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When the administrative brigades were consolidated in May 1880, the
Banffshire AVCs were included in the new 1st Aberdeenshire AVC as Nos 9–13 Batteries. However, in May 1882 they were withdrawn, together with two Aberdeenshire batteries and the Lossiemouth battery from Elgin, to form the
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The original five Banff AVCs wore a uniform that closely followed that of the Royal
Artillery, except that white/silver lace was worn in place of yellow/gold. After 1882 the 1st Banff AVC was one of the few Scottish artillery corps to have a
363:. The new unit included a Banffshire Battery and the Banffshire Small Arms Ammunition Section of the Brigade Ammunition Column. However, the Banffshire Battery was disbanded in 1911 and replaced by another Aberdeen Battery.
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on 26 March 1860. A 2nd Elgin AVC was formed at
Burghead on 16 October 1872 and was also included in the 1st Banff Admin Brigade. On 13 November 1875 a new 3rd Banffshire AVC was formed at
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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle and
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335:(RGA). When the divisional structure was abolished the unit titles were changed on 1 January 1902, the Banff unit becoming the
331:. In 1899 the RA was divided into separate field and garrison branches, and the artillery volunteers were all assigned to the
207:, with its headquarters (HQ) at Banff. In 1863 the brigade was joined by the 1st Elgin AVC, which had been formed at
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of 1908, the personnel of the 1st
Banffshire and most of the 1st Aberdeenshire RGA (V) were combined to form a new
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December 1876 the artillery volunteers in North East Scotland were reorganised. The five Banff units joined the
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175:) Banffshire AVC formed before October 1859, originally as a subdivision, became full battery 27 March 1860
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in 1859. Through various reorganisations it served as auxiliary garrison artillery until 1908.
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In 1882 all the AVCs were affiliated to one of the territorial garrison divisions of the
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in time of need. By 1861 five
Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) had been formed in
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3rd (Banff) Banffshire AVC formed on 5 April 1860; absorbed into 2nd AVC in 1864
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with the subtitle 'Aberdeen, Banff and Elgin', and the following organisation:
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The
Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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The
Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
182:) Banffshire AVC formed on 29 December 1859, originally numbered 1st
763:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
739:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle
Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
483:
Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire
327:. In 1889 the structure was altered, and the corps joined the
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On 22 October 1861 these units were brought together into the
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1st Administrative Brigade, Banffshire Artillery Volunteers
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1st Banffshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
323:(RA) and the 1st Banffshire AVC became part of the
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841:Military units and formations established in 1859
769:Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859–1908
307:The unit carried out its annual practice camp at
18:1st (Lossiemouth) Elgin Artillery Volunteer Corps
388:The Commanding Officers (COs) of the unit were:
311:, and had five carbine ranges near company HQs.
347:When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new
831:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
761:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
754:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
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199:) Banffshire AVC formed on 18 February 1861
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406:Lt-Col Francis W. Garden-Campbell, former
233:1st Inverness-shire Administrative Brigade
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229:1st Aberdeenshire Administrative Brigade
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427:Lt-Col Charles G. Masson, 18 April 1900
219:to replace the unit disbanded in 1864.
34:1st Banffshire Royal Garrison Artillery
790:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
28:
613:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 29–30.
7:
794:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
779:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
533:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1–4.
403:Lt-Col James Moir, 29 December 1865
231:and the two Elgin units joined the
129:1st Banffshire Artillery Volunteers
32:1st Banffshire Artillery Volunteers
741:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
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664:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 94.
646:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 66.
264:former 3rd Banff; disbanded 1904
117:Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife
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807:The Army and Society 1815–1914
458:of the unit on 15 March 1884.
300:No 8 Battery at Lossiemouth –
262:No 3 Battery at Gardenstown –
1:
771:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1909.
442:(later the 1st Duke of Fife,
440:Alexander Duff, Earl of Fife
247:HQ at 6 Castle Street, Banff
131:was a part-time unit of the
495:10.3828/transactions.168.10
357:I (or 1st) Highland Brigade
857:
809:, London: Longmans, 1980,
268:No 4 Battery at Portsoy –
250:No 1 Battery at Macduff –
417:Lt-Col Patrick Jamieson,
380:of its Honorary Colonel.
274:No 5 Battery at Cullen –
83:Artillery Volunteer Corps
775:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
767:Maj-Gen James Grierson,
756:, London: Methuen, 1938.
474:James Crossland (2019).
333:Royal Garrison Artillery
315:Royal Garrison Artillery
296:former 5th Aberdeenshire
286:former 1st Aberdeenshire
256:No 2 Battery at Banff –
551:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
155:The enthusiasm for the
412:Scots Fusilier Guards
367:Uniforms and insignia
361:Royal Field Artillery
752:Col John K. Dunlop,
725:Grierson, Plate III.
655:Grierson, pp. 161–2.
716:Litchfield, p. 270.
682:Spiers, Chapter 10.
673:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
591:Grierson pp. 133–5.
524:Grierson, pp. 1–12.
384:Commanding officers
805:Edward M. Spiers,
759:J.B.M. Frederick,
737:Ian F.W. Beckett,
569:Frederick, p. 650.
542:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
398:Lieutenant-Colonel
241:1st Banffshire AVC
157:Volunteer movement
91:Garrison Artillery
454:), was appointed
424:Vacancy from 1896
396:22 October 1861,
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378:Duff tartan
292:Fraserburgh
217:Gardenstown
209:Lossiemouth
139:founded in
96:Garrison/HQ
825:Categories
732:References
408:Lieutenant
213:Elginshire
165:Banffshire
141:Banffshire
106:Commanders
632:Army List
503:203493036
374:Pipe band
282:Peterhead
42:1859–1908
515:Beckett.
145:Scotland
702:8 April
410:in the
190:Portsoy
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