The 1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1859 to 1956. Although these units saw no action, they protected the Dorset Coas
Letterhead of the 2nd Dorset Artillery Volunteers, 1895
Blacknor Battery today.
6-inch howitzer and crew.
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
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
1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers
…in November 1861 In November 1863, they were attached to the 1st Administrative Brigade, Hampshire AVCs based at Portsmouth, then transferred to the 1st Devonshire Admin Brigade at Exeter in January 1866. Two further AVCs were formed in Dorsetshire at this time: 5th (Charmouth) formed on 31 January 1868…
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