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 regiment is made up of a number of Batteries.
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
4th Regiment Royal Artillery
5th Regiment Royal Artillery
12th Regiment Royal Artillery
14th Regiment Royal Artillery
16th Regiment Royal Artillery
19th Regiment Royal Artillery
26th Regiment Royal Artillery
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery
39th Regiment Royal Artillery
40th Regiment Royal Artillery
47th Regiment 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:...
(RA), is an Arm of 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...
. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments. Each 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.- The King's TroopKing's Troop, Royal Horse ArtilleryThe King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army. It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to drive a team of six horses that pull each of the six First World War-era 13-pounder state saluting guns...
- A ceremonial unit
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role, and is equipped with the AS-90 self-propelled gun...
- A Battery (The Chestnut Troop)A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Royal Horse ArtilleryA Battery Royal Horse Artillery is the senior Battery in the Royal Regiment of Artillery and is part of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery...
- Equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Assaye Barracks in TidworthTidworthTidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east... - B BatteryB Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryB Battery, Royal Horse Artillery is a Close Support Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. It is currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth-Battery Structure and Equipment:...
- Equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Assaye Barracks in TidworthTidworthTidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east... - E BatteryE Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryE Battery Royal Horse Artillery are a Close Support Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery They are currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth-Current Role:...
- Equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Assaye Barracks in TidworthTidworthTidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east... - L (Néry) BatteryL (Néry) Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryL Battery Royal Horse Artillery are the Tactical Group Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. They are currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth.-Current Role:...
- Tactical Group Battery, based at Assaye Barracks in TidworthTidworthTidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east... - O Battery (The Rocket Troop)O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse ArtilleryO Battery Royal Horse Artillery are the Headquarters Battery of the British Army's 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery They are currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth.-Current role:Provide support to 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery...
- Headquarters Battery, based at Assaye Barracks in TidworthTidworthTidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east...
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. They are currently based in Caen Barracks, Hohne, Germany.-Current role:...
- C BatteryC Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryC Battery Royal Horse Artillery are a Close Support Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery currently based in Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany-Northern Ireland:...
- equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Caen Barracks in HohneHohneHohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn... - D BatteryD Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryD Battery Royal Horse Artillery are a Close Support Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery They are currently based in Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany-See also:*British Army*Royal Artillery*Royal Horse Artillery*List of Royal Artillery Batteries...
- equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Caen Barracks in HohneHohneHohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn... - J (Sidi Rezegh) BatteryJ (Sidi Rezegh) Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryJ Battery Royal Horse Artillery are a Close Support Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. They are currently based in Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany....
- equipped with AS-90AS-90The AS-90 is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993...
and based at Caen Barracks in HohneHohneHohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn... - M BatteryM Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryM Battery Royal Horse Artillery are the Headquarters Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery They are currently based in Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany-See also:*British Army*Royal Artillery*Royal Horse Artillery...
- Headquarters Battery, based at Caen Barracks in HohneHohneHohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... - N Battery (The Eagle Troop)N Battery (The Eagles Troop) Royal Horse ArtilleryN Battery Royal Horse Artillery are the Tactical Group Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery They are currently based in Caen Barracks in Hohne, Germany-Current Role:...
- Tactical Group Battery and based at Caen Barracks, HohneHohneHohne is a municipality in the state of Lower Saxony in Germany, east of the county town of Celle. It includes the three former parishes of Hohne, Helmerkamp and Spechtshorn...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It serves in the field artillery role with 16 Air Assault Brigade, and is equipped with the L118 Light Gun.- History :...
- F (Sphinx) Parachute Battery
- G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop)
- H Parachute HQ Battery (Ramsay's Troop)
- I Parachute Battery (Bull's Troop)
- V Parachute Battery (Beane's Troop)
4th Regiment Royal Artillery
4th Regiment Royal Artillery
The 4th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role, and is equipped with the AS-90 self-propelled gun....
- 3/29 (Corunna) Battery http://www.88bty.com/forum
- 88 (Arracan) Battery http://www.88bty.com/forum
- 94 (New Zealand) Battery http://www.88bty.com/forum
- 97 Battery (Lawson's Company) http://www.88bty.com/forum
5th Regiment Royal Artillery
5th Regiment Royal Artillery
5th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition role equipped with various weapon locating equipment using radars and acoustic sound ranging, it also provides Special Observation Post...
- 53 (Louisburg) Battery RA53 (Louisburg) Battery RA53 Battery is the second most senior Artillery Battery in the Royal Artillery behind the King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery...
- P Battery (The Dragon Troop) RA
- Q (Sanna's Post) Battery RAQ (Sanna's Post) HQ Battery RA-Introduction:Q /HQ Battery is the Headquarters Battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition role and is equipped with various weapon platform locating equipment using radars and acoustic sound ranging assets.The name...
- K (Hondeghem) Battery RA
- Z Battery RA
- 4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA4/73 (Sphinx) Special Observation Post Battery RA4/73 Battery is a battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition Patrols role.-Origins of 4/73 Bty RA:...
12th Regiment Royal Artillery
12th Regiment Royal Artillery
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...
- T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop)
- 9 (Plassey) Battery
- 12 (Minden) Battery
- 58 (Eyre's) Battery
14th Regiment Royal Artillery
14th Regiment Royal Artillery
14th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the training role.-Batteries:*1 Battery "The Blazers"*24 Battery *34 Battery-External links:*...
- 1 Battery "The Blazers"
- 24 (Irish) Battery
- 34 (Seringapatam) Battery
16th Regiment Royal Artillery
16th Regiment Royal Artillery
16th 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 Rapier missile....
