378:
55:
72:
394:
refused to pay for the upkeep of horses, and the corps had to provide agricultural horses when required. In 1888 the 'position artillery' concept was revived and some
Volunteer companies were reorganised as position batteries to work alongside the Volunteer infantry brigades. The 1st Inverness was
554:
was similar to the cap of the 1st
Inverness, but carried an upright white horsehair plume. The shako plate had the intertwined letters 'NAV' over the county precedence number 45 above a gun, all within a wreath on an eight-pointed star surmounted by a crown.
385:
Although primarily manning fixed coast defence artillery, some of the early
Artillery Volunteers organised semi-mobile 'position batteries' of smooth-bore field guns. The 1st Inverness had two 6-pounder brass smoothbore field guns from 1867, replaced by two
197:; 3rd and 4th Batteries were formed on 4 May, a 5th in December 1864 and the 6th in January 1865. By 1863 the small AVCs of the neighbouring shires began to be attached to the 1st Inverness for drill and administrative purposes:
168:
following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of Rifle, Artillery and
Engineer Volunteer Corps in towns up and down the United Kingdom, composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
1138:
462:
550:. The buttons had a field gun within a circle inscribed 'INVERNESS ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS'. The 1st Nairn AVC wore a uniform similar to the RA, but with scarlet cuffs and white cord; the peaked
1133:
1128:
1123:
542:
was adopted as the head-dress, and in 1863 the uniform was assimilated with that of the RA with white cords and white waist- and pouch-belts. The busby was replaced by a round
207:
217:
616:
307:
415:. Each of the five outlying companies had a carbine range. In 1894 No 1 Position Battery won the Queen's Cup at the Scottish National Artillery Association's camp at
193:(AVC). The first officers' commissions were issued on 4 February 1860. A second AVC was formed at the same time, but they soon consolidated as a single corps of two
313:
411:
at
Inverness. It carried out its training and gun-practice at camp, and used the rifle range of the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the Cameron Highlanders at
612:
467:
472:
399:
in 1889 and on 14 July 1892 Nos 1 and 2 Companies were reorganised as No 1 Position
Battery, when the remaining companies were renumbered 2–11.
1080:
513:
484:
453:
of 1908, the
Highland RGA was broken up, but its various shire contingents contributed experienced men to a number of newly formed TF units:
584:
300:
362:
358:
211:
178:
530:
with long skirts, scarlet collar and cuffs, black braiding round the edges, five rows of black lace across the chest and a black
387:
377:
291:
In
December 1876 the artillery volunteers in North East Scotland were reorganised: the 1st Inverness AVC became the
17:
539:
416:
1084:
185:
consisting entirely of carpenters and other tradesmen. Soon afterwards it was decided that this should become the
591:
113:
629:
494:
490:
423:
572:
353:
On 1 April 1882 all artillery volunteer units were affiliated to one of the territorial divisions of the
608:
426:(RGA) and with the abolition of the RA's divisional organisation on 1 January 1902, the unit became the
396:
601:
507:
547:
320:
The
Volunteers were consolidated into larger units in May 1880, when the Admin Brigade became the
412:
177:
had already raised the
Inverness Rifles (later the 1st (Inverness Highland) Volunteer Battalion,
165:
149:
145:
994:
446:
369:
with the '(Inverness, Cromarty, Nairn, Ross and Elgin)' subtitle restored the following year.
194:
153:
534:
on the sleeve. The trousers were blue with a scarlet stripe, the peaked cap (or French style
1008:
527:
450:
434:
354:
231:
75:
71:
437:, some 500 men from the unit volunteered for active service, but only 28 were accepted.
60:
1117:
531:
322:
1st Inverness-shire (Inverness, Cromarty, Nairn, Ross and Elgin) Artillery Volunteers
224:
334:
No 7 Company at Lossiemouth – returned to 1st Banffshire 1882 (8–13 then renumbered)
170:
137:
181:) when a meeting at the Trades Hall on 15 November 1859 led to the raising of the
361:. When the number of divisions was reduced from 1 July 1889, the unit joined the
594:, appointed 13 November 1869; Lt-Col Commandant of Admin Brigade 1 December 1876
538:) had a black band and scarlet piping; black waistbelts were worn. In 1861 the
543:
391:
296:
249:
242:
259:) Ross-shire AVC – formed by August 1868 but disappeared within a few months
256:
238:
174:
141:
95:
576:
133:
1094:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
580:
1101:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
422:
On 1 June 1899 all the volunteer artillery units became part of the
1076:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
551:
376:
1060:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
568:
The following officers commanded the unit during its existence:
535:
293:
1st Administrative Brigade, Inverness-shire Artillery Volunteers
245:
AVC – formed 16 February 1860; joined from 1st Caithness 1867
636:
Col W. Fraser Tytler, former CO, appointed 13 November 1869
381:
16-pounder RML gun manned by Artillery Volunteers in 1897.
639:
Col A.W. Mackintosh, VD, former CO, appointed 19 May 1880
526:
The original uniform of the 1st Inverness AVC was a blue
189:, and in January 1860 its services were accepted as the
1103:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982, ISBN 0-9508205-0-4.
1096:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.
597:
Lt-Col Comdt Donald Davidson, appointed 14 January 1880
642:
Col W. Fraser, VD, former CO, appointed 2 January 1901
234:
AVC – formed 10 April 1860, 2nd Battery 6 October 1860
1062:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X.
144:, it was recruited for home defence from a number of
1139:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1908
18:
3rd (Balmacara) Ross-shire Artillery Volunteer Corps
365:. On 1 February 1890 the unit was redesignated the
106:
101:
91:
81:
66:
48:
40:
31:
407:The corps had a drill hall with stores, gun-sheds
1134:Military units and formations established in 1860
1086:Records of the Scottish Volunteer Force 1859–1908
617:3rd (Militia) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
1129:Military units and formations in Inverness-shire
1042:
1040:
1021:
1019:
883:
881:
806:
804:
220:– formed 1862; transferred to 1st Caithness 1867
871:
869:
832:
830:
828:
514:Highland Mounted Brigade Ammunition Column, RHA
445:When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new
204:2nd Inverness-shire AVC – to 1st Inverness 1860
201:1st Inverness-shire AVC – six batteries by 1865
897:
895:
893:
818:
816:
607:Lt-Col Comdt James E.B. Baillie of Douchfour,
468:4th Highland (Mountain) Ammunition Column, RGA
388:40-pounder Armstrong rifled breechloading guns
152:. It later provided the basis for a number of
1124:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
1110:, London: Longmans, 1980, ISBN 0-582-48565-7.
1074:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1067:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
191:1st Inverness-shire Artillery Volunteer Corps
8:
458:Ross & Cromarty Territorial Association:
140:from 1860 to 1908. With its headquarters in
954:
952:
742:
740:
738:
736:
734:
732:
770:
768:
766:
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760:
758:
756:
754:
752:
794:
792:
790:
788:
786:
784:
782:
780:
722:
720:
463:Ross & Cromarty Mountain Battery, RGA
357:(RA), with the 1st Inverness joining the
252:) Ross–shire AVC – formed 21 August 1866
126:1st Inverness-shire Artillery Volunteers
651:
210:– formed 26 April 1860; transferred to
1099:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
707:
705:
703:
701:
699:
697:
695:
693:
691:
583:, appointed 23 June 1860, promoted to
187:Inverness Artisan Artillery Volunteers
28:
485:Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery
397:16-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns
7:
836:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 34–5.
798:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 94–6.
263:Precedence among AVCs was by shire:
958:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 5–6.
928:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 4–5.
301:1st Banffshire Artillery Volunteers
901:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 149.
875:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 133.
822:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 167.
480:Inverness Territorial Association:
212:1st Caithness Artillery Volunteers
32:1st Inverness Artillery Volunteers
25:
919:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 66.
854:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 50.
324:with the following organisation:
667:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 1.
70:
53:
1108:The Army and Society 1815–1914
502:Nairn Territorial Association:
331:Nos 1–6 Companies at Inverness
208:1st (Helmsdale) Sutherland AVC
1:
1088:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1909.
592:Aeneas Mackintosh of Raigmore
493:Transport and Supply Column,
367:Highland Artillery Volunteers
173:in time of need. The city of
130:Highland Artillery Volunteers
114:Aeneas Mackintosh of Raigmore
34:Highland Artillery Volunteers
604:, appointed 14 November 1885
349:Nos 12–13 Companies at Nairn
218:2nd (Golspie) Sutherland AVC
510:(proposed, not carried out)
395:supplied with a battery of
346:No 11 Company at Lochcarron
308:1st (Lossiemouth) Elgin AVC
1155:
343:No 10 Company at Stornoway
575:William Fraser Tytler of
428:Highland RGA (Volunteers)
328:Headquarters at Inverness
1092:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1069:, London: Methuen, 1938.
628:The following served as
600:Lt-Col Comdt W. Fraser,
491:Highland Mounted Brigade
424:Royal Garrison Artillery
340:No 9 Company at Cromarty
337:No 8 Company at Burghead
316:– formed 16 October 1872
314:2nd (Burghead) Elgin AVC
227:AVC – formed 8 June 1860
183:Inverness Artisan Rifles
156:units in the Highlands.
546:, and then by the blue
164:The enthusiasm for the
726:Becket, Appendix VIII.
685:Beckett, Appendix VII.
619:appointed 25 July 1894
382:
310:– formed 16 March 1860
299:units joined from the
136:auxiliary unit of the
380:
1065:Col John K. Dunlop,
967:Beckett, pp. 247–53.
774:Grierson, pp. 160–3.
508:Seaforth Highlanders
267:34 – Inverness-shire
1046:Litchfield, p. 285.
1034:Litchfield, p. 275.
1025:Litchfield, p. 276.
985:Spiers, Chapter 10.
976:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
946:Grierson, pp. 85–7.
564:Commanding Officers
548:Home Service helmet
179:Cameron Highlanders
1106:Edward M. Spiers,
1072:J.B.M. Frederick,
1058:Ian F.W. Beckett,
1012:, 14 October 1910.
910:Frederick, p. 656.
887:Frederick, p. 668.
863:Frederick, p. 666.
845:Frederick, p. 653.
810:Frederick, p. 670.
746:Frederick, p. 660.
676:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
585:Lieutenant-Colonel
495:Army Service Corps
473:North Scottish RGA
413:Longman, Inverness
383:
373:Position artillery
166:Volunteer movement
150:Scottish Highlands
447:Territorial Force
441:Territorial Force
390:in 1873. But the
363:Southern Division
359:Scottish Division
154:Territorial Force
119:
118:
16:(Redirected from
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1047:
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937:Beckett, p. 178.
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724:
715:
714:, various dates.
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686:
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630:honorary colonel
624:Honorary colonel
148:in the northern
74:
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36:Highland RGA (V)
29:
21:
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587:24 January 1865
566:
561:
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506:6th Battalion,
451:Haldane Reforms
449:(TF) under the
443:
435:Second Boer War
405:
375:
355:Royal Artillery
289:
282:46 – Sutherland
276:43 – Ross-shire
162:
160:Volunteer Force
122:
108:
87:Field Artillery
86:
85:Coast Artillery
76:Volunteer Force
54:
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35:
33:
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22:
15:
12:
11:
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1097:
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1081:James Grierson
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61:United Kingdom
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2:
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611:, VD, former
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532:Austrian knot
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312:
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287:Consolidation
286:
281:
278:
275:
273:42 – Cromarty
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121:Military unit
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19:
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417:Barry Buddon
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171:British Army
163:
138:British Army
129:
128:, later the
125:
123:
26:
433:During the
92:Garrison/HQ
1118:Categories
1053:References
559:Commanders
544:Forage cap
392:War Office
297:Elginshire
279:45 – Nairn
270:35 – Elgin
250:Lochcarron
243:Ross-shire
109:commanders
102:Commanders
712:Army List
257:Balmacara
239:Stornoway
195:batteries
175:Inverness
142:Inverness
96:Inverness
44:1860–1908
1079:Maj-Gen
658:Beckett.
577:Aldourie
522:Uniforms
403:Training
295:and two
225:Cromarty
134:Scottish
132:, was a
613:captain
590:Lt-Col
581:Balnain
107:Notable
49:Country
146:shires
67:Branch
58:
41:Active
647:Notes
573:Major
552:Shako
540:Busby
528:tunic
487:(RHA)
255:3rd (
248:2nd (
237:1st (
232:Nairn
579:and
536:Kepi
230:1st
223:1st
214:1867
124:The
112:Col
82:Role
609:MVO
409:etc
1120::
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602:VD
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