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  United Kingdom: Royal Artillery Association
This is the ordinary camp flag of the Royal Artillery.
The 1st, 3rd and 7th (Parachute) Regiments, Royal Horse Artillery have a dark blue flag with the RHA badge in the centre.
The centre of the badge is blue for the 1st, red for the 3rd, and maroon for the 7th.
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  Royal Artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army.
On 1 July 1899, the Royal Artillery was divided into three groups: the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery comprised one group, while the coastal defence, mountain, siege and heavy batteries were split off into another group named the Royal Garrison Artillery.
In the Royal Artillery, it equips 16 Regiment, and a battery of 106 Regiment RA(V).
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 Army Group Royal Artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Army Group Royal Artillery was a British military formation type during World War II and shortly thereafter.
Each AGRA mainly consisted of medium artillery regiments, but heavy regiments and field regiments were also allocated to them.
They were flexible formations, being moved at need from corps to corps within an army.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Army_Group_Royal_Artillery   (104 words)

  
 Artillery Regiments Page
The unit was formed in March 1901 as the 10th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, consisting of D Bty in Umballa, India and E Bty in Kirkee, India, being renamed 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, in October 1906.
The unit was formed in March 1901 as the 9th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery consisting of F Bty in Sialkot, India and J Bty in Bangalore, India, being renamed 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in October 1906.
In 1939 G Battery left to serve in 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and DD Battery was formed to replace it as part of the re-organisation of the Royal Artillery after Dunkirk, in October 1941.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm   (17025 words)

  
 50 YEARS OF THE REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY - 1
It is to be noticed that the British shibboleth that Artillery is a technical arms and the coloured 'natives' are not quite capable of being good gunners was shattered (and artillery was never only the domain of the white man).
One spin-off of this was that when the Pakistan Artillery started expanding and more guns were made available, there was a shortage of gunner officers and officers from other arms had to be inducted in the Royal Pakistan Artillery (as it was called at the time of partition) to make up the deficiencies.
The artillery units were required to take part in Kashmir operations and for good part of the year in 1947, 48 and 49 remained on border duty.
www.defencejournal.com /july98/50years.htm   (2759 words)

  
 Army Aviation; the Army's air force
The Australian Army allocated Artillery Officers as pilots to the British Commonwealth Division in Korea from 1951 to 1953.
Flight training of Army personnel then ceased although an association with aircraft was maintained during the War of 1939-45 when RAA officers flew as observers with RAAF pilots and directed artillery fire, mostly from Auster Mk III light aircraft.
During 1946 the Brigadier Royal Artillery at Army Headquarters, Brig L G H Dyke, arranged for Capt K J Oram to be trained as an Air OP pilot in the UK.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/rar-sasr/army-aviation.htm   (5111 words)

  
 CSI Report #6 Larger Units: Theater Army--Army Group--Field Army
His armies were widely dispersed, and he established an organization with two groups, thus placing an additional level of command and control between the armies and the general headquarters.
The 15th Army Group was responsible for planning the operations allocated by AFHQ and for commanding the operations of Fifth and Eighth armies.
The 21st Army Group Commander was also ordered to be responsible for execution of the operation, "until such time as the Supreme Allied Commander allocates an area of responsibility to the Commanding General, First Army Group." The 21st Army Group would have overall ground command in the invasion.
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 COMMAND & CONTROL
This flexibility of artillery fire is a factor to be exploited in the plan made to deceive and surprise the enemy as to the area in which it is intended to attack.
In the former event, artillery provides the fire required by the formation or unit which it is detailed to support so long as it is not called upon by the higher commander for other tasks; in the latter, it is controlled entirely by the commander under whom it is placed.
A proportion of the supporting artillery may sometimes be placed directly under the commanders of the leading units, in order to enable them to deal quickly with opposition which the pre-arranged covering fire has failed to overcome; or with special targets, such as a building, against which their own weapons have proved ineffective.
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 Russian made war artillery and Big bertha artillery and Field artillery world war ii!
By the standards of the civil war artillery, Venice's stewardship of its mainland territories was relatively enlightened and the citizens of such towns as Bergamo, Brescia and Verona rallied to the 1872 artillery officer's sword of Artillery use in urban areas sovereignty when it was threatened by invaders.
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 Armed Forces - a6a3 - British Army - Artillery - Divisional Artillery Group (DAG)
This artillery usually consists of three Close Support Regiments, with a number of units detached from the Corps Artillery and could include TA reinforcements from the UK.
Artillery regiments are commanded by a Lieutenant Colonel and a battery is commanded by a Major.
Also taking part were the Danish artillery 'tac' groups who were required to fire UK artillery tasks in preparation for their future operational deployment with UK Forces.
www.armedforces.co.uk /army/listings/l0045.html   (984 words)

