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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]
The 105th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, (105th LAA Rgt) was an air defence unit of the British Army during World War II. Initially raised as an infantry battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment in 1940, it transferred to the Royal Artillery in 1941. It served with V Corps in the Allied landings in North Africa (Operation Torch).
On 1 April 1993 the battery transferred to 105 (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) after the disbandment of 102 Regiment. [1] 206 (Ulster) Battery formed HQ and A Troop at Newtownards with B Troop at Coleraine. [2] It has been re-roled from an air-defence battery to a field artillery battery using the L118 light gun. [3]
This is a list of British Army Yeomanry Regiments converted to Royal Artillery.In the aftermath of the First World War 25 Yeomanry regiments of the British Army were transferred to the Royal Artillery between 1920 and 1922 with another one – the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) – reduced to a battery in another regiment.
105 Regiment Royal Artillery: L118 light gun: Newtownards and Coleraine: 1967: Reserve 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery Royal Artillery: 105 Regiment Royal Artillery: L118 light gun: Partick: 1967: Reserve 212 (Highland) Battery Royal Artillery: 105 Regiment Royal Artillery: L118 light gun: Arbroath, Kirkcaldy and Lerwick: Reserve 278 (Lowland ...
Royal Artillery Officers uniform, 1825 64 Pounder Rifled Muzzle-Loader (RML) gun on Moncrieff disappearing mount, at Scaur Hill Fort, Bermuda. The regiment was involved in all major campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars; in 1804, naval artillery was transferred to the Royal Marine Artillery, while the Royal Irish Artillery lost its separate status in 1810 after the 1800 Union.
105 Regiment, Royal Artillery (TA), HQ in Edinburgh (equipped with Javelin surface-to-air missiles) By 2003, Joint Warfare Publication 3-63 Joint Air Defence, Second Edition, said: [ 9 ] ..Headquarters 7th Air Defence Brigade (7 AD Bde HQ) is the highest level GBAD formation HQ in the British Army.
The 14 (Training) Regiment Royal Artillery uses it for training at the Royal School of Artillery. Four regiments of the Army Reserve, The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery, 104th Regiment Royal Artillery and 105th Regiment Royal Artillery) are also equipped with the light gun. [7]