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

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

RA RA

1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
1st Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company
2nd Regiment, Honourable Artillery Company disbanded
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
245th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Belfast)
246th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Derry) merged
247th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Ulster) merged
248th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Ulster) merged
249th Field Regiment
250st (Queen’s Own Dorset and West Somerset Yeomanry) Medium Regiment
251st Field Regiment (Westmoreland and Cumberland) reduced
252nd Field Regiment (Manchester)
253rd Field Regiment (Bolton)
254th Anti-Tank Regiment (West Highland) merged
254th (City of London) Field Regiment
255th Medium Regiment (Wessex) merged
256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon) merged
257th Field Regiment (Home Counties)
258th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex) merged
259th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) disbanded
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
261st Observation Regiment (North Midland) reduced
262nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (North Midland) merged
263rd Anti-Tank Regiment (6th London)
264th Field Regiment (7th London) merged
265th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (8th London)
266th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) merged
267th Field Regiment (South Midland)
268th Field Regiment (Warwickshire) merged
268th (Warwickshire) Field Regiment
269th Field Regiment (West Riding) merged
270th Field Regiment (West Riding) merged
271st Field Regiment (West Riding)
272nd Field Regiment (Northumbrian)
274th Field Regiment (Northumbrian)
275th Field Regiment (Highland) merged
276th Field Regiment (Highland) merged
277th Field Regiment (Highland)
278th Field Regiment (Lowland)
279th Field Regiment (Lowland)
280th Medium Regiment (Lowland - City of Glasgow) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
281st Field Regiment (Welsh) merged
282nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Welsh)
283rd Field Regiment (Welsh) merged
284th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st East Anglian) merged
285th Airborne Light Regiment (Essex) merged
286th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry)
287th Medium Regiment (1st West Lancashire)
288th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2nd West Lancashire)
289th Parachute Light Regiment
290th Field Regiment (City of London) merged
291st Airborne Field Regiment (4th London) merged
292nd Airborne Anti-Tank Regiment (5th London) merged
293rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire) merged
294th Field Regiment (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) merged
295th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry) merged
296th Field Regiment (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
297th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent Yeomanry) merged
298th Field Regiment (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary’s) merged
299th Field Regiment (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry)
300th Anti-Tank Regiment (Queen’s Own Worcestershire Yeomanry) converted
300th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
302nd Field Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry) converted
304th Field Regiment (Essex Yeomanry)
305th Medium Regiment (Bedfordshire Yeomanry) merged
306th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Lancashire Hussars) merged
307th Field Regiment (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry)
308th Anti-Tank Regiment (Suffolk Yeomanry) merged
308th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Field Regiment
309th Coast Regiment (Westmoreland and Cumberland) merged
310th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester) merged
311th (City of Bristol) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment reduced
312th Medium Regiment (Wessex) merged
313th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex) merged
314th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
315th Medium Regiment (North Midland) merged
320th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (South Midland) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
321st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding) merged
323rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding) merged
324th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian)
325th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham) merged
328th Medium Regiment (Lowland) merged
330th Medium Regiment (Lowland) merged
336th Medium Regiment (1st West Lancashire) merged
337th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (2nd West Lancashire) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
341st Medium Regiment (Queen’s Own Dorset Yeomanry) merged
342nd Medium Regiment (Royal Devon Yeomanry) merged
344th Light Ant-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Sussex Yeomanry) merged
345th Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry) merged
346th Medium Regiment (Berkshire Yeomanry) merged
349th Light Ant-Aircraft Regiment (Lancashire Yeomanry) merged
350th Heavy Regiment (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) merged
351st Medium Regiment (Midland) merged
353rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London) merged
356th Medium Regiment (Highland) merged
357th Medium Regiment (Lothians) merged
358th Medium Regiment (Suffolk) merged
359th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment (4th West Lancashire)
360th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
361st Medium Regiment (Carnarvon and Denbigh Yeomanry) merged
362nd Medium Regiment merged
368th Medium Regiment (4th West Lancashire) merged
372th (Flintshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry) Light Regiment
376th Observervation Regiment merged
377th Observation Regiment (Durham) merged
380th Anti-Tank Regiment (King’s Own) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
381st Anti-Tank Regiment (East Surrey) merged
382nd Anti-Tank Regiment (Duke of Welligton’s) merged
383rd Anti-Tank Regiment (Duke of Connaught’s Royal Hampshire)
384th Anti-Tank Regiment (Royal Welch Fusiliers) merged
387th Field Regiment (Oxfordshire Yeomanry) merged
389th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The King’s Own Regiment, Norfolk Yeomanry) merged
390th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (King’s Own) merged
396th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon) merged
400th (Highland) (Aberdeen/Angus) Field Regiment
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
402nd Anti-Tank Regiment (5th/6th Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)) merged
404th Coast Regiment (Tynemouth) merged
405th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tynemouth) merged
406th Coast Regiment (Hampshire) reduced
407th Coast Regiment (Devon) merged
409th Coast Regiment (Cornwall) reduced
410th Coast Regiment (Kent) converted
411th Coast Regiment (Sussex) converted
412th Coast Regiment (Highland) mergedi
413th Coast Regiment (Fife) merged
414th Coast Regiment (Forth) merged
415th Coast Regiment (Thames and Medway) merged
416th (Mixed) Coast Regiment (Clyde) merged
417th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Dumbartonshire) merged
418th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Norfolk) merged
419th Coast Regiment (Suffolk) merged
420th Coast Regiment (Lancashire and Cheshire) converted
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
421st Coast Regiment (Dorset) merged
422nd Coast Regiment (East Riding) converted
424th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Pembrokeshire) disbanded
425th Coast Regiment (Pembrokeshire) merged
426th Coast Regiment (Durham) converted
427th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham) merged
428th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles) merged
429th Coast Regiment (Antrim) converted
430th Coast Regiment (Orkney) reduced
431st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
432nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment converted
433rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment converted
436th (South Lancashire Artillery) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
437th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham Light Infantry) merged
438th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
439th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
440th (Humber) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
441st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
442nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
443rd (Warwickshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
444th (Staffordshire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
445th (Cameronians) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
446th (Royal Welch) Airborne Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment converted
451st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London) disbanded
452nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London) disbanded
453rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London) disbanded
454th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London) disbanded
455th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent) disbanded
456th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Cornwall) disbanded
457th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Wessex)
458th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent) merged
459th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Essex Regiment) merged
460th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
461st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middlesex) disbanded
462nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian) merged
463rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham)
464th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Northumbrian) merged
465th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester Regiment) merged
466th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Leeds Rifles) merged
467th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (York and Lancaster) merged
469th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) merged
470th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3rd West Lancashire)
471st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Forth) merged
473rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (North Midland) merged
474th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Glasgow) merged
479th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) merged
480st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Berkshire) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
(Mixed)482nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex) merged
483rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Blythswood) merged
484th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middelesex) disbanded
485th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tees) merged
487th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Durham) merged
488th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
489th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
490th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Southgate) disbanded
491st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
493rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
494th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Edinburgh) merged
495th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Birmingham) merged
496th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
497th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London) merged
498th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire) merged
499th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (London Welsh) disbanded
500th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
501st (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
502nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Ulster) merged
512th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Finsbury Rifles) merged
513th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
514th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Lothian Royal Scots) merged
515th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Isle of Man) disbanded
516th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment disbanded
517th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex) merged
518th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment disbanded
519th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Dunedin) disbanded
520th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Glamorgan) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
521st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
522nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
523rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Gloucestershire) disbanded
524th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Bournemouth) merged
525th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
526th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
527th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
528th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Nottinghamshire) merged
529th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
530th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex) merged
531st Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
532nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
533rd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
534th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Glamorgan) merged
535th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Hampshire) disbanded
536th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Surrey) merged
537th Searchlight Regiment (Tyne Electrical Engineers) merged
538th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (West Riding) merged
539th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment reduced
540th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
553rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) merged
554th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) merged
556th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire) merged
557th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment(King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry) merged
558th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) disbanded
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
562nd (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (27th London Electrical Engineers) merged
563rd (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (28th Essex) merged
564th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Kent) merged
