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line and the guns were dragged back. From their new positions the guns carried out harassing fire (HF) and counter-preparation and disrupt the German attacks until they were forced back to the ramparts of Ypres itself on 26 April, with 39th Siege Bty back at
Busseboom. The last German attack in the sector died out on 29 April. In May, 30th Bde was pulled out of the line for rest and training in GHQ Reserve.
857:
532:). Other new siege batteries are recorded to have been raised in 1916 at 'Mersey' (161, 170, 197, 235, 297) and 'Liverpool' (204, 279, 314), and further batteries in early 1917 at the L&C RGA's Crosby Battery (358, 393, 401) and at Mersey (437). These were formed from later conscripts, but were presumably organised by the L&C RGA since there were no Regular RGA units present at these sites.
45:
711:) three of the battery's guns were put out of action. By October the British gunners were struggling to bring up guns and ammunition through the morass of mud to continue the offensive and the gunners of 39th Siege Bty had to be pulled out of the line for rest. They returned later in the month and resumed barrage fire for the
825:
howitzers. The front was stabilised in early April and by late August Third Army had joined in the Allied
Hundred Days Offensive across the old Somme battlefields. The subsequent advance in September and October entailed 95th Siege Bty hauling its howitzers forward in pairs to new gun positions. 90th Brigade supported
901:
When the
Germans launched their Spring Offensive 40th Bde was sent from GHQ Reserve to reinforce Third Army as it halted the German advance in front of Arras at the end of March. Trench warfare then set in once more, but at the end of July 40th Bde moved to join Fourth Army as it launched the Hundred
578:
By April 1918 the guns in the Mersey
Garrison consisted of one 6-inch at each of Perch Rock and Crosby Point batteries, and two 4.7s at Seaforth, while the Barrow Garrison had two 6-inch Mk VIIs at Walney Island Battery and two 4.7s at Hilpsford Battery, under Coastal Fire Command No 24 at Liverpool.
1172:
Meanwhile, a few details of RHQ 524th (L&C) Coast Rgt had been retained in the UK. On 29 February 131 Bty became independent, and the residue of 111, 171 and 405 Btys came under its administrative control on 20 May. RHQ, 131 Bty and the other details began entering suspended animation on 1 June,
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was launched at the end of March 1918, but it was not until 10 April that the fighting spread to Ypres. On that day 30th Bde's howitzers were called upon to support the hard-pressed troops south of the city. By 14 April Second Army was obliged to pull back from the
Passchendaele Ridge to shorten its
488:
On 31 August 1914, the formation of
Reserve or 2nd Line units for each existing TF unit was authorised; each was prefixed '2/' to distinguish it from the 1st Line ('1/'). Initially these were formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, and the recruits who were flooding in. In 1915
519:
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. Soon the TF RGA companies that had
686:
In
January 1917 the battery rejoined Second Army at Ypres where activity increased as preparations began for that year's Flanders campaign. On 1 June 1917 39th Siege Bty was joined by a section (2 officers and 70 other ranks (ORs) with two 8-inch howitzers) from the newly arrived 311th Siege Bty,
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with five of its howitzers on 13 October, but on 18 October it had to be left behind because there was no canal bridge strong enough to take its heavy howitzers. It finally moved up on 1 November, and four of its howitzers came into action on 4 and 5 November, but the
Germans were retreating too
316:
Another family closely associated with 1st
Lancashire AVC was the Behrends, a Liverpool shipbroking family. Henry David and Edward Augustus Behrend were commissioned into 'Brown's Corps' in 1887 and 1888, appointed captains in 1890 and 1893 and majors in 1900 and 1905 respectively. H.D. Behrend
824:
Third Army was attacked on the first day of the German Spring Offensive (21 March) and all the batteries of 90th Bde had to be pulled back in the 'Great Retreat'. While the huge 9.2-inch howitzers were towed back, the gunners of 95th Siege Bty fought the advancing Germans with smaller 6-inch
631:
and spent the following months in the routine of registering likely targets with the aid of spotting aircraft and carrying out short bombardments of requested targets, while suffering a steady trickle of casualties from retaliatory fire. In June 1916 it was sent south to join
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in that battle, and as the lighter howitzers moved up in the pursuit, the gunners of 256th Siege Bty took over and operated some captured German guns. 40th Brigade then supported French troops in the area before moving north to rejoin Canadian Corps in First Army for the
300:
By 1869, due to disbandments and amalgamations, the admin brigade disappeared leaving the 1st Lancashire AVC as an independent unit of eight batteries. Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Bt, now became the honorary colonel, and the Lt-Col Commandant was his younger brother
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at Liverpool and Wallasey respectively. Originally they were to be field squadrons, but this was quickly changed and they became crane operating squadrons attached to 107 Corps Engineer Rgt and 113 Army Engineer Rgt respectively. Both squadrons were disbanded in 1961.
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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. The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy
540:
consisted of 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/5, 2/1, 2/2, 2/3, 2/4, 2/5 and 2/7 Companies. These were reduced to just three companies, given a slightly higher establishment (five officers and 100 other ranks) and renumbered, abolishing the 1st and 2nd Line distinction:
821:. 90th HAG became 90th Bde in early 1918, and 95th Siege Bty remained with it for the rest of the war. In August 1917 the battery had been joined by a section of gunners from 419th Siege Bty, but it was not increased to six howitzers until January 1918.
