The 1st Renfrew and Dumbarton Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery founded in Scotland in 1860. During the First World War, it served with 51st (Highland) Division at the Battle of the Somme before being broken up. In the Second World War, the regiment saw action in the Battle of France, in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, the Greek Civil War and in North West Europe. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army until 1969.
BL 5-inch howitzer and TF gunners in camp before the First World War
4.5-inch howitzer at the Royal Artillery Museum.
4.5-inch gun dug into a shellhole during the Battle of the Somme.
An 18-pounder being inspected in France, April 1940.
The Southern Division, Royal Artillery, was an administrative grouping of garrison units of the Royal Artillery, Artillery Militia and Artillery Volunteers within the British Army's Southern District from 1882 to 1902.
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Entrance to Fort Rowner, HQ of 1st Brigade.