1859: | 1st Kent AVC 2nd Kent AVC 3rd Kent AVC │ | |||||
1860: | 3nd Kent AVC becomes 1st Cinque Ports AVC(II) 4th Kent AVC 5th Kent AVC 9th Kent AVC 11th Kent AVC 12th Kent AVC 13th Kent AVC │ all part of 1st Administrative Brigade of Kent Artillery Volunteers │ |
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1866: | 4th Kent AVC absorbed by 13th │ |
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1870: | 9th Kent AVC → │ |
9th Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps | ||||
Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force | ||||||
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1880: | consolidated as 1st Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps │ |
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery | ||||||
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1897: | 3rd Volunteer (Kent) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery │ |
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Regrouping into three large divisions | ||||||
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1889: | 1st Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps (Eastern Division, Royal Artillery) │ |
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1891: | 1st Kent Volunteer Artillery Corps (Eastern Division, Royal Artillery) │ |
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery | ||||||
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1899: | 1st Kent Volunteer Artillery Corps (Eastern Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │ |
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Division system abolished | ||||||
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1902: | 1st Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) |
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two companies from 1st Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Force | ||||||
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1908: | 1st Kent (Howitzer) Battery, 2nd Kent (Howitzer) Battery, IV Home Counties Ammunition Column, IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery |
seven companies → Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) |
Kent and Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) |
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1910: | │ │ |
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Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ |
Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ |
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1914: | 1/IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │ |
2/IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │ |
1/1st Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ |
2/1st Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ |
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1916: | CCXXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │ |
CCCXXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │ |
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1919: | suspended animation │ |
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disbanded | suspended animation │ |
suspended animation │ |
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1920: | 13th (Kent) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ |
← 205th (Chatham and Faversham) Battery, | Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ │ |
Sussex Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ │ |
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Creation of the Territorial Army | ||||||
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1921: | 52nd (Kent) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA) |
Kent Coast Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA) |
Sussex Coast Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA) |
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1924: | 52nd (Kent) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
Kent Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
Sussex Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1932: | │ │ │ │ |
two batteries to Thames and Medway Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) |
Kent and Sussex Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ |
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1935: | 58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1938: | 58th (Kent) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
73rd (Kent Fortress) Anti-Aircraft Battalion, Royal Engineers (TA) |
Kent and Sussex Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1940: | 58th (Kent) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery |
73rd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery |
519th (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery |
520th (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery |
521st (Kent and Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery |
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1944: | │ │ |
suspended animation │ |
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1945: | suspended animation │ |
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suspended animation │ |
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1946: | │ │ |
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suspended animation │ |
suspended animation │ |
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army | ||||||
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1947: | 458th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Kent) (TA) │ |
608th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Kent) (TA) │ |
410th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Kent) (TA) │ │ |
disbanded | 411th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Sussex) (TA) │ │ |
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from 564th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1955: | P Battery, | HQ Battery, S Battery, |
Q Battery, R Battery, |
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458th (Kent) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ |
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1956: | │ │ │ │ |
5th Battalion, The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) (TA) |
reorganised as part of Port and Travel Control Group |
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1961: | P (Kent) Battery, 265th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) |
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