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*'''1748''' Presidential Artilleries of [[BengalArtillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Artillery|Bombay ]] formed<br>

*[http://searchfibis.ourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=list_sources&source_class=308 Royal Artillery in India] Baptisms and marriages taken from the original record WO69/575 – 21 Brigade Royal Artillery. *[http://fibis.org/frontisourarchives.online/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=721&s_id=0 Royal Regiment of Artillery 1747-1749] - 135 officers and soldiers of the RA who sailed for India to fight with Admiral Boscawen*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=447&s_id=0 Royal Artillery Muster Rolls 1748] pay list related to above source*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=667&s_id=0 K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, Memorial at Bandariabagh] (photo)*"Life in a British Cantonment in India: Nasirabad, 1929-1930" by John Sworder ''FIBIS Journal Number 23 (Spring 2010)'' pages 40-48. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].*"The Mysterious Murder at Agra" by Rosemary Reardon ''FIBIS Journal Number 28 (Autumn 2012)'' pages 3-14. Charles Low a Corporal in O Battery, 3 Brigade stationed at Agra was murdered in October 1882. His wife and another Corporal were charged with the murder but acquitted. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].*"Trumpeter Inwood, an Anglo-Indian hero of the Kut Garrison" by Rosemary Reardon ''FIBIS Journal Number 32 (Autumn 2014)'' pages 18-29. For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].

