John Boys (Royalist) Boys himself went to London rather than continue further military resistance while others of the Regiment went on to serve at Wallingford Castle. During August 1648, he made a futile attempt to raise the Siege of Walmer Castle in Deal, one of the Cinque Ports, and customary home of the Lord Warden. Sir Algernon Sydney replaced him as Warden in 1648. In 1659, Boys was held as a prisoner in Dover Castle for "petitioning for a free Parliament", but was released on 23 February 1660. He was then, reputedly, granted the office of Receiver of Customs at Dover from Charles
2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers and on 1 January 1902 became the 2nd Cinque Ports RGA (Volunteers) When the Volunteers were subsumed into the new Territorial Force (TF) under the Haldane Reforms of 1908, the 2nd Cinque Ports RGA merged with the 2nd Sussex RGA and transferred to the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) to form the II (or 2nd) Home Counties Brigade with the following organisation: II Home Counties Brigade, RFA The three batteries were each equipped with four 15-pounder guns. The unit was assigned to the Home Counties Division of the TF. Affiliated with the unit were the Imperial Service Cadet Corps, Eastbourne, and