The 1st Devonshire Artillery Volunteers and its successor units served in the British Army's Reserve Forces from 1859 to 1961. During World War I it carried out garrison duty in British India but went
Bofors gun of 152nd Bty, 51st (Devon) LAA Rgt in France, 13 November 1939
Bofors crew wearing the shoulder patch of 6th Armoured Division during Exercise Bumper, 30 September 1941.
A British Bofors gun in action during the drive on Tunis, May 1943
The 56th Anti-Tank Regiment was a Territorial Army unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery, which was converted from the 4th Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment. During the Second World War, it fi
1st Devonshire Artillery Volunteers
…where battle groups often had to move independently. 55th (Devon) LAA Rgt was one of those selected for conversion, exchanging two batteries with 56th (King's Own) A/T Rgt to become 55th Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, RA on 9 August. 56th Anti-Tank Regiment (The King's Own), RA, formerly the 4th Bn King's Own…
Bush hat badge and PA patch worn in Burma
2-pounder anti-tank gun
4-inch Mk IX coast defence gun (at Fort Crosby near Liverpool, August 1940) as used by 66th A/T Rgt.
Ordnance QF 6-pounder Anti-Tank Gun