List of Royal Artillery batteries
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
The 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)
Units 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]
- 107 Battery
- 104 Battery
- 105 Battery
- 106 Battery
- 108 Battery
- 109 Battery
- 110 Battery
- 111 (Dragon) Battery
- 113 Battery
- 124 Battery
- 126 Battery
- 128 Battery
- 137 (Java) Battery[15]
- 145 (Maiwand) Battery
- 156 (Inkerman) Battery
- 152 (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
Reserve Batteries in Suspended Animation (By order of Seniority)
The Order of Precedence of Volunteer Batteries is by Battery number.[28][34]
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Battery - S/A before April 2014
- 209 (Manchester & St Helens) Battery - S/A before September 2015
- 213 (South Lanarkshire Artillery) HQ Battery - S/A on 31 Mar 2002
- 215 (North Down) Battery - S/A on 1 April 1993
- 218 (City of Edinburgh) HQ Battery - S/A on 1 Mar 2007
- 219 (City of Dundee) Battery - S/A on 1 Apr 1993
- HQ Battery, 100th (Yeomanry) Regiment - S/A on 30 Jun 1999
- HQ Battery, 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment - S/A on 1 Mar 2007
- HQ Battery, 102nd (Ulster & Scottish) Regiment - S/A on 31 Mar 1993
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- Announcement from CO 32 Regiment RA:
"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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