1st Hull Heavy Battery, RGA 11th (Hull) Heavy Battery, RGA 158th (Hull) Heavy Battery, RGA 545th Siege Battery, RGA | |
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Active | 7 September 1914–31 July 1919 |
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Role | Heavy Artillery |
Part of | Royal Garrison Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Kingston upon Hull |
Engagements | World War I |
The 1st Hull Heavy Battery was a unit of the British Army in World War I recruited from Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It was the first unit of the Royal Garrison Artillery raised for 'Kitchener's Army' and it went on to serve as a howitzer battery in the East African Campaign and as a siege battery on the Western Front.