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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Royal Regiment of Artillery
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army It is made up of a number of regiments.
MaCleod, R.A. It is with deepest regret The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of R.A. MaCleod on 07 February 2007 in P.E.I. McCormick, Arthur Vincent - It is with deepest regret that The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of Authur McCormick on 30 July 2007at the age of 85.
Stokes, Hedley - It is with deepest regret that The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of Hedley Stokes on 16 September 2006 at the age of 82 in Ottawa, ON.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Royal_Regiment_of_Artillery   (3566 words)

  
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Darling, Walter - It is with deepest regret that The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of Walter Darling on 01 August 2007 at the age of 87 in Ottawa, ON.
Dearman, Paul MWO (Ret’d) - It is with deepest regret that The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of Paul Dearman on 03 December 2006 at the age of 61 in Germany.
MacDonald, Joseph Archibald Raymond Perley - It is with deepest regret the Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery announces the passing of JARP MacDonald on 29 September 2007 at the age of 78 in Miramichi, NB.
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 HotBot Web Search for artillery
A battery of field artillery is worth a...
It was a common artillery piece among the allies.
Artillery types can be categorised in several ways, for example by type or size of weapon or ordnance, by role or by organisational arrangements.
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 The Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1914-1918
The war of 1914-18 was an artillery war: artillery was the battle-winner, artillery was what caused the greatest loss of life, the most dreadful wounds, and the deepest fear
The British artillery had three sections, all parts of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and each playing a distinct role.
The most numerous arm of the artillery, the RFA was responsible for the medium calibre guns and howitzers deployed close to the front line and reasonably mobile.
www.1914-1918.net /cra.htm   (194 words)

  
 HCRA - Special Page: Early History of the Royal Artillery
The present noon gun is a reproduction 12 pounder, smooth-bore muzzle loading gun used during the reign of King George III (1760-1820).
At that time “trains” of artillery were raised in time of conflict and disbanded when no longer required.
In 1722 these and subsequent companies were amalgamated to form the Royal Regiment of Artillery, with headquarters at Woolwich.
www.regimental.com /inside.asp?cmPageID=119   (210 words)

  
  The 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a Territorial Army unit from Lincolnshire.
This was particularly appropriate for the 60th Field Regiment as they had the remarkable distinction of fighting all major foes in World War II.
The regiment went to France in 1940, only to be evacuated from Dunkirk a few months later.
www.lincs-artillery.co.uk   (297 words)

  
  Royal Artillery at AllExperts
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is, despite its name, a corps of the British Army.
The regiment was under the control of the Board of Ordnance until the Board was abolished in 1855.
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.
en.allexperts.com /e/r/ro/royal_artillery.htm   (1696 words)

  
 Artillery Regiments Page
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.
In January 1943, the regiment move to the Middle East and by July 1943 was under 8th Army Command for the invasion of Sicily as part of 6th AGRA (Army Group Royal Artillery), XIII Corps.
Regiment (TA), consisting of 209th and 210th (East Lancashire) Batteries served with the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) in France in 1940, in the 42nd (East Lancashire) Division, along side the 51st Field Regiment, and was evacuated at Dunkirk.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm   (16629 words)

  
 Royal Canadian Artillery
In 1832, King William IV of England granted the Royal Regiment of Artillery the right to wear on their appointments the royal arms and supporters over a cannon with the motto, "Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt" (Everywhere Whither Right and Glory Lead).
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery units are distinguished by the presence of the Royal Cypher on their regimental flags.
The regular component of the Regiment was formed on 20 October 1871 when two batteries of garrison artillery, A and B Batteries, were authorized and located at Kingston and Quebec respectively.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ca^rca.html   (949 words)

  
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ON one more steaming day in Baghdad, word filtered out to the artillery regiment that some of the younger guys were not going to get to fly home for their promised rest-and-relaxation break.
Artillery in the 1800's fought side by side with infantry units because the range of the big guns limited them to visible targets.
The Regiment, which in 1939 was still coming to terms with mechanisation and its relatively new branches of Anti-tank and Anti-aircraft, found itself, over the next six years, taking on even more roles.
www.lycos.com /info/artillery--artillery-regiment.html   (427 words)

