The 1st Kent Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1860 to 1956. Primarily serving as coastal artillery defending the Port of Dover and other harbours in
Transport limbers gallop past a battery of British 4.7 inch guns on the Somme.
A 60-pounder moving up during the Hundred Days Offensive, 1918.
9.2-inch Coastal gun preserved at Imperial War Museum Duxford.
9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.
The Pembroke Royal Garrison Artillery was a part-time unit of the British Army that defended the coast of West Wales during both world wars. Although it never saw action in its coastal defence role, i
1st Kent Artillery Volunteers
…5, 13, 15, 109 CODs – joined by December 1942 14 COD – joined by December 1942; transferred to 532nd (Pembroke) Coast Rgt by January 1943 3 COD – joined by November 1943; transferred to 516th (T&M) Coast Rgt by March 1944…
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
6-inch 30 cwt Howitzer preserved by the Royal Artillery Museum.
6-inch howitzer being moved through mud on the Western Front.
Crew positioning a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer in 1918.