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 Cornwall Artillery Volunteers were formed in 1860 as a response to a French invasion threat. They served as a Coast Artillery unit during both World Wars, and also manned batteries serving ove
1st Dorsetshire Artillery Volunteers
…and the HQ details of 522nd Rgt were disbanded. As well as men transferred from the 522nd, the new infantry regiment included a draft of 130 men from 523rd (Cornwall) Coast Rgt. It does not appear to have served overseas. 618th (Dorsetshire) Rgt began to enter suspended animation on 10 January 1946, completing the process by…
Badge of the Cornwall Artillery Volunteers on the Drill Hall of the 12th (Marazion) Corps, c1870
Unit shoulder title.
The excavated and restored eastern gun emplacement at Anthony Battery.
5.4-inch howitzer and crew at Morogoro, 1916–17.