367:
448:
630:
528:
363:(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 brigades, companies and batteries were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
804:
574:
889:
277:
32:
56:
73:
1161:) led to further reductions in coast defences in April 1944: 559th and 571st Coast Rgts were disbanded and 570th had all their batteries assigned to it, 24 and 33 Coast Observer Detachments replacing 105 and 106, though they also left in July. By this stage of the war many of the coast battery positions were manned by
1182:
was formed as a new unit at
Cardiff, though it is unclear why it was not considered as a successor to 531st Coast Rgt. In 1950 the 'Welsh' subtitle was changed to 'Glamorgan'. However, it was soon afterwards decided to reduce the number of TA coast regiments, and in 1953 the regiment was amalgamated
410:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. By this stage of the war, the Glamorgan RGA serving in the Swansea and Severn Defences of Western Command consisted of just three companies, the rest having formed batteries for overseas
382:
and there was an urgent need for batteries of siege artillery 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 that had
1095:
By 1942 the threat from German attack had diminished and there was demand for trained gunners for the fighting fronts. A process of reducing the manpower in the coast defences began. 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Rgt was stood down 7 December 1942, completing on 31 December. Its three remaining batteries
466:
According to WO Instruction No 181 of 16 December 1915, 96th Siege
Battery was to be formed at Pembroke Dock by three officers and 78 other ranks (the establishment of a full company) drawn from the Glamorgan RGA. The battery actually formed on 1 January 1916 with three officers and 90 men from the
683:
402nd Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Lavernock on 17 March 1917 from a nucleus provided by details of the Glamorganshire RGA. It went out to the Western Front on 30 July and joined First Army in August. The battery was then broken up, one section going to reinforce 17th Siege Bty, the other to
748:
on the outbreak of war in
September 1939 with the single 181 Battery under command. Cardiff and Barry were designated Class A defended ports, with guns installed in peacetime, though the defence schemes of both were still being prepared. On 12 April 1940 plans were made for 6-inch guns to be
562:
121st Siege Bty was joined by a section from 428th Siege Bty and expanded to six 9.2-inch howitzers by the end of 1917. The battery was caught up in the 'Great
Retreat' of March 1918, but returned during the Hundred Days campaign, including supporting the assault crossing of the
780:
on 21 July and completed by 24 August. These guns were moved around as required: as of
November 1940, Cardiff and Barry had four 6-inch guns, Swansea had two 6-inch and two 4.7-inch, and Llanelli had one 4-inch. Although designated a major port, Newport still had no guns.
550:
121st Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Pembroke Dock on 22 March 1916 under Army Council Instruction 701 of 31 March 1916 with 3 officers and 78 other ranks from the Glamorgan RGA. It went out to the Western Front in July 1916, manning four 9.2-inch howitzers, and joined
713:. In 1924 the RGA was subsumed into the RA. In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. The unit was responsible for manning the two 6-inch guns at Lavernock Battery near Cardiff, and the two 4.7-inch guns at
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detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties. The separate HQ for Severn Fixed
Defences was also disbanded, and the regiment came directly under Western Command. 570th Coast Rgt itself was disbanded at Barry on 1 June 1945, shortly after
943:
At the end of 1941 the defences of the Severn Estuary were completely reorganised: Cardiff Fire Command was reorganised into three separate fire commands, with 531st Rgt in Docks FC. 531st Rgt lost four of its batteries to two new coast regiments,
668:. On 14 November the battery transferred to 80th HAG, but that headquarters was sent to the Italian Front, so the battery came under the command of other HAGs until January 1918, when it became 'Army Troops' and was no longer attached to a HAG.
