1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers
The 1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force raised in the County of Norfolk in 1859 as a response to a French invasion threat. It became part of the Territorial Force in 1908 and served under various designations as field artillery in Palestine during World War I, and as heavy anti-aircraft artillery in North Africa and Italy during World War II. It disappeared in a merger in 1955.
Letterhead, 1st Norfilk Artillery Volunteers, c1890
The 15-pounder gun
An 18-pounder crew in action in Sinai, 1916.
3-inch AA guns on cruciform travelling carriages.
Eastern Division, Royal Artillery
The Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, was an administrative grouping of garrison units of the Royal Artillery, Artillery Militia and Artillery Volunteers within the British Army's Eastern District from 1882 to 1902.
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Gun position at Landguard Fort, defending the port of Harwich.