887:
773:, having remained hidden and silent until Zero hour. When the infantry attacked at 05.30 they quickly took their intermediate objectives (06.30) and first objectives (08.30β08.45). The second wave then passed through to continue the advance towards the village of Kruiseecke, but had to halt until 12.15, because the heavy artillery barrage was still falling on the village. Such rapid progress could not be kept up, and German reinforcements halted further advances, but 29th Division had crossed the Ypres Ridge, the objective of so many failed assaults in 1917. After that Second Army continued to advance through October until it reached the
331:
530:) was formed at Portsmouth on 22 May 1916 based on a cadre of four officers and 78 other ranks from the Hampshire RGA (probably drawn in the main from 1/1st Heavy Bty, which disappeared from the order of battle by April 1917). A large number of other siege batteries were formed in the Portsmouth defences in 1915β16, which may also have included trained men from the Hampshire RGA among the recruits, although the Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this. For example, 27 members of No 4 Company died on active service during the war, even though its 1st and 2nd Line never left the UK.
899:
645:
559:
937:
1050:
487:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate companies and batteries were created, releasing the 1st Line units to be sent overseas.
1199:, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 121, 122, 134 and 165 Btys began entering suspended animation (completing on 22 June), while 183, 209, 239, 387 and 441 Btys were disbanded. Next, on 15 December 1945, 118 and 125 Btys commenced suspended animation (completing on 17 January 1946. Finally, Regimental HQ and the remaining batteries (119, 120, 121, 123 and 124) began entering suspended animation at Southsea Castle on 10 January 1946, completing the process on 17 January, when the remaining personnel joined
738:
43:
734:. On 25 August it joined 33rd HAG serving with Fourth Army, which was engaged in the Somme offensive. The battery moved to 49th HAG on 29 October as the offensive ground to a conclusion and then to others within Fourth Army (77th HAG on 20 December, 28th HAG on 10 February) during the winter of 1916β17. On 22 March 1917 the battery transferred to 18th HAG with First Army. 18th HAG was positioned just behind Arras, also in support of Canadian Corps during the capture of Vimy Ridge.
253:
723:
85:
410:
823:
67:
1212:
757:
On 16 December the battery was reduced to four guns once more, with a section leaving to help reform 190th Siege Bty, and joined 43rd HAG with Fourth Army the following day. The battery was at rest from 23 December to 9 January 1918. By now HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and on 1 February
543:
was also responsible for the AA defence of
Coventry and Birmingham, where some Hampshire RGA companies were stationed. Under Army Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The 12 remaining Hampshire RGA companies serving in the Portsmouth
241:
on 29 November 1866 (a 5th (Dockyard) Hampshire AVC may have been formed on 18 August 1860, but had quickly been disbanded). The
Dorsetshire AVCs rejoined the 1st Hampshire Admin Bde from January 1873, by which time the 5th and 6th Dorsetshire AVCs had been formed, although the 3rd Dorsetshire was
1097:
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. 528th Coast Rgt was disbanded on 7 December 1942, the
628:
to protect the advancing infantry, the heavy howitzers fired 450 yards (410 m) further ahead to hit the rear areas on the reverse slope of the ridge, especially known gun positions. The attack went in on 9 April, when the
Canadians overran three trench lines and seized the crest of the ridge
753:
on 25 May. It was back to 18th HAG in First Army on 16 June, at rest and training 8β24 August, and then joined 78th HAG on 3 September. Later that month the battery was reorganised, a section from the newly arrived 446th Siege Bty joining on 22 September, bringing 147th up to a strength of six
502:
to be sent to France. The WO decided that the TF coastal gunners were well enough trained to take over many of the duties in the coastal defences, releasing
Regular RGA gunners for service in the field, and 1st line RGA companies had been authorised to increase their strength by 50 per cent.
218:, near Portsmouth, on 9 May 1860; initially listed as the 3rd, it became the 2nd in June that year; formed a second battery 20 July 1860, a third 24 May 1861, a fourth by January 1864 and two others 15 September 1865; amalgamated with 3rd in 1871 when the HQ moved to Portsmouth
640:
Whereas batteries had previously been moved from one group to another, HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and in
December 1917 they were converted into permanent RGA brigades. 47th Siege Bty joined 5th Brigade and served with it for the rest of the war.
538:
After the beginning of air attacks on
Britain the RGA also became responsible for manning anti-aircraft (AA) guns both at home and overseas. A number of AA batteries were stationed round Portsmouth, probably including men drawn from the Hampshire RGA, and
462:, which in time of war would be manned by four Regular RGA companies and the companies of the Hampshire RGA, while the heavy battery was mobile and responsible for the landward defences (TF heavy batteries were usually armed with obsolescent
907:
544:
garrison and the
Coventry and Birmingham AA command (1/2nd, 1/3rd, 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 1/8th, 2/3rd, 2/4th, 2/5th, 2/6th, 2/7th) were reduced to two companies, which were to be kept up to strength with non-TF recruits.
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detachments or were in the hands of care and maintenance parties. On 1 April 529th Coast Rgt was placed in suspended animation, the batteries joining 527th, which had the following organisation until the end of the war.
1341:, adjacent to the company's drill hall at Governor's Green. The plaque lists 27 men who died on active service. Although the church was bombed out during World War II the memorial is still visible in the ruined nave.
2318:
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.
2351:
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.
2338:
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
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1918 they were converted into permanent RGA brigades. 43rd Brigade was composed of units with a variety of different calibre howitzers. 147th Siege Bty remained with this brigade until the Armistice.
803:
J.E. Dawe, with HQ at Southampton, one battery from 1 Hvy Bty and Nos, 2, 5, 6, and 7 Cos, a second battery from Nos 3 and 8 Cs, and a third battery from No 4 Co. The TF was reorganised as the
2506:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57thβ69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71stβ73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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1200:
221:
3rd (Portsmouth Dockyard) Hampshire AVC, formed at Portsmouth on 18 August 1860; formed three more batteries 5 September, a fifth by 14 September 1860, and a sixth later; HQ moved into
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862:
made recommendations for defence schemes at 15 'Class A' home ports, including Portsmouth and Southampton (Scheme 2), but little was done to modernise them before the outbreak of
2822:
633:
the battery returned to Ypres, where it was brought up to a strength of six guns when it was joined by a section from the newly arrived 340th Siege Bty. It fought through the
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1183:
1081:
Coast Artillery (CA) HQ, which was joined in the summer by 3rd CA Plotting Room (later 3rd Army Plotting Room) in Portsmouth. When V Corps HQ went to North Africa as part of
1226:
The coast artillery branch of the RA was abolished during 1956, the regiment being officially disbanded on 15 September, but on 31 October it was instead converted to the
144:
from 1860 to 1967. Although the units saw no action, they protected the Portsmouth area in both World Wars and supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the
933:, the coastal artillery regiments underwent a major reorganisation in the summer of 1940. On 9 September the Hampshire Heavy Rgt expanded to form three new regiments:
2374:
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.
1057:
By their height in September 1941, the Portsmouth and Southampton defences manned by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight coast regiments contained the following guns:
780:
In the interim order of battle for the postwar army the battery was supposed to form D Bty in LXXV Brigade, RGA, but this was rescinded after the signing of the
172:
following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle and Artillery Volunteer Corps composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
506:
Although complete TF defended ports units never left the UK, they did supply drafts of trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. These included providing
446:
It was designated as a Defended Ports Unit in Southern Coast Defences, which was based at Portsmouth. There were a large number of forts and batteries around
553:
511:
761:
In April 1918 the battery was once more made up to a strength of six howitzers when a new third section joined. 43rd Brigade RGA transferred from Fourth to
327:, Southampton, in 1889. By 1893 the War Office Mobilisation Scheme had allocated the 1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers to the Portsmouth fixed defences.
