Artillery Volunteers

West Lancashire

1859:				4th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps │
1860:	15th Lancashire AVC │			│ │
1863:	attached to 19th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps │			│ │ │ │
1867:	resumed independent status 15th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps │			│ │ │ │
1875:	│ │			│ │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	6th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps │			│ │ │
	Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:	volunteer brigade of Lancashire Division │			volunteer brigade of Lancashire Division │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:	part of Southern Division │			part of Southern Division │
1891:	6th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery Corps │			4th Lancashire Volunteer Artillery Corps │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:	│ │			│ │
	Division system abolished
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1902:	6th Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)			4th Lancashire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	12th Lancashire Battery, 13th Lancashire Battery, 14th Lancashire Battery, III West Lancashire Ammunition Column, III West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)			7th Lancashire (Howitzer) Battery, 8th Lancashire (Howitzer) Battery, IV West Lancashire Ammunition Column, IV West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1914:	1/III West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/III West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		1/IV West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/IV West Lancashire (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
1916:	CCLXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCLXXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │		CCLXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCLXXXVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │
1916:	CCLXXVII Army Field Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	│ │ │		broken up	broken up
1917:	│ │	broken up
1919:	suspended animation │
	│ │ │ │		part of The Lancashire Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery │	│ │ │ │
1920:	3rd West Lancashire Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │ │			4th West Lancashire Medium Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TF) │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	89th (3rd West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)			59th (4th West Lancashire) Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
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1924:	89th (3rd West Lancashire) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │			59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1937:	70th (3rd West Lancashire) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │			│ │ │ │
1938:	70th (3rd West Lancashire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │			59th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:	│ │ │	25th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │	68th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1940:	70th (3rd West Lancashire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1942:	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	68th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (4th West Lancashire) │
1944:	70th Medium Battery (3rd West Lancashire), 87th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1945:	suspended animation │	│ │		│ │	│ │
1946:	│ │	suspended animation │		suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	470th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3rd West Lancashire) (TA) │	525th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │		359th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (4th West Lancashire) (TA) │	368th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (4th West Lancashire) (TA) │
1949:	│ │ │ │	525th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │	from 655th Light Anti-AirCraft/ Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (Liverpool Scottish) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │ │
1950:	│ │	│ │		│ │	│ │
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	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 626th Heavy Anti-AirCraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Liverpool Irish) (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │	│ │ │ │ │	from 533rd Heavy Anti-AirCraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (The Liverpool Welsh) (TA) │
1955:	P Battery, 470th (3rd West Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	R Battery,	Q (Liverpool Irish) Battery,	│ │ │ │ │	P Battery, Q Battery, │ │ │	Q (Liverpool Welsh) Battery,
1956:	│ │			│ │
1961:	470th (3rd West Lancashire) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │			359th (4th West Lancashire) Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1964:	470th (3rd West Lancashire) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │			359th (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:	disbanded and formed 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Light Air Defence Regiment, Royal Artillery			disbanded and formed Q (4th West Lancashire) Battery, The West Lancashire Regiment Royal Artillery (Territorials)