  
 Memorial sites > The Queen Mother > Background > Military ceremonial > The King's Troop
The Royal Horse Artillery, part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, was first formed in 1793.
Royal Salutes were originally fired on Horse Guards Parade, then between 1881 and 1919 in St James's Park.
It still forms part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, of which The Queen is Captain-General, though it is under the command of the Major General commanding The Army's London District.
www.royal.gov.uk /output/page1028.asp   (339 words)

  
 Royal Artillery History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In 1793, the Royal Horse Artillery was formed to provide greater mobility in the field, and soon became associated with the role of supporting cavalry.
The Royal Regiment of Artillery has operated in its existence everything from light cannon, to huge siege pieces, through to the end of the Cold War and Nuclear Weapons, and now onto the realm of smart munitions and the MLRS.
A royal warrant established the Royal Garrison Artillery as a separate Corps from Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, and decided that it was to man the Coast Defence Units, the Mountain Batteries, and the Heavy and Siege batteries.
www.wohnungs-suche.com /Raa/info/History2.htm   (2088 words)

  
 Artillery; The Nine Mile Snipers
The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery was granted the Battle Honour, by His Majesty King George VI, in January 1950 (it is not a Battle Honour for the engineers).
The Royal Regiment of Australian Artillery was granted the two mottos of The Royal Regiment of Artillery in 1950 by His Majesty King George VI: "UBIQUE" (Everywhere) and "QUO FAS ET GLORIA DUCUNT" (Where Right and Glory Lead).
The history of the Royal Regiment of Artillery is the history of the British Army.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-army-today/arty.htm   (1763 words)

  
 26 FD Artillery Page
The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery, of which 26th Field Regiment is part, is allied with the Royal Regiment of Artillery, and by virtue of this alliance the RCA has assumed in place of Battle Honors the motto ubique, which means “everywhere”, and quo fas et gloria ducunt, which means “whither right and glory lead”.
Having served during the Crimean War, the Royal Artillery was permitted the unique distinction of using its guns as its colours.
Artillery units also have their own communications systems and the sildiers who work them are trained as artillery communicators.
www.army.forces.gc.ca /26Field_Artillery/26fd_default.htm   (512 words)

  
 The Royal Artillery - ARRSEpedia
3rd Regiment, The Royal Horse Artillery 'The Liverpool and Manchester Gunners' - 3 RHA - Caen Barracks, Hohne.
12th Regiment, Royal Artillery 'The Lancashire and Cumbrian Gunners' - 12 Regt RA - equipped with HVM - Dempsey Barracks, Sennelager.
47th Regiment, Royal Artillery 'The Hampshire and Sussex Gunners' - 47 Regt RA - equipped with HVM - Baker Barracks, Thorney Island.
www.arrse.co.uk /wiki/Royal_Artillery   (862 words)

  
 Royal Regiment of Artillery [UK]
History of the Royal Artillery, by Keith Holderness.
Royal Artillery in Australia, by B and M Chapman.
Field Artillery Regiments of the Royal Artillery in World War Two, by Nigel Evans.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RA.htm   (1312 words)

  
 Gunner, Royal Regiment of Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Regiment had no flag and its guns were the colors, and as such were entitled to all parade honors.
With the Royal Artillery were 70 men of the Royal Irish Artillery.
The Royal Irish Artillery was absorbed by the Royal Artillery in 1801.
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 Royal Artillery
Although not Royal Signals, this is included in the history of 42 Signal Squadron as the Royal Artillery was the original occupant of the Norman Road Drill Hall.
Searchlight Regiment was officially formed in August 1938 with headquarters and two Batteries at Failsworth, Manchester and one Battery at Rusholme.
The only mementoes of the Royal Artillery are the mosaic of the cap badge in the floor of the main entrance and the cap badge design beaten into the copper fire-place in the Officers’ Mess.
www.kellybadge.co.uk /42SqnHistory/royalartillery.htm   (612 words)

