1st Newcastle-upon-Tyne Artillery Volunteers

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1st Newcastle upon Tyne Artillery Volunteer Corps
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Volunteer Artillery officers Helmet 1891-1901.JPG
Officer's home service helmet, 1891-1901
Active1860–1908
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Branch Flag of the British Army.svg Volunteer Force
TypeArtillery Volunteer Corps
RoleGarrison Artillery Field Artillery
SizeEight Batteries
Part of Western Division, Royal Artillery
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Lord Henry Percy VC

The 1st Newcastle upon Tyne Artillery Volunteer Corps was a unit of the Volunteer Force raised to supplement the British Army at a time of a perceived French threat in 1860.

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History

The unit was formed on the 2 June 1860 during the great surge of enthusiasm after an invasion scare that saw the creation of many Rifle, Artillery and Engineer Volunteer units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need. [1]

Attached to the 1st Newcastle AVC were the 1st Berwick-on-Tweed Artillery Volunteers from 1863 until 1866. [2] In addition the 2nd Northumberland Artillery Volunteers were attached during 1863 and 1864 and the 3rd Durham Artillery Volunteers from 1873 until 1890. [3]

In 1899 the Headquarters for the Corps was built. Named as the Angus Hall Drill Hall, it was constructed at Liddell Terrace, Gateshead. [4]

On transfer to the Territorial Force in 1908 the Corps provided the 5th (Durham) Howitzer Battery of the 4th Northumbrian (County of Durham)(H) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

Honorary Colonel

The Honorary Colonel from January 1866 until his death in 1877 was Lord Henry H M Percy VC. From 1885 it was Colonel J R Young. [2] [5]

Notes

  1. Beckett, Appendix VIII.
  2. 1 2 Army List, January 1866.
  3. Litchfield, Norman E H, and Westlake, R, 1982. The Volunteer Artillery 1859-1908, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham, p134
  4. Osborne, Mike, 2006. Always Ready: The Drill Halls of Britain's Volunteer Forces, Partizan Press, Essex, p157
  5. Army List, May 1892.

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