1st Army Group Royal Artillery
| 1st Army Group Royal Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1942–1945 |
| Country |
 |
| Branch |
 |
| Role | Artillery headquarters |
| Garrison/HQ | Glasgow |
| Engagements |
Tunisian campaign Italian campaign |
1st Army Group Royal Artillery (1st AGRA) was a Royal Artillery headquarters during World War II.
World War II
1st AGRA was formed at Glasgow in September 1942.[1] It was the first of a new type of headquarters whose role was to command a group of medium artillery regiments supporting the operations of an Army Corps.
In January 1943, 1st AGRA went overseas to North Africa where it operated with V Corps, under First Army in the Tunisian campaign. In October of that year it entered the Italian campaign, operating with V Corps again, only this time under Eighth Army. The AGRA transferred temporarily to X Corps in February 1944, operating on the River Garigliano, then returning to V Corps for the rest of the war. It fought on the Gothic Line and at the Argenta Gap, ending the war at Padua.[1]
Postwar
A new 1st AGRA (Field) was formed on 25 April 1955 by converting the 68th Anti-Aircraft Brigade HQ (the wartime 42nd AA Brigade at Glasgow). It joined British Army of the Rhine as a Corps artillery HQ in 1958 and was redesignated again as 1st Artillery Brigade in 1961.[2][3][4]
See also
Notes
- 1 2 1 AGRA at RA 39–45. Archived 23 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ 67–102 AA Bdes at British Army 1945 on. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ Lord & Watson, p. 90.
- ↑ RA Formation badges at British Badge Forum.
References
- British Army units from 1945 on
- British and Commonwealth Military Badge Forum
- The Royal Artillery 1939–45
- 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.