Great Britain (Volunteers)

Glamorganshire - Pembrokeshire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Glamorganshire AVC raised
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1860: 2nd Glamorganshire AVC raised
3rd Glamorganshire AVC raised
4th Glamorganshire AVC raised
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 1st Pembrokeshire AVC raised
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1861: all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers
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│		 from
2nd Pembrokeshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1864: 4th Glamorganshire AVC absorbed by 3rd
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│		 2nd Pembrokeshire AVC
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1870: │
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Glamorganshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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2nd Pembrokeshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: │
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│		 1st Pembrokeshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Welsh Division
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volunteer brigade of
Welsh Division
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1885: │
│		 disbanded
Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:
part of
Western Division
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1890: │
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│		 2nd Glamorganshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
part of
Western Division
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1891: 1st Glamorganshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 2nd Glamorganshire
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 Glamorganshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 2nd Glamorganshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
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│		 from part of
2nd Volunteer Battalion,
The Welsh Regiment
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 1st Glamorgan (Howitzer) Battery,
2nd Glamorgan (Howitzer) Battery,
I Welsh Ammunition Column,
I Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 The Glamorgan
Royal Horse Artillery (TF)		 Glamorgan and Pembroke
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
RA
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│		 RA
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1910: │
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│		 Glamorgan
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Pembroke
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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1914: 1/I Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/I Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 1/1st Glamorgan
Royal Horse Artillery (TF)
│		 2/1st Glamorgan
Royal Horse Artillery (TF)
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1916: CCLXV Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCXL Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
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1916: broken up broken up │
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1919: suspended animation
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reconstituted
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│		 from
The Glamorganshire
Yeomanry
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1920: 1st Welsh Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 Glamorgan
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Pembrokeshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 81st (Welsh) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 Glamorgan Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		 Pembrokeshire Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
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1924: 81st (Welsh) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Glamorgan Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Pembrokeshire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 81st (Welsh) Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Glamorgan Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Pembrokshire Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 132nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: │
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│		 531st (Glamorgan)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 532nd (Pembroke)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1942: │
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│		 132nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Welsh) (TA)
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1944: │
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│		 620th Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Pembroke)
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1946: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 281st Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Welsh) (TA)
│		 disbanded 664th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Welsh) (TA)
│		 424th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Pembrokeshire) (TA)
│		 425th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Pembrokeshire) (TA)
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1948: │
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│		 424th Heavy Ant-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Pembrokshire) (TA)
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1950: 281st Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Glamorgan Yeomanry) (TA)
│		 664th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Glamorgan) (TA)
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1953: │
│		 R Battery,
S Battery,		 P Battery,
Q Battery,
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│		 408th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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RA
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1954: │
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│		 408th (Glamorganshire and Pembroke)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1956: │
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│		 ← Glamorgan batteries Pembroke batteries merged into
302nd (Pembroke Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1961: P (Glamorgam Yeomanry) Battery,
282nd (Glamorgan and
Monmouthshire)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
 

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2024-08-25