12th Regiment Royal Artillery
Encyclopedia
12th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment
of the Royal Artillery
in the British Army
. It currently serves in the air defence role, and is equipped with the Starstreak HVM missile. In January 2008, the regiment moved to the Baker Baracks, Thorney Island
upon its return from Germany.
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
of the Royal Artillery
Royal Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery , is the artillery arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it comprises a number of regiments.-History:...
in the British Army
British Army
The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. It currently serves in the air defence role, and is equipped with the Starstreak HVM missile. In January 2008, the regiment moved to the Baker Baracks, Thorney Island
Thorney Island (West Sussex)
Thorney Island is an island that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep. The village of West Thorney lies on the east coast of the island and has been incorporated into the military base...
upon its return from Germany.
Batteries
- T/Headquarter Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop)
- 9 (Plassey) Battery
- 12 (Minden) Battery
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery