919:(17–18 February) The 63rd (RN) Division attacked on the north bank of the Ancre on 17 February. The divisional artillery and an army field brigade with 54 × 18-pounders and 18 × 4.5-inch howitzers provided covering fire, with three field batteries from the 62nd Division further north, to place a protective barrage along the northern flank. The creeping barrage moved at 100 yards (91 m) in four minutes, and the German strong-points were quickly overcome. The objective was reached by 06.40 and the defensive flank established, a final German strong-point being captured at 10.50. No German counter-attack was made until the next day, which was stopped by artillery fire.
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continued with just four howitzers. However, in
January 1917 the whole brigade was broken up and transferred: A/CCLII Bty became C Bty in CCXLII (242nd, formerly III South Midland) Army Field Brigade and B/CCLII became C Bty in LXXII (72nd) Army Field Brigade on 20 January; D (H)/CCLII had already been split up on 16 January, R Section going to D (H)/CCL (250, the former I Northumbrian) and L Section to D (H)/CCLI (251, the former II Northumbrian). The two remaining Northumbrian field brigades fought on with 50th Division to the end of the war. The army field brigades were moved from one higher formation to another as required, CCXLII ending the war with the
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752:, and the Fusiliers suffered severe flanking fire from that dominant position. The 4th Battalion N.F. was driven back to Hook Trench, where it consolidated a position. D (H) Battery of CCLII Brigade fired obsolete 4.5-inch shrapnel shell for the last time: noting that a stubbornly held machine gun post in High Wood would have required a large amount of high explosive (HE) fire to get a direct hit, the battery commander, Maj R.M. Knolles ordered the last 12 rounds of shrapnel to be fired. 'The 11th round was a beautiful low burst which totally destroyed the machine-gun detachment, and from the O.P. the
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561:(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 battalions, brigades and divisions were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
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475:. The 1st Durham Bty was to have come from the 1st Durham RGA (V), and the 4th Durham RGA (V) was to have become part of a new Durham and Yorkshire RGA, but these arrangements were changed in 1910. The two batteries from the 2nd Durham RGA (V) at Seaham and Durham were renumbered 1st and 2nd, and the 3rd battery and part of the ammunition column came from the 4th Durham RGA (V) (the rest of which became a new Durham RGA)
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825:, where the 2nd Northumbrian Divisional HQ opened in January 1915. By May 1915, all the division's Home Service men had been transferred to separate units and thenceforth the 2nd Line units had the role of training drafts for the 1st Line serving in France. While under training, they were responsible for defending the stretch of coast from Seaham Harbour through
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546:. This was particularly difficult for the divisional artillery, which had to gather requisitioned horses and mules and fit them with harness, and collect ammunition from Ordnance stores. The units went to their war stations along the coast, where there were numerous alerts. In October, the division became part of
1049:. Here they were held up by machine gun fire from a sugar factory, and a request for an artillery 'crash' on it at first received no answer. Fresh orders then arrived for an hour's bombardment from 13.15 followed by a second creeping barrage. The second attack was immediately successful until held up at
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crept forward behind the barrage and took their objective, the rest of the assault bogged down. After strong German counter-attacks the infantry had been pushed back to their start line by 13.00 on 6 November, despite the efforts of the gunners to break up the counter-attacks. Further lodgements made
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on 19 August 1916, while the infantry took over the front line between 7 and 10 September. The attack was to be delivered on 15 September, preceded by three days' bombardment by the divisional artillery during which the 4.5-inch howitzers pounded the enemy defences during daylight and fired harassing
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On 16 November, a further reorganisation of field artillery was carried out, when the four-gun 18-pounder batteries were increased to six guns each. B/CCLII Battery was split up, Right
Section joining A/CCLII and Left Section joining C/CCLII, which was then redesignated B/CCLII. D (H)/CCLII Battery
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Over the following months the division was concentrated and took over its own section of the line south of Ypres, with its own artillery in support. However, when the division was relieved from its first spell in the line on 31 May, the 1/III Northumbrian
Brigade was ordered to relieve a brigade of
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refused to pay for the upkeep of field guns for
Volunteers and they had largely died in the 1870s. In 1888, the 'position artillery' concept was revived and some Volunteer companies were reorganised as position batteries to work alongside the Volunteer infantry brigades. On 14 July 1892, the 2nd
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before they reached the coast. Those bombers that succeeded in breaking through then split into two groups, one being engaged by the guns of the Tyne GDA the other by the Tees GDA. Bombs were widely scattered and only at
Sunderland was any major damage inflicted. kg 26 lost 8 bombers and 7
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The TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938 during the Munich Crisis, with units manning their emergency positions within 24 hours, even though many did not yet have their full complement of men or equipment. The emergency lasted three weeks, and they were stood down on 13 October. As
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observer as 'a most magnificent barrage. The timing ... was extremely good. Guns opened simultaneously ... As seen from the air the barrage appeared to be a most perfect wall of fire, in which it was inconceivable that anything could live'. The creeping barrage also acted as a smokescreen, and
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of 18-pounder shells, the first time the divisional artillery had fired one. It started 150 yards (140 m) ahead of the
British front line at Zero hour (06.20) and then advanced at 50 yards per minute until 200 yards (180 m) beyond the first objective, where it paused for an hour, providing a
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In June 1939. a partial mobilisation of the TA was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each AA unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected gun positions. On 24 August, ahead of the declaration of war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war stations. The 63rd
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protective curtain of fire while the infantry reorganised. This procedure was then to be repeated for the second and third objectives. CCLII Brigade, with one battery of CCL Brigade attached, fired the right-hand portion of the divisional barrage, supporting the advance of 4th
Battalion,
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The
Northumbrian Division officially became the 50th (Northumbrian) Division on 14 May. For the next 10 days, the situation was quiet apart from desultory artillery fire (the BEF was short of artillery ammunition) but on 24 May the Germans launched another serious attack accompanied with
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The unit continued to be attached to the 50th (Northumbrian) Divisional area as 'Army Troops'. In 1924, the Royal Field
Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery were subsumed into the Royal Artillery (RA). In these postwar years, the medium artillery was still equipped with wartime
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The efforts of the 50th
Division assisted the 47th Division in finally capturing High Wood. An attempt to continue the attack the following morning after a 15-minute intense bombardment was a failure. It took a week of fighting for the division to reach its final objective.
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was leading to a reduction in AA units. On arrival, the regiment was placed in suspended animation and many of its gunners sent for infantry training. The remainder were reduced to battery strength and converted to become the
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control in December 1941 preparatory to embarking for overseas. The war establishment for an HAA regiment overseas was three batteries, so 176th (County of Durham) HAA Battery left the regiment and joined a new
606:). The 50th Division had been split up to reinforce other formations and the infantry were heavily engaged for two days, but with ammunition being scarce there was little the gunners could do to support them.
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passed through to capture the third objective. The artillery available included four divisional and four army field brigades: the 18-pounders of seven of these fired the creeping barrage and the eighth a
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finally attacked on 5 November, supported by all available guns. Because the infantry could only move slowly through the mud, the barrage advanced at only 25 yards (23 m) per minute. Although the 9th Bn
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engaged in mopping up and providing flank guards in difficult country. IV Corps got to within 40 miles (64 km) of Rangoon before being held up. The city was then taken by an amphibious assault (
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In the 1930s, the increasing need for anti-aircraft (AA) defence for Britain's cities was addressed by converting a number of TA units to that role. The 55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade became the
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on 16 June. The bombardment of the enemy trenches began at 02.50, but 50th Division's 15-pounders (known to the gunners as 'pip-squeaks') only fired for 10 minutes due to shortage of ammunition.
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As well as manning fixed coast defence artillery, some of the early Artillery Volunteers manned semi-mobile 'position batteries' of smooth-bore field guns pulled by agricultural horses. But the
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The main Blitz ended in May 1941, but occasional raids continued. Newly formed units joined AA Command, allowing experienced units to be posted away for service overseas. The regiment sent a
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1233:. On 1 January 1939, the RA replaced its traditional unit designation 'Brigade' by the modern 'Regiment', which allowed the 'AA Groups' to take the more usual formation title of 'Brigades'.
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On 1 February 1938, an additional battery, 220 AA Bty, was formed for 63rd AA Brigade by conversion of 186 and 219 Medium Btys from 54th Medium Brigade. However, it was transferred to a new
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1317:, German day and night air raids and mine laying began along the East Coast of England, intensifying through June 1940. The first major raid on Newcastle came on 2 July. Thereafter the
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in the enemy positions on 14 November were also driven back, and the divisional artillery was relieved that night. The task of hauling the guns out of the mud was particularly onerous.
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in 1901. A cadet company was formed at Seaham in September 1898 but was disbanded in 1903. Between 1860 and 1908, some 2 per cent of the 2nd Durham AVC's men transferred to the Regular
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AA Command was disbanded in 1955 and there were wholesale disbandments and mergers among the TA's AA units. On 10 March 1955, the 463rd HAA Rgt amalgamated with the Sunderland-based
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Around 1865, the unit wore a pouch belt plate comprising an oval strap surmounted by a crown and bearing the words 'SEAHAM VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY', surrounding three gun barrels
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HAA guns were established around northern cities including Newcastle and Tyneside. By 11 July, the 7th AA Division had 54 HAA guns in the Tyne GDA, manned by the 63rd and
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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle, Artillery and Engineer Volunteer units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
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On the night of 3/4 October, the division was relieved, but the artillery remained in the line, supporting other formations. The division returned on 24 October for an
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on London and other industrial cities during the winter of 1940–41. Again, NE England escaped the worst of this, nevertheless hundreds of people died during the
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Immediately after mobilisation, equipment was critically short. In August 1939, the 7th AA Division had no modern Heavy AA (HAA) guns, and only a few of the old
1229:. It was replaced in 63rd AA Brigade on 1 November 1938 by another new battery, 269 AA Bty at Seaham Harbour, formed by conversion of B Company, 6th Battalion,
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On the outbreak of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and the large majority of the Northumbrian Division accepted. On 15 August, the
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on 26 March 1864. There was controversy in 1867 when his younger brother, Lord Ernest McD. Vane-Tempest, was allowed to serve in the unit, despite having been
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at 15.15 on 1 October. The barrage laid down by the divisional artillery was described by participants as 'a perfect wave of fire without any gaps', and by a
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On 24 January 1917, D (H) Bty was joined by R Section of D (H)/CCCXV (2/I Northumbrian) Brigade (the former 525th (H) Bty), making it up to six howitzers.