1195:, with R and S Btys provided by the 664th. The new regiment took the subtitle 'Glamorganshire and Monmouthshire' in 1954, but the Coast Artillery Branch of the RA was disbanded on 31 December 1956. The Glamorgan batteries were amalgamated into
383:
volunteered for overseas service had been authorised to increase their strength by 50 per cent. Although complete defended ports units never went overseas, they did supply trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
592:
172nd Siege Battery, RGA, was raised at Cardiff with three officers and 78 other ranks from the Glamorgan RGA under Army Council Instruction 1239 of 21 June 1916. It went out to the Western Front on 12 September 1916 equipped with four
795:
Britain's coastal defences reached their height in September 1941, by which time Cardiff, Swansea and Barry (all defined as major ports) each had two 6-inch guns, and Barry had two 4.7-inch in addition. Newport still only had two
671:
Railway construction lagged during the rapid advances of the Hundred Days Offensive and the battery was left behind in the Salient. It was still serving with Second Army when the Armistice came into force in November 1918.
597:. It was engaged in the preparation for the Arras Offensive and at Passchendaele. 172nd Siege Bty was joined by a section from 415th Siege Bty on 26 August 1917, and brought up to a strength of six 6-inch howitzers.
2244:
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.
2280:
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.
2256:
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
700:
After the TF was demobilised in 1919 the Glamorgan RGA was placed in suspended animation. It was reformed from Nos 1–3 Companies at Cardiff in 1920, with one battery. When the TF was reconstituted as the
861:
513:, where the British artillery suffered badly from counter-battery fire, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire. It then served through the defensive battles of the
494:. As the final bombardment began on Z Day (1 July), the battery fired with such intensity that the oil in the guns' hydraulic recoil buffers boiled. However, the Gommecourt attack was a disaster.
2444:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions,
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724:
made recommendations for the defence of 15 home ports, and another eight schemes were added in 1929, including Swansea, Barry, Cardiff and Newport, but little was done to modernise them.
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2826:
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a massive programme of coastal defences was initiated. Although this mainly involved the likely invasion areas of South and South-East England, an emergency battery of two
2821:
1039:
411:
service. These companies were given a slightly higher establishment (five officers and 100 other ranks) and renumbered, abolishing the 1st and 2nd Line distinction:
986:
2289:
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.
926:
919:
643:
587:
545:
404:
400:
396:
392:
685:
461:
388:
1280:
As an established TA unit it could not be simply disbanded, and was probably placed in 'suspended animation' at this time, although it was never reformed.
1220:
245:
of the 1st Glamorganshire since 22 July 1864, retained the position with both units after 1 June 1890, though each had its own lieutenant-colonel and
152:
from 1890 to 1942. Although it never saw action in its coastal defence role, it formed several siege batteries of heavy howitzers for service on the
1227:
1170:, together with 170, 184, 187, 189, 205, 366, 422, 430 and 431 Btys; the remaining TA batteries (145, 146 and 299) went into suspended animation.
185:
2204:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 16 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/118.
366:
2836:
2716:
2673:
2658:
2496:
2481:
2190:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery, 1 June 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/117.
1364:
1352:
760:
made a number of 6-inch guns available to the army for coastal defence, and when the whole of the UK was put on invasion alert after the
1240:
623:
on 23 October. By 1 November the Austrian army had collapsed and the pursuing British troops had left their heavy guns far in the rear.
308:
of three companies was formed. The Glamorgan RGA was designated as a Defended Ports unit in Western Coast Defences, which was based at
242:
1192:
447:
2701:
2643:
2628:
2606:
2591:
2576:
2550:
2531:
2466:
2451:
2045:
1184:
1035:
431 Bty – twin 6-pounder QF battery formed at 73rd Coast Training Rgt, Lydstep, 11 September; to Swansea and joined 15 December 1941
702:
689:
305:
253:
882:
430 Bty – twin 6-pounder QF battery formed at 73rd Coast Training Rgt, Lydstep, 11 September; to Cardiff and joined 7 November 1941
387:
to form new units for front line service, and the Glamorgan RGA is known to have raised at least five siege batteries in this way:
629:
176:
following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
1084:
745:
613:
487:
2416:
2396:
2385:
2371:
2360:
660:
on the Flanders coast. 10th HAG transferred to Fourth Army HQ on 1 August. The battery joined 76th HAG with Second Army in the
285:
1096:
assigned to 570th Coast Rgt, which together with other reassignments gave Severn Defences the following organisation in 1943:
1083:
531st, 570th and 571st Coast Rgts were under HQ Severn Defences, while 559th, further west at the Mumbles, was directly under
2771:
1523:
797:
710:
564:
157:
1026:
1019:
1009:
979:
851:
2795:
2298:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
721:
2790:
792:) was formed on 18 October 1940 at Mumbles, with 401 and 402 Btys, joined on 22 October by B Bty from 531st Coast Rgt.
527:
1162:
653:
601:
506:
498:
472:
375:
339:
The Glamorgan RGA mobilised in August 1914 as part of No 26 Coastal Fire Command, responsible for the following guns:
153:
2459:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
1133:
106 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by December 1942, to 532nd Coast Rgt by July 1943, returned by November 1943
769:
765:
353:
344:
727:
On 1 November 1938 the coast brigades were redesignated as heavy regiments, hence the unit at Cardiff became the
657:
620:
594:
2138:
2683:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
1212:
567:
on 29 September and participating in the crushing artillery barrages of the victorious Hundred Days offensive.
261:
246:
224:
98:
2074:
359:
After the outbreak of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
2307:
2266:
2034:
868:
665:
514:
510:
803:
518:
502:
468:
471:
C.H.M. Sturgis. It went out to the Western Front on 21 May 1916 and joined 19th Heavy Artillery Group in
297:
556:
2519:
831:
476:
238:
234:
129:
2230:
2216:
2174:
619:
The British guns participated in the final battle on the Italian Front, the stunning success of the
2599:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
1178:
When the TA was reformed in 1947, 531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment was formally disbanded, and the
605:
491:
2505:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
1472:
2502:
1196:
1158:
761:
714:
180:
in time of need. A number of Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were formed for coastal defence in
173:
1368:
573:
2726:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
200:. After reorganisation these became 11 batteries (companies from 1891) distributed as follows:
2712:
2697:
2669:
2654:
2639:
2624:
2602:
2587:
2572:
2546:
2527:
2492:
2477:
2462:
2447:
1777:
1679:
1200:
960:
Fire Control respectively, while 192 Bty was disbanded. This gave the following organisation:
888:
757:
649:
289:
230:
125:
80:
467:
Glamorgan RGA and 64 recruits from the Pembroke Dock RGA establishment, under the command of
1486:
753:
384:
807:
BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun in typical coast defence mounting (this example is preserved at
2666:
A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
2584:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
2564:
972:
130 Bty – became independent 14 October 1942 (passed into suspended animation 1 June 1945)
957:
440:
293:
276:
264:(RGA) and when the divisional structure was abolished the Cardiff unit was designated the
257:
76:
72:
31:
1680:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/4.
788:, with 181 Bty expanded to A and B Btys. In addition, 21st Coast Artillery Group (later
379:
61:
2427:
2810:
872:
808:
661:
609:
552:
532:
309:
1260:
784:
On 5 September 1940 the coastal artillery was reorganised, and the regiment became
177:
145:
2796:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
2545:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
656:
battery and went out to the Western Front on 10 June 1917, joining 19th HAG with
2461:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1243:, as a memorial to the 69 men of the Glamorgan RGA who died during World War I.
777:
181:
161:
149:
2446:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
838:
360:
280:
A gunner of the Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery in dress uniform, 1908
915:
298 Bty at Mumbles Hill – redesignated from B/531 Bty joined 22 October 1940
2651:
Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
953:
1157:
The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
815:
At this stage of the war, the coast defences in Glamorgan were as follows:
608:. It went into action supporting the Italian army holding the line of the
800:, as did Llanelli. Port Talbot had a defence battery of two 4-inch guns.
