British Colonial Artillery Regiments

BRITISH ARTILLERY IN WORLD WAR 2

Updated 14 June 2014

CONTENTS
HK&SVA
NEWFOUNDLAND
WAFF
EAST AFRICA
OTHER UNITS

FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENTS OF COLONIAL ARTILLERY IN WORLD WAR 2

Artillery units were raised in some British colonies before and during the war. The largest of these was in India, covered by its own page. Elsewhere there were variously field, coast and AA unit, both regular and the local equivalent of the TA. This page only deals with those that were field artillery. Apart from Newfoundland (a Crown Colony during the war having been an independent Dominion until 1934), their officers were from the Royal Artillery as where some Warrant Officers and NCOs in some cases.

HONG KONG AND SINGAPORE VOLUNTEER ARTILLERY

Regiment	Type	Origin/Change	Where - When - With	Disposal
1 Hong Kong Regt	TA		Hong Kong 1941 - Lost

NEWFOUNDLAND

FIELD REGIMENT

Regiment	Type	Origin/Change	Where - When - With	Disposal
166 (Newfoundland) Fd Regt	WF	Fm 57 (Newfoundland) Hy Regt 11/41	N Africa 1943 - 1 Army Troops Italy 1943 - 1 AGRA Italy 1943-4 - 8 Army Troops att 8 Indian Div NW Europe 1945 - 2 Army Troops	Disb 10/45

HEAVY REGIMENTS

Regiment	Type	Origin/Change	Where - When - With	Disposal
57 (Newfoundland) Hy Regt	WF	F 4/40	UK 1940 - Eastern Comd	To 166 Fd Regt 11/41
59 (Newfoundland) Hy Regt	WF	F 6/40	UK 1940 - Eastern Comd UK 1942-3 - South East Comd Normandy 1944 - 2 Army Troops NW Europe 1944-5 - 3 AGRA	Disb 8/45

WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER FORCE

Regiment	Type	Origin/Change	Where - When - With	Disposal
21 (WA) ATk Regt	WF		Burma 1944-5 - 81 (WA) Div
22 (WA) ATk Regt	WF		Burma 1944-5 - 82 (WA) Div
41 (WA) Mortar Regt	WF	F 11/44 fm 101 (WA) Regt	Burma 1944-5 - 81 (WA) Div
42 (WA) Mortar Regt	WF	F 11/44 fm 102 (WA) Regt	Burma 1944-5 - 82 (WA) Div
101 (WA) Lt Regt	WF		India 1944 - 81 (WA) Div Burma 1944-5 - 81 (WA) Div
102 (WA) Lt Regt	WF		India 1944 - 82 (WA) Div Burma 1944-5 - 82 (WA) Div

EAST AFRICA

Regiment	Type	Origin/Change	Where - When - With	Disposal
301 (EA) Fd Regt	WF	F Kenya 7/42 as 1 (EA) Fd Regt	Madagascar 1942 2/44 Lost at sea (Japanese submarine I27)
302 (EA) Fd Regt	WF		Ceylon 1944 - - 11 (EA) Inf Div Burma 1944-5 - 11 (EA) Inf Div
303 (EA) Fd Regt	WF	Fm 162 (EA) Fd Regt 5/43	Ceylon 1944 - - 11 (EA) Inf Div Burma 1944-5 - 11 (EA) Inf Div	To 303 (EA) Lt Regt 1/45
304 (EA) ATk/Mor Regt	WF		Ceylon 1944 - - 11 (EA) Inf Div Burma 1944-5 - 11 (EA) Inf Div
305 (EA) Fd Regt	WF
306 (EA) Fd Regt	WF		E Africa 1944 Burma 1944-5 - 11 (EA) Inf Div
307 (EA) Fd Regt	WF		E Africa 1944
308 (EA) Fd Regt	WF		E Africa 1944

OTHER UNITS

In addition various East African Light Batteries served in the East African Campaign 1940-1 in 11 and 12 African Divs.

S Rhodesian Lt Bty formed 6/39 in S Rhodesia as a training unit, provide drafts to 3 RHA and Rhodesian units. 17 Rhodesian Fd Bty formed 1943 and joined 6 SA Armd Div in Italy.

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