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for overseas service. However, the decision had been made to break up the weak 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division and its number was transferred to the
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sector, where the 1/III Northumbrian Brigade was at first in reserve. The division stayed in this quiet sector until mid-November, when it moved to
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and near French Farm. There was almost constant low-level fighting until the division was relieved at the beginning of April 1916 and moved to the
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on 29 July 1942 with 177th, 178th and 269th HAA Btys (24 x 3.7-inch) commanded by Lt-Col C.H. Wright. Ceylon, and particularly the naval base at
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From 5 May 1866, the corps was officially allowed to include '(Seaham)' in its title, and in 1868 four new batteries were added from around the
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868:, now arriving on the Western Front. Since the RN Division had no artillery of its own, the 63rd Divisional Artillery was now assigned to it.
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679:(252nd Brigade) and the batteries were lettered A, B and C. The brigade formed a fourth battery, D, which was exchanged with D Bty from the
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336:.) Viscount Seaham (later 6th Marquess), became Lt-Col Commandant in turn, and was still in command of the unit when it transferred to the
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Although the 87th Medium Rgt was disbanded in May 1945, the 63rd (Northumbrian) Bty continued its independent existence, attached to the
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The 4th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (N.F.) took their first and second objectives (Hook Trench and the Starfish Line), but the
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435:(RGA) in 1899 and, with the abolition of the RA's divisional structure in 1902, they were redesignated, the Seaham unit becoming the
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were important strategic targets because of their high concentrations of heavy industry and ports. During the early part of the
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24–28 April), but the divisional artillery did not take part. Part of the divisional artillery first went into action at the
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On 1 June 1940, along with other AA units equipped with 3-inch or larger guns, the 63rd was designated a Heavy AA Regiment.
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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, the regiment reformed with its HQ at Livingstone Road, Sunderland, as the
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international tensions increased, the TA's AA strength grew rapidly, all the AA defences came under the control of a new
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Lake, in appalling conditions. 1/III Northumbrian Brigade occupied positions between Trois-Rois and Woodcote House, near
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that followed mobilisation allowed AA Command to address its equipment shortages. Gun Defence Areas (GDAs) with 3-inch,
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of the TF. The Commanding Officer (CO) was Major (RA) and Temporary Lt-Col (TF) J.F.I.H. Doyle, appointed 6 June 1914.
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Throughout this period, the 63rd (Northumbrian) HAA Rgt remained in the 30th AA Brigade part of the 7th AA Division.
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of 1880 killed 36 NCOs and men of the 2nd Durham AVC. In 1900, a new company was raised at Gilesgate and moved to
355:, but the personnel raised were placed in the 2nd, and the new officers were gazetted to the 2nd on 24 June 1869.
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were attached to it; the 1st and 3rd were attached to other units in 1873 and the 4th became independent in 1886.
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The brigade then served with the 63rd (RN) Division to the end of the war, taking part in the following actions:
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of 1908, the 2nd Durham RGA (V) was to have formed the 2nd and 3rd Durham Btys and the Ammunition Column of the
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on 6–7 June, and thus remained in action longer. The 50th Division supported an attack by the 3rd Division on
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were integrated into it. Once again, it formed part of the 30th AA Brigade, which had been renumbered as the
1057:(the second objectives), where another barrage was fired to help the 57th Division onto the final objectives.
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The 63rd Medium Battery was at the time in Rangoon, where, on 17 August, it came under the command of the
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sites in the South of England, with occasional raids on the North East, such as the period 12–15 August.
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The unit continued to rely on the colliery and the Vane-Tempest family. The 3rd Marquess's second son,
691:, became D (H) Bty. The brigade ammunition columns were merged into the divisional ammunition column.
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During May 1916, the BEF's artillery was reorganised. The 1/III Northumbrian Brigade was numbered as
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1024:(27 September–1 October) On 27 September the plan was for the 63rd (RN) Division to advance from
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1412:. It provided a further cadre for 443 HAA Bty formed on 12 June 1941 at 211th HAA Training Rgt,
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In late July 1914, the units of the Northumbrian Division were at their annual training camp in
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1687:, former Commanding Officer, appointed (to III Northumbrian Brigade, RFA) on 7 December 1910.
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C Bty (2/3rd EastRiding and R Section of 2/2nd East Riding from CCCXVI Brigade, the former
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fighters for no loss to the RAF, in 'one of the most successful air actions of the war'.
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1573:. Shortly after the fall of Rangoon, IV Corps had been placed under the newly activated
578:(BEF) arrived on 16 April 1915. The division completed its concentration in the area of
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on 30 March. Here, the 63 Med Bty was detached from the regiment and moved into Burma.
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on 10 December 1936, and reorganised as three batteries (152 Medium Bty transferred to
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to provide the basis for a new 410 Bty; this was formed on 16 January 1941 and joined
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Durham Volunteer Artillery were reorganised as a position battery and ten companies:
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and there were notable air raids on Tyneside on 9 April and Sunderland on 25 April.
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The brigade disembarked at Le Havre on 3 July 1916. On 3 August it was reorganised:
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and the batteries becoming A, B and C. The 63rd Divisional Artillery then moved to
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infantry advancing close behind it were onto their objectives with few casualties.
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On 15 August, in the belief that the defences of NE England had been denuded, 65
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3rd Northumbrian (County of Durham) Ammunition Column, Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
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By 1870, the unit had reached a strength of 12 batteries, including batteries at
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The 63rd (Northumbrian) HAA Rgt sailed from the UK in May 1942 and travelled to
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5.5-inch guns of the 63rd Medium Battery firing on Satthinagyon, 1 August 1945.
1255:(Northumbrian) AA Rgt was still with the 30th AA Brigade tasked with defending
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178th (County of Durham) Anti-Aircraft Bty at Drill Hall, The Green, Sunderland
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176th (County of Durham) Anti-Aircraft Bty at Drill Hall, The Green, Sunderland
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came into force on 11 November, the 63rd (RN) Division had advanced as far as
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on 16 August. In November 1915 the division moved into winter quarters around
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during World War I, appointed (to 55th Medium Brigade, RGA) on 13 August 1920
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In May 1916, the RFA brigades were reorganised, 2/III Northumbrian becoming
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family during an invasion crisis in 1860. It became a permanent part of the
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guns that were intended for the Light LAA role. Luckily, the months of the
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217th (Durham) Medium Bty (Howitzer) at Drill Hall, The Green, Sunderland
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The 63rd (RN) Division's first major action on the Western Front was the
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B Bty (2/2nd Durham Bty and L Section 2/3rd Durham Bty) – 6 x 18-pounders
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A Bty (2/1st Durham Bty and R Section 2/3rd Durham Bty) – 6 x 18-pounders
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infantry were soon seen making good the north-western face of the wood'.
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in 1889, when the subtitle was added to the unit's official designation.
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However, the reduction in Japanese air power and the manpower crisis in
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177th (County of Durham) Anti-Aircraft Bty at Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
737:. (On other parts of the front the attacking infantry were supported by
645:
guns to each battery, replacing the obsolete, short-ranged 15-pounders.
3443:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2541:"Northern Cyclist Battalion and Northunbrian HAA, RA, at Regiments.org"
1660:
1551:
1520:
1444:
1432:
formed in the 30th AA Brigade in January 1942. (It later served in the
1405:
1297:
1100:
341:
3400:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3342:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
3302:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
3279:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1404:
of experienced officers and other ranks to 207th Training Regiment at
1625:
463rd (7th Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Rgt
1621:
582nd (7th Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Rgt
1524:
1523:
and came under the command of the 256th LoC Sub Area when it reached
1512:
1451:, had come under air attack in April and was still threatened by the
1351:
1050:
648:
In December 1915, the division returned to the Ypres Salient, in the
638:
251:
115:
1149:
219th (Durham) Medium Bty (Howitzer) at the Armoury, West Hartlepool
728:
all night to disrupt repair parties. The infantry attacked behind a
641:. On 25 November 1915, the brigade was re-equipped with four modern
1492:
from 18 August. The 63rd Medium Bty also absorbed 154 HAA Bty from
594:(8–13 May), but again 1/III Northumbrian Brigade was not involved.
534:
15-pounder gun, known to the gunners in France as the 'pip-squeak'.
324:
and the Hon. Henry Vane Tempest – aged 17 and 15 respectively – as
1529:
1387:
1354:. The bombers were picked up on radar and ambushed by fighters of
1296:
1146:
218th (Durham) Medium Bty (Howitzer) at Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
969:
924:
778:
698:
608:
529:
446:
222:
and in the Far East where it converted to medium artillery in the
3552:
3325:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
3306:
The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Arras
51:
Letterhead of the 2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteers, c1890
3227:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
1504:
1076:(20 October) – the 63rd (RN) Divisional artillery supported the
834:
226:. Postwar, it continued to serve in the air defence role in the
767:(25–28 September) and then made another setpiece attack at the
3277:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1172:
and was replaced in 55th Medium Brigade by 152 Heavy Bty from
1168:
On 1 October 1932, 219 (Durham) Medium Bty transferred to the
582:
on 23 April and went straight into action the next day in the
3257:
Eagle Day: The Battle of Britain, August 6–September 15, 1940
1131:(TA) in 1921, the brigade and its batteries were renumbered:
829:
to Newcastle. The 2nd Northumbrian Division was numbered the
408:
Nos 10–11 Companies at Durham (the Old Durham Bty moved to
687:. This battery, which originally came from LXI Brigade in
1691:
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry
1669:
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
711:
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division was not involved in the
652:
sector, with the divisional artillery distributed around
168:
Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry
3567:
3259:, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1966/Pan Books, 1968,
1499:
At first, the new regiment was under the command of the
763:
The division made further piecemeal advances during the
366:. From 1 April 1882, the Durham AVCs became part of the
3417:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
1152:
220th (Durham) Medium Bty at Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
1127:
in February 1920. When the TF was reconstituted as the
974:
German barbed wire defences at Quéant, 4 October 1918.
892:, joined from CCCXVI Brigade) – 4 x 4.5-inch howitzers
351:
area. These were originally to have formed a separate
328:
and 1st Lieutenant. (Another of Earl Vane's brothers,
1726:
was formed in 1947 from the war-service personnel of
1697:, commissioned into the unit in 1895 before entering
3611:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1955
3283:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
469:
III (or 3rd) Northumbrian (County of Durham) Brigade
285:
and constructed Seaham Harbour. In 1860, his widow,
2242:
McWilliams & Steel, pp. 141, 161–2, 170–1, 177.
214:it became an anti-aircraft unit that served in the
161:
156:
134:
126:
111:
97:
82:
64:
56:
31:
1119:The 3rd Northumbrian reformed and merged with the
1107:. After the Armistice, the division moved back to
633:By the end of July, the division had moved to the
3606:Military units and formations established in 1860
3082:
3080:
1488:in a newly formed 'C' Medium Rgt, designated the
1225:as part of the expansion of the TA following the
509:The three batteries were each equipped with four
431:The Artillery Volunteers were transferred to the
390:No 1 Battery at Seaham Harbour and South Colliery
2675:"7 AA Division 1939 at British Military History"
724:gas shell at night, while the 18-pounders fired
482:III Northumbrian (County of Durham) Brigade, RFA
3563:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
3372:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
3327:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
3042:87 Med Rgt at British Artillery in World War 2.
