Great Britain (Volunteers)

Lancashire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 6th Lancashire AVC raised
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2nd Lancashire AVC(Ⅰ) raised
7th Lancashire AVC raised
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│		 8th Lancashire AVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
│		 25th Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps
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│		 19th Lancashire AVC raised
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1860: │
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14th Lancashire AVC raised
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│		 consolidated as
1st Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1860: 20th Lancashire AVC raised
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1st Lancashire AVC
2nd Lancashire AVC(Ⅰ)
7th Lancashire AVC
8th Lancashire AVC
13th Lancashire AVC(Ⅰ)
14th Lancashire AVC
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
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1860: │
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│		 8th Lancashire AVC →
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│		 → 8th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1861: 20th Lancashire AVC absorbed by 6th │ │ │ │
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6th Lancashire AVC added
13th Lancashire AVC(Ⅰ) absorbed by 6th
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│		 19th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1861: 14th Lancashire AVC absorbed by 1st
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1862: 13th Lancashire AVC(Ⅱ) raised
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1863: 13th Lancashire AVC(Ⅱ) disbanded
6th Lancashire AVC disbanded
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1864: 2nd Lancashire AVC(Ⅰ) disbanded
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1869: 7th Lancashire AVC disbanded
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1st Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: │
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│		 7th Lancashire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Lancashire Division
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volunteer brigade of
Lancashire Division
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volunteer brigade of
Lancashire 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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part of
Southern Division
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1891: 1st Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 8th Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 7th Lancashire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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Division system abolished
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1902: 1st Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 8th Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 7th Lancashire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: Lancashire and Cheshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)		 East Lancashire Heavy Battery,
West Lancashire Heavy Battery,
The Lancashire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)		 15th Lancashire Battery,
16th Lancashire Battery,
17th Lancashire Battery,
II East Lancashire Ammunition Column,
II East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
RA
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│		 II East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TF)
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│		 1st Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
2nd Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
The Lancashire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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1914: │
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│		 1/1st Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
1/2nd Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
1/1st Lancashire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery
│		 2/1st Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
2/2nd Lancashire (Liverpool) Heavy Battery,
2/1st Lancashire Heavy Battery,
Royal Garrison Artillery
│		 1/II East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TF)
│		 2/II East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TF)
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│		 CCXII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
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Royal Field Artillery
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1919: suspended animation
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1920: Lancashire and Cheshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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4th West Lancashire
Medium Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TF)		 2nd East Lancashire
Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: Lancashire and Cheshire
Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		 52nd (East Lancashire) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
RA
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│		 52nd (Manchester) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1924: Lancashire and Cheshire
Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: Lancashire and Cheshire
Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 52nd (Manchester)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 110th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: 524th (Lancashire and Cheshire)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1942: │
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│		 110th Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester) (TA)
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1945: 619th Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Lancashire and Cheshire)
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1945: suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 420th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Lancashire and Cheshire) (TA)
│		 310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester (TA)
│		 252nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Manchester (TA)
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│		 252nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TA)
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RA
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│		 from
634th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
(TA)
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1954: │
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│		 310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(8th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers)
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1955: │
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Q (Salford) Battery,
314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1956: converted to engineers │
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314th Heavy Anti-Airctaft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1961: this battery merged into
253rd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Bolton Artillery) (TA)		 252nd Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TA)
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1964: 252nd Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Manchester Artillery) (TA)
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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
 

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2025-06-05