773:
208:
2780:
2621:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
709:
It consisted of HQ and 181 Heavy Battery at the Drill Hall, Cardiff, in
600:
In November 1917 the battery was part of the reinforcements sent to the
2724:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2524:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
1048:
36 (Mobile) Defence Troop, RA – joined January 1942, disbanded May 1942
664:
on 21 September, while Second Army was fighting the last stages of the
480:
304:. The 'Pembroke' part of the title was dropped in 1910 when a separate
218:
196:, and the batteries grouped round Cardiff were separated to form a new
193:
189:
108:
2636:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2601:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2539:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1264:
1167:
531:
Positioning a 9.2-inch howitzer and its ammunition in the mud of the
2785:
975:
170 Independent Bty – returned from 560th Coast Rgt 14 October 1942
879:, 14 August and attached; to Cardiff and regimented 7 November 1941
2616:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1268:
887:
876:
802:
628:
572:
526:
446:
365:
275:
212:
2569:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
425:
In April 1918 the Cardiff/Barry Garrison manned guns as follows:
370:
Drill hall, Gladstone Road, Barry. Built for No 5 Company in 1914
188:
of 17 batteries. In 1890 the unit's headquarters (HQ) moved from
2474:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
2537:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
932:
32 and 33 Coast Observer Detachments – joined by December 1941
2489:
Shepard's War: E.H. Shepard, The Man who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh
2709:
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915–1919
2738:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During December, 1915
768:
was authorised on 12 June for Penarth, and two more of two
2731:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During October, 1914
486:
96th Siege Battery saw its first action preparing for the
260:(RA). In 1899 the artillery volunteers became part of the
2800:
633:
Loading a 12-inch railway howitzer on the Western Front.
2526:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1259:
The original 2nd Glamorganshire AVC had been formed at
1130:
105 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by December 1942
1127:
1, 2 Coast Observer Detachments – disbanded by May 1943
1146:
78 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by November 1943
626:
172nd Battery was disbanded by the end of March 1919.
432:
Penarth Head, Cardiff Battery – 2 x 6-inch Mk VII guns
1365:"2nd Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org"
1077:
365, 366 Btys – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
1064:
188, 189 Btys – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
1032:
422 Bty – joined from 561st Coast Rgt 1 November 1942
184:, and by the 1880s they had been consolidated as the
2543:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1353:
1st Glamorgan Artillery Volunteers at Regiments.org.
2752:
Army Council Instructions issued during April, 1917
2745:
Army Council Instructions issued during March, 1916
1922:Philip Warner, 'The Piave: Italian Counterattack',
1263:on 2 June 1860, and later established batteries at
1199:while the Pembroke batteries were amalgamated into
918:166 Bty at Mumbles Rock – formed 27 March 1941; to
850:170 Bty – joined from Home Forces 16 July 1941; to
612:and in June 1918 supported the defences during the
559:. It was later engaged at Arras and Passchendaele.
429:
Nells Point, Barry Battery – 2 x 6-inch Mk VII guns
296:of 1908, the 1st Glamorganshire transferred to the
119:
114:
104:
94:
86:
67:
49:
41:
20:
2681:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
2046:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1108:24 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by July 1943
892:6-pounder QF Mk I in twin coastal artillery mount.
577:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
2832:Military units and formations established in 1890
1778:'Allocation of HA Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
652:near Cardiff on 21 January 1917. It trained as a
2326:
2324:
1909:Kurt Peball, 'The Piave: Austria's last Throw',
1638:
1501:
1499:
1497:
1015:299 Bty – joined from 562nd Coast Rgt 2 May 1942
857:188 Bty – joined from Home Forces 11 August 1941
2586:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
2571:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
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1061:145 Bty – from 531st Coast Rgt 19 December 1941
451:9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
1325:
1323:
1124:205 Bty – from 537th Coast Rgt 7 December 1942
2817:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2614:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2513:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
705:(TA) in 1921, the unit was designated as the
644:359th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
588:172nd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
546:121st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
8:
1058:HQ Flat Holm, moved to Barry 7 December 1942
1005:146 Bty – to 570th Coast Rgt 7 December 1942
462:96th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
186:1st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
36:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
2786:Imperial War Museum, War Memorials Register
2653:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2276:
2274:
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2238:
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2182:
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1829:
1827:
1825:
1271:before being absorbed into the 1st in 1880.
