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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.
Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
It was reformed as 47 Guided Weapons Regiment Royal Artillery and equipped with the Corporal missile in 1957. [4] In 1965 it was renamed 47 Light Regiment Royal Artillery and equipped with the 105mm Pack Howitzer and then deployed to Aden in 1967. [4] It saw service in Northern Ireland during the Troubles in 1973 and 1975. [4]
12th Regiment Royal Artillery, at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island [19] (Close support air defence, equipped with Lightweight Multiple Launcher Starstreak and Self Propelled HVM Stormer). [20] 16th Regiment Royal Artillery, at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island [19] (Medium range air defence, equipped with Land Ceptor (Sky Sabre)). [21]
Following the departure of the Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment, the First Battalion Royal Anglian Regiment moved into the Barracks in 2014. [23] On 24 May 2013 Drummer Lee Rigby, of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, [24] was murdered by Islamists just outside the Barracks in a terrorist attack. Drummer Rigby was stationed at ...
The Royal Regiment of Artillery is an Arm of the British Army.The Regiment is made up of two distinct arms; the Royal Horse Artillery and the Royal Artillery. Somewhat confusingly both consist of a number of Regiments, which are comparable to Battalions in size.
Regiments of the Royal Artillery or Royal Horse Artillery of the Regular British Army and Territorial Army since 1938, when the term 'Regiment' replaced 'Brigade' as the standard unit designation; a Regiment comprises a number of Batteries.
The 4th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 4th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery , before being redesignated in 1961. It is currently based at Alanbrooke Barracks in Topcliffe and serves in the light close support role, equipped with 105mm L118 light guns supporting 7 Light ...