Great Britain (Volunteers)

Gloucestershire - Somersetshire

	Formation of the Volunteer Force
1859:	1st Gloucestershire AVC raised │
1860:	2nd Gloucestershire AVC raised 3rd Gloucestershire AVC raised │		1st Somersetshire AVC raised 2nd Somersetshire AVC raised │
1863:	1st Somersetshire AVC added 2nd Somersetshire AVC added 4th Gloucestershire AVC raised │ all part of 1st Administrative Brigade of Gloucestershire Artillery Volunteers │
1864:	4th Gloucestershire AVC abserbed by 2nd │
1867:	2nd Somersetshire AVC disbanded │
	Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880:	consolidated as 1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester and Somerset) Artillery Volunteer Corps │
	Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:	volunteer brigade of Welsh Division │
	Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889:	part of Western Division │
1891:	1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester and Somerset) Volunteer Artillery Corps │
	Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899:	│ │
	Division system abolished
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1902:	1st Gloucestershire (Gloucester and Somerset) Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers)
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	Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908:	1st Gloucestershire Battery, 2nd Gloucestershire Battery, 3rd Gloucestershire Battery, I South Midland Ammunition Column, I South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF)		The Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery (TF)
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1909:	I South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │		│ │ │ │
1914:	1/I South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	2/I South Midland (Gloucestershire) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TF) │	1/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery (TF) │ │	2/1st Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery (TF) │ │
1916:	CCXL Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	CCCV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery │	│ │ │	│ │ │
1916:	│ │	broken up	│ │	│ │
1919:	suspended animation │		suspended animation │	disbanded
1920:	1st South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA) │ │ │
	Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921:	66th (South Midland) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (TA)
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1924:	66th (South Midland) Field Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │
	│ │ │ │				from 223rd Field Artillery Signal Section, Royal Corps of Signals (TA) │
1934:	│ │ │				3rd Survey Section, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1937:	│ │ │				3rd Survey Company, Royal Artillery (TA) │
1938:	76th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal Artillery (TA) │		│ │ │
1939:	76th (Gloucestershire) Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │		80th Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	5th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │	3rd Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │
1940:	76th (Gloucestershire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │		80th (Berkshire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery │	│ │ │ │	│ │ │ │
1944:	│ │		suspended animation │	│ │	│ │
1945:	suspended animation │		│ │	│ │	│ │
1946:	│ │		│ │	suspended animation │	suspended animation │
	Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947:	266th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) (TA) │		480th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Berkshire) (TA) │ │	disbanded	376th Observation Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │	883 Locating Battery, Royal Artillery (TA) │ │ │
1950:	│ │ │		│ │ │			883 (Bristol) Locating Battery, Royal Artillery (TA) │
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	│ │ │ │ │	from 312st (Gloucestershire) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	from 601st (City of Bristol) (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	│ │ │ │ │		│ │ │ │ │
1955:	P (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery,	Q (Bristol) Battery, 311th (City of Bristol) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA) │	R (City of Bristol) Battery,	P (Berkshire and Oxfordshire) Battery, 431st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA)		│ │ │ │ │
1961:			883rd (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Locating Battery, Royal Artillery │
			Creation of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967:			disbanded and formed A (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Squadron, Royal Gloucestershire Hussars (Territorials) │
1969:			reduced to cadre │
1971:			266th (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Observation Post Battery, Royal Artillery (V) │
			Territorial Army
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1999:			266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery, 100th (Yeomanry) Regiment, Royal Artillery (V)

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