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Royal Garrison Artillery 9.2" Howitzer of 91st Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery in position under camouflage netting in readiness for the opening barrage of Arras, 1 April 1917 Officer of 444 Siege Battery and kitten, Mk V howitzer, near Arras 19 July 1918 The football team of 95 Company, Royal Garrison Artillery, victors in the 1917 Governor ...
Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank. Bombardier: until 1920, when it became equivalent to corporal, a rank in the Royal Artillery equivalent to a second corporal.
Following the separation of the regular garrison companies into the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1899, the Militia Artillery units were re-titled accordingly in 1902 (by example, The Antrim Royal Garrison Artillery (Militia), which would usually be rendered Antrim R.G.A (M)). The badge adopted was the same as that of the regular Royal Regiment ...
The alternatives to the rank of Private in the British Army and Royal Marines are as follows: Marine (Mne) in the Royal Marines; Air Trooper (ATpr) in the Army Air Corps; Gunner (Gnr) in the Royal Artillery and Royal Horse Artillery; Highlander (Hdr) in The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons); Ranger (Rgr) in the Royal Irish Regiment;
Bombardier (/ ˌ b ɒ m b ə ˈ d ɪər /) is a military rank that has existed since the 16th century in artillery regiments of various armies, such as in the British Army and the Prussian Army. Traditionally the bombardier tended the vents at the top of breeches, handled the final assembly of ammunition and placed the ammunition in the muzzles ...
A Service Company of five officers and one-hundred and seventy other ranks departed for South Africa on 24 March 1900. Together with a Duke of Edinburgh's Own Edinburgh Artillery Service Company, it formed the Durham & Edinburgh Division Royal Garrison Artillery. Six other ranks were wounded. One officer was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
The garrison branch was named the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) and included coast defence, position, heavy, siege and mountain artillery. The RGA retained the divisions until they were scrapped on 1 January 1902, at which point the Regular RGA companies were numbered in a single sequence and the militia and volunteer units were designated ...
The 14th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, was one of the first British Army units recruited for 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I.It served on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918, supporting different formations of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF).