 16 February 1918. The batteries at Ramsgate and Dover were engaged on these occasions.
377:
270:
1340:
217 Bty (12-pdr) at Dover Pier Extension – joined from 72nd Coast Artillery Training Rgt 15 May 1941; transferred to 519th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941
3286:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a: The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)
894:
841:
1204:
1877:
2721:
2939:
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.
2458:
2441:
2309:
346:
3490:
3442:
2008:
1158:
1079:
227:
2930:
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.
1838:
1453:
Dover was in range of German batteries mounted on the French coast and their first shells fell on Dover on 12 August 1940. Prime Minister
1631:, led to further reductions in coast defences in April 1944. By this stage of the war many of the coast battery positions were manned by
503:. However, heavy artillery was not required for India, so when the division departed on 30 October, the 1/1st Bty stayed behind with the
473:
Nos 1 and 2 Companies formed part of Eastern Coast Defences at Chatham, while No 3 Company was in South Eastern Coast Defences at Dover.
3207:
2183:
805:
314:
A reorganisation in May 1880 saw the Plumstead and Woolwich units become independent, and the remaining Corps were consolidated as the
2810:
869:
267:
as a sub-division 13 February, increased to a battery 15 August 1860; attached to the 10th Kent AVC June 1870. Renumbered 2nd in 1880.
3526:
3512:
3475:
3460:
3405:
3390:
3375:
3330:
3308:
3293:
3278:
2862:
2777:
2289:
2212:
1024:
542:
504:
354:
298:
13th Kent AVC formed at Sheerness Dockyard on 1 March 1860 as two batteries; took over 4th Kent AVC as third battery 23 January 1867
765:
587:
2750:
1834:
1722:
962:
on 3 May 1916 with a nucleus of Territorials drawn from the Kent and Sussex RGA units. The battery was equipped with four modern
854:
695:. Provisional brigades were TF home defence formations composed of men who had not signed up for overseas service, but after the
557:
3147:
2169:
1837:. The coast artillery branch was disbanded in 1956, and the regiment was converted to the infantry role, becoming 5th Battalion
2507:
2246:
1284:
296 Bty at Dover Turret – joined from 520th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941; transferred to 563rd Coast Rgt 12 January 1943
1216:
425:
401:
196:
180:
77:
3115:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (November 1945), TNA file WO 212/119.
1912:
during World War I, before merging with 4th Bn interwar, and also the 5th Bn of World War II, which was a duplicate of 4th Bn.
3545:
3178:
830:
796:
701:
692:
3589:
3103:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
1644:
1606:
1059:
902:, was formed at Sheerness on 21 September 1915 with a nucleus of Territorials drawn from the Kent RGA. Equipped with four
740:
440:
371:
260:
1618:), their coastal defence role was taken over by East Kent and Sussex Districts respectively under South Eastern Command.
3584:
1560:
1166:
991:
565:
553:
2427:
2383:
2330:
1805:
On 1 January 1947, when the TA was reconstituted, 520th Regiment was disbanded, while 519th and 521st were reformed as
877:
811:
436:
1647:(ATS) serving with 428 Bty at Coast Defence HQ, Dover, December 1942. (Note RA 'bomb' badge worn above breast pocket).
1632:
1505:
1252:
A Bty at Langdon, later at Mill Point – redesignated 291 Bty 1 April 1941; transferred to 550th Coast Rgt 15 June 1942
907:
770:
600:
546:
538:
500:
164:
353:, but this title only lasted until the Cinque Ports Division was disbanded in 1889, when the unit transferred to the
3316:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
3040:
3026:
2990:
1602:
1320:
B Bty at Dover Turret – redesignated 296 Bty 1 April 1941; transferred to 519th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941
995:
975:
787:
704:
in December 1916 ('mixed' in this context indicating a formation of infantry and artillery with supporting units).
