753:). An even greater concentration of guns was massed than for Messines, but the circumstances were less favourable. Gun batteries were packed into the Ypres Salient where they were under observation and CB fire from the Germans on the higher ground: casualties among guns and gunners were high. 174th Siege Bty was rested from 19 August to 4 September before returning for the final attacks. After the Passchendaele fighting the battery joined 79th HAG, which became a permanent RGA brigade the following February; 174th Siege Bty remained with it until the Armistice. The battery was joined by a section from the newly-formed 448th Siege Bty on 16 February, bringing it up to a strength of six howitzers.
552:
762:
1006:
1201:), and Weymouth Bay was used for invasion exercises, so 522nd Coast Rgt did not see the same reductions as regiments elsewhere. Nevertheless, by the end of 1944 serious naval attacks on the coast could be discounted and the War Office began reorganising surplus coastal units into infantry battalions for duties in the rear areas. In January 1945 most of the gun positions were reduced to 'care and maintenance', and on 15 January 1945 RHQ 522nd Coast Rgt and HQ Portland Fire Command were converted into RHQ
454:(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 were created, bringing the Dorsetshire RGA up to a strength of six companies.
598:
594:. Slowly the British got the upper hand, and a large proportion of German guns were out of action when the infantry attacked on 31 July. However, the offensive bogged down through the summer and autumn of 1917. 123rd Siege Bty was joined by a section from the newly-arrived 414th Siege Bty in August, in preparation for bringing the battery up to a strength of six 6-inch howitzers; however it does not appear that the additional guns arrived until 19 February 1918.
789:
45:
69:
86:
574:. Third Army was not engaged in any major operations during the second half of 1916, so this was a relatively quiet sector of the front. 123rd Siege Bty was assigned to 47th Heavy Artillery Group (HAG) but the policy was to transfer siege batteries from one HAG to another as the situation demanded, and 123rd regularly switched between 8th and 46th HAGs with Third Army during the winter of 1916–17.
493:) were provided by the Dorsetshire RGA, while a large number of other siege batteries formed at Portland (87th, 116th, 129th, 136th, 145th, 177th, 183rd, 209th, 216th, 241st, 277th, 285th, 305th) and Weymouth (106th, 111th, 200th, 226th, 249th, 291st, 304th) may have included trained men from the unit among the recruits, although the Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this.
501:
1145:
In 1942 the regiment was also under V Corps CA HQ and then Hants & Dorset
District. 58 COD rejoined 555th Coast Rgt during the summer of that year. On 6 February 1943, 239, 376 and 387 Coast Btys joined or rejoined 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Rgt. 569th Coast Rgt's HQ was disbanded the following
820:
IX Corps renewed its advance on 23 October, with 79th Bde part of a massive corps artillery reserve. As the regimental historian relates, 'The guns of Fourth Army demonstrated, on 23 October, the crushing effect of well co-ordinated massed artillery. they simply swept away the opposition'. After a
745:
under the German lines at Zero hour, it was preceded by days of preliminary bombardment aimed at destroying strongpoints and the opposing artillery. This continued until 02.40 on 7 June, when the guns fell silent. Then at 03.10 the mines were exploded and the assault went in with massive artillery
628:
On 13 November the battery transferred to 88th HAG; by now HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and in
December the 88th was converted into a permanent RGA brigade. 123rd Siege Bty stayed with it until the Armistice a year later. 88th Brigade and 123rd Siege Bty were with Third Army for its
496:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The Dorsetshire RGA serving in the Portland garrison was reduced from six to just two companies, which were to be kept up to strength with non-TF recruits. In April 1918 the Portland
469:
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
883:
On the outbreak of war the regiment and its three batteries mobilised in the
Portland Defences. The guns were controlled by Portland Fire Command at Weymouth and companies of the Dorsetshire Fortress Royal Engineers manned searchlights for coast and anti-aircraft defence.
849:. In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. When the RA updated its unit designations from 'brigade' to 'regiment', the Dorsetshire changed designation on 1 November 1938. It formed part of the coast defence troops in
1154:
As the invasion threat receded, the coast defences were seen as absorbing excessive manpower and were scaled back, the gunners being redeployed. 569th Coast Rgt had been disbanded in early 1943, and its batteries rejoined 522nd, giving the following organisation:
709:
174th Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Weymouth on 13 June 1916 under Army Council Instruction 1239 of 21 June 1916 with a cadre of 3 officers and 78 other ranks from the Dorsetshire RGA. It went out to the Western Front in October 1916, equipped with four
565:
123rd Siege
Battery, RGA, was raised at Portland on 22 March 1916 under Army Council Instruction 701 of 31 March 1916 with a cadre of 3 officers and 78 other ranks from the Dorsetshire RGA. It went out to the Western Front on 18 July 1916, manning four
687:
on 20 October. By the beginning of
November 88th Bde was standing by for further operations, but the enemy was retiring so rapidly that it was difficult to get heavy guns forward into range. The brigade's batteries hardly fired another shot before the
812:
on 17 October. The first day of the battle went well, one German counter-attack being broken up when all available guns were turned onto it. Steady progress was also made on the second and third days as Fourth Army closed up to the
836:
The
Dorsetshire RGA was placed in suspended animation after demobilisation in 1919. It reformed in 1920 at Weymouth with one battery from the former HQ and one from the former No 3 Company. When the TF was reconstituted as the
620:
were highly successful because of the weight of artillery brought to bear on German positions. But as the offensive continued
British batteries were clearly observable from the Passchendaele Ridge and were subjected to
1270:
The 5th and 6th Dorsetshire AVCs wore distinctive buttons marked with a crown above a field gun and a laurel spray on either side. Beneath the gun was the figure 5 or 6 and round the lower edge was the word 'DORSET'.
250:
The Dorsetshire AVCs returned to the 1st Hants Admin Bde in 1873, but the 3rd (Bridport) Corps was disbanded that year. When the Volunteers were consolidated in 1880, the Dorsetshire units became part of the
2605:
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.
769:
79th Brigade was with Second Army and was not involved in the first phase of the German Spring Offensive of 1918, but the Army was directly attacked and driven back from its positions during the following
927:
On 1 April 1941, A to F Btys were numbered 102 to 107, and on 10 May 1941, 239 Independent Coast Bty (formed on 10 March) was attached to the regiment for administration and training, stationed at
2644:
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, TNA file WO 212/123.
785:
in Operation Borderland, a limited counter-attack on La Becque and other fortified farms in front of the Forest of Nieppe, in what was described as 'a model operation' for artillery cooperation.
2665:
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 with amendments, TNA file WO 212/124.
2889:
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,
3310:
3305:
1213:
3295:
2591:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 16 December 1941, with amendments, TNA file WO 212/118.
497:
Garrison comprised the following batteries (manned by the two Dorsetshire RGA companies and Nos 16, 28 and 30 Companies, RGA) under the control of No 5 Coastal Fire Command:
397:
and three Regular RGA companies (Nos 16, 28 and 30) based at Weymouth. Together, these units were responsible for manning the following guns in the Portland defences by 1914:
1216:. It does not appear to have served overseas. 618th (Dorsetshire) Rgt began to enter suspended animation on 10 January 1946, completing the process by the end of the month.
394:
1206:
284:
G.E. Eliot, previously the second Lt-col of the 1st Hants & Dorset. Since 1882 all the AVCs had been affiliated to one of the territorial garrison divisions of the
3300:
1099:
in June 1943 and Sussex District Coast Artillery HQ took over control of 522nd Rgt. The regiment returned to the command of Hants & Dorset District in April 1944.
2686:
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.
182:, following an invasion scare in 1859, saw the creation of many Rifle and Artillery Volunteer Corps composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
1165:
1128:
936:
660:
on 23 August. The artillery barrage was very good and the infantry were on their objective less than an hour after Zero. This was followed by the Battles of the
704:
560:
808:
stormed the outpost line and then scrambled across the canal in the morning mist. IX Corps continued to attack, at the Beaurevoir Line on 8 October, and the
804:, with 79th Bde amongst the mass of artillery supporting the operation. The heavy guns continued firing on the canal banks until the last possible moment as
296:. In 1889 the corps resumed its former title and two additional batteries were formed. In January 1891 the personnel from Portland were separated into the
888:
721:
Like 123rd Siege Bty, 174th regularly switched between 8th and 46th HAGs during the winter of 1916–17. 174th Siege Bty took part in the Battle of Arras (
1205:
at Falmouth, leaving a few HQ details at Portland. On 28 February 1945 the remaining personnel of 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 134, 239 and 387 Btys joined
473:
Although complete defended ports units never left the UK, they did supply drafts of trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
368:
895:, the coastal artillery regiments underwent a major reorganisation in the summer of 1940. On 1 July the Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment was redesignated
1758:
1259:
742:
2835:
2805:
3016:
2978:
2918:
2881:
2577:
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.
3162:
3106:
825:). After that the campaign became a pursuit of a beaten enemy until the Armistice, in which the slow-moving siege guns could play no part.
432:
No 3 Company at Old Drill Hall, Easton Lane, Portland (shared with Dorsetshire and Wiltshire Fortress RE; now the Portland Sculpture Trust)
401:
1828:
281:
224:
289:
252:
216:
845:, and the batteries were numbered 179 and 180. Then, when the RGA was subsumed into the Royal Artillery in 1924, the unit became the
3177:
3136:
3121:
3084:
3069:
3054:
3035:
2997:
2933:
2903:
2461:
838:
163:
89:
665:
551:
2790:
2743:
336:
By 1893 the War Office Mobilisation Scheme had allocated both Dorset Artillery Volunteer units to the Weymouth fixed defences.
