1283:
48:
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from around 600 to around 425 by the end of the year, and 108 Bty became non-operational. By March 1944 the old 75mm mobile guns were withdrawn, but on two occasions that month 216 Bty engaged hostile surface vessels using radar for range finding. Despite this E-boat activity the coastal artillery branch continued to shrink, a number of officers and other ranks being transferred in from disbanded units, and on 1 April three further batteries (212, 379 and 393) were regimented with 523rd Coast Rgt. Later that month, 18, 79 and 83 CODs were disbanded and a few of their men posted to the regiment, though the overall strength of the regiment remained roughly constant.
481:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate companies and batteries were created, releasing the 1st Line units to be sent overseas. Recruitment for the Cornwall RGA went well: by January 1915 Maj Oats had recruited two additional batteries. A new 1/8th Company later served in the
530:
628:
1560:
1168:
973:, supporting the Third Ypres Offensive. This made little progress until Second Army took over its direction for the battles from the Menin Road to Passchendaele, when it bogged down in the mud. On 14 December the battery was joined by a section from 183rd Siege Bty, bringing it up to a strength of six howitzers with 69th HAG. By now HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and on 1 February 1918 the 69th was converted into a permanent RGA brigade. The battery stayed with 69th Bde until the Armistice a year later.
1023:
1401:
74:
91:
1716:
869:, where 46th Siege Bty was emplaced, and the battery was ordered to move back. On 28 March a new phase of the German offensive was launched against Arras itself, but 46th Siege Bty back in its new position escaped the shelling. As the infantry battle moved closer, 19th Bde was ordered to pull back, and 46th Siege Bty gave up its positions to another battery, parking its 9.2-inch howitzers behind Arras. However, the
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howitzers lifted onto their targets in the German support and reserve lines as the infantry got out of their forward trenches and advanced towards
Gommecourt. The attack was initially successful, the leading waves getting into the first German trench and some parties entering the second line. But they were hit by
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The battery switched to Fifth Army for the Third Ypres
Offensive. Gun batteries were packed into the Ypres Salient where they were under observation and CB fire from the Germans on the higher ground. Casualties among guns and gunners were high, even before the offensive opened on 1 August, when Fifth
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The original dress of the 3rd
Cornwall AVC at Fowey was a long knitted blue fisherman's jersey with the collar, cuffs and bottom edge braided in red. Embroidered on the front in red wool was a device 'C.V.A.' over the figure 3, above an inverted triangle of 15 roundels (from the top 5–4–3–2–1) over
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During
October a large number of men were drafted into the Falmouth defences from other coast and training regiments, then on 2 November 394 and 395 Coast Btys were formed to relieve 70th Med Rgt at Penzance and St Ives respectively. The regiment also provided drafts to 397 Coast Bty at Padstow (one
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by late August. Here the offensive was halted by rain, exhaustion and German defences, so the force paused and reorganised. On 1 January 1917 the battery opened fire from prepared positions to support the attack on the Mgeta river, suppressing the fire of enemy machine guns commanding the bridge but
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Under Army
Council Instruction 686 of April 1917, the coast defence companies of the RGA (TF) were reorganised. The Cornwall RGA serving in the Falmouth garrison was reduced from eight companies (1/3rd, 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th, 1/7th, 2/4th, 2/6th and 2/7th) to just two (numbered 1 and 2), which were to
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pattern with black cord trimmings, blue cloth trousers with red stripes, a black leather waistbelt on which was fixed the pouch, worn on the right hip. On the shoulder straps of the tunic the number of the battery was embroidered in red figures. White cotton gloves were also worn. There was no full
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In
September the Home Guard was stood down, and its men ceased to do duty with the regiment, while a number of guns and searchlights became non-operational. St Anthony Battery had become an RA Training Centre where 200 men were being trained in light anti-aircraft and field gunnery. In November 390
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The batteries' duties usually consisted of firing warning shots across the bows (or illuminating with searchlights) when vessels approached the harbour without showing the proper recognition signals. Otherwise the batteries continued training, including a draft of 87 young infantrymen who were sent
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As the invasion threat receded, the coast defences were seen as absorbing excessive manpower and were scaled back, the gunners being redeployed. During
November 1943 the regiment lost a large number of men to other RA branches, to the infantry, to the navy and to coal mining, reducing its strength
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began on 17 October, with one German counter-attack being broken up when all available guns were turned onto it. IX Corps renewed its advance on 23 October, with 69th Bde part of a massive corps artillery reserve. The attack went in under moonlight, after the heavy guns had done their work. As the
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69th
Brigade was with Fifth Army when was attacked on 21 March 1918, the first day of the German Spring Offensive. FOOs were blinded by early morning mist and many were overrun along with the infantry in the forward zone. The German bombardment was savage. Some heavy artillery units were caught in
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on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Ammunition was short and because of poor weather for observation the attack was postponed for two days; the lack of ammunition resulted in a reduced rate of fire over the additional days. At 07.28 on Z Day (1 July), two minutes before H Hour, the heavy
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while the Lindi Column waited for reinforcements, including another 5-inch howitzer from
Morogoro and the battery's lorries. Between 23 and 25 September, while the battery bombarded the enemy positions on the Lukuledi, a flanking column manoeuvred the Germans out. The pursuit was slow: the roads
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for this, which was carried out as a surprise, with no preliminary bombardment, under a full moon. Half of the corps' heavy artillery fired a creeping barrage while the remainder carried out CB fire and bombarded specific targets. The infantry crossed their footbridges, fought their way over the
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as the basis on which to form complete new units for front line service. The cadres of the 46th, 93rd and 173rd Siege
Batteries formed in 1915–16 were provided by the Cornwall RGA, while a number of other siege batteries formed later in the Falmouth Defences (211th, 246th, 266th, 296th) may have
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to be sent to France. The WO decided that the TF coastal gunners were well enough trained to take over many of the duties in the coastal defences, releasing Regular RGA gunners for service in the field, and 1st line RGA companies that had volunteered for overseas service had been authorised to
1393:. It was assigned to the anti-MTB defences in Falmouth Fixed Defences, with twin 6-pdrs and also two 12-pounders, which were mounted at St Mawes and on old (1902) emplacements at Pendennis Castle until March 1942 when new emplacements were completed. In the latter part of 1941, members of the
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on 20 November with no preliminary bombardment. The guns opened fire at Zero hour firing 'off the map' at carefully surveyed targets. In most areas the attack was an outstanding success. Exploitation over succeeding days was less spectacular, however. On 30 November the Germans put in a heavy
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were impassable for lorries, so the howitzers had to be dragged forward by porters. From 5 October the battery bombarded the high ground across the Nyengedi River, exchanging fire with a German gun, until the column obtained a bridgehead. Between 15 and 18 October, the Lindi Column fought the
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When the German Spring Offensive began on 21 March 1918, part of Third Army was engaged in the desperate fighting, but overall it was not obliged to retreat as far or to abandon as many heavy guns as Fifth Army further south. The German offensive was halted on Third Army's front by 5 April.
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closed in again. Dust kicked up by the guns prevented clear observation but the battery saw one hit on the target. The battery was ordered to 'Cease Fire' at 15.54 when the submarine was seen to be sinking; the stern remained in view for about 8 minutes. The submarine was the Italian boat
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on 30 July 1915 with a number of gunners drawn from Nos 12 and 47 Companies, RGA, of the Tynemouth garrison in North East Coast Defences. Meanwhile, on 10 August a cadre of three officers and 78 other ranks( ORs) – the establishment of a TF garrison company – from the Cornwall RGA, led by
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counter-attack against the weakened troops in the ill-organised captured positions, and Third Army had to scramble to set up a defensible line for the winter. 173rd Siege Bty joined 54th HAG in December, and remained with after it converted into 54th Brigade and for the rest of the war.
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The Cornwall RGA was placed in suspended animation after demobilisation in 1919. It reformed at Falmouth on 7 February 1920 with just two batteries, 164 from 1 and 2 Heavy Btys and Nos 3–5 and & Companies, and 165 from No 6 Company at Redruth. When the TF was reconstituted as the
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to protect the advancing infantry, the heavy howitzers fired 450 yards (410 m) further ahead to hit the rear areas on the reverse slope of the ridge, especially known gun positions. The attack went in on 9 April with I Corps and Canadian Corps successfully capturing Vimy Ridge
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in July 1940. Regimental and CFD HQ were at Pendennis Castle, and the regiment manned St Anthony Battery and the Half Moon Battery at Pendennis Castle with four 6-inch guns. There were also coast defence searchlights operated by No 5 Electric Light & Works Company,
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The Gommecourt attack had only been a diversion for the main attack and it was not renewed. Third Army was not involved in any major operations for the rest of the year. 93rd Siege Bty remained with Third Army, moving between HAGs as required. In December it came under
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Part of 523 Coast Rgt's role was to carry out training for other units. The newly formed 203 Coast Bty was attached for training on 6-inch guns between 30 September and 9 December before going to Dover, and in January 1941 the regiment began training gunners for
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were formed in 1860 as a response to a French invasion threat. They served as a Coast Artillery unit during both World Wars, and also manned batteries serving overseas. The unit continued in existence until the dissolution of Coast Artillery in the UK in 1956.
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93rd Siege Battery was formed at Plymouth under War Office Instruction 181 of 16 December 1915 from a cadre of three officers and 78 ORs supplied by the Cornwall RGA. It was equipped with four 9.2-inch howitzers and left for the Western Front on 5 May.
954:. There was little that the battery could do to help: communication with its Forward Observation Officer (FOO) was broken for most of the day, and it had few shells left. The survivors of the attack were back on their start line by the end of the day.
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On 1 June 1945, 108 Coast Bty (the original B Bty) began passing into suspended animation, completing the process on 22 June. Between 3 March and 27 April 1946, RHQ and 173, 216, 390 392, 400 and 442 Coast Btys also passed into suspended animation.
1295:, and on 7 April 1941 it took over the 6-inch guns at Half Moon Battery. A Bty under Captain E.G.J. Clapham then left 523 Rgt to join the WO Reserve. The gunners went to Aldershot to prepare for overseas service and the battery was renumbered
1476:, Devonshire) in exchange for 390 Coast Bty, which manned Hayle, St Ives. By 8 July 1942, 173 and 190 Coast Btys had swapped positions at Falmouth, taking over St Mawes and Pendennis respectively. The regiment was then disposed as follows:
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By now HAG allocations were becoming more fixed, and during December 1917 they were converted into permanent RGA brigades once more. For the rest of the war the battery was the heavy element in 19th (9.2-inch Howitzer) Brigade, RGA.
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and deployed to its war stations guarding the major ports of Cornwall under No 1 Coastal Fire Command. No 1 Heavy Battery was commanded by Maj J.A. Cumberledge and No 2 Hvy Bty by Maj Francis Freathy Oats, son of the mining magnate
1188:, was appointed CO and simultaneously appointed Commander Fixed Defences (CFD) Falmouth, which was separated from the Plymouth Fixed Defences on that day. The new Cornwall unit, initially comprising A and B Btys, was redesignated
157:
came into existence in 1859 as a result of an invasion scare and the consequent enthusiasm for joining local Rifle, Artillery and Engineer Volunteer Corps. By 24 May 1860 there were enough Artillery Volunteer Corps (AVCs) in
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Following the outbreak of war, the coast artillery (CA) branch of the RA expanded rapidly. On 1 January 1940 the Devonshire Heavy Regiment (as RA brigades were termed after 1938) split into four new regiments, including the
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Information compiled on casualties listed on the Looe, Madron, Redruth and St Ives War Memorials suggests that 158th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Section, 8th, O, Q and S Anti-Aircraft Batteries, 235th and 239th Siege Btys and
301:
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In February 1941, 216 Bty arrived at Falmouth to take over duties from the regiment's A Bty. This new battery had been formed for the regiment on 12 December 1940 at 72nd Coast Artillery Training Rgt at Norton Camp,
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The companies were responsible for manning the batteries of fixed coastal guns, while the heavy batteries were mobile and responsible for the landward defences (TF heavy batteries were usually armed with obsolescent
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regimental historian relates, "The guns of Fourth Army demonstrated, on 23rd October, the crushing effect of well co-ordinated massed artillery. they simply swept away the opposition". IX Corps stormed across the
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523 Coast Rgt's B Bty at St Anthony was redesignated 108 Coast Bty on 11 April 1941. On 16 July 173 Bty arrived from 73rd Coast Artillery Training Rgt to join 523 Rgt and was posted to St Mawes to take over new
351:, but resumed its former title three years later. In 1888 HQ moved to Falmouth. By 1893 the War Office Mobilisation Scheme had allocated the 1st Cornwall Artillery Volunteers to the Plymouth fixed defences.
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On 19 August 1942, 394 Coast Bty was transferred to 557th Coast Rgt in exchange for 392 Coast Bty at Penzance. On 12 October, 190 Coast Bty (whose cadre had come from Scottish Command) was transferred to
354:
In the 1890s the battery at Polruan was disbanded, a new No 6 Battery was raised at Hayle in 1894 and the higher numbered batteries were renumbered 7–9. Thereafter a new No 10 Battery was raised at
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raided convoys, and gunfire could be heard. Usually these were out of range, but on 14 April the Royal Navy refused permission for the guns to fire, because the targets were in amongst the convoy.
1077:) suffered from rushed artillery planning and was unsuccessful. The offensive continued through the summer and autumn of 1917, but 173rd Siege Bty was relieved and sent to Third Army in September.
854:, while their own guns sank into the mud and became difficult to aim and fire. When the battery was finally rested in November it took six days to pull out its guns in the mud and under shellfire.
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173rd Siege Battery was formed at Falmouth under Army Council Instruction 1239 of 21 June 1916, based upon a cadre of 3 officers and 78 other ranks drawn from the Cornwall RGA. It went out to the
474:, who had recruited many miners from his family's St Just mines into his battery. The group of smaller garrison companies were commanded by another major and the individual companies by captains.
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at Plymouth; this took over Pendennis. By 1 November 1942, 400 Coast Bty had moved to Toll Point, and by 7 December RHQ of 532nd Coast Rgt at Falmouth was subordinated to Falmouth Fire Command.
