1st Army Group Royal Artillery was formed in September 1942, with its headquarters located at Glasgow.

In January 1943 the AGRA went overseas to Tunisia. It operated with V Corps

V Corps (United Kingdom)

V Corps was an army corps of the British Army in both the First and Second World War. It was first organised in February 1915 and fought through World War I on the Western front...

, under First Army

British First Army

The First Army was a field army of the British Army that existed during the First and Second World Wars. Despite being a British command, the First Army also included Indian and Portuguese forces during the First World War and American and French during the Second World War.-First World War:The...

. In October of that year it entered the Italian campaign, operating with V Corps again, only this time under Eighth Army. The AGRA transferred temporarily to X Corps

X Corps (United Kingdom)

The X Corps was a British Army formation in the First World War and was later reformed in 1942 during the North African campaign of the Second World War as part of the Eighth Army.- First World War :...

in February 1945, then returning to V Corps for the rest of the war.