105th Regiment Royal Artillery

105th Regiment Royal Artillery
Active	1986-Present
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Size	3 Batteries
Part of	1st Artillery Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Artillery House, Edinburgh
Equipment	L118 Light Gun.

105th Regiment Royal Artillery, sometimes known as The Scottish & Ulster Gunners, is part of the Army Reserve and has sub-units throughout Northern Ireland and Scotland. It is currently equipped with the L118 Light Gun.

History

The regiment was first formed as the 105 (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) on 1 April 1986 with its Regimental Headquarters at Artillery House, near Redford Barracks in Edinburgh.^[1] Its units were 207 (City of Glasgow) Air Defence Battery at Glasgow, 212 (Highland) Air Defence Battery at Arbroath and 218 (Lothian) Air Defence Battery at Livingston.^[1] It was equipped with the Starstreak missile. In 1987 219 (City of Dundee) Air Defence Battery was formed at Dundee and joined the regiment.^[1]

After the Options for Change defence review in 1993, 206 (Ulster) Battery transferred to the regiment from 102nd (Ulster) Air Defence Regiment.^[1] At that time 219 Battery disbanded and the regiment was renamed 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers). 218 Battery was disbanded in 2005 when the Regiment re roled to field artillery. 105 Regiment was then equipped with the L118 105mm Light Gun.^[1]

Under Army 2020, a new battery, 278 (Lowland) Battery Royal Artillery based in Livingston will join this regiment.^[2] From 1 March 2015, the regiment will be paired with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.^[3]

Batteries

The batteries are as follows:^[1]

Regimental Headquarters (Edinburgh)
206 (Ulster) Battery
- A Troop (Newtownards)
- B Troop (Coleraine)
207 (City of Glasgow) Battery
- C Troop (Partick, Glasgow)
- D Troop (Colinton, Edinburgh)
212 (Highland) Battery
- E Troop (Arbroath)
- F Troop (Kirkcaldy)
- G Troop (Lerwick)

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments". Archived from the original on March 15, 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
↑ "Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, page 5" (PDF). Retrieved 11 May 2014.
↑ "Transforming the British Army - An Update July 2013" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). July 2013. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.

Publications

Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. The Territorial Artillery 1908-1988, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. ISBN 0-9508205-2-0

External links

Royal Artillery

AS-90, GMLRS, Exactor	1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 19th Regiment Royal Artillery 26th Regiment Royal Artillery 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery

Light Artillery	3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 4th Regiment Royal Artillery 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery 105th Regiment Royal Artillery

Surveillance and Target Acquisition	5th Regiment Royal Artillery Honourable Artillery Company

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Air Defence Artillery	12th Regiment Royal Artillery 16th Regiment Royal Artillery 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery

Airborne Artillery	7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

Commando Artillery	29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery

Ceremonial	King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery

Training	14th Regiment Royal Artillery

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