3133:
1564:
1448:
1212:
963:
923:
696:
669:
652:
3594:
3564:
3633:
3500:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
1854:
1007:
637:
633:
577:
385:
163:
and other harbours in South-East England, the unit's successors also served in the heavy artillery role on the
1330:
414 Bty at Western Heights – joined 31 December 1940; transferred to 519th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941
3071:
3060:
1531:
987:
931:
927:
629:
612:
604:
431:
The Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery was based at Beaton Street, Faversham, with its ammunition column at
1464:
1867:
Sir Horatio G.G. Palmer, appointed to 1st Kent RGA (V) 18 September 1904 and to Kent TGA (TF) 14 June 1911
1476:
1268:
411 Bty at St Margaret's – joined 31 December 1940; transferred to 26th Coast Artillery Group 5 April 1941
1170:
938:
716:
625:
617:
561:
244:
on 28 February 1860, augmented by a half battery 25 March 1862; to two full batteries after September 1863
176:
1281:
414 Bty at Western Heights, Knuckle by March 1943 – joined from 520th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941
1909:
1627:
to deny the straits to hostile shipping. The manpower requirements for the Allied invasion of Normandy,
1543:
1272:
1188:
1187:
At the start of World War II, 55th AA Regiment, including 166th (City of Rochester) Bty, was serving in
1162:
935:
792:
783:
746:
Nos 1 and 2 Companies of the Kent RGA, together with Regular RGA companies, manned the Kent side of the
621:
1122:
Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery § 205 (Chatham and Faversham) Battery
2438:
1265:
D Bty at Ramsgate – formed 14 December 1940; redesignated 297 Bty 1 April 1941; disbanded by June 1943
1888:
1881:
1588:
1334:
999:
919:
903:
723:
3318:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-43-6.
3398:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
1842:
1003:
911:
641:
569:
515:
3348:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
2076:
668:
being part of the mobile force responsible for home defence. From November 1915 it formed part of
510:
3346:
1628:
1615:
1237:
1236:, the regiment went to its war stations manning coastal guns under Dover Fire Command. After the
863:
816:
241:
234:
3429:, London: Samson Books, 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001, ISBN 978-1-84342-197-9.
1884:, appointed to Kent Heavy Bde 23 November 1927, then joint Hon Col of Kent and Sussex Heavy Bde
707:
At the time of the Armistice, 2/1st Battery was still at Mundesley as part of 224th Mixed Bde.
3522:
3508:
3486:
3471:
3456:
3438:
3401:
3386:
3371:
3326:
3304:
3289:
3274:
2595:
2462:
2397:
2305:
1891:, appointed to Sussex Heavy Bde 6 August 1929, then joint Hon Col of Kent and Sussex Heavy Bde
1484:
1454:
581:
405:
302:
254:
in March 1860 but no officers were ever gazetted and it was removed from the Army List in 1862
209:
17:
3271:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions
2518:
1870:
967:
837:
292:
2519:
Destroyer Bombardment of Ramsgate, Manston and Margate 27 April 1917 at Kent History Forum.
1134:, later at the Drill Hall, Chatham. It formed part of 13th (Kent) Medium Brigade (formerly
3383:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
3363:
2445:
1611:
1501:
1347:
1153:, 205 (Kent) Battery left 55th AA Regiment (as RA brigades were now termed) to join a new
596:
458:
409:
342:
156:
118:
73:
1262:
C Bty at South Breakwater – redesignated 293 (6-inch) & 294 (6-pdr) Btys 1 April 1941
3604:
3167:
2201:
1165:
at the start of the war, but sailed for Egypt in December 1939. It then served with the
2741:
Routledge, p. 157; Table XXIV, p. 162; Table XXV, p. 164; pp. 289–93; Table LX, p. 378.
1594:
1435:
3 COD – joined by November 1943; transferred to 516th (T&M) Coast Rgt by March 1944
1370:
1278:
217 Bty at Dover Pier Extension – joined from 520th (K&S) Coast Rgt 22 October 1941
1142:. The following year, 205 (Kent) AA Battery was transferred to 55th (Kent) AA Brigade (
983:
656:
545:
that was being formed. It went out to the Western Front on 29 December 1915 and joined
285:
62:
3559:
2496:
3617:
3342:
1577:
1469:
1458:
1150:
1131:
673:
454:
432:
388:(RGA), and when the territorial divisions were abolished the 1st KAVC was designated
274:
160:
114:
1389:
A Bty at Newhaven – redesignated 100 (6-inch) & 101 (12-pdr) Btys 1 April 1941
1296:
100 Coast Observer Detachment (COD) – joined by October 1942; disbanded by May 1943
1233:
906:
it was sent out to the Western Front on 9 March 1916. It saw active service on the
881:
184:
152:
136:
2851:
2 AA Brigade History of the Italian Campaign for the period August 1944–April 1945
2841:
Routledge, pp. 259–63; Table XLII, p. 267; 279-81, 285–6 & Table XLIV, p. 293.
1323:
C Bty at Dover Pier Extension – redesignated 169 Bty 1 April 1941; transferred to
1138:). This unit was soon redesignated 52nd (Kent) Medium Brigade, and in 1935 became
341:
All artillery volunteers were attached to one of the territorial divisions of the
3590:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth, Regiments.org (archive site)
3288:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
3273:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2331:
18th Heavy Artillery Group War Diary May 1915–October 1918, TNA file WO 95/540/1.
732:
534:
496:
168:
132:
3303:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
2873:
1511:
1208:
859:
759:
488:
223:
2321:
MacDonald, pp. 170–2, 178–80, 192–4, 258–67, 345, 364-8, 373–6, 385, 392–405.
1078:, based at Rochester. The rest of the brigade merged with the single-battery
564:. The Gommecourt attack was a disaster but it had only been a diversion from
537:
to release the regular units of the garrison there for active service on the
499:
to release the regular units of the garrison there for active service on the
3483:
Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
1422:
29 COD – joined by June 1941; transferred to 544th Coast Rgt by January 1942
1359:
21 COD – joined by June 1941; transferred to 540th Coast Rgt by January 1942
1196:
755:
684:
420:. However, this unit was broken up in 1910, the Kent batteries becoming the
264:
251:
216:
205:
172:
109:
3505:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55
1480:
5.5-inch gun in wartime emergency position, preserved on the Faroe Islands.
1313:
A Bty at Dover Citadel – redesignated 295 Bty 1 April 1941; transferred to
1149:
Early in 1939, as part of the doubling of the strength of the TA after the
1601:
By May 1942, 519th and 520th Coast Rgts in Kent came under the command of
318:(1st KAVC) with HQ at Gravesend and eleven batteries provided as follows:
3579:
3350:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004
1353:
289 Bty at Fletcher – joined from 516th (T&M) Coast Rgt 16 April 1943
1255:
B Bty at Eastern Arm – redesignated 292 Bty 1 April 1941; transferred to
1102:
971:
736:
278:
247:
6th Kent AVC appeared in the Army List in March 1860 but was never formed
3554:
3453:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
1908:
This battalion replaced the 5th (Weald of Kent) Bn, which had fought in
1173:
and Italy until it was placed in suspended animation in September 1944.
1066:
Battery became an independent anti-aircraft (AA) battery, later joining
514:
Transport limbers gallop past a battery of British 4.7 inch guns on the
159:
from 1860 to 1956. Primarily serving as coastal artillery defending the
3533:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
1759:
233, 335, 340, 413, 423 Btys transferred from 520th (K&S) Coast Rgt
1374:
1126:
Meanwhile, the Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery was reconstituted as
728:
688:
677:
364:
By 1892, the Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps were organised as follows:
3468:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3400:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
1605:
Coast Artillery HQ (CAHQ), while 521st Coast Rgt in Sussex came under
1729:
1468:
Mk VII 6-inch gun in typical coast defence emplacement, preserved at
1461:. Eventually, the coast artillery at Dover was developed as follows:
1407:
342 Bty at Eastbourne – joined from 552nd Coast Rgt 14 September 1942
1200:
1095:
979:
751:
747:
1524:
Langdon Battery: 2 × 6-inch guns prewar; 1 gun added September 1940
1410:
359 Bty at Brighton – joined from 553rd Coast Rgt 14 September 1942
1275:
by March 1943 – joined 31 December 1940, regimented 22 October 1941
1042:
166 Hy Bty at Fort Clarence (166 (City of Rochester) Bty from 1925)
281:
on 28 February 1860. Renumbered in 1880 as 3rd Kent (Royal Arsenal)
3422:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1658:
1650:
1638:
1483:
1475:
1463:
1416:
193 Bty at Newhaven – joined from 512th (ER) Coast Rgt 6 July 1943
1091:
959:
876:
868:
858:
distinction was abolished. Nos 1 and 2 Kent Companies remained at
764:
648:
603:
for the Third Ypres Offensive, which culminated in the mud of the
586:
509:
467:
288:
as a sub-division 25 February; increased to a battery 2 March 1860
122:
3574:
3415:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-007-3.
3368:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
1343:
424 (Independent) Bty (6-inch) at Capel – joined 21 December 1941
533:
The Home Counties Division accepted the liability for service in
495:
The Home Counties Division accepted the liability for service in
237:
on 9 January 1860 (absorbed by the 13th Kent AVC 23 January 1867)
3323:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
1287:
412 Bty at Mill Point – joined from 550th Coast Rgt 15 June 1942
1211:
Reserve before sailing for the Middle East. It took part in the
2384:
92nd Bde War Diary March 1917–March 1919, TNA file WO 95/397/3.