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1578:(40mm light anti-aircraft guns that were also useful against light naval craft). In September, 216 Bty's two World War I-era Mk VII* 6-inch guns at the Half Moon Battery were replaced by new
17:
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Third Army joined in the victorious Hundred Days Offensive with a succession of advances, culminating in the assault crossing of the Selle on 20 October. 54th Brigade was assigned to
1213:, all training was suspended and the gunners worked to complete the defences. The harbour was crowded with 157 ships carrying refugees from the Continent; the regiment found that a
1217:
salvaged from Dunkirk was an economical gun to fire warning shots to control these vessels. After the surrender of France on 22 June, French vessels were prevented from leaving.
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In 1926 it was decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. In October 1932 the unit's HQ was disbanded; 164 (Cornwall) Bty amalgamated with the
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Order of Battle of the Field Force in the United Kingdom, Part 3: Royal Artillery (Non-Divisional Units), 25 March 1941, TNA files WO 212/5 and WO 33/2323, with amendments.
670:, one of the bloodiest battles of the whole campaign, with the battery firing in support of the failed attack. However, the Germans had also lost heavily, and retired into
4876:
4881:
977:
the fighting or forced to abandon their guns as the Germans advanced rapidly. Over following days the RGA struggled to get their guns back during the 'Great Retreat'.
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After the crossing of the Selle the campaign turned into a pursuit, and most of the siege batteries had to be left behind. 173rd Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
1150:(which became the Devonshire and Cornwall Hvy Bde before dropping the Cornwall title in 1936), while 165 Bty was converted into 165 (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Bty in
996:, with 69th Bde in support. The heavy guns continued firing on the canal banks until the last possible moment as the infantry scrambled across in the morning mist.
583:
911:
saw 46th Siege Bty reduced to cadre strength. In 1919 it was sent to Ireland where it merged with another battery to form a new 46th Bty, RGA. Later redesignated
677:
In December the Lindi force was broken up and its exhausted and sickly British units went home. On 19 December 1917, 134th (Cornwall) Heavy Battery embarked from
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Order of Battle of Non-Field Force Units in the United Kingdom, Part 20: Coast Artillery and AA Defence of Merchant Ships, 16 December 1941, TNA file WO 212/118.
1654:') derived from the coat of arms of the Duchy of Cornwall. It was designed by the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall and was worn by all ranks of the 3rd AVC 1860–61.
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1437:
Coast Artillery (later, HQ Coastal Artillery, South West District). On 11 March 1942 Lt-Col Cowan relinquished command, and Lt-Col W.A. Murley, MC, took over
711:
units). The 546th was also the last RGA siege battery to be sent overseas during World War I, reaching the Western Front on 22 August 1918. Equipped with four
221:) Cornwall AVC, raised 4 February 1860 as the '2nd Section of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers'; became 6th Corps in June 1860, absorbed by 5th Corps in July 1860
1590:
and 392 Btys became non-operational, then in January 1945 most of the gun positions were reduced to 'care and maintenance' and 130 other ranks were posted to
1594:, formed for garrison duties. In February another 98 ORs went to 566th Coast Rgt, and the 138mm guns were removed from St Ives to Pendennis for storage. By
1307:
from September 1941 to January 1945. The battery manned three 6-inch Mk VII* guns and three 90 cm searchlights in protecting this important oil port.
1750:
Veterans from 13th Hvy Bty in 546th Siege Bty probably included Gnr Joseph Prowse, named on St Buryan War Memorial and Cpl Richard Gardner from Cornwall,
892:, beginning on 26 August. But as the Germans retreated the heavy 9.2-inch batteries got left behind. 46th Siege Bty supported the Canadian attack on the
640:
4871:
1456:, and a month later the battery was incorporated into 523rd Rgt. During April the two 4-inch guns at St Ives were removed and replaced by two of the
988:
on whose front the heavy artillery barrage was so thick and accurate that all the Australian objectives were secured. On 29 September Fourth Army's
1194:
639:
while the rest of the battery returned to Morogoro for training. At the end of May the battery handed its two remaining 5.4-inch howitzers over to
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1262:
of the 4-inch emergency batteries) and to 423 Coast Bty. On 31 December 952 Bty of 11th Defence Regiment, RA, took over the 3-pdrs. In July 1941
963:
4201:
1738:
516:
Although coast defence companies never left the UK, they did supply drafts of trained gunners to RGA units serving overseas. They also provided
343:
On 1 April 1882 all the AVCs were affiliated to one of the territorial garrison divisions of the RA and the 1st Cornwall AV became part of the
1890:
1282:
1012:). After that the campaign became a pursuit of a beaten enemy, in which the slow-moving siege guns could play no part. The war ended with the
1527:
1036:
690:
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214:) Cornwall AVC, raised 23 December 1859 as the '1st Section of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers'; became 5th Corps in March 1860 – Consols Mine
4485:, London: Macmillan, 1940/London: Imperial War Museum & Battery Press/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84574-722-0.
1354:
924:
732:
539:
1468:. In June, surface watching radar became operational, under No 14 Army Plotting Room (APR). On 13 June 1942, 395 Coast Bty transferred to
1688:
1626:
1206:
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were highly successful because of the weight of artillery brought to bear on German positions. But as the offensive continued with the
1591:
2212:
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173rd Siege Bty was with Fifth Army during its winter operations on the Ancre, then in March 1917 it was transferred north to join
746:
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on 27 February 1918. This was one of only two TF siege batteries formed during the war, the other being the 309th formed by the
1634:
753:, where they were joined by the Tynemouth contingent on 16 August. The battery went to France on 20 October equipped with four
521:
included trained men from the unit among the recruits, although the Army Council Instructions did not specifically order this.
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at Fowey, where a draft arrived to form a new 364 Coast Bty under training by the Cornwall Heavy Rgt (this later joined a new
4678:
4630:
4615:
4569:
4448:
4429:
4384:
2057:
1507:
166:
to include all the AVCs in the county. From July 1861 the 1st Admin Brigade of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers appeared in the
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firing from offshore. Until mid-September the 5-inch and 5.4-inch howitzers engaged in shoots on Narunyu on the bank of the
374:
In 1899 the RA was divided into separate field and garrison branches, and the artillery volunteers were all assigned to the
4696:
4656:
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378:(RGA). On 1 January 1902 the RA's divisional organisation was abolished and the titles were changed, the unit becoming the
4818:
1570:
As the war progressed, the defences continued to be improved. In June 1943 392 and 442 Coast Btys received projectors for
1433:
On 31 January 1942, HQ Fixed Defences, Falmouth, was disbanded, and the regiment came under the control of the commander,
654:
The Lindi Column began probing forward in August, with the battery's howitzer shelling Tandimuti Hill in conjunction with
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134th (Cornwall) Heavy Bty was formed in July 1915 by 1/1st and 1/2nd Heavy Btys of the Cornwall RGA. It embarked for the
4757:
1579:
1147:
589:
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274:
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At 15.09 on 10 August 1942 the battery was ordered to 'Stand To', and at 15.40 a submarine was forced to the surface by
870:
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as an independent unit by May 1941. It sailed to the Middle East and joined 14th Coast Rgt, serving in the defences of
1271:
850:, the tables were turned: British batteries were clearly observable from the Passchendaele Ridge and were subjected to
830:
In September the battery returned to X Corps, now with Second Army for the Autumn attacks at Ypres. The Battles of the
506:
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By April 1918 the Falmouth defences comprised the following batteries under the control of No 1 Coastal Fire Command:
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4501:
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4410:
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1350:
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sector. RGA batteries with the BEF were regularly switched between brigades (later Heavy Artillery Groups, HAGs).
