Sofiyski Fortress Regiment

History
Raised as siege battery with Edict N° 290/31 December 1886 in Vidin Transferred to Vidin on 8 June 1889 Renamed Sofiyska fortress battery on 11 January 1891 Raised with Decree N° 1/1 January 1892 as Sofiyski Fortress Battalion from Sofiyska fortress battery Became Sofiyski Fortress Regiment with Decree N° 96/31 December 1914 4 October 1915 : designed 1^st Heavy Artillery Regiment
Feast day
26 March
Garrison
31.12.1886 : Vidin 8.06.1889 : Sofia 1^st Military Inspectorate
Commander
01.01.1887 09.01.1891 01.01.1892 01.01.1895 1909 01.01.1911 1913 01.01.1915	cap. Vladimir Kovachev cap. Atanas Rakovski maj. Dimitar Perniklinsky [from 1.01.1894 lieutenant colonel] lt.col. Stoyan Zagorski [from 01.01.1899 lieutenant colonel, from 10.01.1904 colonel] lt.col. Stefan Slavchev lt.col. Pavel Pavlov col. Petko Valchanov
Effectives
September 1912		94 officers, 3214 NCOs and men, 246 riding and 165 draught horses, 604 oxen, 82 carts drawn by horses and 80 by oxen, 86 guns (Sofiyski Fortress Battalion)
21 September 1915
Battle Honours
I. War against Turkey 1912-1913 11 – 13 March 1913 : took part in the attack to the Odrin stronghold
II. Interallied War 1913