List of Royal Artillery Batteries
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The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal_Artillery (RA), is an Arm of the British_Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments. Each regiment is made up of a number of Batteries.
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[edit] Current Regular Batteries of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
The following list includes the Battery name and its battle honour. It also includes its equipment or role, and current location.
- A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) - Equipped with AS-90 and based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
- B Battery - Equipped with AS-90 and based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
- E Battery - Equipped with AS-90 and based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
- L (Néry) Battery - Tactical Group Battery, based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
- O Battery (The Rocket Troop) - Headquarters Battery, based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
- C Battery - equipped with AS-90 and based at Caen Barracks in Hohne
- D Battery - equipped with AS-90 and based at Caen Barracks in Hohne
- J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery - equipped with AS-90 and based at Caen Barracks in Hohne
- M Battery - Headquarters Battery, based at Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany
- N Battery (The Eagle Troop) - Tactical Group Battery and based at Caen Barrack, Hohne, Germany
- 3/29 (Corunna) Battery
- 88 (Arracan) Battery
- 94 (New Zealand) Battery
- 97 Battery (Lawson's Company)
- P Battery (The Dragon Troop)
- Q (Sanna's Post) Battery
- K (Hondeghem) Battery
- 4/73 (Sphinx) Special OP Battery
- 53 (Louisburg) Battery
- F (Sphinx) Battery
- G Battery (Mercer's Troop)
- H Battery (Ramsay's Troop)
- I Battery (Bull's Troop)
- T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop)
- 9 (Plassey) Battery
- 12 (Minden) Battery
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery
- 1 Battery "The Blazers"
- 24 (Irish) Battery
- 34 (Seringapatam) Battery
- 11 (Sphinx) Battery
- 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery
- 20 Battery
- 30 Battery (Rogers's Company)
- 32 (Minden) Battery
- 5 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery
- 13 (Martinique 1809) Battery
- 28/143 (Tombs's Troop) Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery
- 127 (Dragon) Battery
- 16 Battery (Sandham's Company)
- 17 (Corunna) Battery
- 55 (The Residency) Battery
- 159 (Colenso) Battery
- 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery
- 8 (Alma) Commando Battery
- 23 (Gibralter) Commando Battery
- 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery
- 148 (Meiktila)Commando Battery
- 18 (Quebec 1759) Battery
- 22 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery
- 42 (Alem Hamza) Battery
- 46 (Talavera) Battery
- 57 (Bhurtpore) Battery
- 35_Battery - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks
- 56 (Olpherts) Battery - Headquarters battery, based in Albermarle Barracks
- 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks
- 132 Battery (The Bengal Rocket Troop) - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks
- 176 (Abu Klea) Battery - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks
- 6/36 (Arcot) Battery
- 38 (Seringapatam) Battery
- 49 (Inkerman) Battery
- 129 (Dragon) Battery
- 137 (Java) Battery
- 31 Battery
- 10 (Assaye) Battery
- 21 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery.
- 25/170 (Imjin) Battery
[edit] Current Territorial Batteries of the Royal Artillery
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Battery
- 266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery
- 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Battery.
- 203 Elswick Battery
- 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery
- 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery
- 269 (West Riding) Battery - Surveillance and Target Acquisition battery, based in Leeds
- 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery
- 209 (The Manchester and St Helens Artillery) Battery
- 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery
- 211 (South Wales) Battery
- 214 (Worcestershire) Battery
- 206 (Ulster) Battery - Currently converting from Air_defence to L118 Light Gun, as part of the Future Army Structure. They are split across Newtownards and Coleraine.
- 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery
- 212 (Highland) Battery
- 265 (Home Counties) Battery
- 210 (Staffordshire) Battery
- 457 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery
[edit] Batteries in Suspended Animation
to be investigated and added at a later date
[edit] Reference
http://www.army.mod.uk/royalartillery/index.htm http://www.firepower.org.uk/
