2nd Middlesex Artillery Volunteers (Custom House) 3rd London Brigade, RFA | |
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Active | 1861–1919 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Force |
Type | Artillery Brigade |
Role | Garrison artillery Field artillery |
Motto(s) | Nulli Secundus ('Second to None') |
Engagements | |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | Lt-Gen Sir Edward Bruce Hamley (1887–1893) |
Notable commanders | Sir William Palliser Lord Arthur Hill |
The 2nd Middlesex Artillery was a Volunteer unit of Britain's Royal Artillery. First raised in the Victorian era among Customs officers in the Port of London, it later became the 3rd London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the Territorial Force and saw action on the Western Front during World War I.