The 2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery based at Hull and along the Humber Estuary. Its successor units provided field artillery on the Western Front
Londesborough Barracks.
15-pounder gun, known to the gunners in France as the 'pip-squeak'.
18-pounder preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
4.5-inch howitzer preserved at the Royal Artillery Museum.
91st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery was a part-time unit of Britain's Territorial Army formed in the West Riding of Yorkshire just before the outbreak of World War II. Its service durin
2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers
…The last change in 62 AA Rgt's composition before the outbreak of war came on 7 March 1939, when 221 Bty left to form part of another new regiment, 91st AA Rgt. The TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938 during the Munich Crisis, with units manning their emergency positions within 24 hours, even…
Static 3.7-inch gun preserved at Fort Paull.
4.5-inch HAA gun at Leeds 20 March 1941.
Troops of 9th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, helping to clear bomb damage in Hull.
African gunners being trained on a 3.7-inch HAA gun