1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers

  • 1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers
  • Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery
  • 527th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, RA
  • 406th (Hampshire) Coast Regiment, RA
Hampshire Artillery HP 1890
Helmet Plate, Hampshire Artillery Volunteers, c1890
Active1860 to 1967
Country United Kingdom
BranchUnited Kingdom Territorial Army
TypeArtillery Corps
RoleGarrison Artillery
Coast Artillery
Part ofSouthern Coast Defences
Garrison/HQSouthampton

The 1st Hampshire Artillery Volunteers and its successors were part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1860 to 1967. Although the units saw no action, they protected the Portsmouth area in both World Wars and supplied trained gunners to siege batteries engaged on the Western Front during World War I. The unit continued in the Territorial Army after World War II.