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The Bolton Artillery, under various titles, has been a Volunteer unit of the British Army based in Bolton, Lancashire, since 1889.In the First World War it served in Egypt and Gallipoli in 1915–17, and then on the Western Front for the rest of the war, including Passchendaele, the German Spring Offensive and the Allied Hundred Days Offensive.
The Royal Artillery Association is an association of serving and former soldiers ... Branch URL TA Centre Kingston Park, 101 Regt RA(V) NE3 2BX ... (The Bolton ...
53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) during World War II. It was descended from the Bolton Artillery, first formed in the Lancashire town of Bolton in 1889. It served in the Battle of France, at the end of which its personnel were evacuated from Dunkirk.
111th (Bolton) Field Regiment was a Royal Artillery (RA) unit of Britain's part-time Territorial Army (TA) formed just before World War II. It was descended from the Bolton Artillery , first formed in the Lancashire town of Bolton in 1889.
Field regiments of the Royal Artillery; Military units and formations in Lancashire; Military units and formations in Bolton; Military units and formations established in 1947; Military units and formations disestablished in 1967
In 1976, the regiment changed its designation to 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) upon being equipped with the Blowpipe missile air-defense weapon. [5] Then, in 1986, 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery was formed at Bolton and joined the regiment. [5]
Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
20th Lancashire Battery, Royal Field Artillery; 27th (Bolton) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; 76th (Farnworth) Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps; 111th (Bolton) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; 209th (East Lancashire) Field Battery, Royal Artillery; 210th (East Lancashire) Field Battery, Royal ...