1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers 1st Home Counties Brigade, RFA 57th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, RA 113th (Home Counties) Field Regiment, RA 257 (County of Sussex) Field Regiment, RA 313 (Sussex) Heavy AA Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 19 November 1859 – 4 October 1961 |
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 | Brighton |
Engagements | Mesopotamian Campaign Battle of France Alamein Tunisian Campaign Sicily Italy |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Sir Charles Gervaise Boxall, KCB, VD |
The 1st Sussex Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1859 to 1961. Raised as coastal defence artillery, the unit later served as field artillery in Mesopotamia during World War I, and in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe during World War II. It carried out a number of roles in the postwar Territorial Army.