Artillery Volunteers

Staffordshire - Derbyshire

Creation of the Territorial Force
 
1908: 1st Staffordshire Battery,
2nd Staffordshire Battery,
3rd Staffordshire Battery,
III North Midland Ammunition Column,
III North Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 1st Derbyshire (Howitzer) Battery,
2nd Derbyshire (Howitzer) Battery,
IV North Midland Ammunition Column,
IV North Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
RA
│		 RA
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1914: 1/III North Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│
│		 2/III North Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│
│		 1/IV North Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/IV North Midland
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│
1916: CCXXXII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXCVII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXXXIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXCVIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│
1916: │
│		 broken up broken up broken up
1919: suspended animation
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│
│		 reconstituted
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1920: 3rd North Midland Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 62nd (North Midland) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)
RA
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1924: 62nd (North Midland) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1937: 73rd (North Midland)
Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 68th (North Midland)
Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│
1938: 73rd (North Midland)
Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 68th (North Midland)
Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: │
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│		 26th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│
│
1940: 73rd (North Midland)
HeavyAnti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 68th (North Midland)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 │
│
│
│
1942: │
│		 reduced to cadre
│		 │
│
1943: │
│
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│		 68th (North Midland)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 │
│
│
│
1945: suspended animation
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1946: │
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 473rd (Mobile)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(North Midland) (TA)
│		 262nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(North Midland) (TA)
│
│		 526th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│
│
│
1951: │
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│		 262nd (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(North Midland) (TA)
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│
│
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RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1954: │
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│		 from
579th (Royal Leicestershire
Regiment)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 from
585th (The Northamptonshire
Regiment)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1955: P (Wolverhampton) Battery,
Q (West Bromwhich) Battery,
444th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 P (North Midland) Battery, Q (Royal Leicestershire) Battery,
438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│
│		 R (Northamptonshire Regiment) Battery,
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1961: P (North Midland) Battery
converted to
438th (Derbyshire Artillery) Field Squadron,
Royal Engineers (TA)		 Q (Royal Leicestershire) Battery
merged into
4th/5th Battalion,
The Royal Leicestershire
Regiment (TA)		 R (Northamptonshire Regiment) Battery
merged into
4th/5th Battalion,
The Northamptonshire
Regiment (TA)
 

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2022-09-07