3232:
1610:
1313:
1291:
801:
609:
413:
1247:
1197:
However, Portland Harbour was a major concentration point for shipping being assembled for the Allied invasion of Normandy (
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79th Brigade joined Fourth Army on 18 August, soon after the beginning of the final Hundred Days Offensive. On 29 September
761:
339:
In 1899 the RA was divided into separate field and garrison branches, and the artillery volunteers were all assigned to the
1132:
1118:
3266:
1110:
was formed as a headquarters at Bridport on 12 December 1941. It took over a number of existing batteries on 20 December:
1092:
3261:
2911:
Hull Pals, 10th, 11th 12th and 13th Battalions East Yorkshire Regiment – A History of 92 Infantry Brigade, 31st Division
605:
1992:
1317:
822:
778:
673:
661:
587:
571:
486:
482:
458:
155:
17:
649:. Over the next two weeks, VI Corps and Third Army fought a series of rearguard actions through the 'Great Retreat'.
450:
M.J. Raymond. Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
2896:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
1087:
Coast Artillery HQ, changing to Hampshire & Dorset District by October when V Corps embarked for North Africa (
1068:
932:
912:
908:
904:
407:
2523:
797:
782:
738:
711:
646:
567:
347:
on 1 January 1902. It consisted of 10 companies (nine by 1908) with its HQ at Lower St Alban's Street, Weymouth.
485:
it went out to the Western Front in December 1915 and served there for the rest of the war, latterly supporting
3146:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
1280:
1084:
771:
677:
630:
521:
340:
2614:
608:
HQ took over the faltering offensive in September, and the battery came under its control. The Battles of the
1324:, late Coldstream Guards, appointed 18 December 1929 and continued post with 421st (Dorset) Coast Rgt in 1947
3251:
657:
642:
591:
389:
was a 'Defended Ports Unit' in Southern Coast Defences with the primary role of defending the naval base at
1005:
1251:
1236:
1232:
850:
774:. Nevertheless the line held, and the heavy guns, often well forward, took a heavy toll of the attackers.
689:
653:
613:
583:
447:
1095:
took over responsibility for coast defence in the area as part of South Eastern Command, until it joined
2973:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948//Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009,
805:
617:
372:
1491:
Mobilization Tables for Home Defence, List of Militia, Yeomanry and Volunteer Units, HMSO, London, 1893
597:
1076:
On 20 December 1941, 239 and 387 Btys were transferred to a new 'Special Coast Rgt' (569th Coast Rgt,
2962:
622:
446:
On the outbreak of war the Dorsetshire RGA mobilised in Southern Coast Defences under the command of
343:(RGA). When the divisional structure was abolished their titles were changed, the unit becoming the
481:, was formed on 30 July 1915 at Weymouth with a nucleus from the Dorsetshire RGA. Equipped with two
3077:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
2831:
2809:
715:
684:
2948:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
1212:
As well as men transferred from 522nd, the new infantry regiment included a draft of 130 men from
2945:
1198:
940:
892:
590:, whose heavy guns were engaged in a long artillery duel with the Germans in preparation for the
515:
179:
1575:
1231:
In 1956 the Coast Artillery branch was abolished, and on 31 October 421st Coast Rgt merged with
788:
669:
3215:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
3173:
3158:
3132:
3117:
3102:
3080:
3065:
3050:
3031:
3012:
2993:
2974:
2929:
2914:
2899:
2877:
1850:
1754:
1306:
1295:
1180:
from 569 Coast Rgt 6 February, began disbanding on 17 March, completing the process by 2 April
356:
44:
1653:
1503:
1631:
1477:
1002:
At their height in September 1941, the Portland area defences contained the following guns:
928:
919:
and Swanage. On 31 December 387 Coast Bty at Abbotsbury was incorporated into the regiment.
474:
390:
277:
151:
127:
899:
and reorganised as six batteries, designated A to F. A number of emergency batteries of ex-
300:, but this was absorbed back into the 1st in June 1894, giving the following organisation:
3062:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
3042:
1642:
1302:
1224:
When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, the regiment was reformed at Weymouth as
1096:
1088:
466:
360:
285:
85:
154:, in both World Wars and also supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the
3276:
3011:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
2725:
1091:). From 7 December 1942, RHQ at Portland was included in Portland Fire Command HQ. Then
749:
Next, 174th Siege Bty moved to Fifth Army for the opening of the Third Ypres Offensive (
1321:
821:
pause to regroup and reconnoitre, IX Corps stormed across the canal on 4 November (the
462:
74:
3289:
1010:
734:
509:
907:
manned by the army, ordered for Poole Harbour on 22 May. These were followed by two
814:
183:
167:
147:
143:
3267:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
3030:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
1602:
911:
ordered for Lyme Regis on 14 July. Other emergency coastal batteries (each of two
2898:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
645:
opened on 21 March 1918, 88th Bde was ordered to move to assist the hard-pressed
809:
765:
Crew checking the breech of a 6-inch howitzer during the Spring Offensive, 1918.