  
 Heugh Gun Battery The Durham Royal Garrison Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As artillery was expense in terms of materiel and training, it was kept as a small and specialised discipline of no fixed strength or location.
A permanent force of artillery was deemed a better solution, and so on the 26th May 1716 two companies of artillery were created on the authorisation of King George I and were formed at Woolwich.
A royal warrant established the Royal Garrison Artillery as a Corps distinct from Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery.
www.heughbattery.org.uk /war/rga/rga.htm   (1046 words)

  
 The Battle of La Coruna in The Peninsular war
The British Hussar regiments wore the traditional Hungarian Hussar uniform of shabrach, dolman and fur busby.
The French artillery dressed in uniforms similar to the infantry, the horse artillery in hussar uniform.
Short of ammunition, the two regiments returned to the assault led by Moore and the French were driven out again at the point of the bayonet.
www.britishbattles.com /peninsula/peninsula-coruna.htm   (1897 words)

  
 26th Regiment Royal Artillery History   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It was not until 1947 that 26th Regiment was formed from 4th Field Artillery Brigade, re-uniting batteries which had served together in various forms and under various titles for many years.
26th Regiment RA is in fact unique in the Gunners for being the only Regiment to have kept its 3 original gun batteries (17, 16 and 159).
The Regiment is one of five self propelled gun regiments in the British Army and are currently based in Gutersloh, Germany, and equipped with the AS90 Self Propelled Gun.
www.26thregra-asc.com /26thH.htm   (221 words)

  
 Royal Regiment of Artillery Volunteer Regiments
In 1967 all existing territorial regiments of artillery were disbanded.
The Essex Yeomanry (Royal Horse Artillery) Royal Artillery (Territorials)
The Flintshire and Denbighshire Yeomanry Royal Artillery (Territorials)
www.win.tue.nl /~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RA/index.html   (3486 words)

  
 ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY
The following Victoria Crosses are held by the Royal Artillery Museum
VCs held by 'L' (Néry) Bty, Royal Horse Artillery
Royal Artillery - HQ RLC Officers' Mess, Camberley
www.victoriacross.org.uk /ccrrart.htm   (83 words)

  
 Palace Barracks Memorial Garden - Northern Ireland, Falklands Islands, Felix Memorial Garden.
The complex and unique history of the Prison Service must be set in the context of the civil unrest in Northern Ireland over the past 30 years.
The Mercian Regiment The Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters
The Royal Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Regiment / SAS
www.palacebarracksmemorialgarden.org /Intro.htm   (371 words)

  
 Royal Artillery 1939-45
During the Second World War the Royal Regiment of Artillery expanded not only in size but in scope also.
The Regiment, which in 1939 was still coming to terms with mechanisation and its relatively new branches of Anti-tank and Anti-aircraft, found itself, over the next six years, taking on even more roles.
By the end of the war there were nearly 700,000 serving in the Regiment - about two-fifths of the British Army and about equal with the whole of the Royal Navy.
www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /index.html   (239 words)

  
 22nd Regiment Royal Artillery Old Comrades Association
If you have served with the Regiment and would like to join the OCA and contact old friends drop us a line or fill in the application form on this site.
I'm organising a Reunion in October 5 -7 for all Royal Artillery units who served in Gütersloh, I would most appreciate if you could post this information on your website as there may well be some interested people.
A parade to mark the Regiment's passing into suspended animation was held on Monday 15th December 2003 at Rapier Barracks, Kirton in Lindsay...
www.22oca.org.uk   (417 words)

  
 AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A.F. Becke und The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau 26 August 1914
AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A.F. Becke und The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau 26 August 1914
The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau 26 August 1914
Published by ROYAL ARTILLERY INSTITUTION PRINTING HOUSE in 1919, 87 pages, 1st edition, hardback (no D/J), medium size, internally good with slight page edge foxing, red cloth spine and slightly edge faded printed white paper cover, appendix(es) Five maps and four sketches in pocket at back, patchily foxed wher folded.
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 AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A. F. Becke und The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau
AbeBooks: Suchergebnisse - A. Becke und The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau
The Royal Regiment Of Artillery At Le Cateau
In addition, he interviewed every available artillery officer who was present, and as a respected military historian and gunner officer his analysis and thoroughness are beyond question.
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