609:) and gun sites and ammunition dumps had to be laboriously relocated. Later, Fourth Army spent the summer months on the Flanders coast, waiting to cooperate with a breakthrough at the Ypres Salient that never came. 109th Siege Bty moved to 28th HAG on 19 May, to 27th HAG on 30 June, 44th (South African) HAG on 8 August, then to 81st HAG (Fifth Army) on 29 September and then to 72nd HAG with Third Army. 72nd HAG moved to Second Army in the Ypres Salient on 9 November, but the Third Ypres Offensive was just petering out, and soon afterwards Second Army HQ moved to the
774:
275:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate companies and batteries were created, releasing the 1st Line units to be sent overseas.
597:
345:
577:
392:
45:
69:
86:
448:
376:, a position of considerable strength in the German line. The bombardment programme was to extend over five days, U, V, W, X and Y, before the assault was launched on Z day. It began on 24 June, but on several days the weather was too bad for good air or ground observation and the programme was extended by two days (Y1 and Y2). When the infantry launched their assault at 07.30 on
439:. There were many more guns available for this attack and the artillery plan was much more carefully worked out than previous operations. VI Corps' attack on 9 April was relatively successful. However, the follow-up over succeeding days was less successful, the guns having to be moved forward through mud and destruction, and the later bombardments were rushed and less effective.
561:. Zero hour for Third Army was 05.30 on 4 November, and XVII Corps attacked with complete success – some units advancing beyond their objectives – supported by 62nd Bde and many other guns, some of which had to move forward during the morning to bring down fire on the further objectives in the afternoon.
588:
on 14 February 1916. A cadre of three officers and 78 other ranks (the establishment of a TF RGA company) was sent from the North
Scottish RGA to form the basis of the new battery. Although the Army Council Instruction specified that the establishment of this batch of new batteries would be those for
302:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The North Scottish RGA had six companies serving in the Aberdeen and Tay Garrison (1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd, 1/4th, 2/2nd and 2/3rd) and one (2/1st Company) in the Forth Garrison, was reduced
604:
The battery went out to the
Western Front on 7 June 1916 and joined 30th HAG with Fourth Army in time for the Battle of the Somme. It moved to 57th HAG on 15 February 1917, then when 57th moved to First Army, 109th Siege Bty moved to 62nd HAG and remained with Fourth Army. At this time, Fourth Army
616:
47th
Brigade, RGA, was defined as an '8-inch Howitzer' brigade, but that was the largest equipment; three out of its four batteries, including 109th, were armed with 6-inch howitzers. 47th Brigade was transferred from Fourth to Fifth Army on 14 March 1918, and was therefore caught up in the German
298:
to form complete new units for front line service. Two of the siege batteries formed in 1915–16 (67th and 109th) had cadres provided by the North
Scottish RGA, while a number of others formed later in the Tay Defences (151st, 192nd, 231st, 254th, 267th, 283rd, 308th) may have included trained men
290:
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 volunteered for overseas service had been authorised to
924:
could be discounted and the War Office began disbanding surplus coastal units and redeploying their personnel. On 1 April 1944 RHQ 504th (Fife) Coast Rgt was placed in suspended animation and its batteries (176, 245, 247, 248 and 250) came under the command of
624:, with vigorous CB work and concentrations on important localities. XIII Corps' follow-up attack on 23 October was accompanied by equally powerful support, even though poor weather on the preceding days limited air observation and spotting of enemy batteries.
723:
627:
XIII Corps halted its pursuit on 9 November and only light forces maintained touch with the retreating
Germans until the Armistice. 109th Siege Battery was to have become C Bty in LXXIII Bde RGA in the postwar army, but was disbanded after the
908:
However, as the invasion threat receded, these defences were seen as absorbing excessive manpower. In 1942 507th Coast Rgt was placed in suspended animation and its only battery (258) was expanded into a battery and Fire
Command in
721:
of 1938. On 1 November 1938 the brigade was redesignated a regiment under new RA nomenclature, and 160 Med Bty reverted to 160 Hvy Bty under Forth Heavy Rgt. Then on 28 November 172 Med Bty was converted into 216 Ant-Tank Bty of
653:(RA) in 1924. The reformed unit had its HQ and 174 Heavy Bty at Queen Street, Broughty Ferry, and 173 Heavy Bty at Fonthill Barracks, Aberdeen, later at Wellington Street, Montrose. It formed part of the coast defence troops in
769:
a crash programme of coastal defence works was initiated against the invasion threat. The coastal artillery regiments were reorganised again in July 1940, and the Fife Heavy
Regiment in the Forth Defences was split into two:
1953:
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.
491:, the tables were turned: British batteries were clearly observable from the Passchendaele Ridge and were subjected to CB fire, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire.
1943:
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
640:
The North Scottish RGA was placed in suspended animation in 1919 and reformed in 1920 with two batteries derived from the former Nos 3 and 4 Companies. The following year the TF was reconstituted as the
499:
67th Siege Bty was rested from 23 December to 15 January 1918. On 1 February 1918 the HAGs were converted into permanent RGA brigades. 67th Siege Bty remained with 62nd Brigade with Third Army until the
337:
67th Siege Battery was formed under War Office Instruction 144 of October 1915 from one company of the North Scottish RGA (TF). The battery went out to the Western Front on 18 March 1916 manning four
2395:
2370:
1027:
At this stage of the war the 8-inch howitzers in use (Marks I–V) were improvised from cut-down and bored-out barrels of 6-inch coast defence guns, with the recoil checked by enormous wooden wedges.
2069:
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,
554:) on 20 October to clear the remaining area west of the Selle. No preliminary barrage was fired, the infantry attacking at 02.00 under a full moon to achieve surprise, supported by 62nd Bde.
2375:
665:
On 1 April 1934, the unit was converted to the role of mobile medium artillery for service in the field, initially as 62nd (North Scottish) Medium Brigade, RA, then from January 1936 as
508:, but overall it was not obliged to retreat as far or to abandon as many heavy guns as Fifth Army further south. The German offensive had been halted on Third Army's front by 5 April.
620:
The battery took part in Fourth Army's advances during the Hundred Days Offensive. By the Battle of the Selle on 17 October the 6-inch howitzer batteries of 47th Bde were supporting
2380:
921:
550:
went forward supported by 62nd Bde and patrols from the Queen's managed to cross the river by the one remaining girder of a blown bridge. Third Army resumed its attack (the
306:
The Scottish Coastal Defences never saw action during the war. By April 1918 the Aberdeen and Tay defences under No 22 Coastal Fire Command (Broughty Ferry) consisted of:
730:
about the same time. Then, just before the outbreak of war in 1939, the Regimental HQ and remaining 173 Bty of 62nd Med Regiment were joined by 163 Bty at Hunter Street,
2385:
765:
The TA's coast defences were mobilised on the outbreak of war in September 1939. (Since 1926 the coast defences of the UK had been manned by the TA alone.) After the
613:
and Fourth Army HQ took over. 109th Siege Bty moved to 47th HAG on 18 December and remained with it (as 47th Brigade, RGA, from 1 February 1918) until the Armistice.
463:
in 19 May. It was then made up to six howitzers and was joined in by personnel from newly arrived 318th Siege Bty. On 29 June the expanded battery joined 99th HAG in
866:
926:
910:
332:
435:
on 2 February 1917, employed in digging positions while their guns were not in action. It was assigned to 10th HAG supporting VI Corps in the forthcoming
471:. Second Army's role was to provide flank support, but as the campaign bogged down it took over direction of the battle in September. The Battles of the
388:. It could have pushed forward on 2 July if its neighbouring formations had not already suffered disaster, but opposition stiffened as the day went on.
757:. Defences for the Tay were considered in 1930, but Dundee was designated a 'Class C' port and by 1939 was being considered for removal from the list.
1796:
901:(At the same time, Dundee had 4 × 6-inch and Montrose had 2 × 6-inch. The Broughty Ferry guns were manned by 503rd (Forth) Coast Rgt and by the local
294:
Although complete defended ports units never left the UK, they did supply drafts of trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
419:
until the middle of October. 67th Siege Bty was transferred to 3rd HAG on 2 December. It was then taken out of the line for rest on 16 January 1917.
341:. At this time batteries were switched between Heavy Artillery Groups (HAGs) as required. 67th Siege Bty was with 21st HAG by the middle of June.
1923:
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.
547:
564:
By now the offensive had turned into a pursuit, and many of the heavy batteries had to be left behind. Fighting was ended on 11 November by the
957:
185:
2197:
2129:
1914:
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.
