The Forfar and Kincardine Artillery was a British

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regiment of the 19th century. It was based in and named after Forfarshire and

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. Following the Militia Act of 1797, the regiment was raised as an infantry regiment in 1798 as the Forfarshire Militia. Four years later its territorial scope was broadened when it became the Forfarshire and Kincardine Militia and in 1854 it was converted to a Militia Artillery unit and redesignated the Forfar and Kincardine Artillery. In 1815, the regiment was serving in Ireland; Colonel Hon. A. Douglas, Lt. Colonel Hon. C. Douglas. By 1882 the regiment became the 5th Brigade, Scottish Division, Royal Artillery, by which time it had a total of eight batteries and over 800 men. It became the Forfar & Kincardine Artillery (Southern Division) in 1889. In 1899 the artillery militia were incorporated into the

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

and on 1 January 1902 it was renamed the Forfar and Kincardine Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia). On the creation of the

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in 1908 the unit was transferred to the Special Reserve Royal Field Artillery. It was disbanded in 1909.

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* * Litchfield, Norman E H, 1987. ''The Militia Artillery 1852-1909'', The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. Scottish regiments Military units and formations established in 1798 Militia regiments of the Royal Artillery 1909 disestablishments in Scotland 1798 establishments in Scotland Military units and formations disestablished in 1909 {{UK-mil-unit-stub