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. Each regiment is made up of a number of Batteries.
Current Batteries of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
editThe following list includes the Battery name, its battle honour title and the year the Battery was formed. It also includes its equipment or role, and current location.[1]
Regular Batteries in Suspended Animation (By order of Seniority)
editUnits in Suspended Animation are not disbanded and remain on the Royal Regiment of Artillery's Order of Battle and maintain their order of precedence alongside Active Regular units. Their property, histories etc. are stored and they may be brought out of Suspended Animation at a later stage, unlike disbanded units which cease to exist and cannot be reanimated. The precedence of Regular batteries is by date of formation and was authorised by The Master Gunner in his decree of 1 November 1986.[28] Precedence is accorded to RHA Batteries (despite their younger age) by authority of Queens Regulations 1975 para 8.001.[29][30]
- 15 (HQ) Battery
- 16 Battery (Sandham's Company)[31]
- 17 (Corunna) Battery[32]
- 104 Battery
- 105 Battery
- 106 Battery
- 107 Battery
- 108 Battery
- 109 Battery
- 110 Battery
- 111 (Dragon) Battery
- 113 Battery
- 124 Battery
- 126 Battery
- 128 Battery
- 137 (Java) Battery[14]
- 145 (Maiwand) Battery
- 152 (Inkerman) Battery
- 156 (Inkerman) Battery
- 160 Battery (Middleton's Company)
- 171 (The Broken Wheel) Battery
- 2 Battery
- 224 Battery
- 25 Battery
- 26 Battery
- 27 (Strange's) Battery
- 33 Battery
- 35 Battery
- 37 Battery
- 38 (Seringapatam) Battery
- 39 Battery
- 40 Battery
- 41 Battery
- 42 (Alem Hamza) Battery
- 44 Battery
- 45 Battery
- 47 Battery
- 48 Battery
- 50 Battery
- 51 (Kabul 1842) Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery[33]
- 54 (Maharajapore) Battery
- 56 (Olpherts) Battery
- 59 (Sphinx) Battery
- 60 Battery
- 67 Battery
- 69 Battery
- 68 Battery
- 70 Battery
- 72 Battery
- 75 Battery
- 76 (Maude's Company) Battery
- 77 Battery
- 78 Battery
- 79 (Kirkee) Battery
- 80 Battery
- 81 Battery
- 82 Battery
- 87 Battery
- 89 Battery
- 90 Battery
- 91 Battery
- 92 Battery
- 95 Battery
- 96 Battery
- 98 Battery
- 99 Battery
- W Battery
- Z Battery
TA/Reserve Batteries in Suspended Animation (By order of Seniority)
editThe Order of Precedence of Volunteer Batteries is by Battery number – only those from 1967 are shown.[28][34]
- 200 (Sussex Yeomanry) Battery[35] – converted in October 1992 to 127 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Squadron in the Royal Engineers[36][37]
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Battery – placed in S/A in 2014
- 202 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery – converted in 2006 to No. 677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron, Army Air Corps[38]
- 209/213 (Manchester and St Helens) Battery – formed in 2001,[39][40] under Army 2020 was broken up to form new 209 (Manchester) Battery in Manchester and Headquarters Troop in St Helens[41]
- 215 (North Down) Battery – formed in 1986, disbanded in 1993[42]
- 218 (Lothian) Battery – formed in 1986, disbanded in 1993 and lineage went to new HQ Battery[43]
- 219 (City of Dundee) Battery – formed in 1987, disbanded in 1993[43]
TA/Reserve Troops
editSome former TA/Army Reserve batteries were reduced to troops (equivalent of a platoon).
Former Batteries
- 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Battery – amalgamated with 209 (Manchester and St Helens) Battery in 2001 to form 209/213 Bty,[39] reformed in 2014 under Army 2020 as Headquarters Troop[41][44]
- 218 (City of Edinburgh) Headquarters Battery – formed in 1986 as Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Battery, later 218 (City of Edinburgh) Headquarters Battery in 1993, reduced to Troop strength in 2006[43]
- 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Horse Artillery) Battery – formed in 1970, placed in S/A in 2014,[45] reformed in 2018 as C (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Troop under 210 (Staffordshire) Battery[46][47]
- Headquarters (Tynemouth Volunteer) Battery, 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, later '(Tynemouth Volunteer)' subtitle added in 1974, reduced to troop under Future Army Structure in 2004,[48] lineage also continued to Hexham Troop in 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery[49][50]
- Headquarters (King's) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, subtitle '(King's)' added in 1969 from Liverpool Rifles, reduced to HQ Troop under Future Army Structure in 2004, disbanded and subsequently reformed in 2014 under Army 2020, but lineage transferred to South Lancashire Artillery
- Headquarters Battery, 105th Regiment – S/A on 31 Mar 1993, reduced to HQ Troop
Troops on Formation
- D (Monmouthshire) Troop – formed in 1967, disbanded in 1992[51]
- E (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop – formed in 1967 in 211 (South Wales) Battery, later C (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop[52]
- F (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop – formed in 1967 in 211 (South Wales) Battery[52]
- Catterick Troop, 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery – formed following Army 2020 Refine at Marne Barracks, Catterick Garrison[53]
- Isle of Man Troop, 208 (3rd West Lancashire Artillery) Battery, formed in 2018[54]
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"Yesterday, the Secretary of State for Defence made an announcement regarding a refinement of Army structures (see link below). As part of wider work to modernise the Army’s ability to fight at the divisional level a number of units, including 32 Regt RA, are to be rationalised, with personnel in those units being redeployed to other regiments. Further information from Army Headquarters states that this will not happen to us until 2021. I regret that I was not able to tell you all in person before leave, but I will hold a briefing for the serving Regiment when we return to work.
Please rest assured that nothing will happen overnight: the Regiment will stay in Larkhill until then and our Mini-UAS operational output will remain the same. The readiness cycle will not begin to change until after 2019, so the plan for at least the next three years remains unchanged. The capability you provide to Defence remains highly valued, and I am sure you will continue to deliver it with the same professionalism and enthusiasm next year.
I am sure you will have lots of questions; I will speak to your sub-unit commanders over the weekend and brief you all in more detail in January. In the meantime, please continue to enjoy a well-earned break. 2016 was a busy year for the Regiment, with exercises and deployments around the world. 2017 and beyond promises to be just as rewarding with plenty of adventure and opportunity for you all."
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