965:
961:
193:
2032:
2021:
264:
483:
were highly successful because of the weight of artillery brought to bear on German positions. But as the offensive continued with the
197:
877:
2309:
2246:
2231:
2216:
2182:
2167:
2148:
2110:
2091:
2076:
642:
524:
2052:
412:
338:
2322:
1132:
1108:
973:
889:
678:
670:
472:
746:
727:
709:
and three of six 6-inch howitzers, all of World War I vintage but which by 1937 had been modernised with pneumatic tyres.
189:
140:
from 1908 to 1961. Although the unit saw no active service, it supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the
464:
358:
247:
1224:
1007:
996:
902:
649:, with 173 and 174 Coast Batteries. 'Coast Brigade' was changed to 'Heavy Brigade' when the RGA was subsumed into the
621:
610:
558:
535:
520:
456:
432:
279:
141:
1146:
2084:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
1996:
942:
883:
243:
590:
428:
366:
2256:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
985:
937:
When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, 504th and 507th Coast Rgts were amalgamated once more to form
654:
539:
181:
173:
107:
1932:
2390:
2346:
1838:
895:
543:
519:
on 23/24 August when it swept across the old Somme battlefields. By the end of August 62nd Bde RGA was with
516:
505:
488:
468:
408:
17:
773:
2204:
1000:
565:
512:
501:
484:
476:
436:
377:
299:
from the unit among the recruits, although the Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this.
268:
589:
6-inch guns, 8-inch or 9.2-inch howitzers, when 109th Siege Bty went overseas it was equipped with four
527:
on 2 September. The advance was well-prepared by the heavy artillery and the attack was a major success
480:
416:
391:
271:. Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
263:
On the outbreak of war the North Scottish RGA mobilised in Scottish Coast Defences under the command of
596:
2098:
629:
404:
2175:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
872:
At their height in September 1941, the coastal defences of the Forth comprised the following guns:
551:
385:
362:
593:. It was apparently never raised to the 6-gun establishment that most batteries achieved in 1917.
344:
949:. This was short-lived, and on 1 February 1952 the regiment amalgamated with 886 Locating Bty as
766:
606:
542:
and compelling its evacuation by the enemy. On 12 October XVII Corps probed forwards towards the
373:
576:
2290:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
2305:
2242:
2227:
2212:
2193:
2178:
2163:
2144:
2125:
2106:
2087:
2072:
1363:
1291:
706:
381:
157:
89:
295:
617:
Spring Offensive and the 'Great Retreat'. It moved back to Fourth Army's command on 1 May.
447:
2160:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
2155:
1238:
650:
531:
313:
303:
to just three (numbered 1–3), which were to be kept up to strength with Regular recruits.
287:
232:
165:
161:
85:
44:
1292:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/4.
2351:
2124:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
168:
of 1908, a new 'defended ports' artillery unit was formed with its headquarters (HQ) at
945:(AGRA). When 84 AGRA was disbanded in 1950, the regiment reorganised on 1 July 1950 as
834:
750:
283:
169:
117:
74:
403:
XV Corps continued fighting throughout the Somme Offensive, including the battles for
2364:
778:
718:
460:
319:
917:
in the Firth of Forth as part of Inchcolm Fire Command within Fixed Defences Forth.
568:. 67th Siege Battery was retained in the postwar army, but disappeared before 1922.
754:
749:
had made recommendations for the defence of 15 'Class A' home ports, including the
396:
239:
177:
137:
2143:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
2086:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
825:
682:
201:
145:
2071:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
865:
Between 15 and 21 May 1941, 246 Coast Bty was exchanged for 176 Coast Bty from
200:. The new unit consisted of three companies, rising to four by the outbreak of
272:
734:, from the Forth Heavy Rgt and re-converted to the coast defence role as the
972:. After further mergers, the regiment was disbanded in 1975, but since 1986
956:
There were further cuts to the TA in 1961 when the battery amalgamated with
739:
731:
674:
380:(1 July), XV Corps made better progress than most other parts of the front,
2341:
914:
857:
811:
753:(Scheme 7), but little was done to modernise them before the outbreak of
698:
173 (North Scottish) Medium Bty (Howitzers): Queen Street, Broughty Ferry
370:
223:
217:
133:
2331:
2239:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
701:
174 (North Scottish) Medium Bty (Howitzers): Fonthill Barracks, Aberdeen
2288:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2103:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
929:. 186 Coast Bty itself passed into suspended animation on 1 June 1945.
