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==List of AGRAs during World War II==
==List of AGRAs during World War II==
Where known, with area of operation and dates formed and disbanded.
Where known, with area of operation and dates formed and disbanded.
* [[1st Army Group Royal Artillery|1st AGRA]] – formed 1 September 1942; Tunisia and Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/index.html 1st AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[1st Army Group Royal Artillery|1st AGRA]] – formed 1 September 1942; Tunisia and Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/index.html 1st AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/index.html |date=20081123111415 }}</ref>
* [[2nd Army Group Royal Artillery|2nd AGRA]] – formed 8 September 1942; Tunisia and Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page2.html 2nd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[2nd Army Group Royal Artillery|2nd AGRA]] – formed 8 September 1942; Tunisia and Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page2.html 2nd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page2.html |date=20160413153345 }}</ref>
* [[3rd Army Group Royal Artillery|3rd AGRA]] – formed March 1943; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[XII Corps (United Kingdom)|XII Corps]]<ref name = Ellis>Ellis, Appendix IV.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page25.html 3rd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--6 Fd Rgt RA, 13 Med Rgt RA, 59 Med Rgt RA, 67 Med Rgt RA, 72 Med Rgt RA, 59 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[3rd Army Group Royal Artillery|3rd AGRA]] – formed March 1943; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[XII Corps (United Kingdom)|XII Corps]]<ref name = Ellis>Ellis, Appendix IV.</ref><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page25.html 3rd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--6 Fd Rgt RA, 13 Med Rgt RA, 59 Med Rgt RA, 67 Med Rgt RA, 72 Med Rgt RA, 59 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[4th Army Group Royal Artillery|4th AGRA]] – formed March 1943; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page26.html 4th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--150 Fd Rgt RA, 53 Med Rgt RA, 65 Med Rgt RA, 68 Med Rgt RA, 79 Med Rgt RA, 51 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[4th Army Group Royal Artillery|4th AGRA]] – formed March 1943; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[I Corps (United Kingdom)|I Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page26.html 4th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--150 Fd Rgt RA, 53 Med Rgt RA, 65 Med Rgt RA, 68 Med Rgt RA, 79 Med Rgt RA, 51 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[5th Army Group Royal Artillery|5th AGRA]] – formed January 1943; Italy,<!-- 64th Medium Regiment, RA; 7th Medium Regiment, RA; 70th Medium Regiment, RA; 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal Horse Artillery, RA 105mm Priests; 57th Field Regiment, RA; 58th Field Regiment, RA; 78th Field Regiment, RA; 142nd Field Regiment, RA 25pdr Bishop SP --> North-West Europe, usually attached to [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)|XXX Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page27.html 5th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--4 RHA, 7 Med Rgt RA, 64 Med Rgt RA, 84 Med Rgt RA, 121 Med Rgt RA, 52 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[5th Army Group Royal Artillery|5th AGRA]] – formed January 1943; Italy,<!-- 64th Medium Regiment, RA; 7th Medium Regiment, RA; 70th Medium Regiment, RA; 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Royal Horse Artillery, RA 105mm Priests; 57th Field Regiment, RA; 58th Field Regiment, RA; 78th Field Regiment, RA; 142nd Field Regiment, RA 25pdr Bishop SP --> North-West Europe, usually attached to [[XXX Corps (United Kingdom)|XXX Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page27.html 5th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page27.html |date=20160413164856 }}</ref><!--4 RHA, 7 Med Rgt RA, 64 Med Rgt RA, 84 Med Rgt RA, 121 Med Rgt RA, 52 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[6th Army Group Royal Artillery|6th AGRA]] – formed 16 March 1943; Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page6.html 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref><!-- 24th Field Regiment, RA; 98th Field Regiment, RA SP 105mm Priests; 111th Field Regiment, RA; 75th Medium Regiment, RA; 80th Medium Regiment, RA -->
* [[6th Army Group Royal Artillery|6th AGRA]] – formed 16 March 1943; Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page6.html 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page6.html |date=20120424020916 }}</ref><!-- 24th Field Regiment, RA; 98th Field Regiment, RA SP 105mm Priests; 111th Field Regiment, RA; 75th Medium Regiment, RA; 80th Medium Regiment, RA -->
* [[7th Army Group Royal Artillery|7th AGRA]] – formed August 1944; Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page7.html 7th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[7th Army Group Royal Artillery|7th AGRA]] – formed August 1944; Italy<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page7.html 7th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page7.html |date=20081123110827 }}</ref>
* [[8th Army Group Royal Artillery|8th AGRA]] – formed May 1943 from HA RA [[54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division]]; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[VIII Corps (United Kingdom)|VIII Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page28.html 8th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--25 Fd Rgt RA, 15 Med Rgt RA, 61 Med Rgt RA, 63 Med Rgt RA, 77 Med Rgt RA, 53 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[8th Army Group Royal Artillery|8th AGRA]] – formed May 1943 from HA RA [[54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division]]; North-West Europe, usually attached to [[VIII Corps (United Kingdom)|VIII Corps]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page28.html 8th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--25 Fd Rgt RA, 15 Med Rgt RA, 61 Med Rgt RA, 63 Med Rgt RA, 77 Med Rgt RA, 53 Hvy Rgt RA-->