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865:
in March 1918 this was restricted in the Arras sector to heavy bombardment. This included severe gas shelling of
154:
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4640:, London: Royal Artillery Institution, 1959/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2005, ISBN 978-1-845740-31-3.
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and unsuppressed German artillery prevented the follow-up waves and ammunition carrying parties from crossing
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with headquarters at Falmouth. It was part of 102 Coast Brigade, based at Plymouth, within Southern Command.
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increase their strength by 50 per cent. In July 1915 1/1st and 1/2nd Heavy Btys of the Cornwall RGA manned
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9th (West Fowey Consols Mine) Cornwall AVC, raised from mineworkers on 2 April 1860; disbanded in late 1863
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so that a howitzer and its limber could be moved along the German light railway, hauled by local porters.
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Finally on, on 1 May 1943, a new 442 Coast Bty was formed at Pendennis to replace 185 Bty, which went to
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1394:
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twin mountings. It was followed in August 1941 by 190 Bty which arrived from 73rd Coast Training Rgt at
1266:
from the Marine Naval Base Defence Organisation (MNBDO) also manned anti-MTB 2-pdrs at Pendennis Point.
4424:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009,
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1225:
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1385:, where it had trained as a 6-pounder battery. Unlike the other new batteries, whose cadres came from
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Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the
410:(RFA), but this was changed in 1910 to separate Cornwall and Devon units without the RFA battery. The
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failed, and on 30 March 46th Siege Bty was ordered to return to join in 19th Bde's retaliatory fire.
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In February 1917 the battery sent a howitzer and its detachment by sea to join the defences of
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2375:
1703:, appointed 5 July 1913; became joint Hon Col of the Devonshire & Cornwall Hvy Bde in 1932
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guns) were manned by the newly formed 70th Medium Rgt, which established its HQ at Falmouth.
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877:
839:
671:
407:
304:. Gilbert held the command for over 30 years. In May 1880 the Corps were consolidated as the
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2172:
2150:
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1941:
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1633:. The regiment was disbanded on 1 April 1967 when the TA was reduced and converted into the
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2128:
1679:
1571:
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1214:
1057:
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466:
465:
On the outbreak of war the Cornwall RGA mobilised under the command of Lt-Col H. Shapcott,
4623:
A Lack of Offensive Spirit? The 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
4509:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914–18
8:
2376:'Allocation of Heavy Batteries RGA', The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 95/5494/2.
1361:
1304:
1000:
804:
784:
708:
597:
538:
be kept up to strength with Regular recruits. 1/8th Company disappeared into the reduced
363:
267:
4838:
4443:, London: Macmillan, 1939/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military, 2009,
4148:
1184:
formed from the Cornish battery. A Regular Reserve officer, Lt-Col M. Carrington-Sykes,
1167:
402:
of 1908, the 1st Cornwall RGA (V) was to join with the Devonshire RGA (V) to become the
2726:
1245:
1210:
644:
558:
355:
129:
2328:
1552:. After that there were no further changes to the regimental organisation until after
1236:). Other emergency coastal batteries at Looe, Par, Penzance, and Newquay (each of two
1121:, and when the RGA was subsumed into the Royal Artillery in 1924, the unit became the
4775:
4753:
4717:
4692:
4674:
4652:
4626:
4611:
4597:
4583:
4565:
4542:
4527:
4512:
4497:
4463:
4444:
4425:
4406:
4380:
4365:
4341:
4313:
4298:
4283:
4268:
4253:
2339:
2317:
1696:
999:
On 8 October, IX Corps stormed the Beaurevoir Line, again supported by 69th Bde. The
820:
658:
391:
286:
253:
3849:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1940–41, The National Archives (TNA), Kew, file WO 166/1725.
1617:
With the disbandment of Coast Artillery in the UK in 1956 the unit was converted to
2306:
1700:
1519:
1390:
1065:
985:
951:
667:
549:
517:
4819:
Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth (regiments.org – archive site)
4462:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993,
2049:
1682:, commissioned as major in the unit 1874, lt-col 1896, appointed 20 September 1902
285:(RA), was appointed to command the brigade on 24 May 1860. His second in command,
278:
4686:
4489:
4282:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1721:
1658:
1647:
1618:
1425:
Lt-Col W.W. Cowan became CO of the regiment and CFD Falmouth on 19 October 1941.
808:
776:
A Holt caterpillar tractor hauling a 9.2-inch howitzer on the Somme, summer 1916.
497:
399:
395:
282:
1022:
4664:
Historical Record of the 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery Volunteers
4651:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
4267:
London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
1582:
guns, and in November 442 Bty handed over its old 12-pdrs and received Bofors.
1255:
1185:
941:
On 29 May the battery was assigned to 35th HAG with Third Army, supporting the
908:
816:
792:
662:
493:
175:
79:
3743:
2201:
1400:
4855:
1453:
1382:
1334:
1263:
1254:
activity over Falmouth during the summer and autumn of 1940, mostly dropping
1172:
970:
762:
678:
616:
211:
4608:
Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916
2419:
134th Hvy Bty War Diary December 1915–December 1917, TNA file WO 95/5314/14.
1662:
dress uniform, and this pattern was worn by both officers and other ranks.
1440:
On 27 March 1942, a detachment of 400 Coast Bty arrived at Toll Point from
1408:
From August to December 1941, the regiment had the following organisation:
1311:
1005:
647:
from that battery. It then joined the detachment at Lindi where it adapted
471:
90:
4823:
1629:. In 1961 it dropped its 'Independent' subtitle and was assigned to a new
1518:, and was replaced by 185 (Independent) Coast Bty, recently returned from
980:
The Allied Hundred Days Offensive opened with Fourth Army's attack at the
604:, which were drawn by oxen, but it had a motor transport company (No 633,
4474:
1610:
The TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947, and the regiment reformed as
766:
648:
218:
4846:
2760:
46th Siege Bty War Diary, July 1915–February 1918, TNA file WO 95/217/4.
2442:'Allocation of Mechanical Transport Companies ASC', TNA file WO 95/5494.
4743:
Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army
4403:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
3972:
300 Coast Bty War Diary, September–December 1941, TNA file WO 169/1517.
1445:
1342:
1233:
1221:
1202:
655:
478:
380:
1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
4793:
4645:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
4526:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
4479:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
4456:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
4437:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
4418:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
533:
The excavated and restored eastern gun emplacement at Anthony Battery.
1338:
1316:
1250:
1171:
Mk VII 6-inch gun in typical coast defence emplacement, preserved at
741:
406:, and also to provide a Cornwall Battery for the 3rd Wessex Brigade,
245:) Cornwall AVC, raised 5 November 1860; moved to Newlyn 1868, and to
242:
1598:, the strength of the regiment had dwindled to about 130 all ranks.
1197:, until that unit left in May to be converted into field engineers.
695:
The veterans of 134th (Cornwall) Hvy Bty were then reorganised into
178:
gave special permission. The brigade had the following composition:
1541:
1515:
1220:
After the Dunkirk evacuation a number of emergency batteries of ex-
1098:
1073:
Army failed to make much progress. A second push on 16 August (the
620:
482:
260:
246:
159:
2874:, Vol I, pp. 177–86, 198–200, 225–36, 383, 398–400, 418–23, 445–7.
