The East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery based at Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It provided coastal defence artillery for the Humber Estuary f
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery (pre-1953)
Preserved 32-pounder gun on traversing carriage.
Londesborough Barracks.
An 8-inch Howitzer in action, September 1916.
The 1st Durham Volunteer Artillery was a unit of Britain's Volunteer Force and Territorial Army from 1860 to 1956. During World War I, it was the only coastal defence unit to engage the enemy, and it
East Riding Royal Garrison Artillery
…in April 1943. The regiments guarding the Humber Estuary did, however, receive a number of reinforcements: 316 and 317 Btys joined 513rd (ER) Rgt from 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt in March 1943, a newly formed 445 Bty joined 545th Rgt in June, and 545th also took over 29 Coast Observer Detachment from 526th (Durham) Coast Rgt by…
Photograph of Lt Col Lancelot Robson, VD, Commanding Durham RGA, Fire Commander, Hartlepool Batteries, on 16 December 1914 during the bombardment.
FWD Model B lorry towing a 6-inch 26 cwt howitzer. 41st Siege Bty was the first unit to be issued with this new gun.
Moving a 60-pounder during the Third Ypres offensive, September 1917.
9.2-inch howitzer in action on the Somme, 1916.