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This process meant a continual drain on the manpower of the defended ports units and in April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. By this stage of the war, the L&C RGA serving in the Mersey and Barrow Defences of
758:
The battery continued in the Regular Army after the Armistice. It became 39th Bty, RGA, on 19 April 1919, and converted into 39th Mountain Bty on 20 January 1920. However, on 16 April that year it was absorbed by the cadre of 3rd Mountain Bty in
926:
When the TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920, the Lancashire & Cheshire RGA was reformed, with its HQ at Liverpool and two batteries, one from Nos 1 and 2 companies, the other from Nos 3 and 4. During 1921 the TF was reorganised as the
1261:
The Behrend family of the oldest shipbroking firm in Liverpool, Bahr, Behrend & Co, several of whom served in the 1st LAV, including Lt-Col H.D. Behrend, who came out of retirement to command the 2nd Line L&C RGA during World War
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with Third Army, suffering severely from enemy counter-battery fire. It was made up to a strength of six howitzers in June 1917 with personnel from the newly-arrived 344th Siege Bty. It then served through the latter weeks of the bloody
718:
Having been constantly switched from one heavy artillery group (HAG) to another, the RGA batteries now became subunits of permanent heavy brigades: 39th Siege Bty joined 30th Brigade and remained with it for the rest of the war. The
874:. Captain N.N. Maas of the L&C RGA was appointed to command the battery with the rank of Temporary Major. The battery began its training under the supervision of the Commander, Royal Artillery, Mersey Defences, before moving to
706:
Captain Mallinson of the original L&CRGA cadre left the battery on 13 August 1917 to take command of 221st Siege Bty. The campaign ground on during the summer and autumn. During the attack of 20 September (the
1269:(1881-1966), an insurance broker, was commissioned into the 1st LAV in 1899 and had reached the rank of major by 1914. In World War I he commanded and took to France a battery of 60-pounder guns and was awarded a
1189:. In 1954 the batteries were subtitled: Q (Lancashire) and R (Cheshire). Two years later the Coast Artillery were disbanded. Q and R Batteries of 420 Regiment were converted into 253 and 624 Squadrons of the
2370:
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.
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on the first day on the Somme. It switched to Fourth Army for the continuation of the Somme offensive, and then moved to First Army. It was with 50th HAG as part of the concentration of heavy guns for the
2379:
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
352:). The older North Fort was disarmed and dismantled between 1884 and 1887 and its site taken over by the expanding docks. A new battery was built further up the coast at Crosby Point in 1906–07, named
2943:
971:
In line with the RA's modernisation of its titles, the brigade was termed a regiment from 1 November 1938. On the outbreak of war on 3 September 1939 it was responsible for the following guns:
2639:
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,
2938:
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on 16 December 1915 by a cadre of 3 officers and 78 other ranks (the equivalent of a TF Company) drawn from the L&C RGA. It went out to the Western Front in May 1916 equipped with four
1030:
870:
This battery was formed at Crosby Battery on 13 September 1916 with a cadre of 44 men provided by the L&C RGA, the remainder of the personnel being posted to it from the RGA depot at
939:, and the batteries became heavy batteries. In 1926 it was decided that the coastal defences of Great Britain should be solely manned by part-time soldiers of the TA. Together with the
918:
Major Maas commanded the battery throughout its service, and during 1918 and 1919 often deputised as acting commander of 40th Brigade. 295th Siege Battery was disbanded during 1919.
915:. The battery was involved in the Battle of the Canal du Nord and a few subsequent operations, but after 18 October was left behind as the pursuit of the beaten Germans accelerated.
2933:
520:
volunteered for overseas service were also supplying trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. Although complete defended ports units never went overseas, they did provide
2948:
1134:
2953:
2403:
Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 25 March 1941, with amendments, TNA files WO 212/5 and WO 33/2323.
197:, at the end of which it sent troops to work in the rear areas in Europe. It was reformed postwar but was broken up when the coast artillery branch was abolished in 1956.
262:
1072:
1210:
1079:
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began on 8 August and First Army began to advance on 18 August, supported by CB fire. On 19 September the heavy guns began moving forward to support First Army in the
270:
1145:
and occupation duties in North West Europe, thereby releasing trained infantry for frontline service. On 15 January 1945 the bulk of 524th (L&C) Coast Rgt became
616:
on 10 June 1915 with a cadre (including Capt G.G. Mallinson) provided by the L&C RGA. The battery went out to the Western Front on 2 November, equipped with four
2514:
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.
1059:
865:
772:
607:
2696:, London: Macmillan, 1937/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1995, ISBN 1-87042394-1/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-726-8.
1004:
568:
1216:
1150:
278:
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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.
2597:
1838:
528:') volunteers for front line service. The L&C RGA is known to have supplied cadres for 39th and 95th Siege Btys in 1915 and 256th in 1916 (
340:
The 1st LAV's war stations were the gun batteries guarding the approaches to Liverpool on the Lancashire (north) shore of the Mersey Estuary,
2778:
1041:
2352:
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.
372:
883:
1105:) led to further reductions in coast defences in April 1944. By this stage of the war many of the coast battery positions were manned by
940:
282:
2586:
2575:
1232:
777:
380:
290:
2305:
928:
93:
912:
17:
1222:
794:
659:. Many of the heavy howitzer shells failed to explode. The attack was a failure. The battery continued to support the attacks on
564:
537:
302:
2526:
680:
213:
was established in February 1860 to bring together a number of small artillery volunteer corps (AVCs) that had sprung up in the
987:
944:
826:
383:
when the Lancashire Division was abolished on 1 July 1889. On 1 June 1899 all the Volunteer artillery units became part of the
898:
with 47th HAG under Fifth Army. In January 1918 it became a permanent part of 40th Bde, which was in GHQ Reserve at the time.
2537:
712:
708:
2822:
1607:
617:
2392:
1025:
B Bty – at Perch Rock Battery; in WO Reserve as an 'Examination Bty' by March 1941, became 109 Bty 1 April, transferred to
1186:
991:
572:
408:
328:
1011:, the coastal artillery regiments underwent a major reorganisation in the summer of 1940. On 14 July the regiment became
2904:
633:
628:
2208:
2188:
2177:
349:
269:
The Brown family took a prominent role in the early history of the unit and it was popularly known as 'Brown's Corps'.
2113:
1969:
1925:
1883:
1270:
1106:
1068:
171 Bty – at Lytham, independent battery temporarily attached from Home Forces 16 July 1941, regimented 10 August 1941
935:, the batteries being numbered 177 and 178. When the RGA was subsumed into the RA on 1 June 1924, the unit became the
810:
747:
732:
692:
512:
190:
2653:
Nine Days: Adventures of a Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Third Army during the German Offensive of March 21–29, 1918
1094:
648:
357:
261:
814:
803:
700:
688:
489:
Henry Behrend was re-commissioned from the TF Reserve as Lt-Col to command the 2nd Line unit of the L&C RGA.
415:
as a defended ports unit. The single command facilitated coordination between the defences on the Lancashire and
371:
By the 1870s the 1st LAV had established its headquarters (HQ) at 19 Low Hill, Liverpool. It was included in the
2492:
598:
2819:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
2707:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009, ISBN 978-1-845747-28-2.
1203:
834:
818:
660:
384:
365:
345:
318:
274:
2881:
1141:
began to reorganise surplus air and coast defence regiments in the UK into infantry battalions, primarily for
2445:
2434:
1157:. After infantry training, the brigade came under the orders of 21st Army Group on 9 May, and landed on the
903:
895:
755:
quickly for the howitzers to keep up. Hostilities ended on 11 November when the Armistice came into effect.
720:
696:
321:
and with 90th Bde RGA during World War I, and returned to the Lancashire & Cheshire Artillery after the
1078:
357 Bty – at Perch Rock, joined from 517th (Thames & Medway) Coast Rgt 23 October 1941; transferred to
567:– much closer to possible German naval attacks – and these were combined with 1/2 and 2/2 Companies of the
435:
1274:
1248:
1142:
890:
743:
672:
656:
587:
333:
322:
294:
2503:
387:(RGA) and with the abolition of the RA's divisional organisation on 1 January 1902, the unit became the
1735:
1277:– the first TA officer to hold a divisional command – and in 1942 he became the first Commandant of the
1244:
1121:
was suffering a severe manpower shortage, particularly among the infantry. At the same time the German
740:
652:
664:
1415:
1065:
112 Bty – at Crosby, 4-inch battery formed within regiment 25 February 1941, disbanded 10 October 1942
2718:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 1-870423-06-2.
2678:
1226:
830:
790:
736:
676:
2655:, 2nd Edn, Cambridge: Heffers, 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1847349811.
2756:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
1704:
1236:
1166:
838:
644:
637:
525:
286:
2670:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
2668:
2641:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, ISBN 1-847347-39-8.
1718:
1690:
1622:
1591:
1577:
1158:
1102:
1008:
875:
310:
245:
232:
182:
1169:. After carrying out occupation duties it was placed in suspended animation on 31 October 1945.
2854:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
2890:
2774:
2733:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, ISBN 1-845740-59-9.
1863:
1834:
1380:
1240:
856:
505:
424:
404:
226:
174:
103:
1563:
1549:
1535:
1507:
1493:
1479:
1465:
1426:
1154:
521:
341:
1521:
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on 20 October. By 5 November the heavy howitzers had been left behind, and the men were in
501:
Battery guarding the shipyards and airship sheds at Barrow, exchanged fire with the German
251:
14th (Liverpool) Lancashire AVC – 28 February 1860; absorbed by 1st as No 3 Battery in 1861
2810:
A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
2749:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
2737:
1440:
1190:
1118:
1037:
1026:
879:
420:
400:
376:
206:
89:
85:
2884:
Handlist 72: Sources for the History of the Militia and Volunteer Regiments in Lancashire
2758:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, ISBN 1-85753-080-2.
2914:
1266:
907:
799:
751:
583:
516:
353:
178:
74:
703:, which had the hardest task of the day, and the attack fell short of its objectives.
602:
39th Siege Bty during a shoot in the Fricourt-Mametz Valley on the Somme, August 1916.
2927:
2664:
1454:
687:
bringing the battery up to an establishment of six guns. It supported the successful
498:
440:
306:
2727:
History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
555:
In addition, three L&C companies (1/4, 2/6 and 2/8) had been transferred to the
2722:
1278:
1129:
1055:
951:
361:
317:
became Lt-Col in 1906 and retired in 1913. Lieutenant Arthur Behrend served in the
194:
189:
but also provided personnel for a number of siege batteries that saw action on the
162:
146:
643:
After participating in the seven-day bombardment, the battery fired a sequence of
423:
armed with three 6-inch Mark VII BL guns in 1914. There was also a detachment at
1022:
A Bty – at Crosby Battery, became 111 Bty 1 April 1941; Perch Rock by 2 May 1942
760:
453:
186:
142:
1071:
189 Bty – temporarily attached from Home Forces 11 August 1941, transferred to
44:
1138:
1090:
793:
and immediately joined Third Army to begin the bombardment for the disastrous
786:
735:
and remained with it until the end of the war. The summer was spent on HF and
241:
7th (Liverpool) Lancashire AVC (Liverpool) – 21 December 1859; struck off 1869
218:
1089:
The batteries at Fleetwood and Lytham St Annes were 'emergency batteries' of
161:(1st LAV), popularly known as 'Brown's Corps', was an auxiliary unit of the
2899:
2803:
Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
1123:
1048:
871:
829:
for the attack on the Canal du Nord on 27 September and was attached to the
613:
360:
by 1914. In peacetime the defences were maintained by a small detachment of
214:
166:
124:
238:
6th (Windsor Iron Works) Lancashire AVC – 20 December 1859; struck off 1864
2685:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986, ISBN 0-946998-02-7.