902:redesignated from 21st CA Group 1 June 1941
756:turned against the Allies in May 1940, the
675:359th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
570:121st Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
2827:Military units and formations in Glamorgan
2560:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966.
1887:
1885:
1883:
1221:Robert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth
524:96th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
30:
2687:Purnell's History of the Second World War
1339:
1337:
1335:
1197:281st (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1087:until it joined Severn Defences in 1942.
862:524th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Coast Rgt
827:A Bty – redesignated 130 Bty 1 April 1941
720:A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
555:in Fifth Army on 15 July in time for the
312:, and it had the following organisation:
2822:Military units and formations in Cardiff
2417:289–322 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2397:266–288 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2386:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2372:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2361:638–677 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2226:
2224:
2212:
2210:
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2057:
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2053:
1997:
1995:
1964:Purnell's History of the First World War
1924:Purnell's History of the First World War
1911:Purnell's History of the First World War
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1673:
1671:
1669:
1667:
1665:
1663:
1661:
1228:Ivor Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth
1201:302nd (Pembroke Yeomanry) Field Regiment
1038:32 Coast Observer Detachment – left for
847:145 Independent Bty – joined 1 July 1941
2381:
2379:
1407:
1405:
1403:
1401:
1399:
1397:
1395:
1292:
1252:
142:2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
21:2nd Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
2634:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
1773:
1771:
1769:
1767:
1765:
1569:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
300:and the 2nd Glamorganshire became the
17:
2761:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
2759:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
2740:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1919.
2733:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1917.
2507:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2102:Frederick, pp. 603–11, 632, 640, 643.
1962:Franco Velsecchi, 'Vittorio Veneto',
1868:Falls, pp. 89–92, 131–2, 143, 157–67.
1846:Army Council Instructions March 1916.
1578:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
374:By October 1914, the campaign on the
7:
2638:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2623:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
25:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment, RA
2711:, London: Faber & Faber, 2008,
1308:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1–3.
1241:St John the Baptist Church, Cardiff
266:2nd Glamorganshire RGA (Volunteers)
204:HQ and Nos 1–7 Companies at Cardiff
2668:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2476:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1193:Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock
23:Glamorgan Royal Garrison Artillery
14:
2791:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1343:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 81.
1423:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 6.
1389:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 5.
965:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
820:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
786:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Regiment
614:Second Battle of the Piave River
488:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
443:Island Battery – 2 x 4.7-inch QF
252:The new unit formed part of the
71:
54:
2781:British Army units from 1945 on
2754:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2747:, London: HM Stationery Office.
841:South – joined 31 December 1940
421:2/2 Company became No 3 Company
418:1/3 Company became No 2 Company
415:1/2 Company became No 1 Company
2694:The Army and Society 1815–1914
1612:WO Instructions December 1915.
844:192 Bty – formed 27 March 1941
648:359th Siege Battery formed at
497:Later the battery served with
479:in existing emplacements near
1:
1891:Shepard, in Campbell, p. 125.
722:Committee of Imperial Defence
707:Glamorgan Coast Brigade, RGA.
436:The Swansea Garrison manned:
243:Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant
2837:1890 establishments in Wales
2231:571 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2217:570 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2175:559 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
2139:531 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
1966:, Vol 7, No 14, pp. 3064–71.
1900:Thompson, pp. 328–30, 344–7.
