Great Britain (Volunteers)

Durham - Newcastle-upon-Tyne

		Formation of the Volunteer Force
1860:		4th Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │	2nd Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │		3rd Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │	1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Artillery Volunteer Corps │
		│ │ │	│ │ │	from 6th Durham Rifle Volunteer Corps(Ⅰ) │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1863:		│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
1866:		│ │ │	2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │		│ │ │	│ │ │
		Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:		│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
	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 │	volunteer brigade of Northern Division │
	from Durham batteries of 1st Northumberland (Northumberland and Sunderland) Artillery Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1888:	1st Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps │	│ │ │	│ │ │		│ │ │	│ │ │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:	1st Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	4th Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │		3rd Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Artillery Volunteer Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
1891:	1st Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	4th Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	2nd (Seaham) Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │		3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │	1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Artillery) │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:	1st Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │	4th Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │	2nd (Seaham) Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │		3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │	1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Volunteer Artillery Corps (Western Division, Royal Garrison Artillery) │
	Division system abolished
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1902:	1st Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)	4th Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)	2nd (Seaham) Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)		3rd Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)	1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)	← four companies         3rd Durham Battery, →	1st Durham Battery, 2nd Durham Battery, → 3rd Durham Battery,     III Northumbrian Ammunition Column, III Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)		4th Durham (Howitzer) Battery,     5th Durham (Howitzer) Battery, ← IV Northumbrian Ammunition Column, IV Northumbrian (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)	← 5th Durham (Howitzer) Battery,
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1909:	│ │ │ │ │		III Northumbrian (County of Durham) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │		IV Northumbrian (County of Durham) (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
1914:	│ │ │ │ │		1/III Northumbrian (County of Durham) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │	2/III Northumbrian (County of Durham) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │	1/IV Northumbrian (County of Durham) (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/IV Northumbrian (County of Durham) (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
1916:	│ │ │		CCLII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCLIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │
1916:	│ │		│ │	│ │	broken up	broken up
1917:	│ │		broken up	│ │
1919:	suspended animation │			disbanded
	│ │		reconstituted │		reconstituted │
1920:	Durham Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ │		3rd (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		3rd Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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	│ │ │	from The Northern Cyclist Battalion (TF) │	│ │ │		│ │ │
1921:	Durham Coast Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		74th (Northumbrian) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1924:	Durham Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │		55th (Northumbrian) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		74th (Northumbrian) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1936:	│ │ │ │		63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │
1937:	│ │ │		│ │ │		│ │ │
1938:	Durham Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │		63rd (Northumbrian) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		74th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	87th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1939:	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	125th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1940:	511th (Durham) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │	526th (Durham) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │	63rd (Northumbrian) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	125th (Northumbrian) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	87th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │ │
1942:	│ │	│ │	│ │	captured │	│ │	│ │
1943:	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1944:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	63rd Medium Battery (Northumbrian), 87th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	suspended animation │ │ │
1945:	│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │	│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:	│ │	│ │	│ │	│ │	suspended animation │	│ │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	426th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	427th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	463rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	325th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	274th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Northumbrian) (TA) │	487th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │
1948:	│ │ │ │ │	427th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	463rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │
1951:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │	325th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Sunderland) (TA) │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
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1954:	│ │ │ │ │ │	merged into 485th (Tees) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	│ │ │ │ │ │	merged into 582nd (The Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
	│ │ │ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │ │ │	from 582nd (The Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1955:	│ │ │ │ │ │		P Battery, Q Battery, 463rd (7h Durham Light Infantry) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	R Battery,	Q (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery, │ │ │ │ │	P (Hebburn) Battery, R Battery,
	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │	from 377th (Durham) Locating Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │
1956:	336th (Durham Coast) Field Squadron, 132rd Field Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers (TA)		│ │ │ │	R (4thDurham) Battery,	P (1st Durham) Battery, Q (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery, │ │
			│ │ │ │ │ │ │	from 437thLight Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Durham Light Infantry) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │ │
1961:			R Battery, 463rd (Durham Light Infantry) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	P Battery, Q Battery,	274th (Northumbrian) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │
1964:		463rd (Durham Light Infantry) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │			274th (Northumbrian) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
			Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:			disbanded and formed		disbanded and formed
			205 Medium Battery, 101st (Northumbrian) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Volunteers) and Q (5 Durham Light Infantry) Battery, The County of Durham Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)