The 6th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a new unit formed when Britain's Territorial Force was created in 1908. Its origin lay in Artillery Volunteer Corps formed in the Surrey sub
Royal Artillery cap badge (pre-1953)
BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades
18-pounder preserved at the Imperial War Museum
4.5-inch howitzer at the Royal Artillery Museum
The 2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers, later 4th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, popularly known as the Lewisham Gunners, was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1860 until 1967. Initially ra
6th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
…which was being assembled in the new British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France. For the remainder of the war it served in this formation, alongside 91st (4th London) and 92nd (5th London) Fd Rgts. During the Norwegian Campaign 5th Division was pulled out of the line and warned for a transfer to Norway, so that when…
Band of the 2nd Kent RGA (volunteers), c1902
RML 8-inch howitzers of the RGA in action at Lydd, 1903.
BL 5-inch howitzer and TF gunners in camp before the war