Artillery Volunteers

East Lancashire - Cumberland

1860: 1st Cumberland AVC
2nd Cumberland AVC
3rd Cumberland AVC
4th Cumberland AVC
5th Cumberland AVC


all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Cumberland Artillery Volunteers
5th Lancashire AVC
22nd Lancashire AVC
23rd Lancashire AVC


all part of
3rd Administrative Brigade of
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers


18th Lancashire AVC








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1861:

18th Lancashire AVC

1865:
26th Lancashire AVC
1866: 4th Cumberland AVC disbanded

1869:
22nd Lancashire AVC absorbed by 5th
1876: 5th Cumberland AVC disbanded

Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
1880: consolidated as
1st Cumberland
Artillery Volunteer Corps
consolidated as
5th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
1880:

3rd Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
1882:
volunteer brigade of
Northern Division
volunteer brigade of
Lancashire Division
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1889:



9th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
Regrouping into three large divisions
1889:
part of
Eastern Division
part of
Southern Division
part of
Southern Division
1891: 1st Cumberland
Volunteer Artillery Corps
3rd Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
9th Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
1899:


Division system abolished
1902: 1st Cumberland
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
3rd Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
9th Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
RAVols
RAVols
Creation of the Territorial Force
1908: 1st Cumberland (Howitzer) Battery,
2nd Cumberland (Howitzer) Battery,
IV East Lancashire Ammunition Column,

IV East Lancashire (Howitzer)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
5th Lancashire Battery,
6th Lancashire Battery,
7th Lancashire Battery,
I East Lancashire Ammunition Column,

I East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
18th Lancashire Battery,
19th Lancashire Battery,
20th Lancashire Battery,
III East Lancashire Ammunition Column,

III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
RA
RA
RA
1909: IV East Lancashire (Howitzer)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Cumberland Artillery) (TF)




III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TF)
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1914: 1/IV East Lancashire (Howitzer)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Cumberland Artillery) (TF)
2/IV East Lancashire (Howitzer)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Cumberland Artillery) (TF)
1/I East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)

2/I East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)

1/III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TF)
2/III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TF)
1916: CCXIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
CCCXXXIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
CCX Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
CCCXXX Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
CCXI Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
CCCXXXI Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
1916: broken up broken up



1917:


broken up
1919:
suspended animation
disbanded suspended animation
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1920: 1st East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)

3rd East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)

Creation of the Territorial Army
1921: 51st (East Lancashire) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
53rd (East Lancashire) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
RA
RA
1922: 51st (East Lancashire and
Cumberland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
53rd (Bolton) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)

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1923: Cumberland batteries merged into
51st (Westmoreland and
Cumberland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
93rd (East Lancashire)
Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)





1924: 93rd (East Lancashire)
Army Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
53rd (Bolton)
Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1938: 93rd (East Lancashire)
Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
53rd (Bolton)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1938: 52nd (East Lancashire)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)



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1939:

56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)


111th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1942:


56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(East Lancashire)



111th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Bolton)
1945:





53rd (Field) Holding Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Bolton)



1945: suspended animation
suspended animation
suspended animation
suspended animation
Resurrection of the Territorial Army
1947: 293rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(East Lancashire) (TA)
556th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(East Lancashire) (TA)
253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Bolton) (TA)
disbanded
1953:





253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TA)
RA
RA
RA
1955: Q (Burnley) Battery,
380th Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery
P (Church) Battery,
380th Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery








from
Q (Salford) Battery,
314th Heavy Anti-Airctaft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)

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1961:
Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1967: disbanded and formed part of
209 (The Manchester Artillery) Battery,
103rd (Lancashire
Artillery Volunteers)
Light Air Defence Regiment,
Royal Artillery

and
D Company (The Bolton Artillery),
4th (Territorial) Battalion,
The East Lancashire Regiment