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685:, which took over most of the Australian and RGA artillery. This massive corps artillery reserve supported the attack into the wooded slopeds beyond the Selle. Again, bad weather hindered air observation and CB work before the attack, but the barrage was deadly accurate. As the regimental historian relates, "The guns of Fourth Army demonstrated, on 23rd October, the crushing effect of well co-ordinated massed artillery. They simply swept away the opposition". After a pause to regroup and reconnoitre, IX Corps stormed across the
318:(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 brigades, companies and batteries were created, mirroring those TF formations being sent overseas.
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636:, which was particularly hard hit, but 68th Bde was still intact at the end of the first day, unlike some heavy units in other parts of the front, either caught in the fighting or forced to abandon their guns as the Germans advanced rapidly. Next day the Germans continued their advance, and 68th Bde stood at Roise trying to stem the tide before pulling out after dark. On 23 March XIX Corps was forced back to the Somme, and over following days the RGA struggled to get their guns back during the 'Great Retreat'.
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45:
69:
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and was to be kept up to strength with
Regular recruits. Early in 1918, this No 1 Company, together with Nos 44 and 57 Companies, RGA, was absorbed into No 25 (Pembrokeshire) Coastal Fire Command, responsible for the defence of Milford Haven. No 25 FC was organised as A and B Btys but these were broken up during 1918. In April 1918 the Milford Haven Garrison comprised the following batteries:
623:(CB) fire, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire. There was no respite for the gunners: although 88th HAG moved out of the Salient in October, 114th Siege Bty stayed with Fifth Army, transferring to 68th HAG on 1 October. After 68th HAG was converted into a permanent RGA brigade on 1 February 1918, 114th Siege Bty remained with it until the Armistice.
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RGA (68th, 114th and 171st), two others by the
Glamorgan RGA (96th and 121st), while a number of others (88th, 113th, 137th, 146th, 160th, 188th, 203rd, 219th, 250th, 262nd, 292nd and 306th) may have included trained men from the Pembroke and/or Glamorgan RGAs among the regulars and recruits, although the War Office or Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this.
767:. In April 1918 the British artillery was concentrated for a planned offensive, but finding level sites for the howitzers was difficult in the wooded mountainous terrain. The Allied offensive was postponed when it became clear that the Austrians were planning their own: the howitzers were ready when the Austrian assault began on 15 June (the
674:, which was operating under Fourth Army's command and had no artillery of its own. The weather was misty, which hindered air and ground observation for counter-battery fire, but when the assault went in on the morning of 17 October the Selle itself was not much of an obstacle on II US Corps' front, and the objectives were taken.
643:). The divisions holding the front were again pushed back, but they were backed by a mass of field and heavy artillery, including the batteries of 68th Bde, and the attack was stopped dead by the guns. Further attacks came on other parts of the front for several months, but none broke through completely.
827:
Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coastal defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The Pembroke RGA serving in the Milford Haven garrison was reduced from the three 2nd Line companies to just one, albeit with a slightly larger establishment of five officers and 100 men,
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Regimental HQ of 532nd Coast Rgt became part of
Milford Haven Fire Control on 7 December 1942. By the end of 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 in 1943, but
560:
to protect the advancing infantry, the heavy howitzers fired 450 yards (410 m) further ahead to hit the rear areas on the reverse slope of the ridge, especially known gun positions. The attack went in on 9 April with the
Canadian Corps successfully capturing Vimy Ridge. Fighting in the southern
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to form complete new units for front line service, thus the siege batteries formed in late 1915–early 1916 were a mixture of
Regular and TF gunners from the RGA coast establishments with new recruits. Three of the siege batteries formed at Pembroke Dock in 1915–16 had cadres provided by the Pembroke
415:
On Z Day (1 July), the entire artillery supporting the 56th
Division fired a 65-minute bombardment of the German front, then lifted onto their pre-arranged targets in the German support and reserve lines as the infantry got out of their forward trenches and advanced towards Gommecourt. However, the
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was suffering a severe manpower shortage, particularly among the infantry. In
January 1945, the War Office accelerated the conversion of surplus artillery into infantry units, primarily for line of communication and occupation duties, thereby releasing trained infantry for frontline service. On 15
954:
on 5 September, with a single 'A' Bty. 367 and 368 Batteries joined on 31 December 1940, taking over
Soldiers' Rock and Fishguard respectively (367 was formally regimented 21 September 1941). A Battery (a 6-inch battery manning West Blockhouse) was redesignated 131 Bty on 1 April 1941; at the same
715:
The 171st Siege Bty was formed at
Pembroke Dock on 13 June 1916 under Army Council Instruction 1239 of 21 June with another cadre of three officers and 78 men from the Pembroke RGA. It went out to the Western Front on 16 September 1916 equipped with four 6-inch 26 cwt howitzers and joined Second
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Fifth Army was attacked on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive. Artillery Observation Posts (OPs) were blinded by early morning mist and many were overrun along with the infantry in the forward zone. The German bombardment was savage. The batteries of 68th Bde were with
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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
994:
429 Bty – formed by 72nd Coast Training Rgt at Norton Camp, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight on 11 September from a cadre provided in Western Command; it joined on 11 December 1941, taking over East Blockhouse from 73rd Coast Training Rgt, which was disbanded between 1 and 11 January 1942 (429 Bty was
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171st Siege Bty was joined by a section from 368th Siege Bty on 29 June 1917, and brought up to the strength to man six 6-inch howitzers, but it seems that the additional guns never joined. The heavy guns of Fifth Army were engaged in a long artillery duel with the Germans throughout July in
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on 27 October, with the heavy guns engaging all known Austrian gun positions. A bridge was ready by 29 October and the heavy guns crossed the river. By 1 November the Austrian army had collapsed and the pursuing British troops had left their heavy guns far in the rear. Austrian signed the
742:
In October the battery transferred back to Second Army, which had taken over direction of the faltering Third Ypres Offensive and fought a series of successful battles employing massive weight of artillery. But the offensive continued towards Passchendaeleit bogged down in the mud
1057:
447:
It was the policy to switch heavy batteries around as the situation demanded. In late 1916 and early 1917 68th Siege Bty made frequent switches, all in relatively quiet sectors. On 6 August 1917 the battery was joined by a section from the newly-arrived
868:
After the TF was demobilised in 1919 the Pembroke RGA was placed in suspended animation. It was reformed in 1920 with two batteries (one of them, later 184 Bty from No 1 Company at Milford Haven). When the TF was reconstituted as the
532:(15–22 September). By now massive quantities of artillery were employed for each phase of the continuing offensive as Fourth Army attacked again and again through the autumn. The battery was withdrawn from the line for rest, training
1055:
detachments or in the hands of care and maintenance parties. The regiment lost its ancillary units: 14, 32 and 62 Coast Observer Detachments were disbanded in April, 106 was renumbered 33 the following month and left to join
599:(CB) fire from the Germans on the higher ground. Casualties among guns and gunners were high, and II Corps had failed to make much progress. The offensive continued through the summer and autumn of 1917: the Battles of the
1154:
The Coast Artillery Branch of the RA was disbanded in 1956 and the regiment was broken up again: the Pembroke batteries were amalgamated with 302 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Field Rgt, while the Glamorgan Btys amalgamated with
955:
time C/532 Bty was supposed to be redesignated 132 Bty, but since C/532 had not been formed the guns at East Blockhouse were instead manned by personnel from 73rd Coast Training Rgt, which had just been formed there
2522:
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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was formed under War Office Instruction 144 of 9 October 1915 from one company of the Pembroke RGA (TF) with equal numbers of men from the Regular RGA. The battery left the UK on 31 March 1916 and landed at
521:) units, with a cadre of three officers and 78 men (the wartime establishment of an RGA Company of the TF) from the Pembroke RGA. It went out to the Western Front on 14 June 1916 equipped with four modern
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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
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preparation for the Third Ypres Offensive, but the battery was transferred to Third Army after the first day of the battle. Third Army was not engaged in any major actions during this period.
2785:
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,
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1156:
1129:
2552:
Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 7: Coast Artillery, Defence Troops, Royal Artillery, and AA Defence of Merchant Ships (July 1943) TNA file WO 212/124.
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on whose front the barrage fired by field and heavy artillery was so thick and accurate that scarcely a German shell fell after 05.40, and all the Australian objectives were secured.
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preventing supplies and reinforcements from reaching the leading infantry waves who had entered the German trenches. Also, 68th Siege Bty was ordered to change targets to support the
693:). After that the campaign became a pursuit of a beaten enemy, in which the slow-moving siege guns could play no part. 114th Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919 after the Armistice.
