Great Britain (Volunteers)

Devonshire - Cornwall

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Devonshire AVC raised
2nd Devonshire AVC raised
3rd Devonshire AVC raised
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│		 1st Cornwall AVC raised
2nd Cornwall AVC raised
3rd Cornwall AVC raised
4th Cornwall AVC raised
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1860: 4th Devonshire AVC raised
5th Devonshire AVC raised
6th Devonshire AVC raised
7th Devonshire AVC raised
8rd Devonshire AVC raised
9th Devonshire AVC raised
10th Devonshire AVC raised
11th Devonshire AVC raised
12th Devonshire AVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
│		 13th Devonshire AVC raised
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│		 5th Cornwall AVC raised
6th Cornwall AVC raised
6th Cornwall AVC absorbed by 5th
7th Cornwall AVC raised
8th Cornwall AVC raised
9rd Cornwall AVC raised
10th Cornwall AVC raised
11th Cornwall AVC raised
12th Cornwall AVC raised
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all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Cornwall Artillery Volunteers
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1861: 6th Devonshire AVC to →
10th Devonshire AVC to →
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│		 → 6th Devonshire AVC
→ 10th Devonshire AVC
all part of
2nd Administrative Brigade of
Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
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1862: 12th Devonshire AVC to →
│		 → 12th Devonshire AVC
│		 13th Cornwall AVC raised
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1863: │
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│		 9th Cornwall AVC disbanded
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│		 from
1st Administrative Brigade of
Hampshire Artillery Volunteers
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1866: 1st Dorsetshire AVC ←
3rd Dorsetshire AVC ←
4th Dorsetshire AVC ←
│		 ← 1st Dorsetshire AVC
← 3rd Dorsetshire AVC
← 4th Dorsetshire AVC		 │
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1868: 5th Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1869: 6th Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1871: 2nd Devonshire AVC disbanded
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1873: 1st Dorsetshire AVC →
3rd Dorsetshire AVC →
4th Dorsetshire AVC →
5th Dorsetshire AVC →
6th Dorsetshire AVC →
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│		 → 1st Dorsetshire AVC
→ 3rd Dorsetshire AVC
→ 4th Dorsetshire AVC
→ 5th Dorsetshire AVC
→ 6th Dorsetshire AVC
all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Hampshire Artillery Volunteers		 │
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1875: 14th Devonshire AVC raised
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1878: │
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│		 11th Cornwall AVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Devonshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 consolidated as
6th Devonshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 consolidated as
1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: │
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│		 2nd Devonshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Western Division
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volunteer brigade of
Western Division
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volunteer brigade of
Western Division
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1886: 1st Volunteer (Devonshire)
Brigade,
Western Division, Royal Artillery
│		 2nd Volunteer (Devonshire)
Brigade,
Western Division, Royal Artillery
│		 3rd Volunteer (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Brigade,
Western Division, Royal Artillery
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Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889: 1st Devonshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
│		 2nd Devonshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Artillery VolunteerCorps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
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1891: 1st Devonshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
│		 2nd Devonshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division, Royal Artillery)
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899: 1st Devonshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
│		 2nd Devonshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
│		 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Western Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
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Division system abolished
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1902: 1st Devonshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 2nd Devonshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
│		 RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 1st Devonshire Battery,
2nd Devonshire Battery,
3rd Devonshire Battery,
IV Wessex Ammunition Column,
IV Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 Devonshire Royal Garrison Artillery
(TF)		 Cornwall (Duke of Cornwall’s)
Royal Garrison Artillery
(TF)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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layout layout
1914: 1/IV Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/IV Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1916: CCXVIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXXVIII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
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1919: suspended animation
│		 disbanded suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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1920: 4th Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 Devon Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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│		 Cornwall
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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│		 from part of
3rd Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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layout layout
1921: 56th (Wessex) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 Devonshire Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		 Cornwall Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1924: 56th (Wessex) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Devonshire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Cornwall Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1927: 56th (Wessex) Army Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1928: 56th (Devon) Army Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1932: │
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│		 Devonshire and Cornwall
Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1936: │
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│		 Devonshire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 56th (Devon) Army Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Devonshire Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 51st (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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layout layout
1939: │
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│		 55th (Devon) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: │
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│		 Cornwall Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1940: │
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│		 523rd (Cornwall) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1941: │
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│		 566th (Devon) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 567th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 568th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1943: │
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│		 55th Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank
Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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│		 suspended animation
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1944: │
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│		 111th Anti-Tank Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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│		 suspended animation
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1945: │
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│		 suspended animation
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│		 566th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon and Cornwall)
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1946: │
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│		 suspended animation
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│		 suspended animation
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1947: suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
│		 disbanded 407th/408th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
│		 disbanded 409th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Cornwall) (TA)
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1948: │
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│		 407th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
│		 408th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
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1949: 256th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/
Searchlight Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
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│		 disbanded │
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│		 from
396th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
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layout layout
1950: 256th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
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RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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│		 from
668th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Devon) (TA)
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1954: │
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│		 407th (Devonshire) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 from
524th (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(7th Bn, The Royal
Hampshire Regiment) (TA)
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1955: Q (Devon) Battery,
R (Devon) Battery,
256th (Wessex) Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1956: 256th Light Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 409 (Cornwall)
Independent Field Squadron,
Royal Engineers (TA)
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1961: merged into
296th (Royal Devon Yeomanry)
Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 571 Field Squadron,
116th (Devon and Cornwall)
Engineer Regiment (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial
and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: B (Devon Fortress Engineers) Squadron,
The Devonshire Territorials
(Royal Devon Yeomanry/
The 1st Rifle Volunteers)
 

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