1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers

1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers
3rd Home Counties (Cinque Ports) Brigade
59th (Home Counties) (Cinque Ports) Field Brigade
75th Heavy AA Regiment
Active7 November 1859–1 March 1955
Country United Kingdom
Branch Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
TypeArtillery Corps
RoleCoastal Artillery
Field Artillery
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
SizeArtillery Brigade/Regiment
Garrison/HQDover
Motto(s)Pro aris et focis (For hearth and home)
EngagementsWorld War I:

World War II:

Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lt-Col J.M. Stebbings, EM, MC
Lt-Col N.V. Sadler, DCM

The 1st Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery from 1860 to 1956. Raised as coastal defence artillery, the unit later served as field artillery in Mesopotamia during World War I, and as anti-aircraft artillery during the Blitz and in the Middle East during World War II.


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