1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers 3rd Home Counties (Cinque Ports) Brigade 59th (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Field Brigade 75th Heavy AA Regiment | |
---|---|
Active | 7 November 1859–1 March 1955 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Volunteer Force/Territorial Army |
Type | Artillery Corps |
Role | Coastal Artillery Field Artillery Anti-Aircraft Artillery |
Size | Artillery Brigade/Regiment |
Garrison/HQ | Dover |
Motto(s) | Pro aris et focis (For hearth and home) |
Engagements | World War I: |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Lt-Col J.M. Stebbings, EM, MC Lt-Col N.V. Sadler, DCM |
The 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1860 to 1956. Raised as coastal defence artillery, the unit later served as field artillery in Mesopotamia during World War I, and as anti-aircraft artillery during the Blitz and in the Middle East during World War II.