Hampshire Militia Artillery

Hampshire Militia Artillery
2nd Brigade, Southern Division, RA
Active27 December 1853 – 30 September 1891
Country United Kingdom
Branch Militia
RoleCoastal artillery
Part ofSouthern Division, Royal Artillery
Garrison/HQFort Rowner

The Hampshire Militia Artillery was a part-time reserve unit of Britain's Royal Artillery. Formed in 1853 from existing infantry militia units in Hampshire, its wartime role was to man the existing defences and new 'Palmerston Forts' guarding Portsmouth. It later merged with the equivalent unit on the Isle of Wight