1293:
142 Bty – joined from 534th (Orkney) Coast Rgt by 13 April 1943
1207:. In 1941, the regiment left AA Command and became part of the
591:
A 60-pounder moving up during the Hundred Days Offensive, 1918.
446:
The Kent RGA was a 'defended ports' unit organised as follows:
219:
on 15 November 1859 ; second battery formed 27 August 1861
2581:
Army Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, with Appendix 131.
2439:
David Porter's work on Provisional Brigades at Great War Forum
2428:
1/1st Kent War Diary 21 March 1918–1919, TNA file WO 95/397/4.
1833:
410 (Kent) Coast Regiment formed part of 101 Coast Brigade in
1404:
343 Bty at Seaford, later Eastbourne – joined 31 December 1940
1350:– joined from Coast Artillery Training Centre 21 December 1941
1027:(TA) in 1920, the Kent RGA was reformed in 1920, becoming the
416:, including its ammunition column, and three companies of the
1692:
213, 230, 233, 235, 291, 374, 413 Btys – from 551st Coast Rgt
1290:
337 Bty at Deal – joined from 563rd Coast Rgt 12 January 1943
3569:
1413:
160 Bty at Newhaven – joined from 566th Coast Rgt 1 May 1943
1035:
in 1924 when the RGA was subsumed into the Royal Artillery:
529:
Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
305:
on 29 March 1860; disbanded in 1870 when the dockyard closed
2550:
2548:
2497:
Dover Destroyer Action 21 April 1917 at Naval History Net.
1537:
Dover Western Heights: 2 × 6-inch installed September 1940
1663:
Miss Elizabeth Amery, ATS, computes the range at 428 Bty.
1183:
55th (Kent) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
368:
1st Kent Artillery Volunteers – Headquarters at Gravesend
359:
1st Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps (Eastern Division, RA)
3599:
1540:
Eastern Arm: 2 × twin 6-pounder installed September 1939
1498:
Lydden Spout Battery: 3 × 6-inch guns installed May 1941
1377:, but had returned to Dover Citadel by the end of 1941.
3507:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
1546:: 2 × 12-pounder guns prewar; 1 gun added February 1940
1530:
Breakwater: 2 × 6-inch and 2 × 9.2-inch prewar; 1 twin
930:. The battery was overrun and lost its guns during the
351:
3rd Volunteer (Kent) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, RA
1813:
respectively. The Kent unit was organised as follows:
1488:
6-pounder Mark I guns in twin coastal artillery mount.
3570:
Kent Fallen: Kent War Memorials Transcription Project
384:
In 1889, the Artillery Volunteers became part of the
328:
Nos 5 and 6 Batteries at Blackheath from 5th Kent AVC
3654:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1956
1399:
101 Bty disbanded 15 March 1944 and new A Bty formed
325:
Nos 3 and 4 Batteries at Faversham from 2nd Kent AVC
322:
Nos 1 and 2 Batteries at Gravesend from 1st Kent AVC
3437:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
1698:
16 Coast Observer Detachment – from 551st Coast Rgt
1689:
194, 335, 340, 415, 416 Btys – from 550th Coast Rgt
840:to form complete new units for front line service.
128:
105:
91:
83:
68:
50:
42:
31:
3498:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
2508:Civilian Casualties at Dover War Memorial Project.
1864:J.D. Palmer, appointed to 1st KAVC 5 November 1892
1750:160 Bty transferred from 521st (K&S) Coast Rgt
1369:In the autumn of 1940, 520th Rgt was stationed at
1356:6 COD – joined by June 1941; disbanded by May 1943
884:towing a 6-inch howitzer in the Middle East, 1918.
599:in March 1917, then 1/1st Kent Bty transferred to
337:Nos 9–11 Batteries at Sheerness from 13th Kent AVC
3649:Military units and formations established in 1860
2863:Eastern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot File.
2398:'Allocation of HA Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
1861:J.B. White, appointed to 1st KAVC 20 October 1887
1614:for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
1584:Two further batteries were added later ar Dover:
1428:14 COD – joined by December 1942; transferred to
934:, but was re-equipped and took part in the final
3644:Military units and formations in Rochester, Kent
3226:
3224:
1136:4th Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
801:South Breakwater Battery: 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns
620:on 11 November 1918, having supported it in the
3595:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
3385:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
3370:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
3081:
3079:
2917:
2915:
2913:
2911:
2909:
2646:
2644:
2638:, pp. 95–102, 107–9, 111–4, 118–9, 121, 126–32.
2568:
2566:
2564:
2562:
2560:
2224:
2222:
2220:
2137:
2135:
873:9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
595:Fourth Army followed the German retreat to the
2109:
2107:
1947:
1945:
1943:
1941:
1939:
1937:
1756:203, 410 Btys transferred from 540th Coast Rgt
1714:149, 344, 345, 346, 403 – from 553rd Coast Rgt
1711:221, 237, 301, 360, 375 – from 552nd Coast Rgt
1193:28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
3624:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
3435:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
3420:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3413:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3357:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
2607:Army Council Instruction No 996, 13 May 1916.
2105:
2103:
2101:
2099:
2097:
2095:
2093:
2091:
2089:
2087:
1425:5, 13, 15, 109 CODs – joined by December 1942
1010:. 134th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
951:134th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
378:3rd Kent Artillery Volunteers (Royal Arsenal)
334:No 8 Battery at Gillingham from 12th Kent AVC
8:
2778:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files
941:. 62nd Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
895:62nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
739:and Dover were bombarded in April 1917 (the
647:After the Armistice the battery went to the
424:and the Sussex batteries forming a separate
3485:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
3111:
3109:
2972:
2970:
2959:
2957:
2947:
2945:
2125:
2123:
2121:
2119:
1778:194, 213, 235, 415, 416, 424 Btys disbanded
1673:217, 292, 293, 294, 337, 412, 414, 418 Btys
412:of 1908, the 1st Kent Brigade provided the
345:(TA) in 1882 with the 1st KAVC joining the
331:No 7 Battery at Sandgate from 11th Kent AVC
3337:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2883:
2881:
2407:
2405:
2285:
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2271:
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2267:
2265:
2263:
2165:
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2161:
2151:
2149:
2147:
1762:6, 101, 102 CODs disbanded by October 1945
1337:– joined from 551st Coast Rgt 4 March 1941
1128:205 (Chatham and Faversham) Medium Battery
1111:170 (Kent) Bty at Willson's Road, Ramsgate
2899:
2897:
2660:
2658:
2656:
2423:
2421:
2197:
2195:
2179:
2177:
1967:
1965:
1963:
1961:
1959:
1957:
1549:Knuckle: 2 × 4-inch installed August 1940
1108:168 (Kent) Bty at Liverpool Street, Dover
1023:When the TF was reconstituted as the new
3036:
3034:
3022:
3020:
3018:
3016:
3006:
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3000:
2998:
2986:
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2760:
2758:
2591:
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2587:
2301:
2299:
2297:
1873:, appointed to Kent Coast Bde 5 Apr 1922
1753:185 Bty transferred from 549th Coast Rgt
683:In September 1916, the battery moved to
418:Kent and Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery
349:. In 1887 the unit was redesignated the
3143:
3141:
2805:
2803:
2379:
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2000:
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1986:
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1901:
1580:had 4 × 6-inch and 2 × 12-pounder guns.
1048:168 Hy Bty at Northampton Street, Dover
414:Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, RGA
226:on 7 November 1859 (transferred to the
3639:Military units and formations in Dover
3535:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
3466:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
3325:, Aldershot, The Ogilby Trusts: 1982,
2393:
2391:
2043:
2041:
2039:
2037:
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2027:
2025:
1597:: 4 × 9.2-inch, completed October 1941
1157:, which was forming as a duplicate of
1054:170 Hy Bty at Willson's Road, Ramsgate
819:: 3 × 9.2-inch Mk X, 2 × 6-inch Mk VII
676:, quartered in Kent with 2/1st Bty at
171:and as anti-aircraft artillery during
28:
3629:Military units and formations in Kent
3148:372–413 Rgts at British Army 1945 on.
2247:Coast Defences at Regimental Warpath.
1841:. This battalion later became 7th Bn
1591:: 3 × 6-inch, completed February 1941
1392:100 Bty later at Ringborough; joined
1315:516th (Thames & Medway) Coast Rgt
228:1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers
7:
3470:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3455:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2722:458 (Kent) Regiment at Regiments.org
1971:Litchfield and Westlake, pp. 98–102.
