Local companies of RA abroad?

[TomPC]

Morning All,

King's Regs 1914 (pic attached, apologies for quality) contain an entry in the precedence of all regiments, units and corps of the army of

• the Local Companies of Royal Artillery abroad.

Can anyone shed light on what precisely this term means? Does "local" mean locally-raised, as opposed to an RGA unit manning a coastal fort in Ceylon, for example?

There were two units I've found in the August 1914 Army List that fit the bill if locally-raised is the correct definition:

1. The Hong Kong Singapore Battalion RGA
2. The Sierra Leone Company of RGA

Furthermore, would any units that qualify as "local companies of RA abroad" have worn any kind of badge other than the RA one? I have found HKS-RGA shoulder titles (pic attached), but no mention of a specific badge. The SL Coy of RGA appears to have been disbanded sometime before March 1918 but I have found a 1913 photo of a group of NCOs wearing badges (pic attached).

Thanks as ever,

Tom