2672:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004
750:
on 27 September. During October, 39th Siege Bty moved up again, reaching
468:
464:
416:
2871:
2796:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
994:
girls and gunners of 177 Bty rush to 'take post' at Fort Crosby in 1940.
344:
and North Fort. Seaforth Battery was completed in 1879 and mounted four
254:
20th (Liverpool) Lancashire AVC – 8 August 1860; absorbed by 6th in 1861
2852:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
2683:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
668:
297:
of the brigade in 1862 and from 1864 Lt-Col of the 1st Lancashire AVC.
2789:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
2712:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2701:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2690:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
1085:
131 Bty – at Crosby, joined from 532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt 2 May 1942
1162:
842:
560:
556:
502:
439:
Mk VII 6-inch gun in typical coast defence emplacement, preserved at
113:
2178:
256 SB War Diary, September 1916–August 1917, TNA file WO 95/223/5.
683:
as the offensive continued through the summer and into the autumn.
2805:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9558119-1-3.
2765:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984, ISBN 1-85117-009-X.
2751:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988, ISBN 1-870114-05-1.
2744:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, ISBN 1-870114-00-0.
986:
855:
776:
728:
624:
597:
456:
the Lancashire & Cheshire RGA's organisation was as follows:
434:
327:
260:
185:. It was one of the few coast defence units to fire a shot during
18:
619th (Lancashire and Cheshire) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery
2742:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
2209:
40th HAG War Diary, January 1917–July 1919, TNA file WO 95/223/1.
802:
on 9 April 1917. Later it moved to Second Army's command for the
285:
of the 1st Admin Bde in 1861. The 2nd Baronet's younger brother,
2876:
2646:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
1133:
were suffering from such shortages that serious attacks on the
1093:
guns installed during the summer of 1940. Each consisted of 2 x
1054:
208 Bty – at Perch Rock, joined 26 January 1941, transferred to
2859:
The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018
2710:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
2189:
47th HAG War Diary March 1916–July 1919, TNA file WO 95/473/1.
1789:
Army Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, with Appendix 131.
647:
lifting from one predetermined line to the next in support of
1864:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
1109:
detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties.
211:
1st Administrative Brigade, Lancashire Artillery Volunteers,
49:
19th Century waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery
2838:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During December, 1915
964:
178 Hvy Bty, Drill Hall, Riverview Road, Seacombe, Wallasey
209:
and huge enthusiasm for joining local Volunteer Corps. The
2832:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During October, 1914
277:
of the 1st Lancashire AVC, and his grandson and successor
225:
1st (Liverpool) Lancashire AVC – 16 November 1859, as two
2812:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-9558119-0-6.
809:
In October 1917 the battery transferred to 90th HAG with
419:
banks of the Mersey Estuary. The Cheshire side included
2909:
727:
On 19 June 39th Siege Bty was back 'in action' north of
463:
Nos 5 & 6 Companies at Drill Hall, River View Road,
258:(Dates given are those of first officers' commissions).
2798:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.
2791:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982, ISBN 0-9508205-0-4.
2705:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
460:
Nos 1–4 Companies at Drill Hall, 19 Low Hill, Liverpool
1273:. At the outbreak of World War II he was commander of
205:
An invasion scare in 1859 led to the emergence of the
2648:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, ISBN 0 85936 271 X.
886:
and arrived on the Western Front on 6 February 1917.
407:, the 1st Lancashire RGA (V) merged with part of the
2944:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1902
2716:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1181:
In 1947 the regiment was reconstituted in the TA as
248:) Lancashire AVC – 28 February 1860; struck off 1863
235:) Lancashire AVC – 12 December 1859; struck off 1864
2773:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
1113:
619th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Infantry Regiment
837:on 8 October. It supported IV Corps' attack at the
138:
130:
120:
109:
99:
80:
62:
54:
31:
2845:Army Council Instructions Issued During April 1917
2817:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
2694:March–April: Continuation of the German Offensives
2306:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
2236:, Vol IV, pp. 40–51, 171, 179, 211, 234, 259, 294.
1147:619th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Infantry Rgt, RA
171:Lancashire & Cheshire Royal Garrison Artillery
2939:Military units and formations established in 1859
2598:107 and 113 Engineer Rgts at British Army 1945 on
967:Lancashire & Cheshire Anti-Aircraft Cadet Bty
943:the brigade provided the coast defence troops in
695:for the bombardment preceding the opening of the
1013:524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Regiment
999:524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Regiment
961:177 Hvy Bty, Drill Hall, Everton Road, Liverpool
691:(7 June), then moved to forward positions under
271:Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet, of Richmond Hill
193:. It continued in the coast defence role during
2861:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018, ISBN 978-171790180-4.
2326:
2324:
2322:
2259:
2257:
2255:
2249:, Vol V, pp. 14–29, 130, 227, 244, 256–61, 295.
2114:90 Bde War Diary 1917–19, TNA file WO 95/397/1.
1970:30 Bde War Diary 1917–18, TNA file WO 95/220/2.
1764:
1762:
1760:
1758:
1756:
1754:
1752:
1659:
1657:
1655:
1223:Sir Alexander Brown, 1st Baronet of Broome Hall
1211:Sir William Brown, 1st Baronet of Richmond Hill
954:the organisation of the L&C Heavy Bde was:
781:9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
477:The companies were manning the following guns:
38:420th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Rgt, RA
36:524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Rgt, RA
2271:
2269:
1926:39 SB War Diary 1917–19, TNA file WO 95/220/4.
1884:39 SB War Diary 1915–17, TNA file WO 95/220/3.
1314:
1312:
848:95th Siege Battery was disbanded during 1919.
497:On 29 January 1915, No 7 Company, manning the
2934:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2771:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
2763:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2046:War Office Instruction No 181, December 1915.
1645:
1643:
1641:
1639:
1637:
1635:
1633:
866:256th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
8:
1183:420 (Lancashire and Cheshire) Coast Regiment
933:Lancashire & Cheshire Coast Brigade, RGA
845:by the time the Armistice came into effect.
773:95th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
608:39th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
473:Nos 7 & 8 Companies at Barrow-in-Furness
379:(RA) from 1 April 1882, transferring to the
2949:Military units and formations in Lancashire
2857:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi,
2007:
2005:
2003:
1603:
1601:
958:HQ Bty, Drill Hall, Everton Road, Liverpool
937:Lancashire & Cheshire Heavy Brigade, RA
806:and to Fifth Army for the Ypres offensive.
427:defending the shipyards and airship works.
2954:Military units and formations in Liverpool
2659:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2109:
2107:
2105:
2082:
2080:
2078:
1965:
1963:
1961:
1959:
1040:, joined 31 December 1940, transferred to
715:until the fighting died down in November.
43:
2028:, Vol II, pp. 193–6, 204–14, 237, 448–52.
1830:
1828:
1455:Bahr, Behrend & Co, at Grace's Guide.
1337:
1335:
1333:
1137:could be discounted. In January 1945 the
913:Battle of the Drocourt-Quéant Switch Line
481:Mersey Garrison: 6 x 6-inch, 2 x 4.7-inch
2388:
2386:
2173:
2171:
2169:
1826:
1824:
1822:
1820:
1818:
1816:
1814:
1812:
1810:
1808:
1731:
1729:
1173:completing the process by 22 June 1945.
636:'s preparations for the 'Big Push', the
313:(later 1st Baronet of a new creation).
2522:
2520:
2204:
2202:
2200:
2198:
2196:
1290:
1217:Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet
1015:with the batteries designated A and B:
623:39th Siege Bty was positioned north of
368:(RGA) who also trained the Volunteers.
332:RML 12.5-inch gun of 1875 preserved at
279:Sir William Richmond Brown, 2nd Baronet
2787:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2538:Coast Brigades at British Army 1945 on
2393:524 (L&C) Coast Rgt at RA 1939–45.
1921:
1919:
1917:
1879:
1877:
1875:
1873:
1871:
1859:
1857:
1855:
1853:
1851:
1849:
1847:
1785:
1783:
1746:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
1376:
1374:
1372:
1359:
1357:
1355:
1353:
1351:
1349:
1347:
1341:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 107–13.
1165:), where it came under the command of
1019:Regimental HQ – in Mersey Fire Command
1003:With the danger of invasion after the
945:55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Area
28:
2891:'Merseyside Roll of Honour Part 22',
2840:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1919.
2834:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1917.
1031:517th (Thames & Medway) Coast Rgt
906:on 8 August. The batteries supported
571:to form Nos 1 and 2 Companies of the
511:By October 1914, the campaign on the
177:it was responsible for defending the
7:
817:in the continuing operations of the
2566:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 302, 306.
1835:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA'
941:Lancashire Fortress Royal Engineers
289:(simultaneously an officer in the
159:1st Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
32:1st Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
1233:Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby
950:During the 1930s until the eve of
931:and the unit was redesignated the
860:Loading a Vickers 8-inch howitzer.
291:Royal Lancashire Militia Artillery
25:
2905:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
1940:, Vol II, pp. 44–6, 135–9, 152–6.
2059:, pp. 161, 174, 188, Appendix 1.
1839:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
795:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
84:
67:
2872:British Army units from 1945 on
2847:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2699:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2688:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2587:624 Sqn at British Army 1945 on
2576:253 Sqn at British Army 1945 on
2527:420 Rgt at British Army 1945 on
2072:, pp. 104–6, 216–8, Appendix 3.
1736:L&C RGA at Great War Forum.
1593:London Gazette 27 February 1920
827:42nd (East Lancashire) Division
551:1/5 Company became No 4 Company
548:1/3 Company became No 2 Company
545:1/1 Company became No 1 Company
389:1st Lancashire RGA (Volunteers)
265:Lt-Col James Clifton Brown, MP.
2245:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2150:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
713:Second Battle of Passchendaele
709:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
524:to form units from New Army ('
1:
1898:, Vol I, pp. 299–307, 371–84.
992:Auxiliary Territorial Service
731:. 30th Brigade was now under
34:Lancashire & Cheshire RGA
2223:, Vol II, pp. 38, 58–73, 97.
878:. It was equipped with four
2330:Frederick, pp. 602–10, 630.
1327:Lancashire RO, Handlist 72.
