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Active | 1860 to 1967 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Type | Artillery Corps |
Role | Garrison Artillery Coast Artillery |
Part of | Southern Coast Defences |
Garrison/HQ | Southampton |
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.