Artillery Volunteers

Renfrewshire - Argyllshire - Dumbartonshire - Buteshire

1860: 1st Renfrewshire AVC
2nd Renfrewshire AVC
3rd Renfrewshire AVC
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│		 1st Dumbartonshire AVC
2nd Dumbartonshire AVC
3rd Dumbartonshire AVC
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│		 1st Argyllshire AVC
2nd Argyllshire AVC
3rd Argyllshire AVC
4th Argyllshire AVC
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1861: │
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│		 5th Argyllshire AVC
6th Argyllshire AVC
7th Argyllshire AVC
8th Argyllshire AVC
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Argyllshire Artillery Volunteers
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1862: │
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│		 9th Argyllshire AVC
10th Argyllshire AVC
2nd Argyllshire AVC disbanded
│		 1st Buteshire AVC
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1863: all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Renfrewshire Artillery Volunteers
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1864: 2nd Renfrewshire AVC absorbed by 1st
3rd Renfrewshire AVC absorbed by 1st
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1865: │
│		 5th Argyllshire AVC disbanded
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1866: │
│		 11th Argyllshire AVC
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1867: │
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│		 12th Argyllshire AVC
2th Buteshire AVC
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1872: 2nd Dumbartonshire AVC disbanded
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1874: │
│		 4th Argyllshire AVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Renfrewshire
(Renfrew and Dumbarton)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 consolidated as
1st Argyllshire (Argyll and Bute)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: 1st Renfrew and Dumbarton
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 1st Argyll and Bute
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Scottish Division
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volunteer brigade of
Scottish Division
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Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:
part of
Southern Division
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part of
Southern Division
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1891: 1st Renfrew and Dumbarton
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 1st Argyll and Bute
Volunteer Artillery Corps
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899: │
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Division system abolished
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1902: 1st Renfrew and Dumbarton
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Argyll and Bute
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:     two companies →
1st Renfrewshire (Howitzer) Battery,
2nd Renfrewshire (Howitzer) Battery,
III Highland Ammunition Column,
III Highland (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 → ←
Forth and Clyde
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)		 ← one company    
Argyllshire Battery,
    Ross and Cromarty Battery, ←
Bute Battery,
IV Highland Ammunition Column,
IV Highland Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
RA
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1909: │
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│		 IV Highland (Mountain) Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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1910: │
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│		 Clyde
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Forth
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1914: 1/III Highland (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/III Highland (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1916: CCLVIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 CCCXXIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1916: │
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1919: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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1920: 3rd Highland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 Clyde
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 1st Highland Mountain Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 77th (Highland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 Clyde Coast Brigade,
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│		 26th (Highland) Pack Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
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1924: 77th (Highland) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Clyde Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 13th (Highland) Pack Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1927: │
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│		 13th (Highland) Light Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1936: │
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│		 54th (West Highland)
Army Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 77th (Highland) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 Clyde Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 54th (West Highland)
Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: │
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│		 51st (West Highland)
Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 128st Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 61st Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: │
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│		 538th (Clyde) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 204 (Oban) Anti-Tank Battery,
Royal Artillery
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1942: │
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│		 128st Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Highland) (TA)
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│		 2 (Oban) Air-Landing Anti-Tank Battery,
Royal Artillery
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│		 61st Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(West Highland)
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1945: │
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│		 suspended animation
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1946: suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 277th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Highland) (TA)
│		 328th Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Highland) (TA)
│		 416th (Mixed) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Clyde) (TA)
│		 417th (Mixed) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Dumbartonshire) (TA)
│		 254th Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(West Highland) (TA)
│		 disbanded
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│		 328th Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Lowland) (TA)
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│		 417th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Dumbartonshire) (TA)
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1950: │
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│		 merged into
279th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Lowland) (TA)
one battery forms
888th Locating Battery,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 254th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(West Highland) (TA)
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RA
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1954: │
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│		 254th (West Highland)
Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1955: │
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1956: │
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│		 R (Clyde) Battery,
357th (Lowland)
Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 from
R (Clyde) Battery,
357th (Lowland)
Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 from
402nd Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(5th/6th Bn,
The Argyll and
Sutherland Highlanders) (TA)
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1961: 277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1961: 277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1964: 277th (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
R (Paisley, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) Battery,
The Lowland Regiment Royal Artillery
(Territorials)
 

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2022-09-07