1271:Distinguished Service Order
1073:531st (Glamorgan) Coast Rgt
1005:British Expeditionary Force
785:This battery was formed at
748:Battle of the Canal du Nord
612:This battery was formed at
484:Barrow Garrison: 2 x 6-inch
413:Lancashire and Cheshire RGA
2970:
2882:Lancashire Record Office,
2425:Maurice-Jones, pp. 226–32.
2154:, Vol V, pp. 43, 203, 335.
1080:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt
863:
770:
605:
303:Alexander Hargreaves Brown
2917:The Territorial Army 1947
2815:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
2754:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2747:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2674:, ISBN 978-1-84574-055-9.
2294:Titles & Designations
2284:Maurice-Jones, pp. 206–7.
1777:Maurice-Jones, pp. 200–1.
1381:Merseyside Roll of Honour
1051:, joined 31 December 1940
699:on 31 July. It supported
42:
2900:Palmerston Forts Society
2794:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2661:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2263:Frederick, pp. 601, 615.
2037:Frederick, pp. 719, 891.
1202:The following served as
1161:on 15 May (a week after
1060:533rd (Orkney) Coast Rgt
902:Days Offensive with the
835:Second Battle of Cambrai
385:Royal Garrison Artillery
366:Royal Garrison Artillery
319:East Lancashire Regiment
2910:Royal Artillery 1939–45
2769:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
1306:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
896:Battle of Passchendaele
721:German Spring Offensive
569:Essex & Suffolk RGA
358:6-inch Mark VII BL guns
348:(later replaced by two
2557:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2316:Maurice-Jones, p. 221.
1953:, pp. 186–91, 199–203.
1672:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1275:56th (London) Division
1009:evacuated from Dunkirk
995:
889:It served through the
861:
782:
744:Hundred Days Offensive
657:First day on the Somme
603:
588:Armistice with Germany
515:was bogging down into
444:
337:
266:
2731:The Defeat of Germany
2446:Collier, Chapter XXI.
2435:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2163:Frederick, pp. 703–4.
1768:Frederick, pp. 702–8.
1256:Other notable members
1143:line of communication
990:
859:
780:
739:(CB) fire tasks. The
697:Third Ypres Offensive
601:
438:
356:and armed with three
331:
264:
181:and the coastline of
2465:Ellis, pp. 369, 380.
1841:, file WO 95/5494/4.
1151:301 Infantry Brigade
1117:By the end of 1944,
831:New Zealand Division
409:1st Cheshire RGA (V)
2651:Arthur F. Behrend,
2504:301 Bde at RA 39–45
2493:619 Rgt at RA 39–45
2086:Behrend, pp. 101–4.
1681:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1649:Litchfield, p. 130.
1416:Deane Road Cemetery
1167:First Canadian Army
852:256th Siege Battery
839:Battle of the Selle
638:Battle of the Somme
452:On the outbreak of
373:Lancashire Division
287:James Clifton Brown
2761:J.B.M. Frederick,
2644:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2474:Frederick, p. 881.
1802:, Annexes 4 and 7.
1663:Frederick, p. 698.
1318:Frederick, p. 662.
1103:Operation Overlord
996:
978:Barrow: 2 x 6-inch
975:Mersey: 4 x 6-inch
862:
804:Battle of Messines
791:9.2-inch howitzers
783:
767:95th Siege Battery
604:
594:39th Siege Battery
586:in 1919 after the
445:
346:12.5-inch RML guns
338:
311:5th Dragoon Guards
283:Lieutenant-Colonel
267:
207:Volunteer Movement
183:North West England
2893:Liverpool Courier
2780:978-1-84342-474-1
2548:Litchfield, p. 6.
2456:Ellis, pp. 141–2.
2275:Litchfield, p. 4.
1567:4 September 1914.
1497:20 November 1891.
1406:, 'Pigott-Brown'.
1198:Honorary Colonels
1187:104 Coast Brigade
819:Battle of Cambrai
661:Bazentin le Petit
425:Barrow-in-Furness
405:Territorial Force
403:that created the
395:Territorial Force
381:Southern Division
364:gunners from the
273:(died 1864), was
175:Territorial Force
152:
151:
104:Coastal artillery
16:(Redirected from
2961:
2866:External sources
2808:Alan MacDonald,
2801:Alan MacDonald,
2784:
2679:James E. Edmonds
2625:
2618:
2612:
2606:
2600:
2595:
2589:
2584:
2578:
2573:
2567:
2564:
2558:
2555:
2549:
2546:
2540:
2535:
2529:
2524:
2515:
2512:
2506:
2501:
2495:
2490:
2484:
2481:
2475:
2472:
2466:
2463:
2457:
2454:
2448:
2443:
2437:
2432:
2426:
2423:
2417:
2410:
2404:
2401:
2395:
2390:
2381:
2377:
2371:
2368:
2362:
2359:
2353:
2350:
2344:
2337:
2331:
2328:
2317:
2314:
2308:
2303:
2297:
2291:
2285:
2282:
2276:
2273:
2264:
2261:
2250:
2243:
2237:
2230:
2224:
2217:
2211:
2206:
2191:
2186:
2180:
2175:
2164:
2161:
2155:
2148:
2142:
2135:
2129:
2122:
2116:
2111:
2100:
2093:
2087:
2084:
2073:
2070:Offensive Spirit
2066:
2060:
2053:
2047:
2044:
2038:
2035:
2029:
2022:
2016:
2009:
1998:
1991:
1985:
1978:
1972:
1967:
1954:
1947:
1941:
1934:
1928:
1923:
1912:
1905:
1899:
1892:
1886:
1881:
1866:
1861:
1842:
1832:
1803:
1800:Forgotten Fronts
1796:
1790:
1787:
1778:
1775:
1769:
1766:
1747:
1744:
1738:
1733:
1724:
1716:
1710:
1708:22 October 1915.
1702:
1696:
1688:
1682:
1679:
1673:
1670:
1664:
1661:
1650:
1647:
1628:
1620:
1614:
1605:
1596:
1589:
1583:
1581:4 February 1919.
1575:
1569:
1561:
1555:
1547:
1541:
1533:
1527:
1525:3 February 1905.
1519:
1513:
1505:
1499:
1491:
1485:
1477:
1471:
1463:
1457:
1452:
1446:
1438:
1432:
1424:
1418:
1413:
1407:
1401:
1395:
1389:
1383:
1378:
1367:
1366:, various dates.
1361:
1342:
1339:
1328:
1325:
1319:
1316:
1307:
1304:
1298:
1295:
1251:, appointed 1921
1229:, appointed 1888
1219:, appointed 1866
1204:Honorary Colonel
1155:Scottish Command
1062:25 February 1941
929:Territorial Army
904:Battle of Amiens
884:8-inch howitzers
618:8-inch howitzers
526:Kitchener's Army
350:4.7-inch QF guns
342:Seaforth Battery
281:, was appointed
275:Honorary Colonel
169:in 1859. As the
94:Territorial Army
88:
73:
71:
70:
47:
29:
21:
2969:
2968:
2964:
2963:
2962:
2960:
2959:
2958:
2924:
2923:
2922:
2915:Graham Watson,
2877:Great War Forum
2868:
2825:Mersey Defences
2823:Ian Stevenson,
2781:
2768:
2738:Martin Farndale
2637:Maj A.F. Becke,
2633:
2628:
2624:, 8 March 1966.
2619:
2615:
2607:
2603:
2596:
2592:
2585:
2581:
2574:
2570:
2565:
2561:
2556:
2552:
2547:
2543:
2536:
2532:
2525:
2518:
2513:
2509:
2502:
2498:
2491:
2487:
2483:Joslen, p. 397.
2482:
2478:
2473:
2469:
2464:
2460:
2455:
2451:
2444:
2440:
2433:
2429:
2424:
2420:
2414:Years of Defeat
2411:
2407:
2402:
2398:
2391:
2384:
2378:
2374:
2369:
2365:
2360:
2356:
2351:
2347:
2341:Years of Defeat
2338:
2334:
2329:
2320:
2315:
2311:
2304:
2300:
2292:
2288:
2283:
2279:
2274:
2267:
2262:
2253:
2244:
2240:
2231:
2227:
2218:
2214:
2207:
2194:
2187:
2183:
2176:
2167:
2162:
2158:
2149:
2145:
2141:, pp. 302, 309.
2136:
2132:
2123:
2119:
2112:
2103:
2094:
2090:
2085:
2076:
2067:
2063:
2054:
2050:
2045:
2041:
2036:
2032:
2023:
2019:
2010:
2001:
1992:
1988:
1979:
1975:
1968:
1957:
1948:
1944:
1935:
1931:
1924:
1915:
1906:
1902:
1893:
1889:
1882:
1869:
1862:
1845:
1833:
1806:
1797:
1793:
1788:
1781:
1776:
1772:
1767:
1750:
1745:
1741:
1734:
1727:
1717:
1713:
1703:
1699:
1689:
1685:
1680:
1676:
1671:
1667:
1662:
1653:
1648:
1631:
1621:
1617:
1610:Mersey Defences
1606:
1599:
1590:
1586:
1576:
1572:
1562:
1558:
1548:
1544:
1534:
1530:
1520:
1516:
1506:
1502:
1492:
1488:
1478:
1474:
1464:
1460:
1453:
1449:
1444:3 January 1899.
1439:
1435:
1425:
1421:
1414:
1410:
1402:
1398:
1390:
1386:
1379:
1370:
1362:
1345:
1340:
1331:
1326:
1322:
1317:
1310:
1305:
1301:
1296:
1292:
1288:
1258:
1200:
1191:Royal Engineers
1179:
1119:21st Army Group
1115:
1075:20 October 1941
1042:541st Coast Rgt
1038:Lytham St Annes
1033:23 October 1941
1027:Shornemead Fort
1001:
985:
924:
891:Battle of Arras
868:
854:
813:. It supported
775:
769:
737:counter-battery
689:Battle Messines
610:
596:
565:Eastern Command
538:Western Command
495:
450:
433:
421:Fort Perch Rock
401:Haldane Reforms
397:
377:Royal Artillery
203:
201:Volunteer Force
155:
145:
134:'Brown's Corps'
90:Volunteer Force
68:
66:
50:
37:
35:
33:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
2967:
2965:
2957:
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2879:
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2779:
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2719:
2708:
2697:
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2656:
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2590:
2579:
2568:
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2541:
2530:
2516:
2507:
2496:
2485:
2476:
2467:
2458:
2449:
2438:
2427:
2418:
2405:
2396:
2382:
2372:
2363:
2354:
2345:
2332:
2318:
2309:
2298:
2286:
2277:
2265:
2251:
2238:
2225:
2212:
2192:
2181:
2165:
2156:
2143:
2130:
2117:
2101:
2088:
2074:
2061:
2048:
2039:
2030:
2017:
1999:
1986:
1973:
1955:
1942:
1929:
1913:
1900:
1887:
1867:
1843:
1804:
1791:
1779:
1770:
1748:
1739:
1725:
1720:London Gazette
1711:
1706:London Gazette
1697:
1692:London Gazette
1683:
1674:
1665:
1651:
1629:
1626:20 March 1908.