  
 Fire and Fury Games' Battlefront:WWII British Artillery
Under the new doctrine, each Corps had an AGRA (Army Group Royal Artillery) directly attached to it, which was a brigade-sized formation comprised entirely of artillery and designed to provide swift and devastating fire support to all Allied units within its range.
The new artillery doctrine was employed by Slim's 14th Army in Burma late in 1943.
Artillery use should be tailored so that it doesn't overwhelm the scenario.
www.fireandfury.com /artillerytutorial/artybrits.shtml   (4150 words)

  
 eBay Australia – Want It Now Post – 1 AGRA Army Group Royal Artillery cloth patches – 120261930184
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WW2 British Army Royal Artillery Brass Sleeve Badge.
WW2 British Army Royal Artillery Brass Hat Badge.
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 31st FIELD REGIMENT, ROYAL CANADIAN ARTILLERY   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As a unit of the divisional artillery of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division it landed in Normandy on 7th July, 1944, and saw its first action at Carpiquet five days later.
The Regiment was disbanded on 30th June, 1936, to be reorganized the next day as Royal Canadian Artillery units, one of them being the 63rd Field Battery, allotted to the 11th Field Brigade.
The 19th Army Field Regiment was disbanded on 16th November, 1945.
www.prole.demon.co.uk /middlesex/31fa.html   (823 words)

  
 epsomgame
Royal Navy-The British player may call on a Naval squadron for Fire Support at any time during the game for which purpose he gets 4 RN FOs which must attach as usual.
Each firing unit of the AGRA rolled one d6 to determine which part of the AGRA template it hit This spreads the fire over an area but not evenly, allows serious concentrations sometimes but can be frustrating.
Other Artillery- All other British artillery is restricted to 12 missions, or about 50% of the available turns in a day.
spearhead1944.com /scenarios/epsomgame.htm   (609 words)

  
 Listing of WWII British Units
The Tommy and his allies (3/4 of the army were non British) fighting on foot, through the dark stinking jungle, over the pleasant hills and across the vast dry belt, were the ones upon whose backs, victory was carried.
Royal Ulster Rifles (USA)--A Company, First Battalion The Royal Ulster Rifles is a reenactment unit portraying members of the British 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division during the period from D-Day to the end of World War II.
The 15th (Scottish) Division--The 15th Division reenactment group is dedicated to preserving the memory of one of the boldest fighting divisions to serve in the British Army in time of war.
www.reenactor.net /ww2/allied/units_brit.html   (2493 words)

  
 260 Signal Squadron (SAM) 7 Artillery Brigade HQ & Signal Squadron 217
It marks the disbandment of the 7th Artillery Brigade and the end of 60 years of Anti - Aircraft or Air Defence Brigade-level formation headquarters in the regular army; it marks also the last ceremonial appearance of the Bofors 40/70 gun and the BAC Thunderbird missile.
As result of the disbandment of AA Command in the Autumn of 1954 and spring of 1955, a regular Anti-Aircraft Group, Royal Artillery was formed.
The Brigade signal squadron began life as 7 AGRA Signal Squadron, was redesignated in 1959 as 217 Signal Squadron (AGRA(AA)) and became 7 Artillery Brigade HQ and Signal Squadron in 1961.
www.260sigsqnsam.abelgratis.co.uk /7arty.htm   (1416 words)

  
 MLU FORUM - Unit no. 182   (Site not responding. Last check: )
That being the case and the operation in question being conducted by 1st Corps in the Western Netherlands, I'd have to say that the vehicles are either from 1st Med Regt, RCA (1st Cdn AGRA) or from 1st Medium Regiment Platoon, RCASC.
To the best of my knowledge, 2nd Cdn AGRA used the Unit Serial Block (173-180) normally allotted to the first Army Group Royal Artillery and when 1st Cdn AGRA arrived in NWE (approx Mar 45) they were alotted the second Unit Serial Block (181-187).
The reason I say this, is that, when the 1st Cdn AGRA left the UK in 1943 for Italy, the the Unit Serials for the 2nd Cdn AGRA were changed to the 173-180 block due to the fact that they were now the first AGRA in First Canadian Army.
www.mapleleafup.org /forums/showthread.php?s=f36cff9701d0e2d2a15d72207a84e000&threadid=650   (501 words)

  
 Hobby
Medium Batteries, Royal Artillery count as Field Batteries, Royal Artillery for the purposes of the British special rules on pages 174 and 175 of the rulebook.
The AGRAs (Army Group, Royal Artillery) were brigade-sized artillery formations assigned to the different Corps in the British sector of Normandy.
The 4th AGRA supported the units of I Corps, the II (Canadian) Corps has the services of the 2nd (Canadian) AGRA, the 3rd AGRA supported the troops of the XIII Corps, 5th AGRA supported the XXX Corps, and the 8th AGRA was attached to the VIII Corps.
www.flamesofwar.com /hobby.aspx?art_id=601   (400 words)

