105th (Scottish and Ulster) Regiment Royal Artillery

105th (Scottish and Ulster) Regiment, Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and has sub-units throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is currently equipped with the L118 Light Gun.

105th (Scottish and Ulster) Regiment, Royal Artillery
Active1986—Present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeField Artillery Regiment
Size4 batteries
466 personnel[1]
Part of1st Artillery Brigade
Regimental HeadquartersEdinburgh
Nickname(s)105 Regiment RA
The Scottish and Ulster Gunners
EquipmentL118 Light Gun.

History

The regiment was first formed as the 105 (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) on 1 April 1986 with its Regimental Headquarters at Artillery House, near Redford Barracks in Edinburgh. Its units were 207 (City of Glasgow) Air Defence Battery at Glasgow, 212 (Highland) Air Defence Battery at Arbroath and 218 (Lothian) Air Defence Battery at Livingston. It was equipped with a succession of missile systems, Blowpipe, Javelin and finally the Starstreak missile until 2005. In 1987 219 (City of Dundee) Air Defence Battery was formed at Dundee and joined the regiment.[2]

After the Options for Change defence review in 1993, 206 (Ulster) Battery transferred to the regiment from 102nd (Ulster) Air Defence Regiment. At that time 219 Battery disbanded and the regiment was renamed 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers). 218 Battery was disbanded in 2005 when the Regiment re roled to field artillery. 105 Regiment was then equipped with the L118 105mm Light Gun. From 1 March 2015, the regiment has been paired with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[2][3]

Under Army 2020, a new battery, 278 (Lowland) Battery Royal Artillery based in Livingston joined this regiment. The battery continued the traditions of the old 278th (Lowland) Regiment (The City of Edinburgh Artillery).[4]

Batteries

The batteries are as follows:[2][5][6]

References
  1. "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments". Archived from the original on March 15, 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. "Transforming the British Army - An Update July 2013" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). July 2013. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, page 5" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. "Army Reserve Units". Google My Maps. Retrieved 2020-07-11.
  6. "Army Reserve unit changes since 2015" (PDF). whatdotheyknow.com. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

Publications
  • Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. ISBN 0-9508205-2-0


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