1624:London Gazette
1615:
1597:
1584:
1579:London Gazette
1570:
1565:London Gazette
1556:
1551:London Gazette
1542:
1537:London Gazette
1528:
1523:London Gazette
1514:
1509:London Gazette
1500:
1495:London Gazette
1486:
1483:10 April 1888.
1481:London Gazette
1472:
1467:London Gazette
1458:
1447:
1442:London Gazette
1433:
1428:London Gazette
1419:
1408:
1396:
1384:
1368:
1343:
1329:
1320:
1308:
1299:
1289:
1287:
1284:
1283:
1282:
1267:Claude Liardet
1263:
1257:
1254:
1253:
1252:
1230:
1220:
1214:
1199:
1196:
1178:
1175:
1135:United Kingdom
1114:
1111:
1087:
1086:
1083:
1076:
1069:
1066:
1063:
1052:
1045:
1044:12 August 1941
1034:
1023:
1020:
1000:
997:
984:
981:
980:
979:
976:
969:
968:
965:
962:
959:
923:
922:Interwar years
920:
908:Canadian Corps
872:Clipstone camp
864:Main article:
853:
850:
800:Battle of Vimy
771:Main article:
768:
765:
752:Billy-Montigny
606:Main article:
595:
592:
553:
552:
549:
546:
517:Trench warfare
494:
491:
486:
485:
482:
475:
474:
471:
461:
449:
446:
432:
429:
411:to become the
396:
393:
354:Crosby Battery
256:
255:
252:
249:
242:
239:
236:
229:
202:
199:
179:Mersey Estuary
153:
150:
149:
140:
136:
135:
132:
128:
127:
122:
118:
117:
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1984:, pp. 204–13.
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1982:Western Front
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1951:Western Front
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2012:
1994:
1989:
1981:
1976:
1950:
1945:
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1430:1 July 1870.
1427:
1422:
1411:
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1387:
1363:
1323:
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1293:
1279:RAF Regiment
1265:Maj-Gen Sir
1201:
1182:
1180:
1171:
1146:
1130:Reichsmarine
1128:
1122:
1116:
1099:
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983:World War II
970:
952:World War II
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808:
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685:
653:La Boisselle
642:
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611:
581:
577:
563:Defences in
554:
534:
529:
510:
496:
493:Home Defence
487:
476:
451:
448:Mobilisation
412:
398:
388:
370:
339:
315:
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268:
257:
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204:
195:World War II
170:
163:British Army
158:
156:
147:World War II
116:Fire Command
110:Part of
26:
2068:MacDonald,
2055:MacDonald,
1608:Stevenson,
1539:4 May 1906.
1213:, died 1864
681:Courcelette
673:Martinpuich
655:during the
634:Fourth Army
629:Second Army
584:demobilised
582:The TF was
454:World War I
431:World War I
334:Fort Nelson
187:World War I
143:World War I
139:Engagements
131:Nickname(s)
121:Garrison/HQ
2928:Categories
2729:, Vol II:
2723:L.F. Ellis
2703:, Vol IV,
2692:, Vol II,
2631:References
2620:Obituary,
2416:, Annex B.
2412:Farndale,
2343:, Annex M.
2339:Farndale,
2137:Farndale,
2095:Farndale,
2057:Pro Patria
2015:, Annex M.
2011:Farndale,
1997:, Annex E.
1993:Farndale,
1980:Farndale,
1949:Farndale,
1907:Farndale,
1798:Farndale,
1394:, 'Brown'.
1139:War Office
1107:Home Guard
1091:Royal Navy
1082:2 May 1942
811:Third Army
787:Portsmouth
733:First Army
693:Fifth Army
667:, then on
399:Under the
293:), became
219:Lancashire
165:raised in
2827:, at PFS.
2714:, Vol V,
2622:The Times
2232:Edmonds,
2219:Edmonds,
2124:Behrend,
2099:, Map 23.
2024:Edmonds,
1936:Edmonds,
1894:Edmonds,
1364:Army List
1159:Continent
1124:Luftwaffe
1049:Fleetwood
876:Aldershot
677:High Wood
649:III Corps
614:Sheerness
530:see below
323:Armistice
227:batteries
215:Liverpool
167:Liverpool
125:Liverpool
58:1859–1956
2736:Gen Sir
2380:212/123.
1297:Beckett.
882:Mark VI
833:for the
815:IV Corps
701:II Corps
665:Pozières
645:barrages
573:Kent RGA
469:Wallasey
465:Seacombe
417:Cheshire
217:area of
2296:, 1927.
1177:Postwar
880:Vickers
843:billets
669:Le Sars
375:of the
362:Regular
309:in the
246:Everton
173:in the
63:Country
2777:
2126:passim
1163:VE Day
1097:guns.
741:Allied
627:under
561:Medway
559:&
557:Thames
522:cadres
503:U-boat
307:Cornet
244:13th (
233:Crosby
114:Mersey
81:Branch
72:
55:Active
2609:Burke
1404:Burke
1392:Burke
1286:Notes
1149:, in
761:India
729:Arras
625:Ypres
295:Major
231:2nd (
2775:ISBN
2721:Maj
2247:1918
2234:1918
2221:1918
2152:1918
2026:1918
1938:1917
1896:1916
1245:GCVO
1127:and
1056:Hoxa
1007:was
679:and
663:and
506:U-21
157:The
100:Role
1241:GCB
1058:in
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