Coast Defences

Coast Artillery units

 


Headquarters Fixed Defences


Heavy Regiments

Cromarty
Cromer
Dover
Falmouth
Orkney
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Tynemouth
Heavy Regiment Clyde
Heavy Regiment Devon
Heavy Regiment Glamorgan
Heavy Regiment Isle of Wight
Heavy Regiment Orkney
Heavy Regiment Pembroke

 

Coast Regiments

 

501 Coast Regiment, Cromarty 516 Coast Regiment, Isle of Grain
502 Coast Regiment, Aberdeen 517 Coast Regiment, Canvey Island
503 Coast Regiment, Dundee 518 Coast Regiment, Isle of Sheppey
504 Coast Regiment, Incholm 519 Coast Regiment, Dover
505 Coast Regiment, Inchkeith 520 Coast Regiment, Landguard Fort, Harwich
506 Coast Regiment, Kinghorn 521 Coast Regiment, Newhaven
507 Coast Regiment, Kingcraig 522 Coast Regiment, Portland
509 Coast Regiment, Sunderland 523 Coast Regiment, Falmouth
510 Coast Regiment, Blyth 524 Coast Regiment, Crosby
511 Coast Regiment, Hartlepool 525 Coast Regiment, Belfast
512 Coast Regiment, Spurn Head 526 Coast Regiment, Paisley
513 Coast Regiment, Bull Sand 527 Coast Regiment, Sandown
514 Coast Regiment, Great Yarmouth 528 Coast Regiment, Horse Sand
515 Coast Regiment, Harwich 529 Coast Regiment, Portsmouth

 

Also X & Y Super Heavy Batteries (3 Super Heavy Regiment) and 57 & 59 Heavy Regiments served in a coast role.

 

 

The Royal Artillery 1939-45