2602:
2600:
2598:
2596:
2594:
2592:
2590:
2511:
2509:
2507:
2505:
2406:
2404:
2402:
2400:
2014:
2012:
1028:and secure the first and second objectives for
888:D (H) Bty (1/5th Kent (H) Bty, originally from
3596:Military units and formations in County Durham
2050:Kelly's Directory of Durham and Northumberland
1984:
1982:
1980:
1978:
1805:
1803:
1801:
1799:
1797:
1795:
1423:63rd (Northumbrian) HAA Rgt came under direct
1170:54th (Durham & West Riding) Medium Brigade
490:1st Durham Battery, Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
260:2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps'
18:219th (Durham) Medium Battery, Royal Artillery
3591:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
3370:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3272:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
3119:AA Bdes 67–106 at British Army units 1945 on.
2715:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2622:"2nd AA Division at British Military History"
1976:
1974:
1972:
1970:
1968:
1966:
1964:
1962:
1960:
1958:
1880:
1878:
1199:63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, RA
478:The new unit had the following organisation:
334:3rd (Sunderland) Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps
277:The town of Seaham had been largely built by
180:2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps
8:
3099:444–473 Regts at British Army units 1945 on.
2994:
2992:
2535:
2533:
2531:
2529:
2527:
2525:
2523:
2521:
1045:and reached the first objective astride the
3509:, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military, nd,
2887:
2885:
2080:
2078:
1850:
1848:
1459:) AA Brigade, then on 21 March under a new
3241:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2450:
2448:
2446:
2444:
2442:
2440:
2438:
2200:
2198:
2196:
2186:
2184:
2182:
2102:
2100:
2098:
2096:
2094:
2092:
2090:
2076:
2074:
2072:
2070:
2068:
2066:
2064:
2062:
2060:
2058:
1463:. On 24 April 1944, the unit embarked for
1362:The Battle of Britain was followed by the
499:3rd Durham Battery, Armoury, Ward Street,
45:
3037:
3035:
3033:
2901:
2899:
2897:
2564:
2562:
1776:
1774:
1772:
1770:
1768:
1766:
1764:
929:18-pounder crew in action at Arras, 1917.
683:(CCLIII or 253rd Brigade), equipped with
279:Charles Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry
3094:
3092:
3010:
3008:
3006:
3004:
2616:
2614:
2612:
2490:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 512–3.
1511:. At the end of December, it arrived at
783:William Orpen: The Butte de Warlencourt.
287:Frances Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry
32:2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteers
3074:Woodburn Kirby, Vol V, pp. 27–9, 35–47.
2977:
2975:
2973:
2815:Basil Collier, Appendices XXX and XXXI.
2726:
2724:
2722:
2669:
2667:
2472:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 32–6.
1864:
1862:
1860:
1835:
1742:
1715:
1610:56 (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1204:HQ at Drill Hall, The Green, Sunderland
1176:, which converted to medium artillery.
1140:HQ at Drill Hall, The Green, Sunderland
1135:55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, RGA
246:in time of need. One such unit was the
202:, and fought as field artillery on the
3398:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2419:Wyrall, pp. 190, 201 & Appendix E.
1833:
1831:
1829:
1827:
1825:
1823:
1821:
1819:
1817:
1815:
1542:the battery came under the command of
1125:3rd (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, RGA
36:55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, RA
28:
3251:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2499:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 535.
2481:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 335.
1780:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 59–61.
793:151st (Durham Light Infantry) Brigade
7:
3402:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3387:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
437:2nd (Seaham) Durham RGA (Volunteers)
38:63rd (Northumbrian) HAA Regiment, RA
2119:"50 Division at Regimental Warpath"
1916:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 4–5.
1701:and seeing active service with the
1034:57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division
791:, which was several times delayed.
748:to the right was unable to capture
703:4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the
393:Nos 2–4 Companies at Seaham Harbour
258:on 14 March 1860, which became the
3229:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
2927:Woodburn Kirby, Vol II, pp.119–23.
2782:Routledge, Table LXII, pp. 379–80.
1554:. At first it was attached to the
1486:63rd (Northumbrian) Medium Battery
1475:63rd (Northumbrian) Medium Battery
1453:Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
1350:, attacked Tyneside from bases in
1016:Battle of the Drocourt–Quéant Line
789:attack on the Butte de Warlencourt
513:guns. The brigade was part of the
182:was a part-time unit of Britain's
25:
3452:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2967:Routledge, Table XXXVIII, p. 253.
1699:Royal Military College, Sandhurst
1515:, the base of operations for the
1089:and mop up the Bois d'Audregnies.
672:gave the gunners some advantage.
405:Nos 8-9 Companies at West Rainton
3543:British Artillery in World War 2
2868:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2792:Basil Collier pp. 191–4, Map 16.
2314:Wyrall, p. 124 & Appendix D.
2205:63 Division at Long, Long Trail.
2107:50 Division at Long, Long Trail.
1934:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 6.
831:63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division
86:
69:
3538:British Army units from 1945 on
3507:The Fiftieth Division 1914–1919
3065:Woodburn Kirby, Vol V, pp. 2–3.
2834:7 AA Division 1940 at RA 39–45.
2753:Routledge, Table LVIII, p. 376.
2039:London Gazette 14 October 1910.
1301:7th AA Division formation badge
1187:). The unit formed part of the
1078:42nd (East Lancashire) Division
550:in Home Defence and manned the
300:(later 5th Marquess), a former
3429:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2918:Routledge, Table XLIX, p. 319.
1392:3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at
1185:64th (Northumbrian) AA Brigade
1181:63rd (Northumbrian) AA Brigade
1083:Passage of the Grande Honnelle
959:Second Battle of Passchendaele
913:(20 January–27 February 1917)
890:IV Home Counties (223) Brigade
487:HQ, Drill Hall, Seaham Harbour
1:
2857:Routledge, Table LXV, p. 397.
2028:London Gazette 20 March 1908.
1494:53rd (City of London) HAA Rgt
1434:campaign in North West Europe
769:Battle of the Transloy Ridges
310:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
293:'s Londonderry Bottle Works.
40:463 (Durham) HAA Regiment, RA
34:3rd Northumbrian Brigade, RFA
3450:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
2744:Routledge, Table LX, p. 378.
2305:Wyrall, pp. 100–4, 114, 118.
1585:was broadcast on 15 August.
1189:30th (Northumbrian) AA Group
964:Welch Ridge (30–31 December)
846:CCCXVII (317th) Brigade, RFA
746:47th (1/2nd London) Division
613:18-pounder preserved at the
272:4th (Hartlepool) Durham AVCs
3486:Maj-Gen S. Woodburn Kirby,
3473:India's Most Dangerous Hour
2772:Basil Collier, Appendix IX.
2454:Becke, Part 3b, pp. 117–28.
1394:Imperial War Museum Duxford
1293:Battle of Britain and Blitz
1242:Mobilisation and Phoney War
1022:Battle of the Canal du Nord
940:Second Battle of the Scarpe
717:Battle of Flers–Courcelette
715:until its third phase (the
604:Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge
576:British Expeditionary Force
459:were subsumed into the new
248:Seaham Artillery Volunteers
139:Western Front (World War I)
3627:
3431:, London: Longmans, 1980,
3357:, London: Brasseys, 2002,
2606:Frederick, pp. 755–8, 771.
1579:Battle of the Sittang Bend
1121:Northern Cyclist Battalion
1055:Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
817:2/III Northumbrian Brigade
592:Battle of Frezenberg Ridge
565:1/III Northumbrian Brigade
402:No 7 Company at Silksworth
330:Lord Adolphus Vane-Tempest
3575:The Territorial Army 1947
3568:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3353:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3338:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2705:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371.
2569:Titles & Designations
1550:for the campaign towards
883:2/II Northumbrian Brigade
44:
3548:British Military History
3383:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
3274:, London: Methuen, 1938.
3243:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2983:"87 Med Rgt at RA 39–45"
2732:"63 HAA Rgt at RA 39–45"
2190:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 49–54.
1659:The following served as
1606:Women's Royal Army Corps
1259:, but it was now in the
1061:Second Battle of Cambrai
735:Northumberland Fusiliers
433:Royal Garrison Artillery
418:Seaham Colliery Disaster
353:5th (Rainton) Durham AVC
322:Charles, Viscount Seaham
3159:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2824:Routledge, pp. 387–404.
1789:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1481:South East Asia Command
1174:Tynemouth Heavy Brigade
1047:Hindenburg Support Line
991:First Battle of Bapaume
980:German spring offensive
961:(26 October–5 November)
911:Operations on the Ancre
681:IV Northumbrian Brigade
238:The enthusiasm for the
3531:The British Army, 1914
3492:The Surrender of Japan
3168:Routledge, pp. 439–40.
1535:
1397:
1347:Zerstörergeschwader 76
1302:
1219:85th (Tees) AA Brigade
1097:Armistice with Germany
1005:Hundred Days Offensive
975:
930:
784:
708:
705:Royal Artillery Museum
618:
584:Second Battle of Ypres
535:
452:
3413:Brig N.W. Routledge,
3133:Territorial Army 1947
2936:Routledge, pp. 237–8.
2515:Frederick, pp. 733–4.
2233:Wyrall, pp. 5, 12–44.
2084:Becke, Pt 2a, 93–100.
1988:Litchfield, pp. 55–6.
1629:Durham Light Infantry
1614:Washington, Co Durham
1590:52nd (London) HAA Rgt
1533:
1436:with that regiment.)
1391:
1300:
1249:Anti-Aircraft Command
1231:Durham Light Infantry
973:
954:Third Battle of Ypres
928:
798:Durham Light Infantry
782:
702:
612:
533:
515:Northumbrian Division
473:Royal Field Artillery
450:
396:Nos 5–6 Companies at
262:(AVC). From 1863 the
107:Air Defence Artillery
3553:The Long, Long Trail
3270:Col John K. Dunlop,
2687:on 23 September 2015
2661:Routledge, pp. 62–3.
2634:on 23 September 2015
1728:82nd (Essex) HAA Rgt
1722:A new and unrelated
1602:463 (Durham) HAA Rgt
1567:17th Indian Division
1556:19th Indian Division
1467:, where it moved to
1342:Messerschmitt Bf 110
985:Battle of St Quentin
917:Actions of Miraumont
858:Royal Naval Division
493:2nd Durham Battery,
130:The Seaham Artillery
3086:Frederick, p. 1016.
2547:on 27 December 2005
2381:Wyrall, pp. 183–90.
2372:Wyrall, pp. 170–81.
2363:Wyrall, pp. 161–69.
2345:Wyrall, pp. 148-50.
2323:Wyrall, pp. 136-48.
2215:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2125:on 29 November 2010
2006:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1997:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1667:Lt-Col and Hon Col
1571:7th Indian Division
1284:64th (Northumbrian)
1074:Battle of the Selle
997:Battle of the Ancre
898:Battle of the Ancre
885:) – 6 x 18-pounders
823:Newcastle upon Tyne
809:and LXXII with the
615:Imperial War Museum
588:Battle of St Julien
268:3rd (South Shields)
3427:Edward M. Spiers,
3368:J.B.M. Frederick,
3225:Ian F.W. Beckett,
3109:Frederick, p. 955.
3027:Routledge, p. 244.
2762:Routledge, p. 373.
2652:Frederick, p. 776.
2410:Frederick, p. 693.
2354:Wyrall, pp. 151-9.
2260:Wyrall, pp. 57–70.
2251:Wyrall, pp. 49–57.
2146:British Army, 1914
2018:Frederick, p. 681.
1809:Frederick, p. 656.
1758:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1703:Royal Horse Guards
1583:Surrender of Japan
1536:
1398:
1337:Kampfgeschwader 26
1303:
1251:in February 1939.
987:(21–28 March 1918)
976:
931:
860:, veterans of the
785:
773:Royal Flying Corps
709:
685:4.5-inch howitzers
619:
536:
453:
374:, changing to the
340:, before becoming
240:Volunteer movement
3465:S. Woodburn Kirby
3458:978-1-84884-211-3
3255:Richard Collier,
2870:, file WO 212/79.
2802:Richard Collier,
2296:Wyrall, pp. 92–3.
2287:Wyrall, pp. 90–2.
2278:Wyrall, pp. 83–6.
2269:Wyrall, pp. 72–4.
1655:Honorary Colonels
1649:Board of Ordnance
1643:derived from the
1612:, with its HQ at
1560:Operation Dracula
1418:130th (M) HAA Rgt
1340:, escorted by 35
1315:Battle of Britain
677:CCLII Brigade RFA
666:Observation posts
664:sector. Here the
628:Bellewaarde Ridge
461:Territorial Force
443:Territorial Force
368:Northern Division
338:Territorial Force
216:Battle of Britain
200:Territorial Force
173:
172:
143:Battle of Britain
92:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
3618:
3523:External sources
3505:Everard Wyrall,
3314:978-1-84574722-0
3183:
3175:
3169:
3166:
3160:
3157:
3151:
3150:
3148:
3146:
3137:. Archived from
3127:
3121:
3116:
3110:
3107:
3101:
3096:
3087:
3084:
3075:
3072:
3066:
3063:
3057:
3050:
3044:
3039:
3028:
3025:
3019:
3012:
2999:
2996:
2987:
2986:
2979:
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2965:
2959:
2952:
2946:
2943:
2937:
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2916:
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2892:
2889:
2880:
2877:
2871:
2864:
2858:
2855:
2849:
2842:
2836:
2831:
2825:
2822:
2816:
2813:
2807:
2800:
2794:
2789:
2783:
2780:
2774:
2769:
2763:
2760:
2754:
2751:
2745:
2742:
2736:
2735:
2728:
2717:
2712:
2706:
2703:
2697:
2696:
2694:
2692:
2686:
2680:. Archived from
2679:
2671:
2662:
2659:
2653:
2650:
2644:
2643:
2641:
2639:
2633:
2627:. Archived from
2626:
2618:
2607:
2604:
2585:
2578:
2572:
2566:
2557:
2556:
2554:
2552:
2543:. Archived from
2537:
2516:
2513:
2500:
2497:
2491:
2488:
2482:
2479:
2473:
2470:
2464:
2463:Falls, pp. 81–2.
2461:
2455:
2452:
2433:
2426:
2420:
2417:
2411:
2408:
2395:
2388:
2382:
2379:
2373:
2370:
2364:
2361:
2355:
2352:
2346:
2343:
2337:
2330:
2324:
2321:
2315:
2312:
2306:
2303:
2297:
2294:
2288:
2285:
2279:
2276:
2270:
2267:
2261:
2258:
2252:
2249:
2243:
2240:
2234:
2231:
2225:
2224:Wyrall, pp. 4–5.
2222:
2216:
2213:
2207:
2202:
2191:
2188:
2177:
2174:
2168:
2165:
2159:
2158:Wyrall, pp. 1–2.
2156:
2150:
2141:
2135:
2134:
2132:
2130:
2121:. Archived from
2115:
2109:
2104:
2085:
2082:
2053:
2047:
2041:
2036:
2030:
2025:
2019:
2016:
2007:
2004:
1998:
1995:
1989:
1986:
1953:
1950:
1944:
1941:
1935:
1932:
1926:
1925:Beckett, p. 178.
1923:
1917:
1914:
1908:
1907:Westlake, p. 75.
1905:
1899:
1896:
1890:
1882:
1873:
1866:
1855:
1852:
1843:
1842:, various dates.