763:, Second Army HQ and several of its sub-formations were sent to reinforce the Italian Army; 171st Siege Bty was selected as part of these reinforcements, and went to support the
877:
with the batteries numbered 184 and 185. In 1924 the RGA was subsumed into the RA, and the coast brigades were redesignated as heavy brigades, RA. The Pembroke Heavy Bde was in
1073:
172:
following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many Rifle and Artillery Volunteer Corps (RVCs and AVCs) composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
1124:
Both regiments formed part of 104 Coast Brigade. However, it was soon afterwards decided to reduce the number of TA coast regiments, and in 1948 424 Coast Rgt reorganised as
943:
a massive programme of coastal defences was initiated. Although this mainly involved the likely invasion areas of South and South-East England, an emergency battery of two
907:
had made recommendations for the defence of 15 'Class A' home ports, including Milford Haven (Scheme 8), but little was done to modernise them before the outbreak of
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199:) Pembrokeshire AVC formed 6 May 1864 from 2nd (Pembroke Dock) Pembrokeshire RVC with 2 Btys, attached to 1st Pembrokeshire RVC; redesignated 1st Pembrokeshire AVC
2575:
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.
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was formed at Pembroke Dock on 3 March 1916 under Army Council Instruction 535 of 8 March, which laid down that it was to follow the establishment for 'New Army' (
639:
Fourth Army HQ took over all of Fifth Army's formations and units on 2 April. The last attack in the first phase of the German offensive came in on 4 April (the
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VII Corps' costly attack was only a diversion from the main BEF attack further south, and was not renewed after the first day. 68th Siege Bty was transferred to
710:
509:
449:
528:
The battery moved to 31st HAG with Third Army on 8 July and then to 28th HAG with First Army on 31 July. 28th HAG joined Fourth Army on 10 September for the
363:
428:'s failing attack on the other side of the salient. By mid-afternoon the 56th Division's slight gains were being eroded and had to be abandoned after dark.
584:. Just before the battle, on 28 July, a section from the newly-arrived 376th Siege Bty joined, bringing 114th Siege Bty up to a strength of six howitzers.
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was authorised on 12 June for Soldiers Rock Battery at Milford Haven. By November 1940 Milford Haven was protected by two 9.2-inch and six 6-inch guns.
719:
Fifth Army was engaged in the final weeks of the Battle of the Somme, then in a number of small actions in early 1917 as the German Army retired to the
911:, and the Milford Haven scheme was still unfinished. On the outbreak of war the Pembroke Heavy Rgt was manning 2 × 9.2-inch and 4 × 6-inch guns there.
488:
made an assault crossing of the river, with German counter-attacks broken by the guns. The BEF then closed up for the final set-piece engagement, the
377:
192:) Pembrokeshire AVC, formed 6 January 1860, attached to 1st Administrative Battalion, Pembrokeshire RVCs, from September 1862; disbanded December 1870
1140:
220:
2513:
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.
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could be discounted and the War Office began reorganising surplus coastal units into infantry battalions for duties in the rear areas. Meanwhile
595:
Gun batteries were packed into the Ypres Salient – II Corps had 36 RGA batteries in the Dickebusch area – where they were under observation and
412:'s attack frontage. However, the bombardment was unsatisfactory because of ammunition shortage and the bad weather that hindered observation.
337:
Although complete defended ports units never went overseas, they did supply trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
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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.
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620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment was formally placed in suspended animation on 19 December and completed the process on 17 January 1946.
1051:) 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
939:
made a number of 6-inch guns available to the army for coastal defence, and when the whole of the UK was put on invasion alert after the
611:
were highly successful because of the weight of artillery brought to bear on German positions. But as the offensive continued with the
314:
T.W. Price of No 1 Company. On the outbreak of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
1190:
1148:
282:
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In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. A 1927 report on coastal defences by the
798:
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925:
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during both world wars. Although it never saw action in its coastal defence role, it manned a number of siege batteries of heavy
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211:, from 1882, but was disbanded by November 1885, and there were no other Volunteer artillery units in Pembrokeshire until 1910.
409:
208:
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1371:
1342:
878:
760:
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153:
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435:, which continued the offensive throughout the summer and autumn. On 13 September the battery was rearmed with four modern
2616:
Order of Battle of the Forces in the United Kingdom, Part 7, Section A – Coast Artillery (June 1945), TNA file WO 212/121.
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425:
464:
shortly afterwards, and the battery moved to join Third Army. Third Army was partially involved in defending against the
3296:
1081:
481:
453:
432:
619:, the tables were turned: British batteries were clearly observable from the Passchendaele Ridge and were subjected to
277:(RGA). Together, these units were responsible for manning the following guns defending the anchorage at Milford Haven:
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803:
529:
493:
489:
322:
149:
2800:
History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918
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633:
397:
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17:
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792:
783:
682:
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522:
385:
381:
3132:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
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1133:
671:
274:
107:
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357 Bty – joined from 524 (L&C) Coast Rgt 2 May 1942 in exchange for 131 Bty and took over West Blockhouse
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2561:
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The coastal artillery regiments had been reorganised in September 1940, with the Pembroke regiment becoming
889:
810:
652:
616:
581:
577:
465:
457:
1382:
963:
1201:
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The remaining details of RHQ 532nd Coast Rgt disbanded on 20 February 1945; 357 Bty became independent in
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728:
612:
604:
562:
497:
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350:
311:
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2915:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948//Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009,
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The battery moved to 44th (South African) HAG with First Army on 22 March 1917. The group supported the
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1166:
832:
620:
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549:
3033:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941
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When the TA was reconstituted in 1947, the Pembroke coast artillery was reformed as two regiments:
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417:
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom
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Finally on 1 November 1938 the RA redesignated its brigades as regiments, the unit becoming the
696:
468:
in 1918, then the battery transferred to Fourth Army, which played a leading role on the Allied
3225:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927 (RA sections also summarised in Litchfield, Appendix IV).
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January 1945, RHQ 532nd Coast Rgt and HQ Milford Haven FC reorganised to the infantry role as
936:
224:
89:
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932:
656:
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421:
338:
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A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
3018:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
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1077:
1001:
No 7 Coastal Artillery Plotting Room, Milford Haven – incorporated into regiment July 1942
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844:
838:
720:
436:
330:
85:
44:
1540:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/4.
310:
The Pembroke RGA mobilised in August 1914 in Western Coast Defences under the command of
269:
It was designated as a Defended Ports unit in Western Coast Defences, which was based at
3306:
2934:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
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121:
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History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West
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on 3 November, ending the war in Italy. 171st Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
253:
173:
137:
2953:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
2802:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1357:
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1064:
in July, while No 7 Plotting Room at Milford Haven reverted to Western Command.
670:). Preparations to cross it began on 11 October, with 68th Bde allocated to the
663:
473:
157:
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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
315:
181:
141:
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with 367, 368 and 429 Btys under command. They disbanded on 1 November 1945.
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Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
1040:
452:, and was made up to a strength of six howitzers. The battery then moved to
263:
2976:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
1047:
The manpower requirements for the forthcoming Allied invasion of Normandy (
771:). The heavy howitzers systematically destroyed the Austrian guns on the
373:
145:
3281:
3175:, London: John Murray, 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
3070:
The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
408:). Its main role was to bombard German trenches and strongpoints facing
3223:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
1089:, with A to E Btys, though it does not appear to have served overseas.
1020:
782:
for the final battle on the Italian Front, the stunning success of the
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3085:
The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges)
3035:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2928:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
2909:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
772:
651:
The Allied Hundred Days Offensive opened at 04.20 on 8 August at the
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The Fifty Sixth Division, 1st London Territorial Division, 1914–1918
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695:
586:
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257:
189:
3003:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
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of April–May 1917 Fifth Army fought in attack and defence around
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After a number of transfers 114th Siege Bty joined 88th HAG with
2815:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
1128:. It was disbanded in 1950, with some personnel transferring to
203:
July 1880; attached to the Pembroke Artillery Militia from 1881
2945:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
476:. 68th Siege Bty was assigned to the massive fireplan for the
2851:
Shepard's War: E.H. Shepard, The Man who Drew Winnie-the-Pooh
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By June 1941 the regiment had been reorganised and expanded:
778:
The heavy guns were then moved to join the British-commanded
591:
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
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on 9 April. The artillery plan for the heavy guns emphasised
3158:
The White War: Life and Death on the Italian Front 1915–1919
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32 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by December 1942 from
472:
from 8 August. By early October Fourth Army had reached the
1011:
there were few organisational changes for 532nd Coast Rgt:
3195:
Instructions Issued by The War Office during October, 1915
3188:
Instructions Issued by The War Office during October, 1914
1697:
Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 295–8, 308–15, 318, 325.
