Index of Field Artillery Units – West Africa

The units listed here are artillery units classified as ‘field artillery’ and artillery units which operated in the ‘field’ as brigade or divisional artillery.  These include: field; light; anti-tank; mortar; L.A.A. and L.A.A./anti-tank.

[The list is incomplete - field and light artillery units will be added in the near future.]

Anti-Tank Regiments

1st Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

2nd Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

21st Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

22nd Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

Anti-Tank Batteries

‘S’ Anti-Tank Battery, R.A.

'X' Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

'Z' Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

1st Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

61st Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

62nd Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

63rd Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

64th Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

65th Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

66th Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

83rd Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

Mortar Regiments

'X' Mortar Regiment, West African Artillery

41st Mortar Regiment, West African Artillery

42nd Mortar Regiment, West African Artillery

103rd Mortar Regiment, West African Artillery

Mortar Batteries

'X' Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

'Y' Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

'Z' Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

7th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

8th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

9th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

101st Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

102nd Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

103rd Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

104th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

105th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

106th Mortar Battery, West African Artillery

Light A.A./Anti-Tank Regiments

1st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Regiment, West African Artillery

Light A.A./Anti-Tank Batteries

1st Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

2nd Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

4th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery/Anti-Tank, West African Artillery

5th Light Anti-Aircraft/Anti-Tank Battery, West African Artillery

64th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery/Anti-Tank, West African Artillery

109th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery/Anti-Tank, West African Artillery

Light A.A. Batteries (divisional artillery)

81st Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, West African Artillery

82nd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, West African Artillery

83rd Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, West African Artillery

84th Light Anti-Aircraft Battery, West African Artillery

15 September 2025