Feb 40 | Formed as Royal Marine Coast Brigade | |
Mar 40 | Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation 1 (MNBDO) | Eastney, Hampshire, UK |
Jan 41 | Re-designated 1 Royal Marine Coast Brigade | Portsmouth, Hampshire, UK |
Mar 41 | Canal Zone | Egypt |
May 41 | Z & X Batteries guns mounted | Crete |
Aug 41 | Brigade re-organised after losses on Crete | Egypt |
Sep 41 | Re-designated 1 Royal Marine Coast Artillery Regiment | Egypt & Indian Ocean islands |
Apr 42 | Devon Battery re-equipped with 6 inch coast guns | Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
Aug 43 | All except Devon Battery to Royal Marine Coast Defence Regiment as infantry |
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
Feb 44 | Disbanded | Ceylon (Sri Lanka) |
Batteries
Mar 40 | Kent, Devon, X, Y, Anti-Motor Torpedo Boat batteries. Land Defence Company (Platoon only), Signals Section |
May 40 | Z Battery formed Harwich & Y Battery Iceland |
Aug 40 | Hampshire Battery formed Eastney |
Jan 41 | Kent, Devon, Hampshire, X, Y, Z, Anti-MTB batteries. Land Defence Company (Platoon only), Signals Section |
Mar 41 | Devon Battery became Devon Light Anti-Aircraft Battery |
Mar 41 | Kent, Devon LAA, Hampshire, X, Y, Z, Anti-MTB batteries. Land Defence Company (Platoon only), Signals Section |
Aug 41 | Z Battery independent, X Battery disbanded |
Aug 41 | Kent, Devon LAA, Hampshire, Y, Anti-MTB batteries. Land Defence Company (Platoon only), Signals Section |
Apr 42 | Kent, Devon, Hampshire, Y, Anti-MTB batteries. Land Defence Company (Platoon only), Signals Section |
Equipment
Mar 40 | 2 x 6 inch guns, 2 x 4 inch guns, 2 pdr pom-poms |