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6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

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Formed at Portsmouth in September 1914 as a home service (“second line”) unit. Initially part of 2/1st Hampshire Brigade in 2nd Wessex Division, but did not proceed with the rest of the Division to India. Moved to Petersfield, then Bournemouth and Hursley Park. On 13 February 1915 it became a
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In 1880 the units were linked together to create the 2nd Administrative battalion Hampshire Rifle Volunteers. By 1885 the battalion was redesignated 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. Lettered companies were created to form the following organisation:
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The battalion's origins lay in the enthusiasm for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) engendered by an invasion scare in 1859. The volunteer units which became the battalion comprised the following:
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with headquarters at Gosport. The unit was redesignated in 1943 as 69th Light Anti-Aircraft /Anti-Tank Regiment RA (TA). It was subsequently converted to an infantry role and amalgamated with
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With further reductions in the Territorial Army in 1967 the unit became B Company (Duke of Connaught's 6th Royal Hampshire RA) The Hants and Isle of Wight Territorials.
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to relieve Regular troops there. The 1/6th (Duke of Connaught's Own) Battalion landed in India in November 1914: it remained there until transfer to Mesopotamia in 1917.
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Provisional Battalion. This was known at various times as the Hampshire Brigade Battalion, the 84th Provisional Battalion, and then the 17th Battalion.
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On the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939 the Territorial Army was doubled in size. As a result, a 2nd Line duplicate unit was raised as
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In 1893 the battalion received the designation ‘’’Duke of Connaught’s Own’’’. In 1901 the headquarters of the unit were at the newly-opened
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383rd Field Regiment Royal Artillery (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire) (TA)
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6th Battalion (Duke of Connaught's Own) Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force)
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59th (Duke of Connaught's Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
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59th (Duke of Connaught’s Hampshire) Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (TA)
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The Coming Storm: Test and First-Class Cricketers Killed in World War Two
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The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
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383rd Anti-Tank Regiment, RA (Duke of Connaught's Royal Hampshire) (TA)
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5th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Portsmouth in February 1860
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When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, the regiment was reformed as
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Connaught Drill Hall, Portsmouth. Headquarters of the unit from 1902
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23rd Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Cosham in November 1860
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12th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Petersfield in May 1860
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69th (Duke of Connaught's) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
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4th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Havant in February 1860
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51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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Cyclists of the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regiment, 1896
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6th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Gosport in March 1860
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6th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (TF)
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The 6th Battalion Hampshire Regiment reformed in the retitled
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7th Hampshire Rifle Volunteers – formed in Fareham in May 1860
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In October 1914, the 43rd (Wessex) Division was ordered to
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The battalion was demobilised on 11 September 1919.
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Naval & Military Press. 238:K Company (late 7th Hampshire) 232:H Company (late 4th Hampshire) 1: 529:Scott Daniell, David (2009). 261:in 1908, the unit became the 623:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers 669:The Royal Artillery 1939–45 715: 610:, London: Longmans, 1980, 591:Norman E. H. Litchfield, 185:Volunteer Force 1860-1908 42: 684:Royal Hampshire Regiment 649:British Military History 555:Gen. Sir Martin Farndale 551:, London: Methuen, 1938. 257:On the formation of the 573:Joslen, H. F. (2003) . 445:McCrery, Nigel (2011). 329:and went with them to 218: 216: 654:The Long, Long Trail 547:Col John K. Dunlop, 435:Scott Daniell, p. 78 247:Connaught Drill Hall 169:and recruited from 99:Infantry (1860-1938) 360:, serving with the 606:Edward M. Spiers, 513:Ian F.W. 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Index

69th (Duke of Connaught's) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

United Kingdom

Territorial Army
Portsmouth
Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn
infantry
battalion
British Army
Volunteer Force
Territorial Force
Territorial Army
Hampshire Regiment
Portsmouth
World War I
World War II

Connaught Drill Hall
Territorial Force
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
India
Territorial Army
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
Normandy
Donald Ray
D-Day
Caen
51st (Westmorland and Cumberland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
51st/69th Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery

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