2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers 4th London Brigade, RFA 91st (4th London) Field Regiment, RA 139th (4th London) Field Regiment, RA 291 (4th London) Airborne Regiment, RA
Active
13 February 1860 – 1 April 1967
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Territorial Army
Type
Artillery Regiment
Role
Garrison Artillery Field Artillery Airborne Artillery
Garrison/HQ
Plumstead (1860–1905) Lewisham (1905–1967)
Nickname(s)
Lewisham Gunners Shiny Fourth
Engagements
Second Boer War WWI:
Battle of the Somme
German spring offensive
WWII:
Battle of France
Dunkirk Evacuation
Operation Husky
Operation Baytown
Battle of Anzio
Battle of the Admin Box
Battle of Kohima
Commanders
Notable commanders
Sir Edwin Hughes
Military unit
The 2nd Kent Artillery Volunteers, later 4th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, popularly known as the Lewisham Gunners, was a volunteer unit of the British Army from 1860 until 1967. Initially raised in suburban West Kent, its recruiting area was later incorporated within the County of London. It provided two active service units in each of the World Wars, operating as far afield as Sicily, Burma and Madagascar, and later provided an airborne unit in the Territorial Army of the 1950s.
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