Great Britain (Volunteers)

Norfolk - Suffolk

Formation of the Volunteer Force
 
1859: 1st Norfolk AVC raised
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1860: │
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│		 1st Suffolk AVC raised
2nd Suffolk AVC raised
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from
1st Essex AVC
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│		 from
21st Suffolk Rifle Volunteer Corps
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1863: 1st Essex AVC attached
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│		 3rd Suffolk AVC
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1864: all part of
1st Administrative Brigade of
Norfolk
Artillery Volunteers
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1868: 4th Suffolk AVC raised
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1869: 2nd Norfolk AVC raised
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1871: 2nd Suffolk AVC disbanded
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Consolidation and renumbering of the Volunteer Force
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1880: consolidated as
1st Norfolk (Norfolk, Essex,
and Suffolk)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
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1880: 1st Norfolk (Norfolk and Suffolk)
Artillery Volunteer Corps
│		 Harwich battery transferred to
1st Essex Artillery Volunteer Corps
Creation of the
Divisons, Royal Artillery
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1882:
volunteer brigade of
Eastern Division
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1886: 1st Volunteer (Norfolk) Brigade,
Eastern Division, Royal Artillery
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Regrouping into three
large divisions
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1889: 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteer Corps
(Eastern Division, Royal Artillery)
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1891: 1st Norfolk Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Eastern Division, Royal Artillery)
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│		 two Harwich batteries from
1st Essex Volunteer Artillery Corps
│		 four new batteries raised in Suffolk
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1899: │
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│		 1st Suffolk and Harwich Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Eastern Division, Royal Artillery)
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Transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery
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1899: 1st Norfolk Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Eastern Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
│		 1st Suffolk and Harwich Volunteer Artillery Corps
(Eastern Division,
Royal Garrison Artillery)
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Division system abolished
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1902: 1st Norfolk
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)		 1st Suffolk and Harwich
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
RAVols
│		 RAVols
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│		 from part of
1st Essex
Royal Garrison Artillery
(Volunteers)
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Creation of the Territorial Force
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1908: 1st Norfolk Battery,
2nd Norfolk Battery,
3rd Norfolk Battery,
I East Anglian Ammunition Column,
I East Anglian Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 1st Suffolk (Howitzer) Battery,
2nd Suffolk (Howitzer) Battery,
III East Anglian Ammunition Column,
III East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)		 Essex and Suffolk
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1914: 1/I East Anglian Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 2/I East Anglian Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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│		 1/III East Anglian
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 2/III East Anglian
(Howitzer) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
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1916: CCLXX Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCXLV Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCLXXII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 CCCXLVII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
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1916: CCLXXII Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery
│		 broken up broken up broken up │
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1919: suspended animation
│		 suspended animation
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1920: 1st East Anglian Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TF)
│		 Suffolk
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
│		 Essex
Royal Garrison Artillery (TF)
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│		 reconstituted
│		 from
The Suffolk Yeomanry
(The Duke of York’s Own
Loyal Suffolk Hussars) (TF)
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Creation of the Territorial Army
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1921: 84th (East Anglian) Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 103rd (Suffolk) Army Brigade,
Royal Field Artillery (TA)		 Suffolk Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)		 Essex Coast Brigade,
Royal Garrison Artillery (TA)
RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
│		 RA
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1924: │
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│		 Suffolk Yeomanry batteries tranferred to
108th (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry)
Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 │
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1924: 84th (East Anglian) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 103rd (Suffolk) (Army) Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Suffolk Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Essex Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1932: │
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│		 disbanded │
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│		 merged into
Thames and Medway
Heavy Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
1937: 84th (1st East Anglian)
Field Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1938: 78th (1st East Anglian)
Anti-Aircraft Brigade,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1939: 78th (1st East Anglian)
Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
│		 Suffolk Heavy Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1940: 78th (1st East Anglian)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
│		 514th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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│		 515th (Suffolk) Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
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1944: suspended animation
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1945: │
│		 suspended animation
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1946: │
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│		 suspended animation
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Resurrection of the Territorial Army
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1947: 284th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(1st East Anglian) (TA)
│		 418th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Norfolk) (TA)
│		 419th Coast Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Suffolk) (TA)
│		 660th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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1948: │
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│		 418th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Arcraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(Norfolk) (TA)
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1950: 284th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery
(1st East Anglian) (TA)
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│		 660th (Mixed)
Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
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RA
│		 RA
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1955: Q Battery,
284th (The King’s Own Regiment,
Norfolk Yeomanry)
Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)		 │
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│		 disbanded
1956: merged into
358th (Suffolk Yeomanry)
Field Regiment,
Royal Artillery (TA)
 

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