Muster rolls (effectively a pay list register of soldiers in a company) can provide excellent information, however it must be noted that there are almost no muster rolls for the Royal Artillery in India, except a few in very early years.<ref>[httphttps://wwwdiscovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cataloguedetails/r/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13070&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=C14221 WO+10 TNA Catalogue description]</ref> However, checking the rolls for the period before and after an artilleryman is in India can be very useful. The National Archives has an online guide covering [httphttps://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cataloguehelp-with-your-research/research-guides/british-army-muster-rolls-pay-lists-1730-1898/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=16#2 British Army muster rolls and pay lists]. Be sure to know the brigade and battery of your man before you attempt to find the muster roll and be aware that name changes did occur. The books known as [[Stations_of_the_Royal_Artillery_in_India#Law.27s_Tables|Law's Tables]] can be useful for sorting out the correct titles.  There was previously a guide booklet produced by Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?", and there is a online guide available on Facebook, refer below.  The main record series, with catalogue entries, are:*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14221 WO 10: Commissary General of Musters Office and successors: Artillery Muster Books and Pay Lists 1708-1878]. Arranged by unit; often battalion and company, or brigade and battalion. *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14227 WO 16: War Office: Muster Books and Pay Lists 1878 to 1898]. From 1888 onwards the series consists of muster rolls only.**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C89722?v=h Royal Horse Artillery WO 16/1-84]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C89743?v=h Royal Artillery WO 16/85-860]*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14232 WO 23: Royal Hospital Chelsea: Admission Books, Registers and Papers]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C169188?v=h WO 23/63: Horse Artillery to 16 Brigade (Artillery)] 1865-1875 and [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C169189?v=h WO 23/64: 17 Brigade to Depot (Artillery)] 1865-1875*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14263 WO 54: Ordnance Office and War Office: Entry Books and Registers]. WO 54 subgroups include:**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C19095?v=h WO 54/260- Description Books]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C19096?v=h WO 54/317-Discharges, Transfers and Casualties] *[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details?Uri=C14277 WO 69: Royal Artillery Records of Service and Papers 1755-1917]. A large number of volumes were destroyed during World War 2. WO 69 subgroups include:**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C77777?v=hRoyal Horse Artillery Registers of Marriages and Baptisms 1859-1877 WO 69/63-73]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C77778?v=h Royal Artillery Description Books WO 69/74-80]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C77779?v=h Royal Artillery Records of Service WO 69/81-177]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C77784?v=h Royal Artillery Registers of Marriages and Baptisms WO 69/551-580]**[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C77785 Royal Artillery Registers of Deceased Soldiers. WO 69/583-597]'''N.B.''' The Friends of the National Archives have transcribed details from the WO 69 Registers of Marriages and Baptisms described above. Some of these relate to men who were posted to India. Enter surname and reference "WO69" in the [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/advanced-search/r Discovery Search Box]<br>The records for WO 69/1-177, but excluding WO 69/63-73, together with WO 69/583-597 "Description books: Registers of deceased soldiers, with indexes" are available on [[LDS]] digitised microfilm, (107 reels) with this [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/170267 catalogue entry] (See [[FamilySearch Centres]] for viewing access).*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C2697472?v=h WO 74: Army Purchase Commission Records. Royal Artillery:Bengal Bombay and Madras 1871-1891 WO 74/173]*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C14324?v=h WO 116: Registers of the award of out-pensions]** Royal Artillery [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C613600?v=h WO 116/125] November 1833 to [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C613660?v=h WO 116/185] 1913 *First World War**WO 95 War Diaries, see [[First World War#The National Archives|First World War - The National Archives]]***The TNA pay downloads available include the very informative "List of Royal Artillery, Army Service Corps, Machine Gun Corps and Medical Units" '''WO 95/5494'''. <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C4558646 WO 95/5494] List of Royal Artillery, Army Service Corps, Machine Gun Corps and Medical Units with the Division, Corps or Army they fought with. The National Archives.</ref> ===Online Resources=== *Some of the WO 116 records mentioned above are available '''online''' free of cost from [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp The National Archives Documents Online: Digital Microfilms]. Those available online are :[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C613600?v=h WO 116/125 1 November 1833-08 February 1837] to [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/browse/C613640?v=h WO 116/165 3 January 1893 to 26 December 1893]:These are stated to be large pdf files, which need a broadband internet connection *The [http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=201071 findmypast] website currently (2017/3) includes the following databases, all located in the category "Armed forces & conflict"**Sub-category "Regimental & service records"***Royal Artillery Attestations 1883-1942. In practical terms this database consists men who were in the Royal Artillery post WW1 and is a valuable database as it may also include information about prior Army service. For more details about this class of records, see [[British Army#Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920|British Army - Attestation, or Enlistment books (Army Book 358) from 1920]].***Royal Artillery Honours & Awards. This database is a subset of “Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards” and is described as Royal Artillery Honours & Awards, 1886-2013 – Transcripts only***Royal Artillery Officer Deaths 1850-2011**Sub-category "Service Records" ***"Royal Artillery Officers 1716-1899". These records are from the fourth edition of the ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The year 1716 to the year 1899'', collected by General W. H. Askwith, Colonel-Commandant Royal Artillery and published in 1900. Refer online books below.***"British Army, Royal Artillery, 80th Field Regiment, WW2". Transcripts from various records.**Sub-category "First World War" - "Royal Artillery War Commemoration Book, 1914-1918" . This book was published in 1920 and consists of an alphabetical list of 3,505 Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery who died during the First World War** Sub-category "Second World War" - "Royal Artillery Other Ranks: Casualty Cards 1939-1947". From original cards held at the Royal Artillery Museum, whose Archive is now at Larkhill, Wiltshire.:Searching is free but charges apply for examination of the record.*Ancestry**Ancestry introduced in 2016/04 the data base [http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=60931 UK, British Army and Navy Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1730-1960] which contains some Royal Artillery records from the National Archives records WO 69 series: WO 69/67-69,72,73,551-573,575-577,579,580,582.**The database [https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/61820/ UK, WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards, 1939-1948] located in Military was introduced 2019/10/21 with surnames beginning Q-Z added 2020/03/02, from Royal Artillery Tracer cards from the Royal Artillery Museum, Larkhill, Wiltshire, England. Only 'Other Ranks', those who were not commissioned officers, are included.*:[https://blogs.ancestry.co.uk/ancestry/2020/02/13/29039/ Deciphering the WWII Royal Artillery Tracer Cards] Ancestry blog. Does not include soldiers who died in service. ===Church Records===For Overseas Army records of baptisms, marriages and burials, see [[Chaplains Returns]]  === Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum, now closed===Firepower Museum at Woolwich closed on 8 July 2016. It had a Library and Archive with extensive holdings including battery records. A research service was available. Firepower produced a guide booklet for family history researchers called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?" The sixteen page guide outlined how the Museum's extensive archives could help researchers. It also detailed the other main UK sources and archives to explore when researching army service. A new Royal Artillery Museum is planned.

Records ====Part of Library and Archive now at Larkhill====Initially some 10% of the National Archives can be confusing to navigate RA Museum’s Library and Archive was settled in temporary accommodation at firstLarkhill Army Base, and you might like to read one about 10 miles (16 km) north of the detailed published guidesSalisbury, Wiltshire, England. National Archives publications include:*''Tracing your Ancestors Booking up to a month in The National Archives'' by Amanda Bevan 2006 (576 pages) which advance is stated by advised because the National Archives archive is now on an Army base and passes for cars and people need to be the only exhaustive guide to TNA’s holdingsgenerated. There will be a daily access fee, and a daily fee for photography.<ref>MaxD et al. Available at the [[British Library]] or from the [httphttps://astorewww.amazongreatwarforum.co.ukorg/topic/faminbriindso248495-royal-artillery-museum-update-21mid-march-2017/detail/1903365899 FIBIS Amazon Shop].*''Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians'' by William Spencer 2008 published by the National Archives. Mainly about records in the TNA and the India Office at the British Library. Contains chapters '?tab=comments#comment-2504507 Royal ArtilleryMuseum update mid March 2017] ' and 'The British Army in India' and the Great War Forum'Indian Army'16 March 2017. Available at the [[British Library]] or from the [http://astore.amazon.coRetrieved 14 July 2019.uk/faminbriindso-21</detail/1905615108 FIBIS Amazon Shop].ref>

Also refer to Further portions of the guide produced by Firepower, The Archive became available from April 2018. (Details<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/RoyalArtilleryArchive/posts/2453523718306914 Facebook: Royal Artillery Museum called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?", see belowArchive] 8 April 2018.</ref>).

The main record series, with catalogue entriesRoyal Artillery Museum website (see External links below) currently (March 2020) advises the archive has been transferred "to a new storage facility near Larkhill, and most records are:now available for research purposes".  *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13070&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=WO+10 WO 10: Previously it was advised Commissary General of Musters Office access was now possible on Tuesdays and successors: Artillery Muster Books Thursdays and Pay Lists 1708-1878]. Arranged by unit; often battalion stated "We're happy to answer brief enquiries, and companywe've started a paid service for more detailed historical research", or brigade and battalionthat the email for the enquiry service was <nowiki>enquiries@royalartillerymuseum. *[http:/com</wwwnowiki>.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogueThis information does not currently appear on the website (March 2020) but there is an online enquiry form on the website (located under Archive/DisplayCatalogueDetails.asp?CATID=13076&CATLN=3&FullDetails=True&accessmethod=7 WO 16 War Office: Muster Books and Pay Lists 1878 to 1898]. From 1888 onwards the series consists of muster rolls only.Overview)*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13114&CATLN=3&accessmethod=5 WO 54 Ordnance Office and War Office: Entry Books and Registers]. WO 54 subgroups include:**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13114&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=259000&MARKERSCN= Information may also be found on the WO 54/260- Description Books]**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13114&POSCATLN=6&POSCATID=317000 Facebook pages WO 54/317Royal Artillery Museum -DischargesThe Collection, Transfers and Casualties]*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&SearchInit=4&SearchType=6&CATREF=WO+69 WO69 Royal Artillery Records of Service and Papers 1755-1917]. Museum Archive, the latter has information A large number of volumes were destroyed during World War 2to 26 January 2021. WO69 subgroups include:**<ref>[httphttps://www.nationalarchives.govfacebook.uk/cataloguecom/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=54000&MARKERSCN= TheRAMCollection Royal Horse Artillery Registers of Marriages and Baptisms 1859-1877 WO 69/63Museum -73The Collection]**@TheRAMCollection, and [httphttps://www.nationalarchivesfacebook.gov.ukcom/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=68000&MARKERSCN= RoyalArtilleryArchive Royal Artillery Description Books WO 69/74-80Museum Archive]**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser@RoyalArtilleryArchive.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=68000&MARKERSCN= Royal Artillery Records of Service WO 69/81-177]*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/displaycataloguedetails.asp?CATID=13176&CATLN=3&accessmethod=5 WO 116 The latter Registers of the award of out-pensions]** Royal Artillery [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13176&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=124000&MARKERSCN= WO 116/125] November 1833 has information as a separate page to [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser26 January 2021, and will be eventually closed (but is still in existence at 5 July 2022).asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13176&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=184000&MARKERSCN= WO116Facebook</185] 1913ref>

=== Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum===Archive published on Facebook in June 2018, a three part guide "Gunner Family History".<ref>[httphttps://www.firepowerfacebook.com/RoyalArtilleryArchive/posts/2496231060702846 Gunner Family History – Part 1 – Service Records] 14 June 2018; [https://www.orgfacebook.ukcom/RoyalArtilleryArchive/posts/index.asp Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum2501113800214572 Gunner Family History – Part 2 – Other Military Records] has a 19 June 2018; [httphttps://www.firepowerfacebook.org.ukcom/RoyalArtilleryArchive/researchposts/index2511169332542352 Gunner Family History – Part 3 – Civilian Sources] 28th June 2018.asp Library and Royal Artillery Museum Archive] with extensive holdings including battery records on Facebook. A research service is These direct links are only available. Note that charges apply to consult records in the Reading Room. Firepower has produced if you are a guide for family history researchers called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?" The sixteen page guide outlines how the Museum's extensive archives can help researchersFacebook member. It also details Otherwise scroll down the other main UK sources and archives posts to explore when researching army service. Available from the 14 June 2018 on [httphttps://www.firepower.orgfacebook.ukcom/store/itemdetails.asp?id=40-0-2643 Firepower RoyalArtilleryArchive Royal Artillery Museum ShopArchive]which contains information to 26 January 2021, and will be eventually closed.</ref>

Published histories in the catalogue include:*''The History of the Royal Artillery[also see Historical books online, Crimean period'' by Colonel Julian RJ Jocelyn (1911)*''The History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857'' by Julian RJ Jocelyn (1915). Available from the [httpbelow]://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843429675 FIBIS Amazon Shop]*''The History of the Royal Artillery : from the Indian Mutiny to the Great War'' by Sir Charles Callwell and Sir John Headlam (1931, 1940) . ::''Volume 1, 1860-1899'', ''Volume 2, 1899-1914'', ''Volume 3, Campaigns 1860-1914''. Available from the FIBIS Shop [http://astoreVol.amazon.co3 has separate case of maps.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740424 Volume 1], [httpUIN://astoreBLL01006810121.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740432 Volume 2]Also available on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3, [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740440 refer Volume 3]Historical books online, below.*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : Western Front 1914-18'' by Sir Martin Farndale (1986). UIN: BLL01008145795*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : the Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914-18'' by Sir Martin Farndale (1988). UIN: BLL01008145796*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : Between the Wars, 1919-39'' edited by BP Hughes (1992) (Nb: the catalogue entry does not use the subtitle)UIN: BLL01010039429*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-55'' by N.W. Routledge (c 1994). UIN: BLL01012703891 *''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The years of defeat Europe and North Africa, 1939-41'' by Sir Martin Farndale 1996. UIN: BLL01012703884 *''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Far East Theatre, 1941-1946'' by Sir Martin Farndale (2000), . UIN: BLL01012703977; revised ed edition ''The Far East Theatre, 1939-1946'', Farndale (2002). The 2002 edition is available online, refer below.*''Honour Titles of the Royal Artillery'' by B P Hughes. [nd], but from elsewhere, first published 1975, 2nd edition 1988. UIN: BLL01008449724, UIN: BLL01011497298 In addition to *''A Norfolkman in the Raj : the books available through Royal Artillery 1920-1933'' by Alan W. Roper 2010. About the FIBIS Shop6th Pack Battery, some Mountain Artillery. UIN: BLL01015383558*Indian Army: ''History of the Histories have been reprinted Regiment of Artillery : Indian Army'' edited by the [[Publishers#Naval D. K. Palit. 1971 Indian edition, 1972 UK edition. UIN: BLL01001796726 and Military Press|Naval and Military Press]].UIN: BLL01012130331

*''Battery Records of the Royal Artillery'' compiled by M. E. S. Laws. ''Volume 1, 1716-1859'' and ''Volume 2, 1859-1877'' published in 1950 1952 and 1970 . Also known as [[Stations of the Royal Artillery in India# Law's Tables|‘Laws Tables’]].

The Society normally meets for a lecture three times a year and arranges Summer visits and Battlefield Tours. <ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170714232553/http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/history/174331589.aspx The Royal Artillery Historical Society: Life and Heritage] has meetings four time a year. In 2003 they held a presentation "The History of 10 Assaye Battery, Scroll down to Royal Artillery"Historical Society (RAHS). Archived British Army website, which was originally part of the with details current at 14 July 2017.</ref>  Refer [[Bombay Royal Artillery#External links|External links]]. The paper may be accessed on below for some papers presented to the RAHS siteSociety, available online.

''The Royal Artillery Journal'' is published twice annually, and offers a more in-depth, scientific look at continuing operations and lessons that can be learned from previous campaigns, as well as features on memorable moments and characters from the Gunners' 300 year history.<ref> [https://web.archive.org/web/20170714232553/http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/31589.aspxThe Royal Artillery: Life and Heritage]. Scroll down to The Gunner Magazine and The Royal Artillery Journal. Archived British Army website with details current at 14 July 2017. Also [https://web.archive.org/web/20170629005310/http://www.army.mod.uk/19346artillery/23539.aspx Gunner Magazine] Archived British Army websitewhich contains some sample editions of The Gunner c 2013.</ref>

== References Anglo Indians in the Royal Artillery==Enlistment in the British Army, and therefore the Royal Artillery, was generally restricted to those with European parents, but was possible for [[Anglo Indian|Eurasian]] men of fair complexion―those whose looks allowed them to ‘pass’ as white.<ref> [http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/satoshi.html Loyalty, Parity, and Social Control-The Competing Visions on the Creation of an ‘Eurasian’ Military Regiment in late British India] by Satoshi Mizutani ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume 10, No. 1, 2010</ref> There is one reference to an Anglo Indian Boy Trumpeter in the Royal Horse Artillery c 1936<ref> Pages 122-123, ''Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India'' by William Pennington 2003</ref> ==Indians in the Royal Artillery==Prior to 1924, there were Indian soldiers serving in the Royal Artillery as drivers, and native gunners in ammunition columns serving as wagon-men.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/armiesofindia00macmuoft#page/182/mode/1up Page 182] ''The Armies of India'' described by Major G F MacMunn (Painted by Major Lovett) 1911 Archive.org</ref>During the [[First World War]], there are references to Lascars, see [[Gun Lascar]]. There is one reference<ref> Trevelyan [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/14832-mountain-batteries-1914-and-1915/?do=findComment&comment=127779 Mountain Batteries, 1914 and 1915] ''Great War Forum'' 13 July 2004 et al. Retrieved 31 October 2019.</ref> to a WW1 medal for an Indian Gunner in a British Mountain Battery, RGA. In 1924, [[Mountain Artillery|Indian Mountain/Pack Batteries]] became Batteries in the Royal Artillery, which was the situation until 1939 when the Indian Mountain Batteries were transferred from the Royal Artillery to the Indian Regiment of Artillery.<br> C 1927 "Indians are employed as drivers and artificers in the Royal Horse and Field Artillery and in medium batteries, and as drivers, gunners and artificers in the Pack Artillery. In the Frontier Garrison Artillery they are employed as gunners and artificers and in the Indian Coast Artillery as gunners only".<ref>[http://digital.library.northwestern.edu/league/le0285al.pdf ''Armaments Year-Book : General and Statistical Information'' Volume: 4th (1928) Chapter: India] page 227.</ref> ==Regimental flash==The flash, also known as a pagri (puggaree) badge, or Foreign Service Helmet badge, was generally affixed to the pagri on the sun helmet. The Royal Horse Artillery had a square red/blue flash divided diagonally (red to the front) and with a grenade badge affixed, the Royal Field Artillery had a rectangular flash of equal parts red/blue. The Royal Garrison Artillery had the same colours but in a diamond shape during the 2nd Boer War. Red always to the front.<ref> Stuart_Bates. The no longer available link <nowiki> http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=3267#p12850</nowiki> Foreign Service Helmet Markings 84th Batt RA 1901 ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 14 May 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2016.</ref> It is difficult to identify Foreign Service (Wolseley Pattern) helmet flashes because the type of black & white film used at that time distorted coloration. <ref>FROGSMILE. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/164297-help-needed-id-ing-unit-flash-on-pith-helmet/?do=findComment&comment=1597197 Help needed ID-ing unit flash on pith helmet] ''Great War Forum'' 30 May 2011. Retrieved 31 October 2019.</ref>