1657:
By 1872 the uniform of all the Corps consisted of a blue tunic of
1448:, Devonshire) to assist in preparing a site for two mobile French
1286:
6-inch BL gun of 14th Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Haifa, 1941
4803:
4494:
History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18
4483:
The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Arras
1523:
1511:
1473:
593:
225:
183:
4828:
4798:
4295:
Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
803:(1 July). 46th Siege Bty later covered the final attacks of the
349:
3rd Volunteer (Duke of Cornwall's) Brigade, Western Division, RA
162:
to form an Administrative Brigade with its Headquarters (HQ) at
1651:
1646:
a scroll embroidered 'ONE AND ALL'. The inverted triangle (or '
1595:
1553:
1534:
866:
163:
4750:
The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018
4454:
Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,
1244:
were also mounted at Crab Quay and St Anthony Battery as anti-
292:
Shadwell M. Grylls, was also a half-pay RA officer, while the
4331:
Battleground Europe: Somme: Beaumont Hamel, Newfoundland Park
4011:
300 Coast Bty War Diary, January 1945, TNA file WO 169/19967.
3210:'Headquarters Heavy Artillery Groups', TNA file WO 95/5494/1.
2978:
19th Bde War Diary May 1917–March 1919, TNA file WO 95/217/3.
1345:, and was attempting to do the same at Haifa. The captain of
1300:
636:
359:
232:
197:
4729:
Instructions Issued by The War Office During December, 1915
2696:'Allocation of Siege Batteries RGA', TNA file WO 95/5494/4.
1545:
1080:
Third Army carried out a surprise attack with tanks at the
750:
366:. No 10 Battery had a drill shed at High Street, Falmouth.
190:
1625:, incorporating a Troop of 571 Construction Squadron from
1404:
The 6-pounder gun mark I in twin coastal artillery mount.
811:
in early 1917 it was switched back to Third Army for the
4833:
4671:
Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat
624:
losing one of its howitzers to a premature shell burst.
584:
134th (Cornwall) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
496:
and there was an urgent need for batteries of Heavy and
235:) Cornwall AVC, raised from foundry workers 2 April 1860
4441:
8th August–26th September: The Franco-British Offensive
4405:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
1224:
guns were ordered for the Cornish ports, including two
4862:
Coast defence units and formations of the British Army
723:. It was apparently disbanded before the end of 1918.
306:
1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery Volunteers
256:) Cornwall AVC, raised 8 November 1860; disbanded 1878
142:
1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery Volunteers
35:
1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) Artillery Volunteers
4333:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1994, ISBN 978-0-85052-648-6.
4002:
300 Coast Bty War Diary, 1944, TNA file WO 169/16237.
4887:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1956
4707:
Tanganyikan Guerrilla: East African Campaign 1914–18
4460:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
4107:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1945, TNA file WO 166/16848.
4098:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1944, TNA file WO 166/15017.
4077:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1943, TNA file WO 166/11424.
3993:
300 Coast Bty War Diary, 1943, TNA file WO 169/9696.
3984:
300 Coast Bty War Diary, 1942, TNA file WO 169/4674.
3338:
Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 295–305, 318, 325.
1711:
509:
on 17 August. The battery saw active service in the
448:). In 1914 the Falmouth defences consisted of four
4877:
Military units and formations in Falmouth, Cornwall
4564:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
4036:
523 Coast Rgt War Diary 1942, TNA file WO 166/7145.
969:In July the battery switched to Second Army in the
18:
10th (St Buryan) Cornwall Artillery Volunteer Corps
4638:The History of Coast Artillery in the British Army
1574:, while 108, 216 and 400 Coast Btys each received
382:. Two further batteries were raised in the 1900s.
4882:Military units and formations established in 1859
4736:Army Council Instructions Issued During June 1916
4115:
4113:
3730:
3728:
1064:. At Zero hour, while the field guns laid down a
984:at 04.20 on 8 August. 69th Brigade supported the
823:, which was a diversion from the fighting at the
577:
302:Royal Cornwall and Devon Miners Artillery Militia
148:
4853:
4578:Litchfield, Norman E H, and Westlake, R, 1982.
4364:, London: Souvenir Press, 1967/Pan Books, 1970,
3950:
3948:
3916:
3914:
3904:
3902:
3900:
3898:
3896:
3886:
3884:
3882:
3872:
3870:
3868:
3866:
3864:
3726:
3724:
3722:
3720:
3718:
3716:
3714:
3712:
3710:
3708:
3642:
3640:
3638:
3391:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 386–8, 463–71.
1958:
1956:
1954:
1952:
1195:Devonshire and Cornwall Fortress Royal Engineers
1125:. It formed part of the coast defence troops in
783:took over the sector for 1916's 'Big Push' (the
631:5.4-inch howitzer and crew at Morogoro, 1916–17.
574:These defences never saw action during the war.
4814:The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
4556:, London: Leo Cooper, 1996, ISBN 0-85052-508-X.
4541:, Vol II, Wakefield: Microform Academic, 1984,
4511:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988,
4496:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
2284:
2282:
2280:
2278:
2276:
2274:
2272:
2270:
2268:
2012:
2010:
2008:
2006:
1623:409th (Cornwall) Independent Field Squadron, RE
1258:near the harbour, bur also some bombing raids.
1142:165 Battery at Falmouth, later moved to Redruth
933:9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
347:. On 1 September 1886 it officially became the
4250:The Forgotten Front: The East African Campaign
4197:
4195:
4183:
4181:
4110:
3813:
3811:
3809:
3807:
3223:
3221:
3219:
3217:
3014:, Vol II, pp. 52–3, 59–73, Sketches 8 & 9.
2925:, Vol II, pp. 237–62, 280–309, 323–34, 338–60.
2895:
2893:
2771:
2769:
2767:
2107:Cornwall Drill Stations at Drill Hall Project.
1891:Cornwall Volunteer Artillery at Regiments.org.
1824:
1822:
1820:
1818:
1816:
1631:116 (Devon and Cornwall) Engineer Regiment, RE
1389:, the cadre for 190 Coast Bty was provided by
915:, this served in the Regular Army until 1943.
596:on 1 February 1916. It was equipped with four
4867:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
4562:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
4539:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
4392:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
4312:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981,
4223:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 47 and Plate 6.
4213:The Devonshire Territorials at Regiments.org.
3945:
3911:
3893:
3879:
3861:
3705:
3635:
3311:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 101–6, 139.
2857:
2855:
2853:
2843:
2841:
2839:
2837:
2835:
2833:
2032:
2030:
2028:
2026:
2024:
2022:
1949:
1566:in the Half Moon Battery at Pendennis Castle.
1060:. The battery was with 63rd HAG, assigned to
1037:173rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
691:546th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
308:, with ten batteries distributed as follows:
3793:
3791:
2957:
2265:
2003:
1337:attacks against British ships in harbour at
1324:was clear, firing two rounds per gun before
966:, and on the fringe of the Arras Offensive.
925:93rd Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
733:46th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
674:where they split up into guerrilla columns.