1180:664th (Welsh) Coast Regiment
1121:145, 146, 170, 187, 430 Btys
1111:33 Coast Observer Detachment
1045:33 Coast Observer Detachment
898:559th Special Coast Regiment
790:559th Special Coast Regiment
729:Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, RA
711:53rd (Welsh) Divisional Area
509:in the latter stages of the
475:on 25 May, taking over four
319:Nos 1–3 Companies at Cardiff
144:was a part-time unit of the
2689:, London: Purnell, 1969–71.
1926:, Vol 7, No 6, pp. 2839–47.
1694:, pp. 106, 172; Appendix 3.
1239:There is a stone tablet in
1223:, appointed 1 November 1890
770:BL 4-inch Mk VII naval guns
766:BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns
654:BL 12-inch railway howitzer
517:followed by the victorious
148:that defended the coast of
2853:
2696:, London: Longmans, 1980,
1913:, Vol 7, No 6, pp. 2833–8.
1819:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
1185:425th (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
1040:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
744:The regiment mobilised in
641:
585:
543:
459:
302:Glamorgan and Pembroke RGA
288:was subsumed into the new
217:Nos 9 and 10 Companies at
2801:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
2679:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2597:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2582:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2491:, London: LOM Art, 2015,
2011:Titles & Designations
1230:, appointed 12 March 1924
834:– joined 31 December 1940
772:each were authorised for
621:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
29:
2619:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2515:, London: Methuen, 1938.
1797:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
1705:Lack of Offensive Spirit
1692:Lack of Offensive Spirit
1211:The following served as
927:535th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
920:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
679:402nd Siege Battery, RGA
638:359th Siege Battery, RGA
582:172nd Siege Battery, RGA
540:121st Siege Battery, RGA
262:Royal Garrison Artillery
99:Royal Garrison Artillery
1143:184, 188, 189, 366 Btys
666:Battle of Passchendaele
595:6-inch 26 cwt Howitzers
515:German spring offensive
511:Battle of Passchendaele
456:96th Siege Battery, RGA
349:Barry – 2 x 6-inch guns
322:No 4 Company at Penarth
172:The enthusiasm for the
2774:The British Army, 1914
2407:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2351:Maurice-Jones, p. 276.
2330:Frederick, pp. 1011–2.
2075:Collier, Appendix XIX.
2022:Maurice-Jones, p. 221.
2001:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
1788:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 74–8.
1551:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1514:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
925:146 Bty – joined from
909:401 Bty at Port Talbot
893:
860:189 Bty – joined from
812:
749:installed at Swansea.
688:(itself formed by the
634:
578:
536:
519:Hundred Days Offensive
452:
378:was bogging down into
371:
281:
198:2nd Glamorganshire AVC
2308:Collier, Chapter XXI.
2267:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2035:Collier, Chapter III.
1975:Campbell, pp. 106–19.
1953:Thompson, pp. 356–64.
1877:Campbell, pp. 96–100.
1859:, pp. 307–9; 318–20.
1746:, pp. 358–422, 456–7.
1642:Frederick, pp. 702–7.
891:
806:
632:
604:after the disastrous
576:
530:
483:from 62nd Siege Bty.
450:
369:
325:No 5 Company at Barry
298:Royal Field Artillery
279:
2511:Col John K. Dunlop,
1935:Campbell, pp. 101–4.
1759:, Vol I, pp. 467–71.
1070:571st Coast Regiment
1054:570th Coast Regiment
998:559th Coast Regiment
2318:Frederick, p. 1029.
1560:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1505:Litchfield, p. 204.
1441:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1432:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1371:on 27 December 2005
1025:402 Bty – left for
1018:401 Bty – left for
1008:298 Bty – left for
985:427 Bty – left for
912:402 Bty at Llanelli
606:Battle of Caporetto
492:Battle of the Somme
268:on 1 January 1902.
2692:Edward M. Spiers,
2612:J.B.M. Frederick,
2472:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2342:Litchfield, p. 83.
1989:Frederick, p. 614.
1944:Falls, pp. 169-77.
1707:, pp. 216–21; 265.
