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 Royal Artillery regiment is made up of a number of Batteries.
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.[1]
- The King's Troop - A ceremonial unit
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- 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
- H Battery (Ramsay's Troop) - previously under 7 RHA, to go to 1 RHA under Army 2020, converting to GMLRS.[2]
- O Battery (The Rocket Troop) - Headquarters Battery, based at Assaye Barracks in Tidworth
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- C Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- D Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery Hohne - slated to loose its guns, to be Tactical Group Battery [3]
- M Battery - Headquarters Battery, based at Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany
- N Battery (The Eagle Troop) - Tactical Group Battery and based at Caen Barracks, Hohne, Germany
- 6/36 (Arcot) Battery - TAC Battery
- 3/29 (Corunna) Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 88 (Arracan) Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 94 (New Zealand) Battery - Headquarters Battery
- 97 Battery (Lawson's Company) - TAC Battery[4]
- 129 (Dragon) Battery TAC Battery
- 53 (Louisburg) Battery RA - Very High Readiness STA Battery
- 93 (Le Cateau) Battery RA - STA Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- P Battery (The Dragon Troop) RA- STA Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- Q (Sanna's Post) Battery RA - Headquarters Battery
- K (Hondeghem) Battery RA- STA Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop)- Equipped with L118 light gun
- I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop) - Headquarters Battery
- 25/170 (Imjin) Battery - to be HQ Battery of 12 RA in place of T battery
- T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) - Headquarters Battery, to re-role as Stormer SP HVM battery
- 9 (Plassey) Battery - Stormer SP HVM Battery
- 12 (Minden) Battery - To re-role as Very High Readiness LML HVM Battery
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery- Stormer SP HVM Battery
- 1 Battery "The Blazers"
- 24 (Irish) Battery
- 34 (Seringapatam) Battery
- 11 (Sphinx) Battery - Rapier Battery
- 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery - Rapier Battery
- 20 Battery Royal Artillery - Headquarters Battery
- 30 Battery (Rogers's Company) - Rapier Battery
- 32 (Minden) Battery - Rapier Battery
- 5 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Battery - Re-roles from Light Gun to AS-90 Battery
- 13 (Martinique 1809) Battery - Headquarters Battery
- 28/143 (Tombs's Troop) Battery - AS-90 Battery
- 127 (Dragon) Battery - AS-90 Battery
- 38 Battery - Tac Group
- 176 (Abu Klea) Battery - Equipped with MLRS
- 16 Battery (Sandham's Company) - AS-90 Battery
- 17 (Corunna) Battery - AS-90 Battery
- 55 (The Residency) Battery - HQ Battery
- 132 Battery (The Bengal Rocket Troop) - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks [5]
- 159 (Colenso) Battery - re-roles from light gun to AS-90 Battery
- 19 (Gibraltar) Battery - Tac Gp Battery
29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
- 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery - slated to lose its guns, become a TAC Gp[6]
- 8 (Alma) Commando Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 23 (Gibraltar) Commando Battery - Headquarters Battery
- 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 148 (Meiktila) Commando Battery - Fire Support/TAC Battery
- 18 (Quebec 1759) Battery - UAS Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- 22 (Gibraltar 1779–83) Battery - UAS Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- 46 (Talavera) Battery - HQ Battery
- 57 (Bhurtpore) Battery - UAS Battery for Reaction Force Brigade
- 31 Battery - HQ Battery
- 10 (Assaye) Battery - UAS Battery for Adaptable Force Brigade
- 21 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery - Very High Readiness UAS Battery
- 43 (Lloyd's Company) Battery - coming out of Suspended Animation, UAS Battery for Adaptable Force Brigade
- 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) - Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks, now a UAS Support Battery[7]
Other Batteries
- 42 (Alem Hamza) Battery - to be a support Battery for both 12 and 16 RA
- 49 (Inkerman) Battery - previously under 40 RA, armed with Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP) to support 12 and 16 RA[8][9]
Current Territorial Batteries of the Royal Artillery
Barreries include:[10]
- 266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery - resubordinates to 104 RA, re-roling to UAS
- 203 (Elswick) Battery - GMLRS Battery
- 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery - re-roling to GMLRS Battery
- 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery - GMLRS Battery
- 269 (West Riding) Battery - GMLRS battery, based in Leeds - re-roling to GMLRS Battery
- 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery] - equipped with L118 light gun
- 209 (The Manchester and St Helens Artillery) Battery - equipped with L118 light gun
- 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery] - equipped with L118 light gun
- 211 (South Wales) Battery - UAS Battery
- 214 (Worcestershire) Battery - UAS Battery
- 217 (City of Newport) Battery - UAS 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 - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 212 (Highland) Battery - Equipped with L118 light gun
- 278 (Lowland or City of Edinburgh) Battery Royal Artillery - new battery, equipped with L118 light gun
- 265 (Home Counties) Battery - converting to HVM LML
- 295 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery Royal Artillery- new battery, equipped with Stormer HVM SP
- 210 (Staffordshire) Battery] - re-subordinates to 103 RA, equipped with L118 light gun
- 457 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery - Renamed 457 (Hampshire Carabiniers Yeomanry) Battery and converting to Stormer HVM SP
Regiments and Batteries in suspended animation
- 39th Regiment Royal Artillery
- 35 Battery
- 51 (Kabul 1842) Battery
- 56 (Olpherts) Battery
- 40th Regiment Royal Artillery - placed in suspended animation. The batteries below moved to: [11]
- 6/36 (Arcot) Battery - subordinated to 4 RA
- 38 (Seringapatam) Battery - subordinated to 19th RA
- 129 (Dragon) Battery - subordinated to 4 RA
- 137 (Java) Battery - subordinated to 26th RA
- 7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
- V Parachute Battery (Beane's Troop)
- 137 (Java) Battery[5]
- Z Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery
- 201st (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Parachute Battery, Royal Artillery
- 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Battery
References
- ↑ Gunner's Magazine, December 2012
- ↑ http://www.bfbs.com/news/changes-begin-bite-7-para-rha-64247.html
- ↑ "Facebook". facebook.com.
- ↑ "BBC One - Look North (North East and Cumbria), 29/11/2013". BBC.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Artillery Regiment Says Farewell to 137 (Java) Battery". Forces TV.
- ↑ "Notice Board". commandogunner.co.uk.
- ↑ https://www.army.mod.uk/news/26113.aspx
- ↑ "Home Page". 49btyoca.com.
- ↑ http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/archive/joint-warriors-at-raf-boulmer-16102014
- ↑ http://www.serfca.org/Portals/0/Images/f/SUMMARY%20OF%20A2020%20RESERVE%20STRUCTURE%20AND%20BASING%20CHANGES.pdf
- ↑ http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/08_Gnr_Aug_11_email.pdf
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