Great Britain (Volunteers)

Hampshire - Dorsetshire

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1860: 1st Hampshire AVC raised
3rd Hampshire AVC(Ⅰ) raised
3rd Hampshire AVC(Ⅰ) becomes 2nd
3rd Hampshire AVC(Ⅱ) raised
│		 2nd Dorsetshire AVC raised
3rd Dorsetshire AVC raised
4th Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1860: all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Hampshire Artillery Volunteers
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1861: │
│		 2nd Dorsetshire AVC absorbed by 4th
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1863: 1st Dorsetshire AVC added
3rd Dorsetshire AVC added
4th Dorsetshire AVC added
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1866: 1st Dorsetshire AVC to →
3rd Dorsetshire AVC to →
4th Dorsetshire AVC to →
4th Hampshire AVC raised
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│		 → 1st Dorsetshire AVC
→ 3rd Dorsetshire AVC
→ 4th Dorsetshire AVC
all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
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1868: │
│		 5th Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1869: │
│		 6th Dorsetshire AVC raised
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1871: 3rd Hampshire AVC raised(Ⅱ) absorbed by 2nd
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1873: 1st Dorsetshire AVC added
3rd Dorsetshire AVC added
4th Dorsetshire AVC added
5th Dorsetshire AVC added
6th Dorsetshire AVC added
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1876: 3rd Dorsetshire AVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering
of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Hampshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: 1st Hampshire
(Hampshire and Dorsetshire)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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Creation of the Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Southern Division
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1886: Dorsetshire batteries →
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│		 1st Dorsetshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1886: 1st Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade,
Southern Division, Royal Artillery
│		 2nd Volunteer (Dorsetshire) Brigade,
Southern Division, Royal Artillery
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1888: │
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│		 3rd Volunteer (Hampshire) Brigade,
Southern Division, Royal Artillery
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Regrouping into three large divisions
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1889: 2nd Hampshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Hampshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Dorsetshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
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1891: │
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│		 2nd Dorsetshire
Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
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1891: 2nd Hampshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Hampshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
│		 1st Dorsetshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
│		 2nd Dorsetshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Artillery)
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1894: │
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899: 2nd Hampshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
│		 1st Hampshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
│		 1st Dorsetshire
Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Southern Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
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Division system abolished
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1902: 2nd Hampshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Hampshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Dorsetshire
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 1HantsRGAVols
│		 RAVols
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 1st Hampshire Battery,
2nd Hampshire Battery,
3rd Hampshire Battery,
I Wessex Ammunition Column,
I Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 II Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery,
Royal Garrsison Artillery		 Hampshire and Dorsetshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)		 III Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
RA
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1910: │
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│		 Hampshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Dorsetshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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1914: 1/I Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 2/I Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 1/1st Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery,
2/1st Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery,
Royal Garrsison Artillery
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1916: CCXV Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCXXV Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 2/1st Bty disbanded
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1919: suspended animation
│		 disbanded suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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1920: 1st Wessex Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 Hampshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Dorsetshire
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 54th (Wessex) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 Hampshire Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		 Dorsetshire Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1924: 54th (Wessex) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Hampshire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Dorsetshire Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1932: 57th (Wessex) Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 57th (Wessex)
Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Hampshire Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 Dorsetshire Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: 57th (Wessex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft
Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 528th (Hampshire)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 527th (Hampshire)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 529th (Hampshire)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 522nd (Dorsetshire)
Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1942: │
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1944: │
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│		 suspended animation
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1945: │
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│		 618th Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Dorset) (TA)
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1946: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 457th (Mobile)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Wessex) (TA)
│		 406th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Hampshire) (TA)
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│		 disbanded 421st Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Dorset) (TA)
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RA
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│		 RA
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│		 from
428th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(The Princess Beatrice’s
Isle of Wight Rifles) (TA)
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1955: Q (Wessex) Battery,
R (Wessex) Battery,
457th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artllery (TA)
│		 P (Princess Beatrice’s Island of Wight)
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1956: │
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│		 581st Construction Squadron,
Royal Engineers (TA)		 merged into
255th (West Somerset Yeomanry
and Dorset Garrison)
Medium Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1957: 457th (Wessex)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1961: 457th Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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│		 resuscitated as battery formed from
The Hampshire Carabiners
Yeomanry (TA)
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1963: 457th (Wessex) Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Hampshire Carabiners
Yeomanry) (TA)
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1964: 457th (Wessex)
Heavy Air Defence Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Hampshire Carabiners
Yeomanry) (TA)
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Creation of the Territorial
and Army Volunteer Reserve
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1967: disbanded and formed
C Company (Wessex Royal Artillery,
Princess Beatrice’s),
The Hampshire and
Island of Wight Territorials
 
1999: revived in
457th (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery,
106th (Yeomanry) Regiment.
Royal Artillery
 

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