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Before World War II, Royal Artillery recruits were required to be at least 5 feet 4 inches (1.63 m) tall. Men in mechanised units had to be at least 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall. They initially enlisted for six years with the colours and a further six years with the reserve or four years and eight years.
The cap badge of the Royal Artillery. This list of regiments of the Royal Artillery covers the period from 1938, when the RA adopted the term 'regiment' rather than 'brigade' for a lieutenant-colonel's command comprising two or more batteries, to 1947 when all RA regiments were renumbered in a single sequence. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Pages in category "Regiments of the Royal Artillery in World War II" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; 11th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery; 12th (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery; 13th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) 52nd (Manchester) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery; 58th (Sussex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
2nd Army Group Royal Artillery was a brigade-sized formation organised by Britain's Royal Artillery (RA) during World War II to command medium and heavy guns. It served in the final stages of the Tunisian Campaign and throughout the Italian Campaign .
List of Royal Artillery Divisions 1882–1902; F. List of field regiments of the Royal Artillery 1938–47; H. List of heavy anti-aircraft regiments of the Royal ...
The First World War had been the first artillery war, in which the British Royal Artillery (RA) advanced enormously in technological and tactical sophistication. Independent Heavy and Siege batteries of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) were grouped into Heavy Artillery Groups, later termed brigades, under the command of a lieutenant-colonel, at the disposal of Army Corps.
296th (Royal Devon Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 298th (Surrey Yeomanry, Queen Mary's) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery 299 (Royal Bucks Yeomanry and Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery