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Irish member of the Royal Field Artillery (1904) The Royal Field Artillery (RFA) of the British Army provided close artillery support for the infantry. [1] It was created as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery on 1 July 1899, serving alongside the other two arms of the regiment, the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) and the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA).
The Victoria Cross The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration that may be bestowed upon members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces for acts of valour or gallantry performed in the face of the enemy. Within the British honours system and those of many Commonwealth nations it is the highest award a soldier can receive for actions in combat. It was established in 1856 and since ...
Saving the guns at Colenso, by Sidney Paget, depicts the event that resulted in the 2nd Division earning four Victoria Cross medals. The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour "in the face of the enemy" to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories.
Royal Field Artillery: 15 December 1899: Battle of Colenso, South Africa Charles Parker: Royal Horse Artillery: 31 March 1900: Korn Spruit, South Africa Francis Parsons: Essex Regiment: 18 February 1900* Battle of Paardeberg, South Africa Edmund Phipps-Hornby: Royal Horse Artillery: 31 March 1900: Korn Spruit, South Africa
Royal Observer Corps Medal — 1950: 1941–1995: Civil Defence Long Service Medal — Ambulance Service (Emergency Duties) Long Service and Good Conduct Medal — Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service Medal — Voluntary Service Medals Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal — 1961: 1961 – present: South African Medal for War Services — 1945: 1939 ...
After the Royal Field Artillery was amalgamated with the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery on 1 June 1924 to form a single Royal Regiment of Artillery its batteries were termed 'Field Batteries, RA'.
Battery Sergeant Major S. A. Long, C/114th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (Manor Park) Sergeant R. J. Wildman, 9th S. Battalion, Royal Lancaster Regiment (Lancaster) For distinguished services in connection with Military Operations with the British Forces in Egypt:
The cap badge of the Royal Artillery. This list of regiments of the Royal Artillery covers the period from 1938, when the RA adopted the term 'regiment' rather than 'brigade' for a lieutenant-colonel's command comprising two or more batteries, to 1947 when all RA regiments were renumbered in a single sequence. [1] [2] [3] [4]