The Volunteer Artillery of the British Army

The Artillery Volunteers from 1859 to 1880

The Consolidation of the Artillery Volunteers in 1880

The Volunteers of the Divisions, Royal Artillery 1882-89

In 1882 all Artillery Volunteer Corps were attached to one of the eleven territorial Divisions, Royal Artillery.

In 1886/87 the Volunteer Corps of the Eastern, Cinque Ports, Southern and Western Division, Royal Artillery were redesignated as Volunteer Brigades sequentialy numbered within their Division.

In 1889 the divisions were regrouped into three large divisions.

Contents

- Northern Division, Royal Artillery -

- Lancashire Division, Royal Artillery -

- Eastern Division, Royal Artillery -

- Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery -

- London Division, Royal Artillery -

- Southern Division, Royal Artillery -

- Western Division, Royal Artillery -

- Scottish Division, Royal Artillery -

- Welsh Division, Royal Artillery -

- North Irish Division, Royal Artillery -

- South Irish Division, Royal Artillery -


- Northern Division, Royal Artillery -

1882				1889

1^st Northumberland (Northumberland and Sunderland) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	1888: 1^st Northumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	Western Division
2^nd Northumberland (The Percy) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
The Tynemouth Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Yorkshire (East Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
2^nd Yorkshire (East Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Yorkshire (North Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Berwick-on-Tweed Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Cumberland Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
		1888: 1^st Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	Western Division
2^nd Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
3^rd Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
4^th Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Yorkshire (West Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
2^nd Yorkshire (West Riding) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
4^th Yorkshire (West Riding) (Sheffield) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division


- Lancashire Division, Royal Artillery -

1882				1889

1^st Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
2^nd Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
3^rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
4^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
5^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
6^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
7^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
8^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
		1889: 9^th Lancashire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	Southern Division
1^st Cheshire and Carnarvonshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division


- Eastern Division, Royal Artillery -

1882		1886		1889

1^st Norfolk (Norfolk and Suffolk) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	1^st Volunteer (Norfolk) Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division
1^st Essex Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	2^nd Volunteer (Essex) Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division
1^st Lincolnshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	3^rd Volunteer (Lincolnshire) Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Western Division


- Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery -

1882		1887		1889

1^st Sussex Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	1^st Volunteer (Sussex) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division
1886: 2^nd Sussex Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	2^nd Volunteer (Sussex) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division
1^st Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	3^rd Volunteer (Kent) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division
1^st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	4^th Volunteer (Cinque Ports) Brigade, Cinque Ports Division, Royal Artillery	→	Eastern Division


- London Division, Royal Artillery -

1882				1889

2^nd Kent Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Eastern Division
3^rd Kent (Royal Arsenal) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Eastern Division
2^nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Eastern Division
3^rd Middlesex Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Eastern Division
1^st Surrey Artillery Volunteer Corps → 1883: merged into 1^st London (City) Artillery Volunteer Corps
1^st London (City) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Eastern Division


- Southern Division, Royal Artillery -

1882		1886		1889

1^st Hampshire (Hampshire and Dorsetshire) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	1^st Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade, Southern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Southern Division
1886: 1^st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	2^nd Volunteer (Dorsetshire) Brigade, Southern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Southern Division
		1888: 3^rd Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade, Southern Division, Royal Artillery	→	Southern Division


- Western Division, Royal Artillery -

1882		1886		1889

1^st Devonshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	1^st Volunteer (Devonshire) Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artillery	→	Western Division
2^nd Devonshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	2^nd Volunteer (Devonshire) Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artilleryy	→	Western Division
1^st Cornwall Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	3^rd Volunteer (Duke of Cornwall’s) Brigade, Western Division, Royal Artillery	→	Western Division


- Scottish Division, Royal Artillery -

1882				1889

1^st Edinburgh (City) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Midlothian (Midlothian Coast) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Banff Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Forfarshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Renfrew and Dumbarton Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Fifeshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Haddington Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Lanarkshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Ayrshire and Galloway Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Argyll and Bute Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Caithness-shire (Caithness and Sutherland) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Aberdeenshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Berwickshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Inverness-shire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division
1^st Orkney Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division


- Welsh Division, Royal Artillery -

1882				1889

1^st Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Gloucestershire (Gloucester and Somerset) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Western Division
1^st Pembrokeshire Artillery Volunteer Corps → 1885: disbanded
1^st Worcestershire (Worcester and Monmouth) Artillery Volunteer Corps	→	→	→	Southern Division


- North Irish Division, Royal Artillery -

There were no Volunteer Corps in Ireland


- South Irish Division, Royal Artillery -

There were no Volunteer Corps in Ireland

The large territorial Divisions, Royal Artillery of 1889

The Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) 1902-08

The Territorial Force Divisions and Mounted Brigades 1910-14

The Renumbering of the Royal Field Artillery Brigades of the Territorial Divisions in 1916

The Creation of the Territorial Army (TA) from 1920 to 1922

The Territorial Army (TA) from 1924 until World War II

During World War II

The Resurrection of the Territorial Army in 1947

The Reductions from 1950 to 1967

The Territorial Army Regiments from 1961 to 1967

The Regiments of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve (TAVR) in 1967

The Regiments of the Territorial Army in 2008