1839:The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
1514:: 3 × 8-inch guns installed May 1942
1051:169 Hy Bty at High Street, Sheerness
1045:167 Hy Bty at Pelham Road, Gravesend
562:first day of the Battle of the Somme
3179:Coast Bdes at British Army 1945 on.
2596:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA'
2306:'Allocation of Heavy Batteries RGA'
1381:521st (Kent & Sussex) Coast Rgt
1305:520th (Kent & Sussex) Coast Rgt
1244:519th (Kent & Sussex) Coast Rgt
1116:205 (Chatham and Faversham) Battery
1076:Thames and Medway Heavy Brigade, RA
1070:. 167 and 169 Batteries joined the
584:in place of the obsolete 4.7-inch.
2921:Frederick, pp. 205, 602–11, 628–9.
1676:289 Bty – from 520th (K&S) Rgt
1098:, later at Liverpool Street, Dover
1060:44th Home Counties Divisional Area
986:valleys. In 1917 it fought in the
974:on 20 August 1916. It served with
769:9.2-inch Coastal gun preserved at
608:six-gun batteries of 60-pounders.
316:1st Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps
25:
3585:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1419:11, 12 CODs – joined by June 1941
1140:58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1084:Kent and Sussex Heavy Brigade, RA
741:Second Battle of the Dover Strait
390:1st Kent Brigade RGA (Volunteers)
2310:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2290:67 Division at Long, Long Trail.
2170:44 Division at Long, Long Trail.
1655:ATS plotters at work at 428 Bty.
1438:10 COD – joined by November 1943
1365:22 COD – joined by November 1943
1362:101 COD – joined by October 1942
1191:in the Heavy AA (HAA) role with
754:Defences (No 12 Fire Command at
558:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
72:
55:
3555:British Army units from 1945 on
2459:"224 Bde at Regimental Warpath"
1527:Dover Turret: 2 × 6-inch prewar
1177:166 (City of Rochester) Battery
1159:75th (Cinque Ports) AA Regiment
1155:89th (Cinque Ports) AA Regiment
36:Kent & Sussex Heavy Brigade
3519:The Army and Society 1815–1914
3208:Buffs at British Army 1945 on.
1563:installed September 1940; 2 ×
1228:Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment
1105:, later at North Street, Lewes
1039:HQ at Fort Clarence, Rochester
18:14th Kent Artillery Volunteers
1:
2874:Named Heavy Rgts at RA 39–45.
2797:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 396.
2650:Frederick, pp. 205, 601, 615.
2213:TF RGA at Regimental Warpath.
1811:411th (Sussex) Coast Regiment
1695:101 Coast Observer Detachment
1645:Auxiliary Territorial Service
1394:512th (East Riding) Coast Rgt
711:Kent Royal Garrison Artillery
372:2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers
257:8th Kent AVC was never formed
149:1st Kent Artillery Volunteers
34:Kent Royal Garrison Artillery
32:1st Kent Artillery Volunteers
3041:521 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
3027:520 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2991:519 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2788:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
1791:342, 343, 359 Btys disbanded
1747:412, 414, 418 Btys disbanded
1741:RHQ, 217, 292, 294, 337 Btys
1708:160, 193, 342, 343, 359 Btys
1058:The brigade was assigned to
990:, but was then moved to the
554:56th (1/1st London) Division
151:was a part-time unit of the
2712:Frederick, pp. 733, 769–70.
1807:410th (Kent) Coast Regiment
1215:in 1943 and the subsequent
771:Imperial War Museum Duxford
628:, including the battles of
404:were subsumed into the new
374:– Headquarters at Plumstead
208:on 20 October 1859; second
3670:
3560:Dover War Memorial Project
3521:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3134:521 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
2009:1st KAVC at Regiments.org.
1446:
1430:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
1180:
1119:
948:
892:
758:and No 13 Fire Command at
714:
543:2nd Home Counties Division
526:
505:2nd Home Counties Division
380:– Headquarters at Woolwich
3607:The Territorial Army 1947
3600:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3496:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
3427:British Regiments 1914–18
3396:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3381:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2694:Maurice-Jones, pp. 206–7.
2665:Titles & Designations
2598:, TNA file WO 95/5494/4.]
2554:Maurice-Jones, pp. 200–1.
1871:Sir Henry Lennard, 2nd Bt
1784:521st (K&S) Coast Rgt
1768:520th (K&S) Coast Rgt
1737:519th (K&S) Coast Rgt
1704:521st (K&S) Coast Rgt
1682:520th (K&S) Coast Rgt
1669:519th (K&S) Coast Rgt
1449:Dover Strait coastal guns
1271:418 Bty at Knuckle, then
1213:Allied invasion of Sicily
697:Military Service Act 1916
463:No 2 Company at Gravesend
38:410 (Kent) Coast Regiment
3451:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3359:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3339:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2811:"55 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45"
2676:Litchfield, Appendix IV.
2444:16 February 2016 at the
2275:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 75–82.
2237:Frederick, pp. 205, 697.
2228:Frederick, pp. 646, 698.
2155:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 49–54.
1853:The following served as
1567:installed September 1942
1508:installed September 1942
1325:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
1257:534th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
1199:28th AA Bde guarded the
956:134th Siege Battery, RGA
882:Holt caterpillar tractor
715:Not to be confused with
663:2/1st Kent Heavy Battery
523:1/1st Kent Heavy Battery
386:Royal Garrison Artillery
301:14th Kent AVC formed at
291:12th Kent AVC formed at
284:11th Kent AVC formed at
3433:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
3352:ISBN 978-1-84574-055-9.
3158:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2853:, TNA file WO 204/7240.
2625:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 251–5.
2616:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 205–8.
2354:Becke, Pt 1, pp. 89–95.
2202:Kent RA at Kent Fallen.
2141:Frederick, pp. 699–701.
1980:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1610:Corps were assigned to
1554:Eastern CB Fire Command
1493:Western CB Fire Command
1203:, Chatham and Dover in
1029:Kent Coast Brigade, RGA
994:, where it fought with
988:Second Battle of Doiran
964:6-inch 26 cwt howitzers
932:German Spring Offensive
900:62nd Siege Battery, RGA
693:4th Provisional Brigade
613:German Spring Offensive
605:Battle of Passchendaele
507:that was being formed.
250:7th Kent AVC formed at
240:5th Kent AVC formed at
233:4th Kent AVC formed at
222:3rd Kent AVC formed at
215:2nd Kent AVC formed at
204:1st Kent AVC formed at
101:Anti-Aircraft Artillery
3548:The British Army, 1914
3198:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
3010:Maurice-Jones, p. 234.
2751:89 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45
2529:Maurice-Jones, p. 185.
2113:Litchfield, pp.107–11.
1728:On 1 June 1945, after
1664:
1656:
1648:
1595:South Foreland Battery
1559:Wanstone Battery: 4 ×
1489:
1481:
1473:
939:Hundred Days Offensive
885:
874:
793:Admiralty Pier Battery
774:
717:Kent Militia Artillery
626:Hundred Days Offensive
618:Armistice with Germany
592:
552:The battery supported
519:
441:Home Counties Division
439:it formed part of the
3503:Brig N.W. Routledge,
3230:Frederick, pp. 204–5.
3085:Frederick, pp. 635–8.
3072:Collier, Chapter XXI.
3061:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2832:Joslen, pp. 485, 488.
2572:Frederick, pp. 702–8.
2415:, p. 265 and Annex M.
1951:Frederick, pp. 660–1.
1788:RHQ & 193 Bty S/A
1662:
1654:
1642:
1487:
1479:
1467:
1273:Dover Western Heights
1189:Anti-Aircraft Command
1181:Further information:
1163:Anti-Aircraft Command
1120:Further information:
880:
872:
846:134th Siege Batteries
831:12-pounder field guns
829:Harbour Battery: 2 ×
810:Citadel Battery: 2 ×
804:Knuckle Battery: 3 ×
768:
590:
513:
435:. Equipped with four
392:from 1 January 1902.
347:Cinque Ports Division
3575:The Long, Long Trail
3355:Col John K. Dunlop,
2312:, file WO 95/5494/2.
1519:Harbour Fire Command
1346:428 Bty (6-inch) at
1335:Lydden Spout Battery
1101:159 (Sussex) Bty at
1080:Sussex Heavy Brigade
1004:capture of Jerusalem
1000:Third Battle of Gaza
966:and was sent to the
724:Imperial German Navy
3124:Frederick, p. 1011.
2903:Farndale, pp. 96-8.
2465:on 15 November 2009
2257:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2129:Litchfield, p. 234.
2067:Spiers, Chapter 10.