926:
518:) was formed on 28 July 1915 at Portsmouth with a nucleus from the Hampshire RGA and regular RGA gunners returned from overseas garrisons. Equipped with
324:
1281:
1789:
1243:
886:
711:
2543:
1266:
Alfred B. Sturdee, original commanding officer (CO), 1st Hampshire Admin Brigade, appointed 14 September 1869, continued as Hon Col of the
308:
911:
1162:) 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
234:
185:
676:. In the subsequent advance the battery used captured heavy howitzers in addition to its own. It supported the assault crossing of the
2477:
1641:
661:
304:
1663:
233:
AVCs (the 2nd having been disbanded in 1861) joined the 1st Hampshire Admin Brigade, staying until 1866 when they transferred to the
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opened on 21 March 1918, but the batteries were soon caught up in the 'Great Retreat'. The brigade got back without losing a gun to
540:
153:
89:
858:
In 1927 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
330:
483:, in Nos 6β9 Fire Commands. Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
311:
as the 2nd Volunteer Brigade of the Southern Division, and on 25 April 1888 the Southampton companies were withdrawn to form the
2437:
765:
on 1 May 1918 and remained with it until the Armistice, fighting through the Allied Hundred Days Offensive. For example, at the
898:
315:. Finally, the Hampshire brigades were renumbered in December 1889, the 3rd (descended from the original 1st AVC) becoming the
2392:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A β Coast Artillery (November 1945), TNA file WO 212/119.
2749:
2448:
1589:
1308:
919:
770:
644:
578:
577:(Nos 83, 87, 88 Companies and the Hong Kong-Singapore Royal Artillery). It went out to the Western Front equipped with four
519:
370:
In 1899 the RA was divided into separate field and garrison branches, and the artillery volunteers were all assigned to the
2238:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 1 June 1941, TNA file WO 212/117.
1144:
558:
374:(RGA). In 1902 the divisional structure was abolished and the unit titles were changed, the 1st Hampshire AVC becoming the
2383:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A β Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
1311:
859:
2783:
1291:
762:
689:
589:
2013:
1995:
1887:
891:
569:, was formed on 28 July 1915 at Portsmouth with a nucleus from the Hampshire RGA and regular RGA gunners returned from
463:
1321:
1285:
1163:
750:
605:
491:
145:
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on 1 November 1938 when the RA adopted the term 'regiment' instead of 'brigade' for a lieutenant-colonel's command.
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2521:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914β1918
1219:
When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, 529th Coast Rgt was formally disbanded, and 527th was reformed as
936:
915:
677:
600:. It remained on the Somme for the whole of that summer's offensive. In early 1917 47th Siege Bty was moved to the
299:
In 1882 all the artillery volunteers were affiliated to one or other of the territorial garrison divisions of the
811:
and the batteries were numbered 153β6. The RGA was subsumed into the RA on 1 June 1924, when the unit became the
731:
2296:
2282:
2250:
1049:
906:
On the outbreak of war the regiment and its three batteries mobilised in the Portsmouth Defences. Together with
2710:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
2598:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009, ISBN 978-1-845747-28-2.
1259:
1078:
800:
371:
2307:
2360:
2327:
1189:
103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 134, 239, 387 Btys β transferred from 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Rgt 28 February 1945
796:
in 1919. When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920, the unit was reformed, still under the command of
702:, and units were reduced to cadre strength and shipped back to the UK. On 19 April 1919, while stationed at
2768:
2157:
1239:
1235:
1071:
665:
657:
634:
208:
in May 1860; formed a second battery on 21 August 1861 and later two others; moved into Southampton in 1873.
1302:
816:
746:
699:
673:
630:
480:
1836:
766:
669:
358:
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Mobilization Tables for Home Defence, List of Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Units, HMSO, London, 1893
996:
737:
2587:
1295:
1274:
1267:
1247:
781:
685:
621:
609:
398:
of 1908, the 1st Hampshire RGA (V) was to join with the Dorsetshire RGA (V) once again to become the
349:
320:
211:
1479:
2656:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939β1941
965:
842:
593:
252:
222:
2573:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
1652:
1610:
2570:
1685:
1674:
1159:
930:
649:
455:
307:, with HQ moving to Southsea. In 1886 the Dorset companies were separated to form an independent
169:
722:
2739:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
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2696:
2681:
2659:
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2610:
2560:
2539:
2524:
2509:
1984:
1785:
1119:
822:
797:
574:
570:
459:
387:
42:
710:, the personnel of 47th Siege Bty were merged with the cadre of 46th Siege Bty to form a new
1624:
625:
522:
it went out to the Western Front in November 1915 and served there for the rest of the war.
507:
409:
278:
1077:
In the spring of 1942 the coast regiments round the Solent came under the command of a new
2641:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914β18
2621:
1227:
1082:
1028:
1021:
986:
681:
499:
479:
On the outbreak of war the Hampshire RGA mobilised under the command of Lt-Col J.E. Dawe,
395:
391:
300:
2793:
2419:
1085:
in late 1942, the CA HQ and plotting room came under Hampshire & Dorset District of
730:
147th Siege Battery went out to the Western Front on 21 August 1916, equipped with four
1822:
1338:
1246:(TAVR), and the remaining personnel joined D (Hampshire Fortress Engineers) Sqn in the
969:
958:
793:
695:
617:
495:
84:
72:
1333:
After World War I, No 4 Company of the Hampshire RGA erected a memorial tablet in the
854:
156 Heavy Battery at Governor's Green, Portsmouth, absorbed into 155 Bty February 1938
2806:
1242:
in 1961. The squadron was disbanded on 1 April 1967 when the TA was reduced into the
1032:
951:
585:
245:
The Volunteers were consolidated in March 1880, with the Admin Brigade becoming the
1211:
1134:
863:
303:(RA) and the 1st Hampshire AVC became the 1st Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade of the
173:
157:
141:
2609:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
1581:
2523:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1179:
123, 124, 125, 165, 183, 209 Btys β transferred from 529th Coast Rgt 1 April 1944
769:
starting on 28 September, 43rd Bde's batteries directly supported the assault of
1106:
902:
Preparing shells for one of the 9.2-inch guns at Culver Battery, 24 August 1940.
707:
703:
629:
where the batteries soon established observation posts (OPs). At the end of the
402:, but this was changed back to separate Dorset and Hampshire units in 1910. The
238:
230:
205:
149:
125:
2508:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1098:
remaining batteries transferring to 527th, leaving the following organisation:
176:
in time of need. Three Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were quickly formed in
613:
484:
271:
189:
1334:
364:
292:
177:
1158:
The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
2778:
1278:
1014:
597:
510:
as the basis on which to form complete new units for front line service.
447:
215:
201:
2758:
2678:
The Territorial Artillery 1908β1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
826:
Territorials about to fire one of the 6-inch guns at Yaverland Battery,
319:
at Southampton and the 1st (from the original 2nd and 3rd) becoming the
2737:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
849:
285:
197:
2763:
2693:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859β1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2658:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2603:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2592:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1196:
774:
451:
1996:
5th HAG War Diary December 1915βDecember 1917, TNA file WO 95/465/2/
2673:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1210:
1048:
972:β reorganised as 119 (9.2-inch) and 120 (6-inch) Btys 1 April 1941
935:
897:
885:
821:
736:
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601:
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408:
329:
251:
2626:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914β18
749:) continued into May, with 147th Siege Bty joining 83rd HAG with
664:, where the Germans were halted. The battery participated in the
2536:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859β1908
1115:
121, 122 Btys β transferred from 528th Coast Rgt 7 December 1942
784:, and the remaining cadre of the battery was disbanded in 1919.
656:
5th Brigade was sent up to the front as reinforcements when the
612:. As part of 13th Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) it was positioned
2014:
5th Bde War Diary JanuaryβDecember 1918, TNA file, WO 95/465/3.
1837:
Royal Garrison Church at Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth.
1215:
Remains of one of the 9.2-inch gun positions at Culver Battery.
2601:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1024:
and Old Saluting Batteries β redesignated 124 Bty 1 April 1941
1985:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
741:
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
140:
and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the
992:
A Bty at Horse Sand Fort β redesignated 121 Bty 1 April 1941
267:
No 13β14 Batteries at Bournemouth (former 4th Hampshire AVC)
264:
Nos 5β12 Batteries at Portsmouth (former 2nd Hampshire AVC)
261:
Nos 1β4 Batteries at Southampton (former 1st Hampshire AVC)
1288:, and former CO, 1st Hampshire AVC, appointed 5 April 1888
792:
The Hampshire RGA was placed in suspended animation after
624:(CB) fire. At Zero hour, while the field guns laid down a
2788:
2028:, Vol IV, pp. 22β3, 62β8, 103β6, 128β9, Sketches 2, 5β9.