1165:
reverted to their 'cavalry' role in 1961 as a unit of the
885:
HQ and 184 Heavy Battery at the Drill Hall, Miliford Haven
662:
The Allied advance continued through the autumn up to the
556:(CB) fire. At Zero hour, while the field guns laid down a
525:
and joined 32nd HAG with Reserve Army (later Fifth Army).
1035:
106 Coast Observer Detachment – joined by July 1943 from
3301:
3252:
Borrowed Soldiers: Americans under British Command, 1918
3137:
Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat
1025:
14 Coast Observer Detachment – joined January 1943 from
2932:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
2896:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
681:
on 23 October, II US Corps was relieved by the British
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Plateau and the offensive failed all along the front.
273:
and included the Regulars of Nos 44 and 57 Companies,
3216:
Army Council Instructions issued during October, 1917
3326:
Defended ports units of the Royal Garrison Artillery
2951:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
227:(TF) two years earlier, was broken up into separate
3202:
Army Council Instructions issued during March, 1916
1588:, pp. 106, 219–21, 225–6, 243–4, 248–9, 254–6, 262.
998:
62 Coast Observer Detachment – joined later in 1941
113:
103:
95:
80:
62:
54:
31:
18:
620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment, Royal Artillery
3254:, Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008,
3209:Army Council Instructions issued during June, 1916
3130:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
2402:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.
1147:the following year. The new unit was based at the
1143:to form 408 Coast Rgt, which changed its title to
716:Army, switching to Fifth Army shortly afterwards.
700:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.
3346:Military units and formations established in 1910
3063:Battery Records of the Royal Artillery, 1859–1877
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2726:
2681:
2679:
2626:
2624:
2622:
1678:'Allocation of HA Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
1372:Pembrokeshire at Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1072:By the end of 1944, serious naval attacks on the
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2231:Kurt Peball, 'The Piave: Austria's last Throw',
2084:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 386–8, 463–71.
967:BL 6-inch Mk VII gun preserved at Newhaven Fort.
243:Headquarters at the Drill Hall, Charles Street,
3050:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
3020:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
3005:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
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1736:
1734:
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1197:, appointed 12 February 1909, died 4 March 1938
221:Glamorgan and Pembroke Royal Garrison Artillery
3336:Military units and formations in Milford Haven
3331:Military units and formations in Pembrokeshire
3065:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1970.
2140:
2138:
1763:
1761:
1280:
1278:
1276:
329:and there was an urgent need for batteries of
3048:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2832:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
1812:
1810:
1808:
1806:
1804:
1549:
1547:
873:(TA) in 1921, the unit was designated as the
711:171st Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
510:114th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
8:
2740:
2738:
2571:
2569:
1705:
1703:
1308:
1306:
1304:
1302:
1300:
1298:
1296:
1294:
1292:
1290:
364:68th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
49:Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
3102:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2752:
2750:
2705:
2703:
2693:
2691:
2658:
2656:
2654:
1864:
1862:
1860:
1850:
1848:
1842:, Vol II, pp. 150-1, 158–60, 163, 174, 185.
1392:
1390:
1145:408 (Glamorganshire and Pembroke) Coast Rgt
1126:424 (Pembrokeshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Rgt
977:524th (Lancashire & Cheshire) Coast Rgt
935:turned against the Allies in May 1940, the
2994:, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1966.
2844:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2638:
2636:
2209:
2207:
1447:Sir John Eldridge's account in MacDonald,
928:on the outbreak of war in September 1939.
43:
3151:Purnell's History of the Second World War
1722:Army Council Instructions for March 1916.
1535:
1533:
1531:
1529:
1527:
1493:
1491:
1489:
1469:War Office Instructions for October 1915.
1338:
1336:
689:on 4 November (the Battle of the Sambre,
207:The 1st Pembrokeshire formed part of the
176:in time of need. Two AVCs were formed in
2913:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
2757:289–322 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2710:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2663:414–443 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
2477:
2475:
2411:
2409:
2341:
2339:
2286:Purnell's History of the First World War
2233:Purnell's History of the First World War
2106:Army Council Instructions for June 1916.
1525:
1523:
1521:
1519:
1517:
1515:
1513:
1511:
1509:
1507:
1407:
1405:
1139:In 1953, 425 Coast Rgt amalgamated with
349:6-inch 30 cwt Howitzer preserved by the
334:increase their strength by 50 per cent.
