Great Britain (Volunteers)

East Lancashire - Cumberland

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1860: 1st Cumberland AVC raised
2nd Cumberland AVC raised
3rd Cumberland AVC raised
4th Cumberland AVC raised
5th Cumberland AVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Cumberland Artillery Volunteers
│		 5th Lancashire AVC raised
22nd Lancashire AVC raised
23rd Lancashire AVC raised
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all part of
3rd Administrative Brigade of
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
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│		 18th Lancashire AVC raised
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1861: │
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│		 18th Lancashire AVC added
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1865: │
│		 26th Lancashire AVC raised
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1866: 4th Cumberland AVC disbanded
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1869: │
│		 22nd Lancashire AVC absorbed by 5th
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1876: 5th Cumberland AVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Cumberland
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 consolidated as
5th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: │
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│		 3rd Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Northern Division
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volunteer brigade of
Lancashire Division
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1889: │
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│		 9th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:
part of
Eastern Division
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part of
Southern Division
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part of
Southern Division
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1891: 1st Cumberland
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 3rd Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 9th Lancashire
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 Cumberland
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 3rd Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 9th Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
│		 RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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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
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1909: IV East Lancashire (Howitzer)
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Cumberland Artillery) (TF)
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│		 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)
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│		 2/I East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 1/III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TF)
│		 2/III East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TF)
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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
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1916: broken up broken up │
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1917: │
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│		 broken up
1919: │
│		 suspended animation
│		 disbanded suspended animation
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1920: 1st East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 3rd East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 51st (East Lancashire) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 53rd (East Lancashire) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
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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)
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1924: 93rd (East Lancashire)
Army Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 53rd (Bolton)
Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 93rd (East Lancashire)
Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 53rd (Bolton)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 52nd (East Lancashire)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 111th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1942: │
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│		 56th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(East Lancashire)
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│		 111th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Bolton)
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1945: │
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│		 53rd (Field) Holding Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Bolton)
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1945: suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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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: │
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│		 253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TA)
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RA
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1955: Q (Burnley) Battery,
380th Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery		 P (Church) Battery,
380th Light Regiment,
Royal Artillery		 │
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│		 from
Q (Salford) Battery,
314th Heavy Anti-Airctaft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1961: │
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Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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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
 

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2024-08-25