2058:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1823:Q Bty at Folkestone
1232:On the outbreak of
1072:Essex Heavy Brigade
1006:and the victorious
945:134th Siege Battery
702:224th Mixed Brigade
212:formed 5 March 1860
3565:Kent History Forum
3517:Edward M. Spiers,
3418:J.B.M. Frederick,
3411:J.B.M. Frederick,
3321:Ian F.W. Beckett,
3239:Frederick, p. 345.
2732:Frederick, p. 777.
2542:, Annex 4, p. 400.
1686:423, 424, 428 Btys
1665:
1657:
1649:
1629:Operation Overlord
1616:Operation Overlord
1490:
1482:
1474:
1238:Dunkirk evacuation
1068:55th (Kent) AA Bde
1033:Kent Heavy Brigade
1019:Kent Heavy Brigade
904:9.2-inch howitzers
889:62nd Siege Battery
886:
875:
812:9.2-inch Mk X guns
797:12-pounder QF guns
788:6-inch Mk VII guns
775:
691:, where it joined
653:Army of Occupation
593:
520:
235:Sheerness Dockyard
95:Garrison Artillery
3580:Naval History Net
3491:978-0-9558119-1-3
3444:978-1-84342-474-1
3425:Brig E.A. James,
3189:Litchfield, p. 5.
3051:Farndale, p. 246.
2703:Litchfield, p. 65
2186:British Army 1914
1849:Honorary Colonels
1826:R Bty at Ramsgate
1772:RHQ & 428 Bty
1744:289, 293 Btys S/A
1455:Winston Churchill
1161:. It served with
1008:Battle of Megiddo
824:Ramsgate Defences
406:Territorial Force
396:Territorial Force
303:Woolwich Dockyard
175:and later in the
142:
141:
97:Coastal Artillery
16:(Redirected from
3661:
3540:External sources
3481:Alan MacDonald,
3448:
3266:, various dates.
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2686:
2685:Litchfield, p. 4
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2648:
2639:
2636:Forgotten Fronts
2632:
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2608:
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2579:
2573:
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2552:
2543:
2540:Forgotten Fronts
2536:
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2521:
2516:
2510:
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2499:
2494:
2488:
2485:Forgotten Fronts
2481:
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2472:
2470:
2461:. Archived from
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2082:
2080:, 20 March 1908.
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1981:
1978:
1972:
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1952:
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1929:
1913:
1906:
1855:Honorary Colonel
1843:Queen's Regiment
1443:Defence of Dover
1259:by 13 April 1943
1217:Italian Campaign
1031:in 1921 and the
1025:Territorial Army
968:Macedonian front
958:, was formed at
466:No 3 Company at
453:No 1 Company at
355:Eastern Division
76:
61:
59:
58:
29:
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3664:
3663:
3662:
3660:
3659:
3658:
3634:Gravesend, Kent
3614:
3613:
3612:
3605:Graham Watson,
3542:
3445:
3432:
3364:Martin Farndale
3314:Maj A.F. Becke,
3299:Maj A.F. Becke,
3284:Maj A.F. Becke,
3269:Maj A.F. Becke,
3259:
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2889:Years of Defeat
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1887:E.L Beves,
1820:P Bty Dover
1775:291 Bty S/A
1506:8-inch guns
1396:6 July 1943
1333:423 Bty at
1327:22 May 1941
1167:Eighth Army
914:and on the
733:Broadstairs
670:Second Army
657:demobilised
611:During the
566:Fourth Army
477:World War I
443:of the TF.
169:World War I
133:World War I
129:Engagements
112:(1860–1908)
106:Garrison/HQ
3618:Categories
3257:References
2891:, Annex M.
2887:Farndale,
2768:, Annex D.
2764:Farndale,
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2367:, Annex E.
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1633:Home Guard
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293:Gillingham
263:formed at
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224:Folkestone
3264:Army List
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2048:Army List
1896:Footnotes
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1603:XII Corps
1532:6-pounder
1197:The Blitz
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1144:see above
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173:the Blitz
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2442:Archived
2345:, p. 82.
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1876:Maj the
1622:Late war
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1103:Brighton
1014:Interwar
972:Salonika
924:Messines
737:Ramsgate
640:and the
578:Woolwich
568:'s main
422:Kent RGA
286:Sandgate
279:Woolwich
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2667:, 1927.
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1920:Notes
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1092:Lewes
960:Dover
918:, at
916:Ancre
912:Somme
760:Grain
649:Rhine
642:Selle
535:India
516:Somme
497:India
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