565th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Surrey) merged
566th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London Rifles) merged
567th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (7th City of London) merged
568th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (St. Pancras) merged
569th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Queen’s Own) merged
570th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) merged
571st (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) merged
573rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The King’s Regiment) merged
574th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Lancashire Fusiliers) merged
575th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The Sherwood Foresters) merged
576th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) merged
577th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Robin Hoods, Sherwood Foresters) merged
578th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) merged
579th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Leicestershire Regiment) merged
580th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Warwickshire Regiment) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
581st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Bn, The Royal Lincolnshire Regiment) merged
582nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Durham Light Infantry) merged
583nd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire) disbanded
584th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th West Yorkshire) merged
585th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Northamptonshire Regiment) merged
586th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Highland) merged
587th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Queen’s Edinburgh, Royal Scots) merged
588th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) merged
589th (Mixed) Light Ant-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Durham Light Infantry) merged
590th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Durham Light Infantry) merged
591st (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Cameronians) merged
592nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Glasgow) merged
593rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Harrow) disbanded
594th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Warwickshire) merged
595th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (9th Bn, The Middlesex Regiment) merged
596th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The South Lancashire Regiment) merged
597th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Loyal) merged
598th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Queen’s) merged
599th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex Regiment) merged
600th (Mobile) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Essex Regiment) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
601st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of Bristol) merged
602nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Welch) merged
603rd (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (1st (Rifle) Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment) merged
604th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers) merged
605th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex) merged
606th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Lancashire) merged
607th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Middlesex) disbanded
608th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Kent) merged
609th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tottenham) disbanded
610th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Middlesex) merged
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
622nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (7th Bn, The Queen’s Royal Regiment) merged
623nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Warwickshire) merged
624th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) merged
625th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Royal Fusiliers) merged
626th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Liverpool Irish) merged
628th Heavy Regiment merged
629th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Cambridgeshire Regiment) converted
630th Medium Regiment (Somerset Light Infantry) merged
631st Anti-Tank Regiment (Green Howards) merged
633rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The Lancashire Fusiliers) disbanded
634th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Lancashire Fusiliers) merged
635th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Welch) merged
636th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Welch) merged
637th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (3rd Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment) merged
638th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Brecknock)
639th Heavy Regiment (The Worcestershire Regiment) merged
640th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Bn, The Border Regiment) disbanded
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
641st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Sussex) merged
642nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (7th Bn, The Royal Hampshire Regiment) merged
643rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (6th Bn, The South Staffordshire Regiment) merged
644th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The South Lancashire Regiment) merged
645th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Buckinghamshire) merged
646th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (5th Essex) merged
648th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Royal Berkshire) disbanded
651st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment 1957: disbanded
652nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Manchester) disbanded
653rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Liverpool Welsh) merged
655th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Liverpool Scottish) disbanded
656th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Rifle Brigade) merged
660th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
 
1949 1950 1953 1954 1955 1956 1961
 
661st Field Regiment (Ulster)
663rd Super Heavy Regiment merged
664th Coast Regiment (Welsh) merged
665th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
666th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment merged
667th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire) disbanded
668th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Devon and Cornwall) merged
669th Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (Durham) merged
670th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Tyneside Scottish) merged
671st (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment merged
672nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Worcestershire) merged
673rd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (The Duke of Wellington’s Regiment) merged
674th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (City of London Rifles) merged
675th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (Hampshire) merged
676th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment (East Riding) merged
677th Mountain Regiment (Lovat Scouts) merged
1952: 677th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment disbanded
 

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