1st Fife Artillery Volunteers Highland (Fifeshire) Heavy Battery 56th (Highland) Medium Regiment 356th (Highland) Medium Regiment
Active
1860–1967
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Territorial Army
Type
Artillery Regiment
Role
Garrison Artillery (1860–1908) Heavy Artillery (1908–1920) Medium Artillery (1920–1956) Field Engineers (1956–1967)
Engagements
First World War: Western Front Second World War: Battle of France Dunkirk evacuation Normandy
Commanders
Notable commanders
Sir Sidney Kirkman
Military unit
The 1st Fife Artillery Volunteers, later the Highland (Fifeshire) Heavy Battery, was a volunteer unit first recruited in Fife, Scotland, in 1860, which fought on the Western Front in the First World War. Its successor units expanded recruitment to Aberdeenshire and again fought in North West Europe, during the Second World War.
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