1317:
Bt Col J.E. Dawe, former CO, appointed 30 September 1931
848:
155 Heavy Battery at Eastleigh, later at Portsmouth and
2596:
8th Augustβ26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
975:
60 Coast Observer Detachment (COD) β joined summer 1941
807:
the following year, when the unit was redesignated the
684:
on 29 September. Its last operation was to support the
648:
A Mark VII 8-inch howitzer displayed after the war at
2607:
26th Septemberβ11th November, The Advance to Victory
1888:
47th Siege Bty War Diary, December 1915βJanuary 1918
908:
Princess Beatrice's (Isle of Wight Rifles) Heavy Rgt
313:
3rd Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade, Southern Division
180:, and on 1 January 1861 they were combined into the
2185:
Southern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
620:. The artillery plan for the heavy guns emphasised
436:
No 6 Company at Woolston, and High Street, Bitterne
376:
1st Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
256:
Band of the Bournemouth Artillery Volunteers, c1900
121:
113:
103:
95:
78:
60:
52:
47:
Helmet Plate, Hampshire Artillery Volunteers, c1890
20:
2708:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
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1473:
1038:32 (Static) Defence Troop β joined by January 1942
726:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
2828:Military units and formations established in 1861
188:Alfred B. Sturdee, with its headquarters (HQ) at
1832:
1830:
894:for action at Culver Point Battery, August 1940.
334:St Mary's Road drill hall, now a leisure centre.
323:at Portsmouth. The 1st Hampshire AVC opened its
2732:, London: HM Stationery Office, various months.
2643:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
2628:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
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588:, the battery moved south in June 1916 to join
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1400:
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815:It formed part of the coast defence troops in
498:and there was an urgent need for batteries of
345:Nos 1β4, 7 and half 8 Companies at Southampton
2813:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2671:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660β1978
2581:The Development of the British Army 1899β1914
2478:576β873 Sqns RE at British Army 1945 onwards.
2438:372β413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
1910:
1908:
1801:Army Council Instruction 1091 of 29 May 1916.
1642:Hampshire at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
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225:from March 1862; amalgamated with 2nd in 1871
8:
2823:Military units and formations in Southampton
1637:
1635:
777:by the time the Armistice came in to force.
554:47th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
430:No 4 Company at Governor's Green, Portsmouth
2774:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
2449:Coast Bdes RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
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1240:115 (Hampshire Fortress) Corps Engineer Rgt
1137:, Portsmouth, in Square Tower Fire Command
413:No 2 Company, Hants & Dorset RGA, 1908.
338:By 1894 the unit was organised as follows:
196:1st (Southampton) Hampshire AVC, formed at
2818:Military units and formations in Hampshire
2550:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
1298:for Southampton, appointed 5 December 1903
182:1st Administrative Brigade, Hampshire AVCs
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890:A crew from 118 Bty ready one of the two
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1248:Hampshire and Isle of Wight Territorials
1053:6-inch BL gun on top of Horse Sand Fort.
249:of 18 batteries, with HQ at Portsmouth:
237:. A new 4th Hampshire AVC was formed at
2433:
2431:
2110:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 61β7.
2009:
2007:
2005:
2003:
1938:
1936:
1883:
1881:
1879:
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1875:
1664:Governor's Green at Drill Hall Project.
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2691:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2557:Battleground Europe: Arras: Vimy Ridge
1980:
1978:
1976:
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1727:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
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1244:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1201:566th (Devon & Cornwall) Coast Rgt
925:With the danger of invasion after the
247:1st Hampshire (Hants & Dorset) AVC
229:In November 1863 the 1st, 3rd and 4th
17:
2779:Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth
2575:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2080:, Vol V, pp. 480β83, Sketches 36, 38.
2054:, Vol V, pp. 101β5, 132β4, Sketch 10.
1847:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
1810:Army Council Instructions, 1915β1916.
1592:from the original on 19 February 2006
910:, it was responsible for manning 6 Γ
490:By October 1914, the campaign on the
7:
2695:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2680:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1823:IWM War Memorial Register ref 40535.
1436:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 55β7.
1424:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 90β3.