385:, but this was changed back to separate Dorset and Hampshire units in 1910. The
308:
187:
159:
3157:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
625:, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire.
960:
916:
900:
741:. Although this attack was characterised by the surprise explosion of 19 huge
451:
220:
195:
186:
in time of need. Four Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) were quickly formed in
201:
2nd (Portland) formed on 14 February 1860, absorbed into 4th in November 1861
378:
No 4 Company became the Dorsetshire Battery III Wessex Bde, RFA, at Bridport
327:
236:
1664:
943:, in Scotland, to join 522nd Rgt, taking over defences at Upton, Weymouth
500:
489:. Similarly, the cadres of 123rd and 174th Siege Batteries formed in 1916 (
272:
On 1 April 1886 the Dorset companies were separated to form an independent
231:
in January 1866. Two further AVCs were formed in Dorsetshire at this time:
714:, and soon joined Fifth Army which was engaged in the final stages of the
652:
88th Brigade was still with VI Corps when Third Army joined in the Allied
146:
from 1859 to 1956. Although these units saw no action, they protected the
477:
as the basis on which to form complete new units for front line service.
205:
3241:
3114:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
211:
4th (Portland) formed on 20 November 1860, absorbed 2nd in November 1861
3213:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2992:, London: Macmillan, 1935/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995,
1122:
1114:
239 Coast Bty at West Bay, Bridport, from 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Rgt
243:
3246:
3151:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
3129:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3079:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
3024:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
3005:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2986:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2967:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
1993:
88th Bde RGA War Diary February 1917–March 1919, TNA file WO 95/396/4.
1258:. The Dorset artillery lineage ended when the TA was reduced into the
1240:
1009:
Mk VII 6-inch gun in typical coast defence emplacement, preserved at
733:
On 21 May 1917 174th Siege Bty was transferred to Second Army in the
228:
1665:
Old Drill Hall, Easton, at WWI Great War Centenary Drill Hall list.
276:, with eight companies and its HQ initially at Portland, moving to
3094:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
1004:
787:
760:
596:
550:
499:
323:
3256:
3047:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
265:
No 17 Company at Portland and Swanage – former 4th and 6th Dorset
2874:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
946:
From June 1941, 522nd Coast Rgt had the following organisation:
3022:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1138:
387 Coast Bty at Abbotsbury from 522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Rgt
737:
where a mass of guns and howitzers had been assembled for the
1851:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
1252:
250th (Queen's Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry) Med Rgt
1237:
255th (West Somerset Yeomanry and Dorset Garrison) Medium Rgt
601:
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
142:
and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the
903:
guns were obtained for the South Coast ports, including two
1675:
294:
2nd Volunteer (Dorsetshire) Brigade, Southern Division, RA
1829:
Raising of 121 to 125 Siege Btys RGA at Long, Long Trail.
3271:
2891:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval &
935:
and 2 × searchlights. Then on 5 June 1941, 134 Bty from
3009:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
49:
Letterhead of the 2nd Dorset Artillery Volunteers, 1895
18:
618th (Dorsetshire) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery
1083:
In April 1942 the regiment came under the command of
345:
1st Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
3028:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
2695:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1945, TNA file WO 166/16848.
2353:
Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 295–305, 318, 325.
1954:, Vol II, pp. 240, 247, 253–4, 282, 300–1, 330, 340.
1914:, Vol II, pp. 150-1, 158–60, 163, 185, 190–201, 207.
367:
Nos 1 and 2 Companies became 6th Hampshire Battery,
2462:
Southern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1287:
Col G.E. Eliot, former CO, appointed 9 January 1895
1141:
58 COD joined from 555th Coast Rgt in January 1942.
292:. In 1886 the 1st Dorset AVC officially became the
123:
113:
103:
95:
80:
62:
54:
31:
3206:Army Council Instructions Issued During April 1917
3192:Army Council Instructions Issued During March 1916
3185:War Office Instructions Issued During October 1914
3144:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
976:attached for training; joined regiment August 1941
792:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
395:Dorsetshire and Wiltshire Fortress Royal Engineers
3311:Military units and formations established in 1859
3306:Military units and formations in Weymouth, Dorset
3199:Army Council Instructions Issued During June 1916
2832:"Dorset & Somerset Yeomanry at Regiments.org"
2774:
2772:
2703:
2701:
965:106 Coast Bty at A, Centre and B Piers, Portland
2990:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries
2762:
2760:
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2671:
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2628:
2626:
2624:
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2489:
2406:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 386–8, 463–71.