* [[9th Army Group Royal Artillery|9th AGRA]] – formed 1 May 1943 from HQ RA [[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]]; North-West Europe attached to [[21st Army Group]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page29.html 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--9 Med Rgt RA, 10 Med Rgt RA, 11 Med Rgt RA, 107 Med Rgt RA, 146 Med Rgt RA, 3 SHvy Rgt RA-->
* [[9th Army Group Royal Artillery|9th AGRA]] – formed 1 May 1943 from HQ RA [[79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|79th Armoured Division]]; North-West Europe attached to [[21st Army Group]]<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page29.html 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--9 Med Rgt RA, 10 Med Rgt RA, 11 Med Rgt RA, 107 Med Rgt RA, 146 Med Rgt RA, 3 SHvy Rgt RA-->
* [[10th Army Group Royal Artillery|10th AGRA]] – formed 27 July 1943; Italy; absorbed by 7th AGRA March 1945<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page10.html 10th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[10th Army Group Royal Artillery|10th AGRA]] – formed 27 July 1943; Italy; absorbed by 7th AGRA March 1945<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page10.html 10th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page10.html |date=20081123012136 }}</ref>
* [[11th Army Group Royal Artillery|11th AGRA]] – formed 1944; Far East<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page11.html 11th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[11th Army Group Royal Artillery|11th AGRA]] – formed 1944; Far East<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page11.html 11th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page11.html |date=20081123111748 }}</ref>
* [[15th Army Group Royal Artillery|15th AGRA]] – formed 1944; Middle East<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page12.html 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[15th Army Group Royal Artillery|15th AGRA]] – formed 1944; Middle East<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page12.html 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page12.html |date=20081123111649 }}</ref>
* [[16th Army Group Royal Artillery|16th AGRA]] – formed 1945; Far East<ref name = FarndaleFar/>
* [[16th Army Group Royal Artillery|16th AGRA]] – formed 1945; Far East<ref name = FarndaleFar/>
* [[17th Army Group Royal Artillery|17th AGRA]] – formed 1944; North West Europe<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page14.html 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[17th Army Group Royal Artillery|17th AGRA]] – formed 1944; North West Europe<ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page14.html 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page14.html |date=20160407020716 }}</ref>
* [[59th Army Group Royal Artillery|59th AGRA]] – formed September 1944 from HQ RA [[59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division]]; North-West Europe and Far East<ref name = FarndaleFar/><ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page15.html 59th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[59th Army Group Royal Artillery|59th AGRA]] – formed September 1944 from HQ RA [[59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division]]; North-West Europe and Far East<ref name = FarndaleFar/><ref name = Ellis/><ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page15.html 59th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016]</ref>
* [[60th Army Group Royal Artillery|60th AGRA]] – formed from [[9th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|9th Anti-Aircraft (AA) Brigade]] in the Far East April 1945<ref name = FarndaleFar/><ref name = Rout249>Routledge, p. 249.</ref>
* [[60th Army Group Royal Artillery|60th AGRA]] – formed from [[9th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|9th Anti-Aircraft (AA) Brigade]] in the Far East April 1945<ref name = FarndaleFar/><ref name = Rout249>Routledge, p. 249.</ref>
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* [[107th Anti-Aircraft Brigade )United Kingdom)|107th AA Brigade]] – acted as an AGRA during the [[Siege of Dunkirk (1944)|Siege of Dunkirk]] in 1944–45, controlling field and medium artillery as well as AA units firing in both the AA and medium roles<ref>Routledge, p. 323.</ref>
* [[107th Anti-Aircraft Brigade )United Kingdom)|107th AA Brigade]] – acted as an AGRA during the [[Siege of Dunkirk (1944)|Siege of Dunkirk]] in 1944–45, controlling field and medium artillery as well as AA units firing in both the AA and medium roles<ref>Routledge, p. 323.</ref>
* [[1st Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery|1st Canadian AGRA]] – Italy, North-West Europe (from March 1945)<!-- Brig. W.E. Huckvale;1st Medium Regiment;2nd Medium Regiment;5th Medium Regiment;11th Field Regiment</nowiki> -->
* [[1st Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery|1st Canadian AGRA]] – Italy, North-West Europe (from March 1945)<!-- Brig. W.E. Huckvale;1st Medium Regiment;2nd Medium Regiment;5th Medium Regiment;11th Field Regiment</nowiki> -->
* [[2nd Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery|2nd Canadian AGRA]] – North-West Europe usually attached to [[II Canadian Corps]]<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page30.html 2nd Canadian Army Group RCA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015]</ref><!--19 Fd Rgt RCA, 191 Fd Rgt RA, 3 Med Rgt RCA, 4 Med Rgt RCA, 7 Med Rgt RCA, 1 Hvy Rgt RA, 2 HAA Rgt RCA-->
* [[2nd Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery|2nd Canadian AGRA]] – North-West Europe usually attached to [[II Canadian Corps]]<ref>[http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page30.html 2nd Canadian Army Group RCA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015] {{wayback|url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/nweuro/page30.html |date=20160304064556 }}</ref><!--19 Fd Rgt RCA, 191 Fd Rgt RA, 3 Med Rgt RCA, 4 Med Rgt RCA, 7 Med Rgt RCA, 1 Hvy Rgt RA, 2 HAA Rgt RCA-->


==List of postwar AGRAs==
==List of postwar AGRAs==
After World War II, AGRAs were mainly used to control [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) units, particularly AA units that did not not form part of [[Anti-Aircraft Command]]. Later a few were created in the regular Army for [[British Army of the Rhine]] (BAOR).
After World War II, AGRAs were mainly used to control [[Territorial Army (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] (TA) units, particularly AA units that did not not form part of [[Anti-Aircraft Command]]. Later a few were created in the regular Army for [[British Army of the Rhine]] (BAOR).


* [[42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|1 AGRA (Field)]] – formed 24 April 1955 from 68 AA Brigade (the wartime [[42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|42nd AA Brigade]]); joined BAOR 1958; became 1 AA Brigade 1961.<ref name = AA45on>[http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/aa-brigades-67-106-2.html AA Brigades at British Army 1945 on.]</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. s90.</ref><ref>[http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208&page=3 RA Formation badges at British Badge Forum.]</ref>
* [[42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|1 AGRA (Field)]] – formed 24 April 1955 from 68 AA Brigade (the wartime [[42nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom)|42nd AA Brigade]]); joined BAOR 1958; became 1 AA Brigade 1961.<ref name=AA45on>[http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/aa-brigades-67-106-2.html AA Brigades at British Army 1945 on.] {{wayback|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/aa-brigades-67-106-2.html |date=20160304043302 }}</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. s90.</ref><ref>[http://www.britishbadgeforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208&page=3 RA Formation badges at British Badge Forum.]</ref>
* 2 AGRA (AA) – formed ''ca'' 1955<ref name = AGRA45on>[http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/agra.html AGRAs at British Army 1945 on.]</ref><ref name = Rout>Routledge, Table LXXV, p. 442.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 89.</ref>
* 2 AGRA (AA) – formed ''ca'' 1955<ref name=AGRA45on>[http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/agra.html AGRAs at British Army 1945 on.] {{wayback|url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/territorial-army-royal-artillery/agra.html |date=20160303235502 }}</ref><ref name = Rout>Routledge, Table LXXV, p. 442.</ref><ref>Lord & Watson, p. 89.</ref>
* 5 AGRA (AA) – formed 1955 in BAOR; disbanded 1957.<ref name = Rout/><ref>Routledge, p. 434.</ref>
* 5 AGRA (AA) – formed 1955 in BAOR; disbanded 1957.<ref name = Rout/><ref>Routledge, p. 434.</ref>
* 7 AGRA (AA) – formed 1955 in BAOR.<ref>Routledge, p. 440.</ref>
* 7 AGRA (AA) – formed 1955 in BAOR.<ref>Routledge, p. 440.</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk British Army units from 1945 on]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150829181242/https://british-army-units1945on.co.uk:80/ British Army units from 1945 on]
* [http://www.britishbadgeforum.com British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum]
* [http://www.britishbadgeforum.com British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum]
* [http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html Derek Barton, ''Royal Artillery 1939–1945'']
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140806195614/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk:80/index.html Derek Barton, ''Royal Artillery 1939–1945'']
* [http://www.orbat.info/history/historical/uk/ta47.html Graham Watson, ''The Territorial Army 1947'']
* [http://www.orbat.info/history/historical/uk/ta47.html Graham Watson, ''The Territorial Army 1947'']
* [http://www.mail-1.connectfree.co.uk/artill1.htm History of 9 AGRA] – ''dead link 30 March 2016''
* [http://www.mail-1.connectfree.co.uk/artill1.htm History of 9 AGRA] – ''dead link 30 March 2016''

