List of Royal Artillery batteries
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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.[26] Precedence is accorded to RHA Batteries (despite their younger age) by authority of Queens Regulations 1975 para 8.001.[27][28]
- M Battery
- R Battery
- S Battery
- U Battery
- V Parachute Battery
- W Battery
- X Battery
- Y Battery
- Z Battery
- AA Battery
- BB Battery
- CC Battery
- DD Battery
- 15 (HQ) Battery
- 16 Battery (Sandham's Company)[29]
- 17 (Corunna) Battery[30]
- 104 Battery
- 105 Battery
- 106 Battery
- 107 Battery
- 108 Battery
- 109 Battery
- 110 Battery
- 111 (Dragon) Battery
- 113 Battery
- 124 Battery
- 126 Battery
- 128 Battery
- 137 (Java) Battery[11]
- 145 (Maiwand) Battery
- 152 (Inkerman) Battery
- 156 (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
- 44 Battery
- 45 Battery
- 47 Battery
- 48 Battery
- 50 Battery
- 51 (Kabul 1842) Battery
- 52 (Niagara) Battery[31]
- 54 (Maharajpore) 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
TA/Reserve Batteries in Suspended Animation (By order of Seniority)
The Order of Precedence of Volunteer Batteries is by Battery number – only those from 1967 are shown.[26][32]
- 200 (Sussex Yeomanry) Battery[33] – converted in October 1992 to 127 (Sussex Yeomanry) Field Squadron in the Royal Engineers[34][35]
- 201 (Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Battery – placed in S/A in 2014
- 202 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Battery – converted in 2006 to No. 677 (Suffolk and Norfolk Yeomanry) Squadron, Army Air Corps[36]
- 209/213 (Manchester and St Helens) Battery – formed in 2001,[37][38] under Army 2020 was broken up to form new 209 (Manchester) Battery in Manchester and Headquarters Troop in St Helens[39]
- 215 (North Down) Battery – formed in 1986, disbanded in 1993[40]
- 218 (Lothian) Battery – formed in 1986, disbanded in 1993 and lineage went to new HQ Battery[41]
- 219 (City of Dundee) Battery – formed in 1987, disbanded in 1993[41]
TA/Reserve Troops
Some former TA/Army Reserve batteries were reduced to troops (equivalent of a platoon).
Former Batteries
- 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Battery – amalgamated with 209 (Manchester and St Helens) Battery in 2001 to form 209/213 Bty,[37] reformed in 2014 under Army 2020 as Headquarters Troop[39][42]
- 218 (City of Edinburgh) Headquarters Battery – formed in 1986 as Headquarters (City of Edinburgh) Battery, later 218 (City of Edinburgh) Headquarters Battery in 1993, reduced to Troop strength in 2006[41]
- 307 (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry, Royal Horse Artillery) Battery – formed in 1970, placed in S/A in 2014,[43] reformed in 2018 as C (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Troop under 210 (Staffordshire) Battery[44][45]
- Headquarters (Tynemouth Volunteer) Battery, 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, later '(Tynemouth Volunteer)' subtitle added in 1974, reduced to troop under Future Army Structure in 2004,[46] lineage also continued to Hexham Troop in 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery[47][48]
- Headquarters (King's) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, subtitle '(King's)' added in 1969 from Liverpool Rifles, reduced to HQ Troop under Future Army Structure in 2004, disbanded and subsequently reformed in 2014 under Army 2020, but lineage transferred to South Lancashire Artillery
- Headquarters Battery, 105th Regiment – S/A on 31 Mar 1993, reduced to HQ Troop
Troops on Formation
- D (Monmouthshire) Troop – formed in 1967, disbanded in 1992[49]
- E (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop – formed in 1967 in 211 (South Wales) Battery, later C (Glamorgan Yeomanry) Troop[50]
- F (Brecknockshire and Monmouthshire) Troop – formed in 1967 in 211 (South Wales) Battery[50]
- Catterick Troop, 205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery – formed following Army 2020 Refine at Marne Barracks, Catterick Garrison[51]
- Isle of Man Troop, 208 (3rd West Lancashire Artillery) Battery, formed in 2018[52]