1209:and the HQ details of 522nd Rgt were disbanded.
995:No 4 Coast Artillery Plotting Room (Portland) –
968:107 Coast Bty at C Pier (Northern Arm), Portland
543:These defences never saw action during the war.
419:The Dorsetshire RGA had following organisation:
381:The remainder of the personnel were to join the
3064:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
3049:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
2555:
2553:
2551:
2549:
2547:
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1722:
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1710:
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355:When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new
268:No 18 Company at Charmouth – former 5th Dorset.
259:No 15 Company at Lyme Regis – former 1st Dorset
1937:
1935:
1933:
1384:
1382:
1380:
1378:
1376:
1248:294th (Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry) Medium Rgt
582:123rd Siege Bty served with Third Army at the
465:and there was an urgent need for batteries of
3296:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
3092:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2956:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
2928:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
2791:235–265 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
2744:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 onwards.
2326:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 101–6, 139.
1866:
1864:
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1860:
1858:
1562:
1560:
1558:
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1554:
1552:
1366:
1364:
705:174th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
561:123rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
536:New Breakwater Pier C – 1 × 6-inch Mk VII gun
262:No 16 Company at Portland – former 4th Dorset
8:
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2638:
2601:
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2597:
2066:
2064:
2786:
2784:
2587:
2585:
2583:
2503:
2501:
2499:
1174:returned from 569 Coast Rgt 6 February 1943
983:31, 57 Coast Observer Detachments (CODs) –
828:174th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
695:123rd Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
683:The battery's last major operation was the
288:(RA), with the 1st Hants and Dorset in the
253:1st Hants & Dorset Artillery Volunteers
215:In November 1863 they were attached to the
2940:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2041:
2039:
217:1st Administrative Brigade, Hampshire AVCs
43:
2806:"West Somerset Yeomanry at Regiments.org"
2800:
2798:
2375:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 352–61.
2335:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 189–92.
1597:
1595:
1404:
1402:
1400:
1398:
1396:
1394:
1203:618th (Dorsetshire) Infantry Regiment, RA
426:No 1 Company at King's Road East, Swanage
2971:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
2739:
2737:
2533:
2531:
1880:
1878:
1876:
1771:
1769:
1767:
1750:
1748:
1746:
1744:
1742:
1740:
1738:
1736:
1734:
1732:
1499:
1497:
1246:In 1961, 255th Med Rgt amalgamated with
1127:386 Coast Bty at Swanage, formerly with
802:assault crossing of the St Quentin Canal
470:increase their strength by 50 per cent.
3301:Military units and formations in Dorset
2519:
2517:
1988:
1986:
1984:
1982:
1416:
1414:
1333:
841:(TA) in 1921, the unit was renamed the
423:HQ at Lower St Alban's Street, Weymouth
3127:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
1846:
1844:
1842:
1840:
1838:
1836:
1695:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
1676:Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust.
1440:
1438:
1436:
1434:
1432:
1430:
1428:
1426:
1260:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
887:With the danger of invasion after the
781:by 1 May, and on 28 June it supported
483:12-inch howitzers on railway mountings
36:522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Regiment, RA
28:
3222:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
3220:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
3208:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1917.
3194:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
3187:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1914.
2950:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2838:from the original on 27 December 2005
1819:Army Council Instructions March 1916.
1788:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
1704:Army Council Instructions, 1915–1916.
1613:from the original on 19 February 2006
533:New Breakwater Pier B – 3 × 12-pdr QF
530:New Breakwater Pier A – 2 × 12-pdr QF
527:Breakwater Fort Jetty – 2 × 12-pdr QF
457:By October 1914, the campaign on the
7:
3131:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3116:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2144:Army Council Instructions June 1916.
1408:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 55–7.
140:1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers
34:Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Arrillery
32:1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers
3101:, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2013,
2913:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014,
1755:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA'
1349:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1–4.
280:by July 1886, under the command of
2876:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1080:), which was forming at Bridport
915:guns) were ordered on 21 July for
897:522nd (Dorsetshire) Coast Regiment
629:surprise attack with tanks at the
58:29 December 1859 – 31 October 1956
25:
3262:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3099:Accrington's Pals: The Full Story
1468:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 90.
1456:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 52.
1159:102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 134 Btys
1117:376 Coast Bty at Lyme Regis from
853:with the following organisation:
539:Upton Battery – 2 × 9.2-inch Mk X
429:No 2 Company at South Road, Poole
38:421st (Dorset) Coast Regiment, RA
1759:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
692:came into force on 11 November.
363:of 1908, the unit was split up:
84:
67:
3252:Great War Centenary Drill Halls
3242:British Army units from 1945 on
3003:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2984:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1654:Portland at Drill Hall Project.
1504:Weymouth at Drill Hall Project.
304:HQ and No 7 Company at Weymouth
3170:The Army and Society 1815–1914
2118:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2105:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
1632:Swanage at Drill Hall Project.
843:Dorsetshire Coast Brigade, RGA
332:Nos 8–10 Companies at Portland
150:, including the naval base of
1:
1226:421st (Dorset) Coast Regiment
931:, Bridport Harbour, with 2 ×
851:43rd (Wessex) Divisional Area
847:Dorsetshire Heavy Brigade, RA
806:137th (Staffordshire) Brigade
586:and then in July it moved to
1643:Poole at Drill Hall Project.
1298:, appointed 28 November 1900
974:239 Independent Coast Bty –
777:79th Brigade had shifted to
225:1st Devonshire Admin Brigade
198:) formed on 29 December 1859
162:. The unit continued in the
2524:522 Coast Rgt at RA 1939–5.
2122:, Vol V, pp. 334–5, 339–43.
1256:R (Dorset Garrison) Battery
1207:527th (Hampshire) Coast Rgt
985:joined August–December 1941
980:387 Coast Bty at Abbotsbury
956:104 Coast Bty at Breakwater
950:102 Coast Bty at East Weare
889:British Expeditionary Force
666:Drocourt-Quéant Switch Line
239:) formed on 31 January 1868
208:) formed on 8 February 1860
3327:
3172:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2201:, Vol II, pp. 150-63, 185.
1976:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
1214:523rd (Cornwall) Coast Rgt
702:
558:
313:No 3 Company at Lyme Regis
223:, then transferred to the
3279:The Territorial Army 1947
3272:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3142:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
3075:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3060:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
1420:Maurice-Jones, pp. 164–6.
1309:, appointed 31 March 1921
1233:255th (Wessex) Medium Rgt
953:103 Coast Bty at Blacknor
623:counter-battery (CB) fire
555:6-inch howitzer and crew.
316:No 4 Company at Charmouth
307:Nos 1 and 2 Companies at
246:) formed on 28 April 1869
42:
3112:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2958:, London: Methuen, 1938.
2942:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2632:Frederick, pp. 609, 642.
2153:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
1279:The following served as
1178:376 Bty at Lyme Regis –
1166:534th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
1129:534th (Orkney) Coast Rgt
937:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
905:6-inch Mk XII naval guns
678:Second Battle of Cambrai
524:Top – 2 × 12-pdr QF guns
512:– 2 × 9.2-inch Mk X guns
341:Royal Garrison Artillery
3201:, London: HM Stationery
2716:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2450:Titles and Designations
2272:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 201–3.
2232:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 102–9.
2070:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 235–8.
2045:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 171–4.
1370:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1314:Edward, 11th Lord Digby
1292:Edward, 10th Lord Digby
1193:No 4 Army Plotting Room
868:formed in December 1936
866:186 Battery at Poole –
863:180 Battery at Portland
860:179 Battery at Weymouth
676:(28 September) and the
643:German spring offensive
504:Blacknor Battery today.
479:52nd Siege Battery, RGA
319:No 5 Company at Swanage
178:The enthusiasm for the
117:Southern Coast Defences
3247:The Drill Hall Project
3235:The British Army, 1914
2754:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2615:Collier, Appendix XIX.
2440:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
2214:, pp. 105–204, Map 26.
2020:, Vol III, pp. 26, 29.
1941:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 82–7.
1927:, pp. 195–204; Map 26.
1870:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 92–8.
1589:Maurice-Jones, p. 186.
1566:Litchfield, pp. 49–5).
1228:in 102 Coast Brigade.
1014:
971:134 Coast Bty at Upton
893:evacuated from Dunkirk
793:
766:
690:Armistice with Germany
654:Hundred Days Offensive
602:
556:
505:
461:was bogging down into
383:Hants & Dorset RGA
3155:The Battle of Cambrai
2656:Frederick, pp. 638–9.
2559:Frederick, pp. 602–9.
2263:Becke Pt 4, pp. 74–8.
2241:Blaxland, pp. 117–24.
2007:, pp. 216–21, Map 32.
1901:, pp. 164–71; Map 23.
1726:Frederick, pp. 702–8.
1266:Uniforms and Insignia
1008:
791:
764:
600:
592:Third Ypres Offensive
554:
503:
373:Royal Field Artillery
3257:The Long, Long Trail
3149:Capt Wilfred Miles,
2954:Col John K. Dunlop,
2766:Frederick, p. 996–7.
2397:Blaxland, pp. 254–6.
2344:Blaxland, pp. 251–2.
2317:Blaxland, pp. 232-7.
2299:Farndale, pp. 283–4.
