Great Britain (Volunteers)

Northumberland

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Northumberland AVC raised │
1860:	2nd Northumberland AVC(Ⅰ) raised 2nd Northumberland AVC(Ⅰ) absorbed by 1st 3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅱ) raised │			1st Durham AVC raised │ │ │		3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅰ) raised 3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅰ) becomes 2nd(Ⅱ) │ │
1864:	3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅱ) disbanded │		2nd Newcastle-upon-Tyne AVC raised │	│ │		│ │
1865:	3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅲ) raised │		│ │	│ │		│ │
1865:	all part of 1st Administrative Brigade of Northumberland Artillery Volunteers │			│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │
1866:	│ │ │			│ │ │		2nd Northumberland (The Percy) Artillery Volunteer Corps │
1868:	2nd Newcastle-upon-Tyne AVC absorbed by 3rd Northumberland AVC(Ⅲ) │			│ │		│ │
1873:	1st Durham AVC added │					│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Northumberland and Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │					│ │ │ │
1880:	1st Northumberland (Northumberland and Durham) Artillery Volunteer Corps │					│ │ │ │
1881:	│ │ │				3rd Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │
1881:	│ │ │				The Tynemouth Artillery Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │
1882:	1st Northumberland (Northumberland and Sunderland) Artillery Volunteer Corps │				│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
	Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:	volunteer brigade of Northern Division │				volunteer brigade of Northern Division │	volunteer brigade of Northern Division │
1888:	│ │ │	1st Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps			│ │ │	│ │ │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:	1st Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │				The Tynemouth Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	2nd Northumberland (The Percy) Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
1891:	1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │				The Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	2nd Northumberland (The Percy) Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:	1st Northumberland Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │				The Tynemouth Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │	2nd Northumberland (The Percy) Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │
	Division system abolished
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1902:	1st Northumberland Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)				The Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)	disbanded
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	1st Northumberland Battery, 2nd Northumberland Battery, 3rd Northumberland Battery, I Northumbrian Ammunition Column, I Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)				Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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1914:	1/I Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/I Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │			│ │ │
1916:	CCL Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCXV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │			│ │ │
1919:	suspended animation │	disbanded			suspended animation │
1920:	1st Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │				Tynemouth Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	72nd (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)				Tynemouth Coast Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
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1924:	72nd (Northumbrian) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │				Tynemouth Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1936:	│ │ │ │		64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │
1938:	72nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		64th (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		Tynemouth Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1939:	│ │ │	124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │		│ │ │
1940:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	64th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	509th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │	508th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │	510th (Tynemouth) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │
1942:	reduced to cadre │ │ │	124th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │	suspended animation │
1945:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	616th Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tynemouth) │	│ │ │ │
1945:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │
1946:	│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	272nd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) (TA) │	324th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) (TA) │	464th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) (TA) │	405th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tynemouth) (TA) │	404th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tynemouth) (TA) │	disbanded
1948:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	464th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) (TA) │	405th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Tynemouth) (TA) │ │	│ │ │ │ │
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1954:	│ │ │	│ │ │	R Battery,	P Battery, Q Battery, │	│ │ │
1955:	│ │	HQ Battery, P Battery,		Q Battery, R Battery,	│ │
	│ │ │ │	324th (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │			│ │ │ │
1956:	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │			P (Tynemouth) Battery, 439th (Tyne) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
1961:	272nd (Northumbrian) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	324th (Northumbrian) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1964:	272nd (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	324th (Northumbrian Artillery) Heavy Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed parts of 101st (Northumbrian) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers)	disbanded and formed part of 203rd Medium Battery, 101st (Northumbrian) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers)