Wight Rifles - Inter War

Inter War

The Rifles were stood down, but were not disbanded due to Princess Beatrice's (Governess of the IOW) intervention. They were mobilised at Albany Barracks during a coal-strike in 1921. They were converted to artillery in 1937, becoming the "530 Coast Defence Regiment, R.A., The Princess Beatrice's Isle of Wight Rifles.

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