The Militia Artillery of the British Army


The Militia Artillery in 1855

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The 1852 Militia Act introduced artillery additionaly to infantry militia. In the years that followed several such units were raised or converted from existing militia regiments.
They were numbered in alphabetic sequence.

1th, orAntrim Artillery Regiment of Militia
2th, orArmargh Artillery Regiment of Militia
3th, orBerwick, Haddington, Linlithgow and Peebles Artillery Regiment of Militia
4th, orWest Cork Artillery Regiment of Militia
5th, orRoyal Cork City Artillery Regiment of Militia
6th, orRoyal Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery Regiment of Militia
7th, orDevon Artillery Regiment of Militia
8th, orDonegal Artillery Regiment of Militia (The Prince of Wales’s)
9th, orDublin City Artillery Regiment of Militia
10th, orDurham Artillery Regiment of Militia
11th, orEdinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia
12th, orFifeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia
13th, orForfar and Kincardine Artillery Regiment of Militia
14th, orGalway Artillery Regiment of Militia
15th, orGlamorgan Artillery Regiment of Militia
16th, orHampshire Artillery Regiment of Militia
17th, orIsland of Wight Artillery Regiment of Militia
18th, orKent Artillery Regiment of Militia
19th, orRoyal Lancashire Artillery Regiment of Militia
20th, orLimerick Artillery Regiment of Militia
21th, orLondonderry Artillery Regiment of Militia
22th, orNorfolk Artillery Regiment of Militia
23th, orNorthumberland Artillery Regiment of Militia
24th, orRoyal Pembrokeshire Artillery Regiment of Militia
25th, orSuffolk Artillery Regiment of Militia
26th, orRoyal Sussex Artillery Regiment of Militia
27th, orSouth Tipperary Artillery Regiment of Militia
28th, orTyrone Artillery Regiment of Militia
29th, orWaterford Artillery Regiment of Militia
 

The Militia of the Divisions, Royal Artillery 1882-89

The large territorial Divisions, Royal Artillery of 1889

The Royal Field and Garrison Artillery (Militia) 1902-08