1837:
1810:
1807:
1790:
1787:
1781:
1778:
1759:
1756:
1750:
1747:
1731:
1720:
1661:Honorary Colonel
1443:. It arrived in
1384:Ceylon and India
1368:
1356:No. 13 Group RAF
1323:concentrated on
1163:6-inch howitzers
1129:Territorial Army
1010:Battle of Albert
946:Battle of Arleux
765:Battle of Morval
730:creeping barrage
658:Blauwepoort Farm
376:Western Division
342:Honorary Colonel
332:, commanded the
308:, was appointed
228:Territorial Army
105:Medium Artillery
90:
75:
73:
72:
49:
29:
21:
3626:
3625:
3621:
3620:
3619:
3617:
3616:
3615:
3581:
3580:
3573:Graham Watson,
3525:
3520:
3321:Martin Farndale
3247:Basil Collier,
3210:Maj A.F. Becke,
3195:Maj A.F. Becke,
3191:
3186:
3176:
3172:
3167:
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3141:on 3 March 2016
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2962:
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2931:
2926:
2922:
2917:
2913:
2907:Years of Defeat
2904:
2895:
2890:
2883:
2878:
2874:
2865:
2861:
2856:
2852:
2846:Years of Defeat
2843:
2839:
2832:
2828:
2823:
2819:
2814:
2810:
2801:
2797:
2790:
2786:
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2582:Years of Defeat
2579:
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2001:
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1956:
1952:Beckett, p. 82.
1951:
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1943:Beckett, p. 69.
1942:
1938:
1933:
1929:
1924:
1920:
1915:
1911:
1906:
1902:
1898:Beckett, p. 47.
1897:
1893:
1888:, 16 July 1869.
1883:
1876:
1868:Londonderry at
1867:
1858:
1854:Beckett, p. 62.
1853:
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1808:
1793:
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1657:
1637:
1598:
1548:Fourteenth Army
1490:87th Medium Rgt
1477:
1461:24th AA Brigade
1416:, which joined
1386:
1375:Newcastle Blitz
1366:
1325:Royal Air Force
1295:
1261:7th AA Division
1244:
1239:
1201:
1137:
1117:
1018:(2–3 September)
935:Battle of Arras
854:Salisbury Plain
819:
713:Somme Offensive
697:
689:Guards Division
572:
567:
528:
523:
501:West Hartlepool
465:Haldane Reforms
463:(TF) under the
445:
426:Royal Artillery
398:Seaham Colliery
372:Royal Artillery
306:1st Life Guards
283:Seaham Colliery
236:
196:Volunteer Force
184:Royal Artillery
176:
163:
149:
145:
141:
118:
106:
104:
103:Field Artillery
102:
101:Coast Artillery
70:
68:
52:
39:
37:
35:
33:
23:
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15:
12:
11:
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3533:(archive site)
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3484:
3461:
3448:Ray Westlake,
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3179:London Gazette
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3122:
3111:
3102:
3088:
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3020:
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2998:Joslen, p 513.
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2969:
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2945:Joslen, p 520.
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1891:
1886:London Gazette
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1597:
1594:
1538:Equipped with
1517:Burma Campaign
1501:9th AA Brigade
1476:
1473:
1385:
1382:
1332:Heinkel He 111
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1291:
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232:
224:Burma Campaign
198:and later the
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2430:Western Front
2425:
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2392:Western Front
2387:
2384:
2378:
2375:
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2334:Western Front
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2201:
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2167:Wyrall, p. 2.
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1576:
1572:
1569:and then the
1568:
1563:
1561:
1557:
1553:
1549:
1545:
1541:
1540:5.5-inch guns
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1528:
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1437:
1435:
1431:
1430:146th HAA Rgt
1426:
1421:
1419:
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1411:
1410:124th HAA Rgt
1407:
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1224:
1223:Middlesbrough
1220:
1212:
1209:
1206:
1203:
1202:
1198:
1196:
1194:
1193:2 AA Division
1190:
1186:
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1020:
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986:
983:
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977:
972:
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948:(28–29 April)
947:
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942:(23–24 April)
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3145:12 November
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2691:12 November
2638:12 November
2551:27 December
2129:29 November
1449:Trincomalee
1334:bombers of
1221:forming at
1159:60-pounders
1070:(8 October)
1066:Capture of
1063:(8 October)
1032:before the
670:Mont Kemmel
635:Armentières
580:Steenvoorde
540:North Wales
521:World War I
208:World War I
135:Engagements
127:Nickname(s)
122:(post-1920)
112:Garrison/HQ
3585:Categories
3189:References
3052:Farndale,
3018:, Annex K.
3014:Farndale,
2958:, Annex H.
2954:Farndale,
2909:, Annex M.
2905:Farndale,
2848:, Annex D.
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2580:Farndale,
2432:, Annex M.
2428:Farndale,
2390:Farndale,
2332:Farndale,
1469:Jubbulpore
1425:War Office
1305:Tyneside,
1286:HAA Rgts.
1272:Phoney War
1087:Audregnies
1030:XVII Corps
850:Heytesbury
827:Sunderland
811:Third Army
807:First Army
662:Wytschaete
643:18-pounder
559:War Office
554:Defences.
511:15-pounder
457:Volunteers
383:War Office
364:Old Durham
360:Silksworth
302:Lieutenant
250:formed at
186:raised in
164:commanders
157:Commanders
120:Sunderland
3304:, Vol I,
3281:, Vol V,
3131:"Watson,
2804:Eagle Day
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1840:Army List
1710:Footnotes
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544:mobilise
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2584:, p. 4.
1870:Burke's
1647:of the
1641:in pale
1596:Postwar
1552:Rangoon
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