3rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers
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The 3rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers was a unit of Britain's part-time Volunteer Force recruited from Blackburn and the surrounding area in 1860. It became a brigade of the Royal Field Artillery in the Territorial Force in 1908, and served through the First World War with the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division at Gallipoli, in Egypt and on the Western Front. Its second line unit also served on the Western Front in 1917–18. During the Second World War, its batteries operated in the light anti-aircraft role in Norway, France, Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy. It was reformed postwar, but disappeared in a merger in 1955.
Quick Facts 3rd Lancashire Artillery VolunteersI East Lancashire Brigade, RFA93rd (East Lancashire) Field Brigade, RA52nd (East Lancashire) LAA Regiment, RA 293 (East Lancashire) LAA Regiment, RA, Active ...
3rd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers I East Lancashire Brigade, RFA 93rd (East Lancashire) Field Brigade, RA 52nd (East Lancashire) LAA Regiment, RA 293 (East Lancashire) LAA Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 9 January 1860–10 March 1955 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Volunteer Force/Territorial Force |
Role | Garrison artillery Position artillery Field artillery Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Blackburn Church Burnley |
Nickname(s) | The Blackburn Artillery |
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Brig-Gen Arthur Birtwistle |
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