1908 - A John Player & Sons Cigarette Card - Glamorganshire R.G.A. (Royal Garrison Artillery) - A gunner in pre-WWI full dress uniform from the period 1880 to 1891. Another heritage item held within the Penarth Dock Collection. [001]

GLAMORGANSHIRE R.G.A., 1908. Now: Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, R.A. - This regiment was raised in Cardiff and Swansea in 1859 as the Glamorganshire Artillery Volunteers. During the volunteer period the unit was chiefly armed with 40-pounder and 64-pounder guns, but by the time the Territorial Force was formed it has received the 6-inch gun shown in the background. As this time the unit became the Glamorganshire Royal Garrison Artillery. During the War of 1914-18 the unit comprised ten heavy batteries for service in France and two A.A. batteries for home defence. In 1938 it was renamed the Glamorgan Heavy Regiment, R.A. (T.A.). The picture shows a gunner in pre-War uniform.