4748:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi,
4610:, 2nd Edn, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
4192:
4178:
4171:
4169:
3980:
3978:
3804:
3214:
2890:
2764:
2428:
2426:
2226:
2224:
2222:
2220:
1813:
964:Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917
369:
300:Robert Edyvean, had previously been in the
172:The Duke of Cornwall's Artillery Volunteers
4324:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2946:
2944:
2942:
2940:
2850:
2830:
2709:
2707:
2705:
2703:
2019:
1026:Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer.
1019:93rd Siege Battery was disbanded in 1919.
46:
4872:Military units and formations in Cornwall
4666:, Army and Navy Cooperative Society, 1885
3845:
3788:
3777:
3775:
3773:
3771:
3748:
3654:
3652:
3360:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 352–61.
3320:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 189–92.
2691:
2689:
2249:
2247:
2044:
2042:
1842:
1840:
1838:
1836:
1834:
1592:618th (Dorsetshire) Infantry Regiment, RA
884:on 8 August. Third Army joined in at the
4688:Order of Battle of the British Army 1914
4422:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
4188:337–575 Sqns RE at British Army 1945 on.
4166:
4129:372–413 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on.
4094:
4092:
4073:
4071:
4069:
4032:
4030:
4028:
4026:
3975:
3843:
3841:
3839:
3837:
3835:
3833:
3831:
3829:
3827:
3825:
3422:Army Council Instructions for June 1916.
2801:, Vol I, pp. 299–305, 424–41, Sketch 23.
2687:
2685:
2683:
2681:
2679:
2677:
2675:
2673:
2671:
2669:
2423:
2371:
2369:
2217:
1886:
1884:
1558:
1421:26, 63 Coast Observer Detachments (CODs)
1399:
1281:
1166:
1021:
994:assault crossing of the St Quentin Canal
928:
900:(27 September), but was parked when the
771:
626:
528:
270:) Cornwall AVC, raised 26 September 1862
186:) Cornwall AVC, raised 27 September 1859
4684:
4202:80–177 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on.
4122:
3661:
3591:
3205:
3203:
3201:
3199:
3197:
3195:
2973:
2971:
2969:
2937:
2755:
2753:
2751:
2749:
2700:
2340:St Ives War Memorial at Roll of Honour.
2329:Redruth War Memorial at Roll of Honour.
1916:
1914:
1912:
1910:
1908:
1906:
1904:
1902:
1900:
1898:
1882:
1880:
1878:
1876:
1874:
1872:
1870:
1868:
1866:
1864:
1854:
1852:
1741:all included men from the Cornwall RGA.
1418:108, 173, 190, 216, 394, 395 Coast Btys
1364:until it was disbanded on 4 July 1945.
1136:164 Battery at Redruth, later moved to
1117:(TA) in 1921, the unit was renamed the
611:In March the battery took part in the
228:) Cornwall AVC, raised 27 February 1860
200:) Cornwall AVC, raised 25 November 1859
14:
4854:
4559:
4338:Battleground Europe: Arras: Vimy Ridge
4297:, Aldershot, The Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
3932:
3768:
3649:
2318:Madron War Memorial at Roll of Honour.
2262:WO Instruction No 248 of October 1914.
2244:
2039:
1831:
1635:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
1152:56th (Cornwall) Anti-Aircraft Regiment
1030:
962:, which carried out a series of small
684:
615:, and later in a long march along the
207:) Cornwall AVC, raised 30 October 1859
193:) Cornwall AVC, raised 17 October 1859
4767:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
4765:In Flanders Fields: The 1917 Campaign
4738:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1916.
4731:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1919.
4356:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957.
4175:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 293–4, 305.
4101:
4089:
4066:
4023:
3822:
2666:
2446:
2414:
2412:
2410:
2408:
2406:
2404:
2402:
2400:
2398:
2396:
2366:
2297:Army Council Instructions, 1915–1916.
2253:Army Council Instructions April 1917.
2060:from the original on 19 February 2006
1612:409 Coast Regiment RA (Cornwall) (TA)
1101:and up over three successive ridges.
918:
726:
488:By October 1914, the campaign on the
3413:Army Council Instructions June 1916.
3192:
2966:
2746:
2307:Looe War Memorial at Roll of Honour.
1895:
1861:
1849:
1846:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 47–9.
1665:
1460:removed from the French battleships
1397:trained on the 6-pdr anti-MTB guns.
1277:
807:. When the Germans retreated to the
385:
4787:
4673:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014,
4594:The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988
1778:Litchfield & Westlake, pp. 1–4.
1272:Defensively equipped merchant ships
1201:to be trained as gunners. When the
263:) Cornwall AVC, raised 3 April 1860
39:523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment, RA
24:
4625:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
4596:, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham.
4582:, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham.
4379:, Brighton: Reveille Press, 2013,
3102:WO Instructions for December 1915.
3049:, Vol IV, pp. 305–9, 327-9, 337–8.
2393:
1739:1/1st Highland (Fifeshire) Hvy Bty
1483:108 Coast Bty – St Anthony Battery
1333:, which had successfully launched
430:No 4 Company at Marazion and Hayle
25:
4898:
4580:The Volunteer Artillery 1859–1908
4554:Battleground Europe: Somme: Serre
3036:Blaxland, pp. 212, 214, 229, 248.
3001:, Vol I, pp. 218, 312–22, 387–91.
2231:134th Hvy Bty at Great War Forum.
1489:216 Coast Bty – Half Moon Battery
1314:dropped by the armed trawler HMT
1162:
1129:with the following organisation:
1107:
815:in April. In August it supported
703:(93rd and 173rd Siege Batteries (
592:on 26 December 1915, arriving at
412:Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall's) RGA
41:409 (Cornwall) Coast Regiment, RA
37:Cornwall Royal Garrison Artillery
4552:Jack Horsfall & Nigel Cave,
4226:
4217:
4206:
4157:
4142:
4133:
4080:
4057:
4048:
4039:
4014:
4005:
3996:
3987:
3966:
3957:
3923:
3852:
3759:
3737:
3691:
3682:
3673:
3622:
3609:
3600:
3578:
3569:
3556:
3543:
3534:
3521:
3512:
3499:
3486:
3477:
3464:
3451:
3438:
3425:
3416:
3407:
3394:
3385:
3376:
3363:
3354:
3341:
3332:
3323:
3314:
3305:
3296:
3283:
3270:
3261:
3252:
3239:
3230:
3179:
3170:
3157:
3144:
3131:
3118:
3105:
3096:
3087:
3078:
3065:
3052:
3039:
3030:
2662:Cornwall RGA at Great War Forum.
1714:
1097:railway, through the village of
1045:on 3 October 1916, manning four
943:Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
904:came into force on 11 November.
861:When the Germans launched their
846:and First and Second Battles of
414:had the following organisation:
362:and No 11 Battery at Buryan and
89:
72:
4847:British Army units from 1945 on
4592:Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992.
4435:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
4416:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3236:Blaxland, pp. 35–68, 98, 103–6.
3017:
3004:
2991:
2988:Blaxland, pp. 48–9, 58–9, 84–5.
2982:
2928:
2915:
2902:
2877:
2864:
2817:
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2791:
2778:
2731:
2720:
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2646:
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2606:
2593:
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2535:
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2495:
2482:
2473:
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2435:
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2353:
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2333:
2322:
2311:
2300:
2291:
2256:
2235:
2206:
2195:
2186:
2177:
2166:
2155:
2144:
2140:Marazion at Drill Hall Project.
2133:
2122:
2118:Penzance at Drill Hall Project.
2111:
2100:
2086:
2072:
1994:
1985:
1976:
1967:
1963:Falmouth at Drill Hall Project.
1935:
1926:
1744:
1730:
1320:. The battery opened fire when
1190:523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment
1157:
524:
503:134th (Cornwall) Heavy Bty, RGA
460:
4809:Patriot Files orders of battle
4774:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2000,
4714:The Army and Society 1815–1914
4340:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 1996,
3615:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
3062:, Vol V, pp. 120, 149, 208–10.
3058:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop,
2202:Artillery at Long, Long Trail.
2162:St Ives at Drill Hall Project.
1804:
1790:
1781:
1772:
1763:
578:134th (Cornwall) Heavy Battery
455:
424:No 2 Heavy Battery at Penzance
394:(TF) was created from the old
149:Artillery Volunteers 1859–1908
13:
1:
4241:
3744:Named Heavy Rgts at RA 39–45.
3084:Frederick, pp. 728, 732, 935.
1248:guns. There was considerable
1127:43rd (Wessex) Divisional Area
421:No 1 Heavy Battery at Padstow
4772:Army Service Corps 1902–1918
3765:Farndale, Annexes D & H.
3189:, pp. 295–6, 296–7, 361–407.
2727:St Buryan at Roll of Honour.
2173:Truro at Drill Hall Project.
2151:Hayle at Drill Hall Project.
1707:
1428:
787:) and the battery supported
701:Honourable Artillery Company
608:) as its ammunition column.
7:
4685:Rinaldi, Richard A (2008).
3435:, pp. 164–6, 174–6, Map 23.
3154:, pp. 216–25, 254–6, 262–3.
2129:Looe at Drill Hall Project.
1526:and previously attached to
1207:British Expeditionary Force
1119:Cornwall Coast Brigade, RGA
898:Battle of the Canal du Nord
894:Drocourt-Quéant Switch Line
321:No 4 Battery at Charlestown
10:
4903:
4752:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018,
4716:, London: Longmans, 1980,
2934:Wolff, pp. 223–35, 249–51.
2912:, pp. 201–214, Maps 28–31.
1640:
1605:
1498:400 Coast Bty – Toll Point
1412:HQ Fixed Defences, Famouth
1367:
1360:300 Coast Bty remained in
1123:Cornwall Heavy Brigade, RA
1034:
922:
730:
688:
581:
418:HQ at Bank Place, Falmouth
4841:The Territorial Army 1947
4834:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
4636:Col K. W. Maurice-Jones,
4522:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
4507:Gen Sir Martin Farndale,
3755:523 Coast Rgt at RA 39–45
3448:, pp. 119–27, Map p. 121.
3176:Edmonds, pp. 461, 465–71.
1858:Maurice-Jones, pp. 164–6.
1353:John Ross, was awarded a
404:Cornwall & Dorset RGA
125:
108:
100:
85:
67:
57:
45:
34:
4824:British Military History
4394:, London: Methuen, 1938.
4362:The Ironclads of Cambrai
4326:100th Edn, London, 1953.
4252:, Stroud: Tempus, 2004,
4086:Frederick, pp. 611, 637.
4063:Frederick, pp. 635, 642.
3227:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 114–20.
3187:Lack of Offensive Spirit
3152:Lack of Offensive Spirit
3113:Lack of Offensive Spirit
2775:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 99–109.
1757:
1670:The following served as
1627:115 Construction Rgt, RE
1495:394 Coast Bty – Penzance
1486:173 Coast Bty – St Mawes
1415:HQ Falmouth Fire Command
791:' disastrous attacks on
436:No 6 Company at Falmouth
376:Royal Garrison Artillery
370:Royal Garrison Artillery
339:No 10 Battery at St Just
336:No 9 Battery at Marazion
333:No 8 Battery at Penzance
4560:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
4139:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
3668:Titles and Designations
3597:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 163–7.
3027:, pp. 259–62, 265, 275.
2847:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 89–98.
2288:Frederick, pp. 699–706.
1810:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1528:568th (Devon) Coast Rgt
1492:390 Coast Bty – St Ives
1293:Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
1182:Cornwall Heavy Regiment
738:46th Siege Battery, RGA
505:, officially formed at
433:No 5 Company at St Ives
327:No 6 Battery at Polruan
312:No 1 Battery at Padstow
4794:The Drill Hall Project
4770:Lt-Col Michael Young,
4248:Lt-Col Ross Anderson,
4163:Maurice-Jones, p. 277.
3890:Frederick, pp. 639–40.
3876:Frederick, pp. 609–10.
3818:Collier, Appendix XIX.
3658:Maurice-Jones, p. 206.
3509:, Vol III, pp. 26, 29.
3474:, Vol II, pp. 150-210.
3461:, pp. 199–204, Map 26.
2899:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 82–7.
2861:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 71–8.
2192:Maurice-Jones, p. 187.
1567:
1405:
1287:
1211:evacuated from Dunkirk
1176:
1027:
1014:Armistice with Germany
934:
902:Armistice with Germany
896:(2 September) and the
888:on 21 August, and the
882:Hundred Days Offensive
844:Battle of Poelcappelle
801:First day on the Somme
777:
721:Armistice with Germany
632:
534:
492:was bogging down into
4649:The Battle of Cambrai
3963:Joslen, pp. 482, 487.
3908:Frederick, pp. 604–5.
3688:Litchfield, pp. 45–6.
3575:Blaxland, pp. 206–45.
3496:, pp. 216–21, Map 32.
3267:Blaxland, pp. 167–71.
2963:Frederick, pp. 712–8.
2823:Horsfall & Cave,
1562:
1480:HQ – Pendennis Castle
1403:
1285:
1170:
1025:
932:
825:Third Battle of Ypres
775:
672:Portuguese Mozambique
641:11th (Hull) Heavy Bty
630:
590:East African Campaign
532:
511:East African Campaign
439:No 7 Company at Truro
408:Royal Field Artillery
330:No 7 Battery at Hayle
318:No 3 Battery at Fowey
27:British military unit
4804:The Long, Long Trail
4643:Capt Wilfred Miles,
4390:Col John K. Dunlop,
3382:Blaxland, pp. 254–6.
3329:Blaxland, pp. 251–2.
3302:Blaxland, pp. 232-7.
3280:, Vol IV, pp. 61–73.
2887:, pp. 164–72, 178–9.
2814:, pp. 142–9, Map 21.
2590:Anderson, pp. 253–6.
2559:Anderson, pp. 248–9.
2550:Anderson, pp. 243–8.
2470:Anderson, pp. 143–8.
2461:Anderson, pp. 114–6.
1982:Beckett, pp. 247–53.
1650:') of roundels (or '
1572:naval 2-inch rockets
1351:Lieutenant-Commander
1215:Boys anti-tank rifle
1148:Devonshire Heavy Bde
1075:Battle of Langemarck
1058:Battle of Vimy Ridge
1010:Battle of the Sambre
890:Battle of the Scarpe
852:Counter-battery fire
613:Battle of Latema Nek
565:Hayle Powder Factory
427:No 3 Company at Looe
315:No 2 Battery at Looe
4119:Frederick, p. 1011.
3701:, 16 November 1937.
3619:, Vol V, pp. 334–8.
3540:Cooper, pp. 171–98.
3141:, Vol I, pp. 460–1.
2788:, pp. 19–22, 33–48.
2501:Sibley, pp. 109–13.
2241:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6.
2213:RGA (TF) at Warpath
2000:Spiers, Chapter 10.
1991:Dunlop, Chapter 14.
1800:, 6 September 1861.
1699:, retired colonel,
1031:173rd Siege Battery
1008:on 4 November (the
1001:Battle of the Selle
785:Battle of the Somme
697:546th Siege Battery
685:546th Siege Battery
561:– 2 × 6-inch Mk VII
324:No 5 Battery at Par
170:under the title of
4712:Edward M. Spiers,
4662:Milne, B A, Capt,
4537:J.B.M. Frederick,
4308:Gregory Blaxland,
4293:Ian F.W. Beckett,
4020:Frederick, p. 602.
3954:Frederick, p. 621.
3920:Frederick, p. 971.
3734:Frederick, p. 630.
3679:Frederick, p. 769.
3646:Frederick, p. 613.
3483:Wolff, pp. 155–76.
3093:Joslen, pp. 512–3.
2612:Sibley, pp. 134–5.
2581:Sibley, pp. 131–4.
2479:Drake, pp. 165–73.
2363:, Annexes 4 and 7.
2350:Frederick, p. 647.
2096:, 14 October 1910.
2036:Litchfield, p. 34.
2016:Frederick, p. 696.
1828:Frederick, p. 653.
1787:Spiers, pp. 163–8.
1568:
1564:6-inch Mk XXIV gun
1472:(headquartered at
1406:
1362:Middle East Forces
1288:
1246:Motor Torpedo Boat
1177:
1028:
935:
919:93rd Siege Battery
778:
755:9.2-inch howitzers
727:46th Siege Battery
633:
606:Army Service Corps
602:5.4-inch howitzers
559:St Anthony Battery
554:6-inch Mk VII guns
535:
275:Lieutenant-Colonel
115:Garrison Artillery
104:Artillery Regiment
4705:Maj J.R. Sibley,
4679:978-1-78159-267-0
4631:978-0-9558119-0-6
4616:978-0-9558119-1-3
4571:978-1-84342-474-1
4449:978-1-845747-28-2
4430:978-1-845747-23-7
4385:978-1-908336-56-9
3606:Blaxland, p. 252.
3588:, pp. 290–5, 304.
3518:Cooper, pp. 85–8.
3167:, pp. 188, 191–2.
2621:Anderson, p. 257.
2492:, pp. 323–6, 330.
2183:Litchfield, p. 3.
1686:Brigadier-General
1678:Thomas W. Field,
1666:Honorary Colonels
1501:14 APR – Falmouth
1357:for the sinking.
1278:300 Coast Battery
1082:Battle of Cambrai
821:Battle of Hill 70
392:Territorial Force
386:Territorial Force
135:
134:
118:Coastal Artillery
16:(Redirected from
4894:
4788:External sources
4702:
4698:978-0-97760728-0
4657:978-1-84574724-4
4621:Alan MacDonald,
4606:Alan MacDonald,
4575:
4399:James E. Edmonds
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2724:
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2698:
2693:
2664:
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2653:
2650:
2644:
2641:Forgotten Fronts
2637:
2631:
2628:
2622:
2619:
2613:
2610:
2604:
2601:Forgotten Fronts
2597:
2591:
2588:
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2579:
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2570:Forgotten Fronts
2566:
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2557:
2551:
2548:
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2512:Forgotten Fronts
2508:
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2490:Forgotten Fronts
2486:
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2462:
2459:
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2391:
2388:Forgotten Fronts
2384:
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2364:
2361:Forgotten Fronts
2357:
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2142:
2137:
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2120:
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2104:
2098:
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2084:
2082:, 20 March 1908.
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1718:
1717:
1701:Grenadier Guards
1672:Honorary Colonel
1391:Scottish Command
1387:Southern Command
1115:Territorial Army
1066:Creeping barrage
1047:6-inch howitzers
1016:on 11 November.
986:Australian Corps
886:Battle of Albert
863:Spring Offensive
740:, was formed at
707:) were formally
668:Battle of Mahiwa
643:and took over a
550:Pendennis Castle
345:Western Division
277:W.R. Gilbert, a
95:Territorial Army
93:
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4897:
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4892:
4891:
4852:
4851:
4839:Graham Watson,
4799:Great War Forum
4790:
4785:
4758:978-171790180-4
4699:
4691:. Ravi Rikhye.
4669:Jerry Murland,
4572:
4490:Martin Farndale
4352:Basil Collier,
4278:Maj A.F. Becke,
4263:Maj A.F. Becke,
4244:
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3940:Years of Defeat
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3799:Years of Defeat
3796:
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3783:Years of Defeat
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3165:Pro Patria Mori
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2742:, 19 June 1919.
2736:
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2656:
2652:Sibley, p. 137.
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2452:Young, Annex Q.
2451:
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2236:
2229:
2218:
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2200:
2196:
2191:
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2020:
2015:
2004:
1999:
1995:
1990:
1986:
1981:
1977:
1972:
1968:
1961:
1950:
1940:
1936:
1932:Beckett, p. 58.
1931:
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1919:
1896:
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3163:MacDonald,
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3124:MacDonald,
3111:MacDonald,
2064:19 February
1576:Bofors guns
1520:Hvalfjörður
840:Broodseinde
781:Fourth Army
757:and joined
717:Second Army
713:6-inch guns
649:Flat wagons
619:, reaching
598:Indian Army
456:World War I
450:6-inch guns
219:Par Harbour
205:Charlestown
126:Garrison/HQ
4856:Categories
4439:, Vol IV,
4420:, Vol II,
4242:References
3942:, Annex H.
3938:Farndale,
3801:, Annex M.
3797:Farndale,
3785:, Annex E.
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2717:, Annex M.
2713:Farndale,
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1921:Army Lists
1548:, to join
1458:138mm guns
1446:Barnstaple
1444:(based at
1435:VIII Corps
1395:Home Guard
1343:Alexandria
1242:3-pounders
1234:St Austell
1222:Royal Navy
1209:was being
1203:Phoney War
1054:First Army
960:Fifth Army
832:Menin Road
759:Third Army
719:until the
656:Royal Navy
485:defences.
479:War Office
398:under the
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4458:, Vol V,
3470:Edmonds,
3293:, p. 290.
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2390:, p. 318.
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1708:Footnotes
1429:Later War
1375:6-pounder
1339:Gibraltar
1305:Palestine
1251:Luftwaffe
1232:based at
1138:Devonport
742:Tynemouth
705:see below
540:Devon RGA
390:When the
364:Newbridge
243:St Buryan
168:Army List
63:1940–1956
61:1859–1932
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4149:Watson,
3258:Murland.
2058:Archived
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600:pattern
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483:Plymouth
356:Falmouth
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279:half-pay
261:Marazion
247:Penzance
160:Cornwall
130:Falmouth
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4151:TA 1947
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2870:Falls,
1652:bezants
1641:Uniform
1606:Postwar
1580:Mk XXIV
1535:E-boats
1524:Iceland
1512:Lerwick
1474:Honiton
1462:Courbet
1368:Mid-War
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1062:I Corps
799:on the
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