- 11 (Sphinx) Battery
- 14 (Cole's Kop) Battery
- 20 Battery Royal Artillery20 Battery Royal Artillery20 Battery Royal Artillery is an air defence battery of the British Army. It is one of the five batteries that make up 16th Regiment Royal Artillery. Both the Battery and 16th Regiment use the Rapier Field Standard C air defence missile system, the last Regiment in the British Armed Forces to do so...
- 30 Battery (Rogers's Company)
- 32 (Minden) Battery
19th Regiment Royal Artillery
19th Regiment Royal Artillery
19th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Highland Gunners – is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured field artillery role. The regiment has Fire Support Teams mounted in Warrior Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicles...
- 5 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery
- 13 (Martinique 1809) Battery
- 28/143 (Tombs's Troop) Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery
- 127 (Dragon) Battery
26th Regiment Royal Artillery
26th Regiment Royal Artillery
26th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the armoured field artillery role, and is equipped with the AS-90 self-propelled gun.-Batteries:...
- 16 Battery (Sandham's Company)
- 17 (Corunna) Battery
- 55 (The Residency) Battery
- 159 (Colenso) Battery
- 19 (Gibraltar) Battery
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
29 Commando Regiment is the Commando-trained unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery. The regiment is under the operational control of 3 Commando Brigade providing artillery support and gunnery observation.- History :...
- 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery
- 8 (Alma) Commando Battery
- 23 (Gibraltar) Commando Battery
- 79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery
- 148 (Meiktila)Commando Battery
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery
32nd Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the surveillance and target acquisition role, and is equipped with the Hermes 450 and Watchkeeper unmanned aerial vehicles.-History:...
- 18 (Quebec 1759) Battery
- 22 (Gibraltar 1779-1783) Battery
- 42 (Alem Hamza) Battery
- 46 (Talavera) Battery
- 57 (Bhurtpore) Battery
39th Regiment Royal Artillery
39th Regiment Royal Artillery
39 Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "three nine", The Regiment is one of the Depth fire units of 1st Artillery Brigade, part of the British Army...
- 35 Battery35 Battery Royal Artillery35 Battery Royal Artillery is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "three five", The battery is one of the sub-units of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery "The Welsh Gunners", part of the British Army. It was formed in 1765.-Present day:...
- Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks - 56 (Olpherts) Battery56 (Olpherts) Battery Royal Artillery56 Battery Royal Artillery is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "five six". The battery is one of the sub-units of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the British Army...
- Headquarters battery, based in Albermarle Barracks - 74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company)74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) Royal Artillery74 Battery Royal Artillery is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "seven four", The battery is one of the sub-units of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the British Army. It was formed in 1801. Its based in Albermarle Barracks in Northumberland-Present day:The Battle Axe...
- Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks - 132 Battery (The Bengal Rocket Troop)132 Battery (The Bengal Rocket Troop) Royal Artillery132 Battery Royal Artillery are an MLRS Battery, that is part of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "one three two" or is known as "The Bengals", The battery is one of the sub-units of 39th Regiment Royal Artillery, part of the British Army. It was formed in 1816...
- Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks - 176 (Abu Klea) Battery176 (Abu Klea) Battery Royal Artillery176 Battery Royal Artillery is the junior currently-existent regular battery of the Royal Artillery. Its name is pronounced "One Seven Six", and the battery is commonly referred to as "The Abus", and its members as "Abus", after the battery's Honour Title. The battery is one of the sub-units of...
- Equipped with MLRS and based in Albermarle Barracks
40th Regiment Royal Artillery
40th Regiment Royal Artillery
40th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Lowland Gunners – is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently supports 19 Light Brigade in the field artillery role. It is structured into Fire Support Teams equipped with MSTAR, and the regiment's three gun batteries are equipped with...
- 6/36 (Arcot) Battery
- 38 (Seringapatam) Battery
- 49 (Inkerman) Battery
- 129 (Dragon) Battery
- 137 (Java) Battery
47th Regiment Royal Artillery
47th Regiment Royal Artillery
47th 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.It is currently located at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island in Hampshire...
- 31 Battery
- 10 (Assaye) Battery
- 21 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Battery.
- 25/170 (Imjin) Battery
Current Territorial Batteries of the Royal Artillery
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Battery
- 266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery
- 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Battery.
- 203 (Elswick) Battery
- 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery
- 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery)205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers)205 is part of the 101st Regiment Royal Artillery and is equipped with the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. They are based in South Shields, United Kingdom....
- 269 (West Riding) Battery - Surveillance and Target Acquisition battery, based in LeedsLeedsLeeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
- 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery
- 209 (The Manchester and St Helens Artillery) Battery
- 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery
- 211 (South Wales) Battery
- 214 (Worcestershire) Battery
- 206 (Ulster) Battery - Currently converting from Air defence to L118 Light Gun, as part of the Future Army Structure. They are split across NewtownardsNewtownardsNewtownards is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies at the most northern tip of Strangford Lough, 10 miles east of Belfast, on the Ards Peninsula. Newtownards is the largest town in the Borough of Ards. According to the 2001 Census, it has a population of 27,821 people in...
and ColeraineColeraineColeraine is a large town near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is northwest of Belfast and east of Derry, both of which are linked by major roads and railway connections...
. - 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery
- 212 (Highland) Battery
- 265 (Home Counties) Battery
- 210 (Staffordshire) Battery
- 457 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery
Batteries in Suspended Animation
More to be investigated and added at a later date- 1st Notts Battery RHA1st (Nottinghamshire) Battery Royal Horse ArtilleryThe 1st Nottinghamshire Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was a horse artillery unit of the British Army active during World War I....
- disbanded at end of World War I - 2/1st Notts Battery RHA - disbanded at end of World War I
- 42 (Alem Hamza) Battery RA - Placed into suspended animation as at 25 February 2011