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An Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) was a British Commonwealth military formation type during the Second World War and shortly thereafter, generally assigned to Army corps. An AGRA was mainly composed of medium artillery regiments but heavy regiments and field regiments were also used. They were moved at need from corps to corps within an army.

Background

World War I had been arguably the first 'artillery war', in which Britain's Royal Artillery (RA) advanced enormously, both technologically and tactically. The previously independent Heavy and Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) were grouped into Heavy Artillery Groups, later termed 'brigades' (a lieutenant-colonel's command), at the disposal of Army Corps. But despite heated arguments, no higher organisational command structure was evolved.[1]

By the time World War II broke out, the RGA had been integrated into RA and the 'brigades' of 'heavy' and 'siege' guns had become 'regiments of 'medium' and 'heavy' artillery with more modern equipment. But they still lacked a higher command structure for flexibility and concentration in the control of artillery above the divisional level, the need for which became apparent to the British Expeditionary Force during the Battle of France in 1940 and the early part of the Western Desert Campaign.

Concept

The AGRA concept was developed during Exercise 'Bumper' held in the UK in 1941, organised by the commander of Home Forces, General Alan Brooke (himself a Gunner) with Lt-Gen Bernard Montgomery as chief umpire.[2][3] This large anti-invasion exercise tested many of the tactical concepts that would be used by the British Army in the latter stages of the war. The gunnery tacticians developed what became the AGRAs, powerful artillery brigades, usually comprising three medium regiments and one field regiment, which could be rapidly moved about the battlefield, and had the punch to destroy enemy artillery.[4]

Service

AGRAs made their debut with First Army in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations[5] and the concept was adopted during the North West Europe[6] and Far East[7] campaigns.

For the most part each corps in the line was assigned an AGRA but when especially heavy fire support was needed one corps area could be stripped of its AGRA to support another, as happened at |the battle for Calais in 1944 (Operation Undergo), or in the initial attack on the Italian mainland (Operation Baytown) when two AGRAs, side-by-side, fired across the Straits of Messina from Sicily. As the British Army manpower shortage developed, the weight of fire that an AGRA could add to an attack became increasingly important.[6]

Commonwealth AGRAs

Canadian corps-level concentrations of artillery were also referred to as AGRAs, despite the fact they were composed of units of the Royal Canadian Artillery as well as the Royal Artillery.[8] Canada had two AGRAs in the Second World War, one served in Italy as part of I Canadian Corps and North West Europe from March 1945 and the other only in North West Europe with II Canadian Corps.[9]

After the war, 59th AGRA appears to have been transferred to the British Indian Army in 1946, becoming 59 Army Group Royal Indian Artillery, retitled 2 Army Group RIA the following year. At Independence in 1947, the order of battle of the RIA included 1 AGRIA, 2 AGRIA and 11 AGRIA (AA).[10]

List of AGRAs during World War II

Where known, with area of operation and dates formed and disbanded.

List of postwar AGRAs

After World War II, AGRAs were mainly used to control Territorial Army (TA) units, particularly AA units that did not not form part of Anti-Aircraft Command. Later a few were created in the regular Army for British Army of the Rhine (BAOR).

Notes

  1. ^ Farndale, Western Front, Annex E.
  2. ^ Bryant, pp. 256–8.
  3. ^ Doherty, p. 35.
  4. ^ Farndale, Years of Defeat, p. 99.
  5. ^ Fraser, p. 251.
  6. ^ a b Fraser, p. 322.
  7. ^ a b c d e Farndale, Far East.
  8. ^ Falconer.
  9. ^ Dickers.
  10. ^ Kempton, p. 49.
  11. ^ 1st AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ 2nd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Ellis, Appendix IV.
  14. ^ 3rd AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015
  15. ^ 4th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015
  16. ^ 5th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015 Archived 2016-04-13 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2012-04-24 at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ 7th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  19. ^ 8th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015
  20. ^ 9th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015
  21. ^ 10th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ 11th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2008-11-23 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ 17th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016 Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  25. ^ 59th AGRA at RA 39–45, accessed 30 March 2016
  26. ^ a b Routledge, p. 249.
  27. ^ Routledge, p. 323.
  28. ^ 2nd Canadian Army Group RCA at RA 39–45, accessed 4 September 2015 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ a b c d AA Brigades at British Army 1945 on. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  30. ^ Lord & Watson, p. s90.
  31. ^ RA Formation badges at British Badge Forum.
  32. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u AGRAs at British Army 1945 on. Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  33. ^ a b c d Routledge, Table LXXV, p. 442.
  34. ^ Lord & Watson, p. 89.
  35. ^ Routledge, p. 434.
  36. ^ Routledge, p. 440.
  37. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Lord & Watson, pp 197–201.
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Watson.
  39. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Litchfield, Appendix 5.

References

  • Sir Arthur Bryant, The Turn of the Tide, 1939–1943, London: Collins, 1957.
  • Dickers, Robin (2012). The History of the 2nd Canadian Army Group Royal Artillery. London: Lonsdale. ISBN 978-0-9569969-9-2. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Richard Doherty, Hobart's 79th Armoured Division at War: Invention, Innovation and Inspiration, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2011, ISBN 978-1-84884-398-1.
  • Major L. F. Ellis, History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: Victory in the West, Vol II: The Defeat of Germany, London: HM Stationery Office, 1968/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004, ISBN 1-845740-59-9.
  • Falconer, D.W. (1985). Battery flashes of W.W. II: a thumb-nail sketch of Canadian artillery batteries during the 1939-1945 conflict. Madison: the University of Wisconsin - Madison. ISBN 0-9691865-0-9. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, ISBN 1-870114-00-0.
  • Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Years of Defeat: Europe and North Africa, 1939–1941, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996, ISBN 1-85753-080-2.
  • Gen Sir Martin Farndale, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Far East Theatre 1939–1946, London: Brasseys, 2002, ISBN 1-85753-302-X.
  • Gen Sir David Fraser, And We Shall Shock Them: The British Army in the Second World War, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1983, ISBN 0-340-27085-3.
  • Chris Kempton, A Register of Titles of The Units of the H.E.I.C. and Indian Armies, 1666–1947', (British Empire & Commonwealth Museum Research Paper Number 1), Bristol: British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, 1997, ISBN 0-9530174-0-0.
  • Norman E.H. Litchfield, The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988 (Their Lineage, Uniforms and Badges), Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992, ISBN 0-9508205-2-0.
  • Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents, Solihull: Helion, 2003, ISBN 1-874622-92-2.
  • Brig N.W. Routledge, History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-Aircraft Artillery 1914–55, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994, ISBN 1-85753-099-3.
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