2166:, Vol II, pp, 41–95.
1761:, file WO 95/5494/4.
1514:Beckett, pp. 247–53.
1108:569th Coast Regiment
1103:569th Coast Regiment
823:Battle of the Sambre
672:(18 September), the
2812:on 26 December 2005
2778:Litchfield, p. 209.
2707:Frederick, p. 1012.
2308:Jackson, pp. 190–4.
2033:, Vol I, pp. 242–3.
1686:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1532:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1523:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
997:joined by July 1942
991:joined by July 1942
699:174th Siege Battery
685:Battle of the Selle
547:123rd Siege Battery
518:– 2 × 9.2-inch Mk X
298:2nd Dorsetshire AVC
274:1st Dorsetshire AVC
3168:Edward M. Spiers,
3090:J.B.M. Frederick,
2924:Gregory Blaxland,
2872:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2677:Frederick, p. 881.
2568:Frederick, p. 633.
2493:Frederick, p. 629.
2281:Bilton, pp. 240–4.
2223:Wolff, pp. 146–62.
2188:Wolff, pp. 111–20.
1810:Frederick, p. 646.
1801:, Annexes 4 and 7.
1605:British Army, 1914
1546:Frederick, p. 697.
1388:Frederick, p. 655.
1358:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1199:Operation Overlord
1015:
941:Buchanan, Stirling
794:
767:
739:Battle of Messines
603:
557:
516:East Weare Battery
506:
369:III Wessex Brigade
282:Lieutenant-Colonel
180:Volunteer movement
107:Garrison Artillery
3017:978-1-845747-28-2
2979:978-1-845747-23-7
2919:978-1-78346-185-1
2431:Federick, p. 613.
2290:Blaxland, p. 149.
2096:, Vol IV, p. 405.
2083:, Vol IV, p. 267.
2058:, Vol IV, p. 224.
1296:Coldstream Guards
1275:Honorary Colonels
1254:, which included
1239:, with its HQ at
959:105 Coast Bty at
772:Battle of the Lys
725:) in April 1917.
664:(28 August), the
631:Battle of Cambrai
357:Territorial Force
351:Territorial Force
290:Southern Division
133:
132:
119:Portland Garrison
16:(Redirected from
3318:
3227:External Sources
3163:978-1-84574724-4
3107:9781-84884-469-8
3097:Andrew Jackson,
2963:James E. Edmonds
2860:
2854:
2848:
2847:
2845:
2843:
2828:
2822:
2821:
2819:
2817:
2808:. Archived from
2802:
2793:
2788:
2779:
2776:
2767:
2764:
2755:
2752:
2746:
2741:
2732:
2723:
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2708:
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2189:
2186:
2180:
2173:
2167:
2160:
2154:
2151:
2145:
2142:
2136:
2129:
2123:
2116:
2110:
2109:, Vol V, p. 206.
2103:
2097:
2090:
2084:
2077:
2071:
2068:
2059:
2052:
2046:
2043:
2034:
2027:
2021:
2014:
2008:
2001:
1995:
1990:
1977:
1974:
1968:
1961:
1955:
1948:
1942:
1939:
1928:
1921:
1915:
1908:
1902:
1895:
1889:
1882:
1871:
1868:
1853:
1848:
1831:
1826:
1820:
1817:
1811:
1808:
1802:
1799:Forgotten Fronts
1795:
1789:
1786:
1780:
1773:
1762:
1752:
1727:
1724:
1705:
1702:
1696:
1693:
1687:
1684:
1678:
1673:
1667:
1662:
1656:
1651:
1645:
1640:
1634:
1629:
1623:
1622:
1620:
1618:
1599:
1590:
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1573:
1567:
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1533:
1530:
1524:
1521:
1515:
1512:
1506:
1501:
1492:
1489:
1483:
1481:, 13 April 1880.
1475:
1469:
1466:
1457:
1454:
1448:
1447:, various dates.