223:, which had been reorganised in the new
38:425th (Pembrokeshire) Coast Regiment, RA
2353:
2351:
1367:
1365:
1213:
1151:, with 425 Rgt providing P and Q Btys.
853:– 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns, 2 × 12-pdr QF
841:– 2 × 6-inch Mk VII guns, 1 × 12-pdr QF
3341:Military units and formations in Wales
3083:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
2866:Battleground Europe: Arras: Vimy Ridge
1673:
1671:
1669:
1667:
1665:
1663:
1661:
1659:
1657:
1655:
1438:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
1087:620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment, RA
1068:620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment, RA
36:620th (Pembroke) Infantry Regiment, RA
28:
3247:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
3245:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
3190:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1917.
2884:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
2297:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
2284:Franco Velsecchi, 'Vittorio Veneto',
2192:Falls, pp. 89–92, 131–2, 143, 157–67.
1460:Army Council Instructions, 1915–1916.
1058:530th (Princess Beatrice's) Coast Rgt
888:185 Heavy Battery at the Drill Hall,
655:. By now 68th Bde was supporting the
536:from 27 December to 20 January 1917.
380:(BEF). It took over four obsolescent
321:By October 1914, the campaign on the
7:
3087:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
3072:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
2456:Frederick, pp. 603, 609, 611, 632–3.
1358:Milford Haven at Drill Hall Project.
995:formally regimented on 1 June 1942).
486:66th (2nd East Lancashire) Divisions
456:, in time for the final days of the
3160:, London: Faber & Faber, 2008,
3139:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014,
404:in the forthcoming 'Big Push' (the
34:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Regiment, RA
3117:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2817:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1575:, pp. 161, 181, 198–9; Appendix 1.
1247:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 146.
1157:281 (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Field Rgt
1149:Defensible Barracks, Pembroke Dock
1132:and some to 109 Transport Column,
396:In June the battery moved to join
25:
3297:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3232:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
1130:302 (Pembroke Yeomanry) Field Rgt
1027:521st (Kent and Sussex) Coast Rgt
881:with the following organisation:
875:Pembrokeshire Coast Brigade, RGA,
460:. Second Army HQ was sent to the
237:Pembroke Royal Garrison Artillery
134:Pembroke Royal Garrison Artillery
32:Pembroke Royal Garrison Artillery
3292:Great War Centenary Drill Halls.
1383:Fishguard at Drill Hall Project.
1169:, ending the artillery lineage.
898:Pembrokeshire Heavy Regiment, RA
769:Second Battle of the Piave River
615:and First and Second Battles of
439:-built 6-inch 26 cwt howitzers.
402:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
239:had the following organisation:
84:
67:
3282:British Army units from 1945 on
3218:, London: HM Stationery Office.
3211:, London: HM Stationery Office.
3204:, London: HM Stationery Office.
3197:, London: HM Stationery Office.
2926:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2907:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2040:Edmopnds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2009:, Vol V, pp. 188, 296–8, 305–8.
952:532nd (Pembroke) Coast Regiment
384:from 28th Siege Bty and joined
252:No 2 Company at Wogan Terrace,
209:Welsh Division, Royal Artillery
2868:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1996,
2370:Titles & Designations 1927
2005:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
802:9.2-inch gun preserved at the
400:, which was preparing for the
1:
2213:Shepard, in Campbell, p. 125.
1789:Cave, pp. 119–27, Map p. 121.
1118:425 (Pembrokeshire) Coast Rgt
1112:424 (Pembrokeshire) Coast Rgt
905:Committee of Imperial Defence
426:46th (North Midland) Division
249:No 1 Company at Milford Haven
3230:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
2288:, Vol 7, No 14, pp. 3064–71.
2222:Thompson, pp. 328–30, 344–7.
2031:Yockelson, pp. 89–90, 200–5.
879:53rd (Welsh) Divisional Area
500:. It was disbanded in 1919.
410:56th (1/1st London) Division
262:No 3 Company at Heol Emrys,
136:was a part-time unit of the
3153:, London: Purnell, 1969–71.
2584:Ellis, pp. 141–2, 369, 380.
1780:, pp. 164–6, 174–6, Map 23.
1204:, appointed 21 January 1939
1043:, returned by November 1943
945:BL 6-inch Mk XII naval guns
814:QF 12-pounder preserved at
804:Imperial War Museum Duxford
530:Battle of Flers-Courcelette
378:British Expeditionary Force
140:that defended the coast of
3362:
2482:532 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45.
2235:, Vol 7, No 6, pp. 2833–8.
1854:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
1614:, Vol I, pp. 462–4, 471–3.
924:The regiment mobilised in
786:. The assault crossed the
708:
677:For the final part of the
507:
492:. 68th Siege Bty was with
361:
256:, with a drill station at
3309:The Territorial Army 1947
3302:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3128:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
3031:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3016:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
2853:, London: LOM Art, 2015,
1141:664 (Glamorgan) Coast Rgt
982:132 Bty – left early 1942
793:Armistice of Villa Giusti
784:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
755:Following the disastrous
733:Bullecourt and Lagnicourt
42:
3068:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2846:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2606:620 Inf Rgt at RA 39–45.
1939:Blaxland, pp. 98, 103–6.
1816:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
1625:Lack of Offensive Spirit
1177:The following served as
1134:Royal Army Service Corps
705:171st Siege Battery, RGA
504:114th Siege Battery, RGA
480:on 17 October, when the
275:Royal Garrison Artillery
108:Royal Garrison Artillery
3250:Mitchell A. Yockelson,
1868:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 244–6.
1767:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 102–9.
1586:Lack of Offensive Sprit
1229:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
892:, later at Saundersfoot
859:– 1 × 9.2-inch Mk X gun
857:East Blockhouse Battery
835:– 1 × 9.2-inch Mk X gun
833:West Blockhouse Battery
578:Battle of Pilckem Ridge
523:6-inch 26 cwt Howitzers
466:German spring offensive
458:Battle of Passchendaele
382:6-inch 30 cwt howitzers
376:on 1 April to join the
358:68th Siege Battery, RGA
168:The enthusiasm for the
3287:The Drill Hall Project
3275:The British Army, 1914
3171:Maj C.H. Dudley Ward,
2720:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
2673:Maurice-Jones, p. 276.
2429:Collier, Appendix XIX.
2392:Maurice-Jones, p. 221.
2345:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
2144:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 84–5.
1829:, pp. 197–213, Map 26.
1798:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 74–8.
1553:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 92–8.
1420:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1330:Maurice-Jones, p. 166.
968:
819:
807:
701:
592:
565:) continued into May.
498:Armistice with Germany
470:Hundred Days Offensive
354:
351:Royal Artillery Museum
325:was bogging down into
295:12-pounder Quick-Firer
3061:Lt-Col M.E.S. Lawes,
2974:The Defeat of Germany
2562:Collier, Chapter XXI.
2532:Collier, Chapter XIX.
2382:Collier, Chapter III.
2275:Thompson, pp. 356–64.
2201:Campbell, pp. 96–100.
2053:Yockelson, pp. 207–8.
1713:, pp. 307–9; Annex M.
1031:Newhaven, East Sussex
966:
813:
801:
699:
590:
582:Third Ypres Offensive
572:of Fifth Army in the
348:
235:units. The resulting
2244:Campbell, pp. 101–4.
2075:Blaxland, pp. 254–6.
1996:Blaxland, pp. 250–2.
1974:, Vol IV, pp. 61–73.
1961:Blaxland, pp. 67–71.
1899:Muirland, pp. 74–90.
1688:Blaxland, pp. 251–2.
1562:Becke, Pt 4, p. 177.
1167:Royal Armoured Corps
580:) that launched the
550:Battle of Vimy Ridge
490:Battle of the Sambre
164:Volunteer precursors
2744:Litchfield, p. 203.
2732:Frederick, p. 1003.
2685:Frederick, p. 1011.
2630:Frederick, p. 1012.
1908:Blaxland, pp. 56–7.
1877:Blaxland, pp. 45–6.
1429:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
1312:Litchfield, p. 204.
1185:Hugh Edwardes, 6th
757:Battle of Caporetto
679:Battle of the Selle
515:114th Siege Battery
496:by the time of the
482:50th (Northumbrian)
478:Battle of the Selle
416:German guns laid a
406:Battle of the Somme
388:' Heavy Artillery.
148:for service on the
3046:J.B.M. Frederick,
2828:Gregory Blaxland,
2813:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2697:Litchfield, p. 83.
2596:Frederick, p. 881.
2495:Frederick, p. 971.
2333:Frederick, p. 615.
2319:Frederick, p. 647.
