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Title: Royal Artillery unit, Plymouth, 1891
Post by: ainslie on Saturday 17 November 18 14:36 GMT (UK)

Can anyone suggest which Gunner unit, probably Garrison Artillery, was stationed in Plymouth in about 1891, please?
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Title: Re: Royal Artillery unit, Plymouth, 1891
Post by: stanmapstone on Saturday 17 November 18 14:46 GMT (UK)

There is this report in the Portsmouth Evening News - Saturday 30 November 1895, if it helps

Title: Re: Royal Artillery unit, Plymouth, 1891
Post by: MaxD on Saturday 17 November 18 14:53 GMT (UK)

(August Army and Navy Gazette) The Western Division RGA had two batteries and the depot at Plymouth.  There are no Horse or Field Artillery units there.  However, there were militia artillery units at various times in Plymouth, not easy to track those.

MaxD

Title: Re: Royal Artillery unit, Plymouth, 1891
Post by: ainslie on Saturday 17 November 18 17:40 GMT (UK)

Thanks to you both.  I am looking into a later phase of the RGA’s RSM in 1891, who was listed in the census that year in a private house, not barracks.
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