840:
2177:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
2137:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2118:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
777:
Mk VII 6-inch gun in typical coast defence emplacement, preserved at
772:
595:
585:
575:
504:. Part of Third Army was engaged in the desperate fighting of the
446:
390:
343:
2135:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1364:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
705:
At this time medium brigades consisted of one battery of six
600:
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
310:
Castle Green Battery, Broughty Ferry – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns
184:(RGA) with personnel drawn from four former Volunteer units:
724:
54th (Queen's Own Royal Glasgow Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment
605:
was following the German retirement to the Hindenburg Line (
238:
The unit was responsible for manning the guns defending the
803:
On 1 April 1941 the batteries were reorganised as follows:
695:
172 (Clyde) Medium Bty (Howitzers): Drill Hall, Helensburgh
538:. On 8 October 62nd Bde supported XVII Corps in encircling
2336:
717:
The TA underwent expansion and reorganisation after the
467:
as Second and Fifth Armies prepared for the forthcoming
2122:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
2105:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
692:
160 (Forth) Medium Bty: Easter Road Barracks, Edinburgh
2274:
Army Council Instructions Issued During December 1916
2267:
Army Council Instructions Issued During February 1916
941:
with RHQ at Montrose. The new unit was in 84 (Field)
738:. Regimental HQ moved across the Tay to Kirkcaldy in
2396:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1921
2371:
Defended ports units of the Royal Garrison Artillery
2141:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
216:No 1 Company: Territorial Barracks, Fonthill Road,
113:
103:
95:
80:
62:
54:
31:
2281:Army Council Instructions Issued During April 1917
2260:War Office Instructions Issued During October 1915
2254:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
1483:Army Council Instruction 2379 of 20 December 1916.
2376:Military units and formations established in 1908
1825:
1823:
1821:
1819:
1817:
1685:Army Council Instruction 387 of 21 February 1916.
848:250 Coast Bty at Charles Hill (near Braefoot Bay)
2008:
2006:
2004:
1961:
1959:
2226:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
2162:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
1901:
1899:
1897:
1895:
1893:
1891:
1783:
1781:
1759:
1757:
1261:
1259:
1257:
1255:
869:, and 176 took over the battery at Kent Works.
1491:
1489:
1373:
1371:
1045:
1043:
966:400 (Highland) (Aberdeen/Angus) Field Regiment
286:and there was an urgent need for batteries of
2224:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
1543:
1541:
1539:
530:Third Army continued its advance through the
8:
2381:Military units and formations in Forfarshire
1695:
1693:
1691:
1572:
1570:
1568:
1566:
1234:
1232:
1142:
1140:
1133:Cromarty at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1069:
1067:
1065:
1063:
1061:
1059:
1057:
1055:
511:Third Army joined in the Allies' victorious
361:preparing for that summer's 'Big Push' (the
333:67th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
49:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
18:504th (Fife) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery
2190:The Silent General: Horne of the First Army
1239:Dundee and the Tay in the Second World War.
947:362 (Highland) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1525:
1523:
992:Col J. Davidson, appointed 8 December 1913
789:Regimental HQ (RHQ) and A, B, C and D Btys
580:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer.
43:
1147:Angus at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
745:A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
2053:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2033:871–895 Btys RA at British Army 1945 on.
2022:850–870 Btys RA at British Army 1945 on.
1877:
1875:
1873:
1850:
1848:
1846:
1329:
1327:
1325:
1287:
1285:
1283:
1281:
1279:
1277:
1275:
1273:
1271:
1104:
1102:
976:has been the designated successor unit.
584:109th Siege Battery, RGA, was formed at
365:). It was one of the groups assigned to
348:8-inch Howitzer on the Somme, July 1916.
291:increase their strength by 50 per cent.
2386:Military units and formations in Dundee
1039:
1020:
130:North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery
32:North Scottish Royal Garrison Artillery
1359:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1351:
1349:
1347:
1345:
1343:
1193:Army Council Instructions, April 1917.
1175:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
1089:
1087:
1085:
1083:
1081:
1079:
1003:, former CO, appointed 8 February 1922
920:By 1944, serious naval attacks on the
451:8-inch Howitzer at almost full recoil.
28:
2297:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
2295:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
1184:Army Council Instructions, 1915–1916.
645:(TA) and the unit was renamed as the
278:By October 1914, the campaign on the
136:part-time coast defence units of the
7:
2241:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
669:. It was joined by 160 Bty from the
548:Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
357:21st Heavy Artillery Group was with
2337:Canmore: Historic Scotland Archives
2211:, London: Batsford, 1954/Pan 1966,
322:, Aberdeen – 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns
34:62nd (Scottish) Medium Regiment, RA
913:. RHQ of 504th Coast Rgt moved to
667:62nd (Scottish) Medium Brigade, RA
661:62nd (Scottish) Medium Brigade, RA
557:The last set-piece attack was the
25:
1797:Forth Coast Rgt at Regiments.org.
647:North Scottish Coast Brigade, RGA
38:362nd (Highland) HAA Regiment, RA
1225:Castle Green Battery at Canmore.
487:and First and Second Battles of
84:
67:
2347:Great War Centenary Drill Halls
2332:British Army units from 1945 on
2283:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2276:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2269:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2262:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2116:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
655:51st (Highland) Divisional Area
395:8-inch Howitzer under tow by a
36:504th (Fife) Coast Regiment, RA
2304:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2000,
1997:AGRAs at British Army 1945 on.
1734:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1708:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1650:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1624:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1611:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1598:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
974:105 (Scottish) Air Defence Rgt
689:HQ: The Castle, Broughty Ferry
455:67th Siege Bty transferred to
160:(TF) was created from the old
1:
1249:WO Instructions October 1915.
970:Q (Arbroath/Montrose) Battery
747:Committee of Imperial Defence
250:) and Aberdeen (2 × 6-inch).
2302:Army Service Corps 1902–1918
1905:Frederick, pp. 604–6, 623–4.
1412:, Vol I, pp. 299–300, 304–5.
228:No 3 Company: Broughty Ferry
1443:Farrar-Hockley, pp. 147–52.
953:with Battery HQ at Dundee.
816:246 Coast Bty at Kent Works
726:, while 174 Med Bty joined
525:Drocourt-Quéant Switch Line
2412:
2342:Dundee Leisure and Culture
2192:, Solihull, Helion, 2007,
2012:Frederick, pp. 1031, 1033.
1628:, Vol V, pp. 334–6, 342–3.
1517:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
943:Army Group Royal Artillery
728:56th (Highland) Medium Rgt
330:
231:No 4 Company, Drill Hall,
2354:The Territorial Army 1947
2252:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2173:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1010:, appointed 24 March 1937
962:276 (Highland) Field Rgts
534:positions and across the
176:on the north bank of the
172:, now located within the
42:
2237:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
1676:Frederick, pp. 719, 722.
984:The following served as
867:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
853:A/507 Coast Bty became:
845:D/504 Coast Bty became:
807:A/504 Coast Bty became:
572:109th Siege Battery, RGA
399:on the Somme, July 1916.
182:Royal Garrison Artillery
174:Dundee City council area
132:and its successors were
108:Royal Garrison Artillery
1974:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
1773:Titles and Designations
1576:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 235–7.
1461:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 171–3.
1452:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 225–8.
1377:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 102–5.
968:, with 862 Bty forming
927:505th (Forth) Coast Rgt
911:506th (Forth) Coast Rgt
830:C/504 Coast Bty became:
821:B/504 Coast Bty became:
794:507th (Fife) Coast Rgt
786:504th (Fife) Coast Rgt
736:Fife Heavy Regiment, RA
713:Fife Heavy Regiment, RA
506:German spring offensive
327:67th Siege Battery, RGA
314:Broughty Castle Battery
180:. It was formed in the
2325:The British Army, 1914
2300:Lt-Col Michael Young,
2205:Anthony Farrar-Hockley
1933:Collier, Appendix XIX.
1867:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
1547:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 92–7.
1495:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 82–9.
1157:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1123:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
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513:Hundred Days Offensive
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186:1st Aberdeenshire RGA
1699:Becke, Pt 4, p. 213.
1589:, Vol IV, pp. 404–7.
1560:, Vol IV, pp. 247–8.
1425:, Vol I, pp. 347–68.
1215:, Annexes 4 & 7.
630:Treaty of Versailles
559:Battle of the Sambre
546:. The 8th Battalion
2043:Frederick, p. 1010.
1965:Frederick, p. 1008.
1829:Litchfield, p. 284.
1712:, Vol V, pp. 295–6.
1654:, Vol V, pp. 486–8.
1602:, Vol V, pp. 208–9.
1390:, Vol I, pp. 346–7.
1166:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1073:Litchfield, p. 275.
1006:Col J.Y.H. Ridout,
939:362 Medium Regiment
552:Battle of the Selle
431:Heavy Artillery in
427:The battery joined
363:Battle of the Somme
320:Torry Point Battery
316:– 2 × 4.7-inch guns
194:1st Forfarshire RGA
2222:J.B.M. Frederick,
1787:Frederick, p. 736.
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1265:Frederick, p. 702.
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213:HQ: Broughty Ferry
208:North Scottish RGA
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2130:978-1-845747-28-2
1094:Monthly Army List
980:Honorary Colonels
856:258 Coast Bty at
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477:Polygon Wood
454:
426:
402:
397:Holt tractor
356:
336:
305:
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293:
277:
262:
259:Mobilisation
237:
207:
206:
198:Highland RGA
178:Firth of Tay
155:
138:British Army
129:
127:
104:Part of
26:
884:6-inch guns
826:Inchmickery
683:Helensburgh
544:River Selle
481:Broodseinde
465:Second Army
369:facing the
359:Fourth Army
254:World War I
202:World War I
146:World War I
114:Garrison/HQ
2365:Categories
2188:Don Farr,
2120:, Vol IV,
2061:References
1885:, Annex M.
1881:Farndale,
1858:, Annex B.
1854:Farndale,
1807:Farndale,
1747:Farndale,
1721:Farndale,
1663:Farndale,
1637:Farndale,
1533:, Annex M.
1529:Farndale,
1504:Farndale,
1470:Farndale,
1337:, Annex E.
1333:Farndale,
1315:Farndale,
1211:Farndale,
903:Home Guard
622:XIII Corps
521:XVII Corps
473:Menin Road
457:Fifth Army
433:Third Army
273:War Office
164:under the
2209:The Somme
2139:, Vol V,
1751:, p. 312.
1725:, p. 307.
1641:, p. 309.
1585:Edmonds,
1556:Edmonds,
1421:Edmonds,
1408:Edmonds,
1386:Edmonds,
1319:, p. 130.
1302:Edmonds,
1015:Footnotes
740:Fifeshire
732:Kirkcaldy
675:Edinburgh
515:with the
502:Armistice
495:Later war
429:VI Corps'
405:High Wood
204:in 1914:
156:When the
58:1908–1961
2203:Gen Sir
2154:Gen Sir
1983:Watson,
1944:212/123.
1667:, p. 39.
1109:Conrad,
915:Inchcolm
858:Kincraig
812:Inchcolm
636:Interwar
415:and the
386:Fricourt
371:Fricourt
367:XV Corps
248:4.7-inch
246:and 2 ×
233:Montrose
224:Cromarty
218:Aberdeen
134:Scottish
1985:TA 1947
1811:, p. 4.
933:Postwar
841:Dalmeny
540:Cambrai
459:in the
374:Salient
144:during
63:Country
2308:
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2090:
2075:
296:cadres
244:6-inch
152:Origin
81:Branch
72:
55:Active
1775:1927.
1035:Notes
882:16 ×
586:Dover
443:Ypres
423:Arras
413:Flers
378:Z Day
353:Somme
242:(2 ×
2306:ISBN
2243:ISBN
2228:ISBN
2213:ISBN
2194:ISBN
2179:ISBN
2164:ISBN
2145:ISBN
2126:ISBN
2107:ISBN
2088:ISBN
2073:ISBN
1736:1918
1710:1918
1652:1918
1626:1918
1613:1918
1600:1918
1587:1918
1558:1918
1423:1916
1410:1916
1388:1916
1304:1916
1111:1914
960:and
894:6 ×
888:4 ×
876:3 ×
479:and
384:and
196:and
128:The
96:Role
1008:DSO
997:CBE
964:as
958:275
905:.)
681:at
673:at
240:Tay
2367::
2207:,
2158:,
2101:,
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