2310:, Annexes 4 and 7.
2253:Falls, pp. 169-77.
1742:Frederick, p. 703.
1483:Frederick, p. 702.
1321:Litchfield, p. 81.
1284:Frederick, p. 698.
1269:, 14 October 1910.
1238:Frederick, p. 668.
1049:Operation Overlord
969:
941:Dunkirk evacuation
851:Chapel Bay Battery
839:South Hook Battery
820:
808:
780:Tenth Italian Army
765:First Italian Army
725:Operation Alberich
702:
641:Battle of the Avre
593:
369:68th Siege Battery
355:
170:Volunteer movement
3260:978-0-8061-3919-7
3238:978-1-84884-211-3
3181:978-1-843421-11-5
3166:978-0-571-22333-6
3145:978-1-78159-267-0
3123:978-0-9558119-0-6
3108:978-0-9558119-1-3
2940:978-1-845747-28-2
2921:978-1-845747-23-7
2859:978-1-910552-10-0
1397:Monthly Army List
1256:Westlake, p. 198.
1173:Honorary Colonels
1163:Pembroke Yeomanry
1082:North West Europe
687:Sambre–Oise Canal
225:Territorial Force
215:Territorial Force
127:
126:
90:Territorial Force
16:(Redirected from
3353:
3267:External sources
3113:Alan MacDonald,
3098:Alan MacDonald,
2890:James E. Edmonds
2849:James Campbell,
2771:
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2308:Forgotten Fronts
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2044:, Vol V, p. 325.
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2003:
1997:
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1981:
1975:
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1962:
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1930:Murland, p. 146.
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1187:Baron Kensington
1179:Honorary Colonel
1120:at Pembroke Dock
1114:at Milford Haven
933:Battle of France
871:Territorial Army
657:Australian Corps
653:Battle of Amiens
627:Spring Offensive
558:Creeping barrage
519:Kitchener's Army
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3307:Graham Watson,
3269:
3156:Mark Thompson,
3135:Jerry Murland,
2999:Martin Farndale
2880:Basil Collier,
2798:Maj A.F. Becke,
2783:Maj A.F. Becke,
2779:
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2467:Years of Defeat
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2417:Years of Defeat
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1094:Western Command
1078:21st Army Group
1070:
1037:570th Coast Rgt
1017:559th Coast Rgt
1008:
961:
926:Western Command
922:
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866:
847:– 2 × 12-pdr QF
845:Stack Rock Fort
825:
753:
729:Arras Offensive
721:Hindenburg Line
713:
707:
649:
629:
621:counter-battery
597:counter-battery
563:Battle of Arras
554:counter-battery
542:
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450:402nd Siege Bty
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1571:MacDonald,
1497:MacDonald,
788:River Piave
672:II US Corps
664:River Selle
609:Broodseinde
474:River Selle
454:Second Army
433:Fourth Army
301:World War I
158:World War I
114:Garrison/HQ
3320:Categories
2972:, Vol II:
2966:L.F. Ellis
2930:, Vol IV,
2911:, Vol II,
2777:References
2469:, Annex M.
2465:Farndale,
2419:, Annex B.
2415:Farndale,
2306:Farndale,
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2179:Farndale,
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2018:Farndale,
1983:Farndale,
1948:Farndale,
1917:Farndale,
1886:Farndale,
1825:Farndale,
1776:Farndale,
1751:Farndale,
1709:Farndale,
1573:Pro Patria
1499:Pro Patria
1449:Pro Patria
1053:Home Guard
979:2 May 1942
601:Menin Road
494:Fifth Army
392:Gommecourt
316:War Office
182:West Wales
142:West Wales
2949:, Vol V,
2358:Army List
2119:, p. 181.
1987:, p. 290.
1970:Edmonds,
1838:Edmonds,
1610:Edmonds,
1597:Edmonds,
1451:, p. 162.
1041:Flat Holm
937:Admiralty
931:When the
823:Later war
745:see above
691:see above
668:see above
634:XIX Corps
398:VII Corps
264:Fishguard
146:howitzers
58:1910–1961
2997:Gen Sir
2643:Watson,
2543:212/123.
1220:Beckett.
1006:Late War
890:Pembroke
864:Interwar
683:IX Corps
570:II Corps
386:VI Corps
374:Le Havre
283:9.2-inch
2768:Burke's
2645:TA 1947
1343:Conrad
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