Artillery Volunteers

Hampshire - Dorsetshire

		from part of 2nd Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) │		from part of 1st Dorsetshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) │
	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:		4th Hampshire (Howitzer) Battery, 5th Hampshire (Howitzer) Battery, II Wessex Ammunition Column, II Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)		6th Hampshire Battery, Dorsetshire Battery, Wiltshire Battery, III Wessex Ammunition Column, III Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1914:		1/II Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/II Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	1/III Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/III Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │
1916:		CCXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXXVI Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCXXVII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │
1919:		suspended animation │	disbanded	suspended animation │	disbanded
1920:		2nd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │		3rd Wessex Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:		55th (Wessex) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)			part of 56th (Wessex) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1924:		55th (Wessex) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1927:		55th (Wessex) Army Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
		│ │ │ │ │ │	from the West Somerset elements of 94th (Dorset and Somerset Yeomanry) (Army) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1929:		│ │
1938:		55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1939:		│ │ │	112th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	98th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1940:		│ │ │	│ │ │	98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1942:		│ │ │ │	112th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (Wessex) │	│ │ │ │
1946:		suspended animation │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	663rd Super Heavy Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	255th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Wessex) (TA) │	312th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (Wessex) (TA) │	498th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Gloucestershire) (TA) │
1950:		│ │ │ │ │ │	HQ Battery, Q Battery, 312th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Gloucestershire) (TA) │	P Battery, R Battery,
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1955:		│ │ │ │ │	Q (Bristol) Battery, 311th (City of Bristol) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)
	from 421st (Dorset) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │
1956:		255th (West Somerset Yeomanry and Dorset Garrison) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1961:	Q (West SomersetYeomanry) Battery, R (Dorset Garrison) Battery. 250th (Queen’s Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)