The 1st Wessex Artillery was a volunteer unit of the British Army that existed under various titles from 1860 to 1971, including active service in Mesopotamia in World War I and North Africa and Italy
Helmet plate, Hampshire Artillery Volunteers, c1890
2nd Hampshire Artillery Volunteers at Drill, Penny Street, Southsea, c1895 (IWM Q41452)
3-inch AA guns on cruciform travelling carriages.
The II Wessex Brigade was a howitzer unit of the Royal Field Artillery in Britain's Territorial Force that was formed on the Isle of Wight in 1908. It served in India and the Middle East during World
1st Wessex Artillery
…1st Wessex Ammunition Column, newly raised at Southsea Nos 10 and 11 Companies were separated to form the nucleus of the 2nd Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA, on the Isle of Wight. No 9 Company at Cosham also provided the nucleus of the Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery…
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
Territorial gunners training with a 5-inch howitzer before World War I.
5-inch howitzer photographed in a desert setting.
18-pounder gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.