The 1st Caithness Artillery Volunteers were formed in 1860 as a response to a French invasion threat. They served as a Coast Artillery unit and continued in existence as part of the Royal Garrison Art
Letterhead, Caithness artillery Volunteers, c1870
Gun battery at Castletown, used by the 5th Caithness AVC.
The Scottish Division, Royal Artillery, was an administrative grouping of garrison units of the Royal Artillery, Artillery Militia and Artillery Volunteers within the British Army's Scottish District
1st Caithness Artillery Volunteers
…No 8 at Golspie (late 2nd Sutherland) From 1 April 1882 all AVCs were affiliated to a division of the Royal Artillery (RA), the Scottish Division in the case of the 1st Orkney, moving to the Southern Division when the numbers were reduced on 1 July 1889. In October 1882, the unit's HQ transferred…
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
South Gatehouse of Leith Fort, headquarters of Scottish Division, RA.