1st Argyll and Bute Artillery Volunteers
The 1st Argyll & Bute Artillery Volunteers was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery formed in Scotland in 1860 in response to a French invasion threat. It 1908 it became the only Mountain Artillery unit in the Territorial Force, and saw action at Gallipoli and Salonika during the First World War. Before the Second World War, it became the first Territorial anti-tank unit. One of its successor units was captured at Saint-Valery-en-Caux, during the Battle of France, but others saw action in the campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, and in North West Europe from D Day to VE Day. The latter included the Battle of Arnhem and the crossing of the Rhine. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army until 1955.
| 1st Argyll & Bute Artillery Volunteers 4th Highland (Mountain) Brigade, RGA 51st (West Highland) Anti-Tank Regiment 254th (West Highland)Anti-Tank Regiment | |
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| Active | 1860–1955 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Branch | Territorial Army |
| Type | Artillery Regiment |
| Role | Garrison artillery Coastal artillery Mountain artillery Field artillery Anti-tank artillery Anti-aircraft artillery |
| Part of | 51st (Highland) Infantry Division |
| Garrison/HQ | Oban Lochgilphead Rothesay Dunfermline |
| Engagements | Gallipoli Salonika Saint-Valery-en-Caux North Africa Sicily Normandy Arnhem Rhine Crossing |
| Commanders | |
| Honorary Colonel | J D S Duke of Argyll, KT, KCMG, VD, 18 July 1900 |
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