The 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army from 1860 to 1956. During World War I, it was the only coastal defence unit to engage the enemy, and it
Photograph of Lt Col Lancelot Robson, VD, Commanding Durham RGA, Fire Commander, Hartlepool Batteries, on 16 December 1914 during the bombardment.
FWD Model B lorry towing a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer. 41st Siege Bty was the first unit to be issued with this new gun.
Moving a 60-pounder during the Third Ypres offensive, September 1917.
9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
The Northern Division, Royal Artillery, was an administrative grouping of garrison units of the Royal Artillery, Artillery Militia and Artillery Volunteers within the British Army's Northern District
1st Durham Volunteer Artillery
…AVC provided Nos 13–15 Btys, later renumbered as Nos 7–9 Btys when another corps left the brigade. The 1st Northumberland Brigade became part of the Northern Division of the Royal Artillery, on 1 April 1882. A reorganisation of the divisions on 1 July 1887 saw the 1st Durham AVC regain its independence, with HQ at…
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery