Bermuda Militia Artillery

The Bermuda Militia Artillery
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
CountryBermuda (United Kingdom overseas territory)
Branch British Army
TypeCoastal artillery
Garrison/HQSt. David's Battery
Anniversaries1 September 1965 (amalgamation into Bermuda Regiment)

The Bermuda Militia Artillery was a unit of part-time soldiers organised in 1895[1] as a reserve for the Royal Garrison Artillery detachment of the Regular Army garrison in the Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda. Militia Artillery units of the United Kingdom and Colonies were intended to man coastal batteries in times of war, which were manned by under-strength numbers of regular army gunners in peace time.[2] The unit was embodied during both world wars, fulfilling its role within the garrison, and also sending contingents overseas to more active theatres of the wars.

  1. ^ "bma". Archived from the original on 8 August 2009. Retrieved 22 February 2007.
  2. ^ History of The Coast Artillery in the British Army, by Colonel KW Maurice-Jones, DSO, RA. Royal Artillery Institution. 1959