9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers III East Lancashire Brigade (The Bolton Artillery), RFA 53rd (Bolton) Field Regiment, RA 253 (Bolton) Field Regiment, RA 216 (Bolton Artillery) Battery, RA
Waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery, post-1891
Active
1889–present
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Volunteer Force/Territorial Force
Role
Position artillery Field artillery
Part of
42nd (East Lancashire) Division
Garrison/HQ
Silverwell Street, Bolton
Engagements
First world War:
Gallipoli
Egypt
Passchendaele
Spring Offensive
Hundred Days' Offensive
Second World War
Battle of France
Second Battle of El Alamein
Italian campaign
Adriatic campaign
Military unit
The Bolton Artillery, under various titles, has been a Volunteer unit of the British Army based in Bolton, Lancashire, since 1889. In the First World War it served in Egypt and Gallipoli in 1915–17, and then on the Western Front for the rest of the war, including Passchendaele, the German Spring Offensive and the Allied Hundred Days Offensive. Just before the outbreak of the Second World War the regiment formed a duplicate unit. The parent regiment served in the Battle of France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Both regiments served at the Battle of Alamein and in the Italian campaign, while one of the regiments was involved in the intervention in Yugoslavia. The regiment was reformed postwar, and after a number of mergers its successors continue to serve in today's Army Reserve.
The BoltonArtillery, under various titles, has been a Volunteer unit of the British Army based in Bolton, Lancashire, since 1889. In the First World...
Royal Artillery (TA): 18 April 1964. 5th Battalion Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (TA): 18 April 1964. HMS Dido, RN: 14 April 1973. 216 (The Bolton Artillery)...
did not arrive until September 1/III East Lancashire Brigade (The BoltonArtillery), RFA (1/18th, 1/19th, 1/20th East Lancashire Btys) – 1/19th & 1/20th...
Regiment (The BoltonArtillery). Since the reduction of the TA in 1967, the BoltonArtillery has existed as a battery of 103 (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers)...
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Francis John Bolton (1831–1887) was a British Army officer, known also as a telegraphic and electrical engineer. The son of Dr. Thomas Wilson Bolton, surgeon...
renumbered CCXII (exchanging numbers with the former 1/III East Lancs (BoltonArtillery)) and was reorganised, with C Bty being split between A and B to bring...
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Barracks, Saint Helens Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band, at Nelson Street Army Reserve Centre, Bolton Lancashire Artillery Pipes and Drums 208 (3rd West...
Company, carriers and railway cartage agents. In 1906 he joined the BoltonArtillery, a unit of the Volunteer Force. He continued his connection with the...
103 (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery – Equipped with L118 light gun. Has batteries in St Helens, Bolton, Liverpool, Douglas...
with 252nd (The Manchester Artillery) Field Rgt and 253rd (The BoltonArtillery) Field Rgt to form 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Rgt, RA, in which...
received official local subtitles – 'Manchester Artillery', 'BoltonArtillery', 'Cumberland Artillery' – the Blackburn-based unit did not, although it...
battalion headquarters below Bolton's Ridge. As the 6th Battalion moved forward they were engaged by Turkish small arms and artillery fire, causing heavy casualties...
aircraftman in the RAF. Harry Goslin – played for Bolton Wanderers (1930–1939). Served with the BoltonArtillery, rising to Lieutenant and being awarded MC....
Global Information
United Kingdom
Volunteer Force/Territorial Force