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Robert was a courtier of James IV of Scotland, and was bought expensive clothing for his role in 1494. He was First Usher of the Royal Chamber in 1495. [1] In 1496, he was paid an £80 salary as chief of the King's Artillery. Robert's family home was Balgonie Castle in Fife, which he had inherited from his mother's family.
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. From 1 March 2015, the regiment has been paired with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. [2] [3]
On 1 July 1889 the garrison artillery was reorganised again into three large territorial divisions of garrison artillery (Eastern, Southern and Western) and one of mountain artillery. The assignment of units to them seemed geographically arbitrary, with the Scottish units being grouped in the Southern Division, for example, but this related to ...
Memorial to Charles William Campbell, Dirleton Kirk, East Lothian Lieutenant-Colonel Charles William Campbell, 9th Earl of Breadalbane and Holland MC DL JP (11 June 1889 – 5 May 1959), known as Charles Campbell until 1923, was a Scottish peer and soldier.
On the outbreak of war the North Scottish RGA mobilised in Scottish Coast Defences under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel R.H. Adamson, TD. [3] [4] Shortly afterwards TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service and on 15 August 1914, the War Office (WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form these into reserve units.
The recruiting area for the unit was widened beyond its original four counties, and in April 1894 it was redesignated the South-East of Scotland Artillery to reflect this. [ 4 ] [ 17 ] From 1899 most units of the Militia artillery formally became part of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA), the unit formally taking the title of South-East of ...
Brigadier John Frederick Adye [2] (1900—1977), Royal Artillery, 4th Indian Infantry Division; General Sir John Miller Adye (1819—1900), Surveyor-General of the Ordnance; Brigadier Monowar Khan Afridi [2] (1900—1968), Indian Medical Service; Lieutenant-General Sir Andrew Agnew, 5th Baronet (1689—1771) Brigadier-General James Agnew (1719 ...
Soldiers of the 105th Regiment Royal Artillery at Edinburgh Castle Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo The Atholl Highlanders on parade in 2017. Since the passing of the Treaty of Union in 1707 which unified the Kingdom of Scotland with the Kingdom of England to the create the Kingdom of Great Britain, Scottish armed forces were merged with the English armed forces and remain part of the overall ...