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The Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force from 1908 to 1919. It served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. ==Early history== An invasion scare in 1859 led to the creation of the Volunteer Force and huge enthusiasm throughout Great Britain for joining local Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs).〔Beckett.〕 The 6th (Peterborough) Northamptonshire RVC was one such unit, raised at Peterborough in Northamptonshire on 3 March 1860. The first commanding officer was the Hon George Wentworth-FitzWilliam, MP for Peterborough 1841–59.〔Beckett, p. 53 & Appendix VII.〕〔Westlake, p. 190–1.〕〔(Northamptonshire Volunteers at Regiments.org. )〕〔Gurney, p. 315.〕 All the county's volunteer units were included in the 1st Administrative Battalion, Northamptonshire RVCs, in 1860.〔〔〔Gurney, pp. 318–9.〕 The following officers commanded the 6th Northamptonshire RVC during its independent existence:〔Gurney, p. 325.〕 * Hon G.Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, appointed 3 March 1860 * John N. Fazakerley, appointed 14 March 1862 * Thomas J. Walker, 29 July 1865; appointed Captain-Commandant August 1876 * John Beecroft, appointed second Captain 3 June 1872 When the Administrative Battalion was consolidated as the 1st Northamptonshire RVC in 1880, the former 6th at Peterborough formed H and I (later G and H) Companies.〔〔Gurney, p. 321.〕 Under the Childers Reforms of 1881, the battalion was attached to the Northamptonshire Regiment, and formally changed its title to 1st Volunteer Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, in December 1887.〔〔〔Gurney, p. 320.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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