page_title: Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
section_title: Origin
hierarchical_section_title: Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery / Origin
caption_attribution_description: English: Cosham Court residential home, formerly a Territorial Force Drill Hall, c1910
context_page_description: The Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery was a volunteer unit of the British Territorial Force formed in 1908. It fought on the Western Front during World War I.
context_section_description: When the Territorial Force was created from the Volunteer Force in 1908 by the Haldane Reforms, each infantry division was allocated a heavy battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA). One company of the former 2nd Hampshire Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) was allocated to this role with the Wessex Division. The battery was formed at Southsea, although the HQ later moved to Cosham. TF heavy batteries of the RGA were each equipped with four Boer War-era 4.7-inch guns and included their own ammunition column.
caption: Drill hall and headquarters in Cosham, photographed in 2014
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