1442:
1421:
1418:
1409:
1406:
1389:
1386:
1371:
1368:
1359:
1356:
1350:
1347:
1341:
1338:
1281:Honorary Colonel
1172:239, 387 Btys –
839:Territorial Army
712:6-inch howitzers
658:Battle of Albert
568:6-inch howitzers
510:Blacknor Battery
393:, alongside the
391:Portland Harbour
322:No 6 Company at
164:Territorial Army
152:Portland Harbour
128:Weymouth, Dorset
90:Territorial Army
88:
73:
71:
70:
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3325:
3321:
3320:
3319:
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3286:
3285:
3284:
3277:Graham Watson,
3229:
3043:Martin Farndale
2946:Basil Collier,
2894:Maj A.F. Becke,
2887:Maj A.F. Becke,
2868:
2863:
2855:
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2567:
2563:
2558:
2545:
2539:Years of Defeat
2536:
2529:
2522:
2515:
2509:Years of Defeat
2506:
2497:
2492:
2467:
2460:
2456:
2448:
2444:
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2430:
2423:
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2024:
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2011:
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1975:
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1962:
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1918:
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1883:
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1849:
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1339:
1335:
1331:
1303:Reginald Pinney
1277:
1268:
1222:
1186:replaced 31 COD
1152:
1133:554th Coast Rgt
1119:555th Coast Rgt
1105:
1097:21st Army Group
1089:Operation Torch
1027:4 × 12-pounders
925:
881:
876:
834:
800:carried out an
759:
731:
716:Somme Offensive
707:
701:
668:(2 September),
639:
584:Battle of Arras
580:
563:
549:
522:Breakwater Fort
467:Siege artillery
444:
439:
387:Dorsetshire RGA
361:Haldane Reforms
359:(TF) under the
353:
286:Royal Artillery
176:
174:Volunteer Force
136:
118:
109:Coast Artillery
108:
99:Artillery Corps
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3237:(archive site)
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1943:
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1582:
1579:20 March 1908.
1577:London Gazette
1568:
1548:
1534:
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1516:
1507:
1493:
1484:
1479:London Gazette
1470:
1458:
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1136:
1135:based at Poole
1131:; moved on to
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184:British Army
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168:World War II
148:Dorset Coast
144:British Army
139:
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114:Part of
26:
3153:, Vol III,
2842:27 December
2816:26 December
1617:19 February
1190:57, 98 CODs
1056:Abbotsbury
1040:Lyme Regis
810:River Selle
618:Broodseinde
606:Second Army
437:World War I
309:Bournemouth
188:Dorsetshire
160:World War I
124:Garrison/HQ
3290:Categories
3007:, Vol IV,
2969:, Vol II,
2866:References
2541:, Annex B.
2537:Farndale,
2511:, Annex M.
2507:Farndale,
2415:Farndale,
2384:Farndale,
2362:Farndale,
2250:Farndale,
2210:Farndale,
2175:Farndale,
2131:Farndale,
2003:Farndale,
1963:Farndale,
1923:Farndale,
1897:Farndale,
1888:, Annex E.
1884:Farndale,
1797:Farndale,
1779:, Annex M.
1775:Farndale,
1168:April 1943
1162:106 Bty –
1059:2 × 4-inch
1024:4 × 6-inch
961:Nothe Fort
917:Abbotsbury
901:Royal Navy
779:First Army
610:Menin Road
588:Fifth Army
572:Third Army
487:First Army
452:War Office
221:Portsmouth
196:Lyme Regis
3026:, Vol V,
2988:, Vol I,
2254:, p. 281.
2197:Edmonds,
2162:Edmonds,
2092:Edmonds,
2079:Edmonds,
2054:Edmonds,
2029:Edmonds,
1950:Edmonds,
1910:Edmonds,
1603:"Conrad,
1445:Army List
1262:in 1967.
1184:27 COD –
1150:Later war
1121:based at
1078:see bwlow
1064:West Bay
1018:Portland
989:98 COD –
751:see above
746:support.
723:see above
641:When the
491:see below
328:Parkstone
237:Charmouth
219:based at
3041:Gen Sir
2836:Archived
2726:Watson,
1611:Archived
1340:Beckett.
1235:to form
1069:5.5-inch
1048:Swanage
929:West Bay
832:Interwar
798:IX Corps
783:XI Corps
647:VI Corps
278:Weymouth
206:Bridport
2857:Burke's
2728:TA 1947
2016:Miles,
1294:, late
1290:Lt-Col
1220:Postwar
1123:Honiton
1085:V Corps
656:at the
244:Swanage
158:during
63:Country
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1032:Poole
662:Scarpe
475:cadres
229:Exeter
166:after
81:Branch
72:
55:Active
2452:1927.
1329:Notes
1146:day.
743:mines
670:Épehy
448:Major
406:10 ×
324:Poole
242:6th (
235:5th (
204:3rd (
194:1st (
3174:ISBN
3159:ISBN
3133:ISBN
3118:ISBN
3103:ISBN
3081:ISBN
3066:ISBN
3051:ISBN
3032:ISBN
3013:ISBN
2994:ISBN
2975:ISBN
2930:ISBN
2915:ISBN
2900:ISBN
2878:ISBN
2844:2005
2818:2005
2199:1917
2164:1917
2120:1918
2107:1918
2094:1918
2081:1918
2056:1918
2031:1918
2018:1917
1952:1917
1912:1917
1619:2006
1312:Col
1067:2 ×
891:was
757:1918
729:1917
637:1918
616:and
578:1917
412:8 ×
400:6 ×
326:and
138:The
104:Role
96:Type
1318:DSO
1307:KCB
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