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Royal Artillery

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== Chronology ==
*'''1716''' two companies of field artillery raised at Woolwich<br>
*'''1720''' first called Royal Artillery<br>*'''1748''' Presidential Artilleries of Bengal, Madras and Bombay formed<br>*'''1793''' [[Royal Horse Artillery]] (RHA) raised to provide fire support for the cavalry<br>*'''1862''' absorbed artillery of the British East India Company (21 horse batteries & 48 field batteries) bringing its strength to 29 horse batteries, 73 field batteries and 88 heavy batteries<br>*'''17161899'''divided into [[Royal Horse Artillery]], Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery<br>*'''1924''' amalgamated again into one regiment Royal Artillery<br>
== External Links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery Royal Artillery] Wikipedia<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Regiment_of_Artillery Royal Regiment of Artillery] Wikipedia

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