819:and had the following organisation:
33:406th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, RA
30:527th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, RA
1786:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA'
1365:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1β4.
1035:β redesignated 125 Bty 1 April 1941
1017:β redesignated 123 Bty 1 April 1941
999:β redesignated 122 Bty 1 April 1941
961:β redesignated 118 Bty 1 April 1941
838:153 Heavy Battery at St Mary's Road
592:in the opening bombardment for the
2538:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1480:Southampton at Drill Hall Project.
1292:Sir Barrington Simeon, 4th Baronet
138:1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers
27:Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery
24:1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers
14:
2784:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1176:118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 441 Btys
1143:165, 183, 209 Btys β joined from
1125:60 COD β disbanded by 1 July 1943
892:9.2 inch gun coastal defence guns
835:HQ at St Mary's Road, Southampton
688:in capturing the old fortress of
421:No 1 Heavy Battery at Southampton
418:HQ at St Mary's Road, Southampton
378:, with its HQ at St Mary's Road.
2769:Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1790:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1675:Woolston at Drill Hall Project.
1653:Eastleigh at Drill Hall Project.
1147:at Southampton, by 17 March 1943
1122:by 1 June 1943; joined by 1 July
1118:441 Independent Bty β formed at
616:near Arras firing in support of
406:had the following organisation:
288:(former 4th and 6th Dorset AVCs)
83:
65:
41:
2759:British Army units from 1945 on
1686:Bitterne at Drill Hall Project.
562:8-inch Howitzer Mk I recoiling.
2715:The Army and Society 1815β1914
2559:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1996,
2076:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2050:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1109:, IoW, in Culver Fire Command
869:The unit was redesignated the
608:, which was preparing for the
390:(TF) was created from the old
284:No 17 Battery at Portland and
1:
1942:Cave, pp. 119β27, Map p. 121.
1324:, appointed 30 September 1937
1232:581 Construction Squadron, RE
1184:522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Rgt
860:Committee of Imperial Defence
817:43rd (Wessex) Divisional Area
2297:529 Coast Rgt at RA 1939β45.
2283:528 Coast Rgt at RA 1939β45.
2251:527 Coast Rgt at RA 1939β45.
1195:Then, on 1 June 1945, after
871:Hampshire Heavy Regiment, RA
845:, later at Eastleigh as well
813:Hampshire Heavy Brigade, RA.
809:Hampshire Coast Brigade, RGA
745:Fighting south of Vimy (the
325:drill hall in St Mary's Road
235:1st Devonshire Admin Brigade
212:2nd (Southsea) Hampshire AVC
152:. The unit continued in the
2226:Frederick, pp. 602β11, 631.
1930:, pp. 164β6, 174β6, Map 23.
1404:Frederick, pp. 655, 659β60.
1286:Royal Marine Light Infantry
1221:406th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
1182:102 Bty β transferred from
1172:527th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
1131:529th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
1103:527th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
1005:529th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
981:528th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
946:527th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
927:British Expeditionary Force
596:, supporting the attack on
439:No 7 Company at Southampton
433:No 5 Company at Southampton
424:No 2 Company at Southampton
200:on 25 April 1860, moved to
2844:
2717:, London: Longmans, 1980,
551:
2796:The Territorial Army 1947
2789:Royal Artillery 1939β1945
2730:Army Council Instructions
2706:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2654:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2639:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1314:, appointed 24 April 1926
1301:Col J.H. Harrison Hogge,
442:No 8 Company at Eastleigh
427:No 3 Company at Eastleigh
40:
2676:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2583:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2552:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1902:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 99β109.
1305:, appointed 25 July 1914
1258:The following served as
698:got under way after the
454:, controlling access to
372:Royal Garrison Artillery
357:Half of No 8 Company at
354:No 6 Company at Bitterne
2410:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2146:Titles and Designations
1890:, TNA file WO 95/465/4.
1386:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
714:, in the Regular Army.
658:German Spring Offensive
567:47th Siege Battery, RGA
512:47th Siege Battery, RGA
295:(former 5th Dorset AVC)
281:(former 4th Dorset AVC)
274:(former 1st Dorset AVC)
168:The enthusiasm for the
117:Southern Coast Defences
2764:The Drill Hall Project
2752:The British Army, 1914
2459:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2308:Collier, Appendix XIX.