  
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He was a foundation scholar at Wellington College in 1908, at RMA Sandhurst in 1913 and commissioned into the Royal Artillary the 16th September 1914.
In 1943 John Maxwell was Brigadier of 10 AGRA (Army Group Royal Artillery) and in 1944 they were attached to the American 5th Army Group during the advance up through Italy.
He witnessed the whole reorganisation and training of the Egyptain Army and was with them at the battle of Omdurman when they finally retook the Sudan.
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The forward divisions of the Tenth Italian Army crossed the frontier of Egypt on 13 September 1940, under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, Marshal Rodolfo Graziani.
The Support Group was stationed on the escarpment, to cut off the Rabia and Sofafi garrisons; 4 Armoured Brigade headed north to cut off the Sidi Barrani-Sollum road; and 7 Armoured Brigade waited in reserve.
He was Commandant of the Army Cadet Force, Scotland from 1948 to 1959, Colonel of the Cameronians, 1951-1954, and Justice of the Peace and Lord Lieutenant for Ross and Cromarty, 1952 and 1955 1964 respectively.
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 The Royal Artillery - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Please contact the Royal Artillery Webmaster (e-mail / Tel -01980 845627) if you know of a site that could be included.
Jane's Information Group is the ultimate source for information in the world on the subjects of defence, geopolitics, transport and police.
Soldier Magazine - The Magazine of the British army published for The UK Armed Forces by the Ministry of Defence and read by soldiers of all ranks for army news, information and sports.
www.army.mod.uk /royalartillery/news   (249 words)

  
 The Royal Artillery - Did You Know   (Site not responding. Last check: )
When on parade with its guns, the Royal Horse Artillery takes precedence over every other regiment and corps in the British Army (and parades at the right of the line).
In 1871 the Royal Regiment formed two batteries of garrison artillery which became the Royal Canadian Artillery.
This site contains links to third party Websites where relevant, but the Army accepts no responsibility for the content on any site to which a hypertext link exists and
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 Others
The Commanding Officer and all the pilots were Royal Artillery officers.
Motor Ambulance Convoys were driven and maintained by the RASC but were operated under the control of the Royal Army Medical Corps.
Army troops were those not forming part of a corps or division.
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 Bargains - Corgi Collectables (incl Lledo diecast) "World War 2" Collection 1:50 Scale
The Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) was a late war innovation intended to group artillery regiments under the overall control of army commanders.
Montgomery, commanding the British 21st Army Group, persuaded Eisenhower in early September that, such was the disorganization of the Germans in the west following their precipitated retreat from Normandy, he could ‘bounce’ their defense of the Low Countries and avoid the preparation of a long conventional offensive.
Following a co-ordinated offensive, in which the British 21st Army Group attacked in the east to draw in the German armoured reserves, the 12th US Army Group succeeded in breaking through the German line in the west on the 31st July.
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 History of BAOR
When sufficient American forces had landed, their own 12th Army Group was activated, under General Omar Bradley and 21st Army Group was left with British Second Army and First Canadian Army.
After the successful Normandy landings, the units of 21st Army Group crossed the river Rhine near the Germany city of Wesel on 23 March 1945.
The ceased to by an occupation force and became responsible for the northern front from Hamburg to Kassel in the event of a Soviet invasion.
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 Royal Horse Artillery [UK]
VCs in the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, by Iain Stewart.
Officers and Other Ranks of the Royal Horse Artillery 1840-1920, by Fred Larimore.
Firepower: Museum of the Royal Artillery, Woolwich (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RHA.htm   (229 words)

  
 Royal Army Ordnance Corps [UK]
Royal Logistic Corps Museum, Camberley (Army Museums Ogilby Trust)
Phelps, L. A history of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1945-1982.
Royal Army Ordnance Corps: record of services, Tilbury Fort Detachment and Northfleet Magazine Detachment, 1914-1919.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/corps/RAOC.htm   (604 words)

  
 Corgi 1:50 M4A4 Sherman V Observation Post Tank 147th Essex Yeomanry (CC51015) | Antics Online
The Army Group Royal Artillery (AGRA) was a late war innovation intended to group artillery regiments under the overall control of army commanders.
Typically an AGRA would comprise one field artillery regiment, four medium regiments and one heavy regiment.
Outwardly conventional, it was fitted with a wooden gun barrel leaving the turret clear for map boards and other fixtures.
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