1590:Frederick, p. 697.
1490:, 14 October 1910.
1463:Litchfield, p. 81.
1329:Frederick, p. 658.
1317:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1159:Operation Overlord
1105:299, 422, 431 Btys
894:
871:battery formed at
813:
762:Dunkirk evacuation
635:
579:
557:Battle of Pozières
537:
477:9.2-inch howitzers
453:
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282:
174:Volunteer movement
2717:978-0-571-22333-6
2674:978-0-9558119-0-6
2659:978-0-9558119-1-3
2497:978-1-910552-10-0
2428:IWM WMR Ref 6664.
1207:Honorary Colonels
650:Lavernock Battery
290:Territorial Force
272:Territorial Force
223:No 11 Company at
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81:Territorial Force
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2664:Alan MacDonald,
2649:Alan MacDonald,
2520:James E. Edmonds
2487:James Campbell,
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754:Battle of France
717:, near Swansea.
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1101:559th Coast Rgt
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1085:Western Command
1027:554th Coast Rgt
1022:1 November 1942
1020:561st Coast Rgt
1010:562nd Coast Rgt
987:514th Coast Rgt
980:537th Coast Rgt
978:187 Bty – from
941:
867:427 Bty – twin
864:10 October 1941
852:560th Coast Rgt
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1369:the original
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989:30 June 1942
982:10 July 1942
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869:6-pounder QF
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740:Mobilisation
735:World War II
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690:Pembroke RGA
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335:Mobilisation
306:Pembroke RGA
301:
283:
265:
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178:British Army
171:
146:British Army
141:
139:
95:Part of
15:
1742:MacDonald,
1729:MacDonald,
1716:MacDonald,
1703:MacDonald,
1690:MacDonald,
1651:MacDonald,
1375:27 December
1153:Disbandment
1029:26 May 1942
929:28 May 1941
922:3 June 1941
837:366 Bty at
830:365 Bty at
798:12-pounders
778:Port Talbot
610:River Piave
345:6-inch guns
330:World War I
182:South Wales
162:World War I
150:South Wales
105:Garrison/HQ
2811:Categories
2436:References
2160:, Annex H.
2156:Farndale,
2124:, Annex M.
2120:Farndale,
2065:, Annex B.
2061:Farndale,
1855:Farndale,
1837:, Annex M.
1833:Farndale,
1806:Farndale,
1603:, Annex 4.
1599:Farndale,
1538:Farndale,
1163:Home Guard
1012:2 May 1942
1002:HQ Mumbles
969:HQ Cardiff
958:Brean Down
839:Steep Holm
832:Portishead
507:Fifth Army
499:First Army
473:Third Army
361:War Office
122:commanders
115:Commanders
2541:, Vol V,
1755:Edmonds,
1733:, p. 258.
1655:, p. 172.
1412:Army List
1247:Footnotes
954:Flat Holm
758:Admiralty
752:When the
505:and with
284:When the
45:1890–1942
2563:Gen Sir
2257:212/123.
1299:Beckett.
1235:Memorial
1226:Captain
1187:to form
1091:Late War
774:Llanelli
696:Interwar
658:XV Corps
209:Bridgend
1524:Conrad
1219:Lt-Col
1174:Postwar
992:430 Bty
939:Mid-War
535:, 1917.
490:in the
481:Pommier
441:Mumbles
256:of the
219:Penarth
194:Swansea
190:Cardiff
120:Notable
109:Cardiff
50:Country
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1265:Skewen
1168:VE Day
385:cadres
68:Branch
59:
42:Active
1288:Notes
1269:Neath
1183:with
950:571st
946:570th
877:Tenby
503:Arras
469:Major
405:402nd
401:359th
397:172nd
393:121st
225:Barry
213:Tondu
2713:ISBN
2698:ISBN
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1757:1916
1526:1914
1377:2005
1267:and
956:and
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389:96th
211:and
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140:The
87:Role
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501:at
192:to
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