2195:Maurice-Jones, p. 219.
2136:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
2089:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 92β8.
1914:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 74β8.
1568:Maurice-Jones, p. 165.
1223:in 102 Coast Brigade.
1216:
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931:evacuated from Dunkirk
903:
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727:
700:Armistice with Germany
674:Hundred Days Offensive
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494:was bogging down into
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400:Hants & Dorset RGA
363:Nos 9β10 Companies at
335:
257:
2361:Collier, Chapter XXI.
2328:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2158:Collier, Chapter III.
2101:Becke Pt 4, pp. 82β7.
1753:Frederick, pp. 702β8.
1559:Litchfield, pp. 93β4.
1335:Royal Garrison Church
1238:which reorganised as
1234:. It was assigned to
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841:154 Heavy Battery at
825:
767:Fifth Battle of Ypres
740:
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637:until November 1917.
635:Third Ypres Offensive
584:After serving in the
561:
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359:Woolston, Southampton
333:
255:
184:under the command of
2579:Col John K. Dunlop,
2468:Litchfield, pp. 5β6.
1960:, Annexes E & M.
1792:, file WO 95/5494/4.
1499:Beckett, pp. 247β53.
1236:115 Construction Rgt
1020:B Bty at Esplanade,
782:Treaty of Versailles
686:New Zealand Division
680:that broke open the
610:Battle of Vimy Ridge
573:(No 56 Company) and
350:Shirley, Southampton
2401:Frederick, p. 1010.
1718:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1517:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1508:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
966:Nodes Point Battery
718:147th Siege Battery
594:Battle of the Somme
524:147th Siege Battery
309:1st Dorsetshire AVC
242:disbanded in 1876.
223:Portsmouth Dockyard
2713:Edward M. Spiers,
2669:J.B.M. Frederick,
2534:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2124:Frederick, p. 614.
1869:Frederick, p. 646.
1628:, 14 October 1910.
1529:Frederick, p. 697.
1374:Spiers, pp. 163β8.
1320:Col C.R. Gillett,
1217:
1160:Operation Overlord
1140:123, 124, 125 Btys
1112:118, 119, 120 Btys
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997:No Man's Land Fort
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668:that launched the
662:Villers-Bretonneux
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548:47th Siege Battery
456:Portsmouth Harbour
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186:Lieutenant-Colonel
170:Volunteer movement
107:Garrison Artillery
1709:Litchfield, p. 3.
1273:Charles L. Owen,
1268:2nd Hampshire AVC
1254:Honorary Colonels
1120:Yaverland Battery
460:Southampton Water
388:Territorial Force
382:Territorial Force
342:HQ at Southampton
321:2nd Hampshire AVC
317:1st Hampshire AVC
305:Southern Division
291:No 18 Battery at
277:No 16 Battery at
270:No 15 Battery at
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843:Bishop's Waltham
805:Territorial Army
732:6-inch howitzers
678:St Quentin Canal
666:Battle of Amiens
626:Creeping barrage
579:8-inch howitzers
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1022:Southsea Castle
987:Horse Sand Fort
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392:Volunteer Force
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470:World War I
239:Bournemouth
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206:Southampton
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122:Garrison/HQ
2807:Categories
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2498:References
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2266:Farndale,
2208:, Annex M.
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2175:, Annex B.
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1270:after 1888
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920:12-pounder
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690:Le Quesnoy
606:First Army
485:War Office
394:under the
272:Lyme Regis
190:Portsmouth
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1582:"Conrad,
1465:Army List
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1013:A Bty at
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575:Hong Kong
571:Mauritius
528:see below
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178:Hampshire
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1329:Memorial
1279:half-pay
1154:Late war
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918:and 8 Γ
912:9.2-inch
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598:Fricourt
450:and the
448:Spithead
279:Portland
216:Southsea
202:Bitterne
2489:Burke's
2422:TA 1947
1282:Captain
1207:Postwar
1093:Mid War
1079:V Corps
950:on the
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2148:1927.
1345:Notes
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830:1935.
602:Arras
204:near
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