== External Links 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<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Artillery_Barracks Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, London] Wikipedia<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=HvE_Pa_ZlfsC&pg=PA268&lpg=PA24&dq=Artillery&source=bl&ots=8BC29vkD0x&sig=ONYPQAN3-W8X9y785PowrLFzUq8&hl=en&ei=DsDASfCbB-TGjAe0icEo&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA24,M1 British Army Artillery] ''Victorians at War Website'' Google Books<br>*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunner_(rank) Gunner (rank)] Wikipedia*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia<br>*[https://royalartillerymuseum.com Royal Artillery Museum] (planned).**[https://royalartillerymuseum.com/archive-3/overview-4 The Archive] is in new storage facility near Larkhill, and most records are now available for research purposes, and visits are possible subject to prior arrangement. There is a paid research service now available.**[https://royalartillerymuseum.com/news/new-first-world-war-digital-archive-launches New First World War Digital Archive launches] 3 November 2021. royalartillerymuseum.com. Many digital items for the period 1900-1929 from the collection of the Royal Artillery Museum are now available through [https://www.theogilbymuster.com The Ogilby Muster], or TOM, developed by the Army Museums Ogilby Trust. Registration is required, and although free to search, payment is required for any downloads made.*[https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://7fd-regt-raa-association.com/Documents/UK%20Artlillery%20terms%20and%20abbreviations.doc Glossary of Royal Artillery. Terms and Abbreviations (Historical and Modern) by Philip Jobson]. 7fd-regt-raa-association.com, now an archived website. This is a (Word document) download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened. Appear to be extracts from the book [http://astoreop-ack.tripod.com/royalartilleryglossaryoftermsandabbreviations/index.html ''Royal Artillery Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations''] by Philip Jobson 2008*Victorian Wars Forum is now no longer operating, and parts only of the Forum are still available in an archived form: if you have a previously saved URL, check in the [https://archive.amazonorg/web/web.cophp#forum Internet Archive Wayback Machine] whether that particular URL has been archived. (Archive.org). Alternatively scroll through [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.victorianwars.com/* URLs which have been captured for this domain [victorianwars.com<nowiki>]</nowiki>]. Note results can be reordered for dates etc. Scroll through and select URLs which contain viewtopic as part of the URL. Archive.org. Unfortunately the entire site was never archived.*[https://www.greatwarforum.org Great War Forum]*[http://ww2talk.com/forums/ WW2Talk Forum] *[http://www.gutenberg-e.org/mas01/index.html ''"The Infantry cannot do with a gun less": The Place of the Artillery 
in the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1918''] by Sanders Marble gutenberg-e.org. Colombia University Press. Based on the author's Ph D thesis, University of London, 1998.*Ian Paterson’s page on the history of many Artillery Regiments including Royal Horse Artillery, [http://www.desertrats.org.uk/orgartillery.htm Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division]. Includes details of regiments whose history dates back to the [[Bengal Artillery|Bengal]], [[Madras Artillery|Madras]] and [[Bombay Artillery]]. desertrats.org.uk*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/faminbriindsobrowse/r/h/C1897667/prev/C1897667 The National Archives: WO 102 -21War Office: Long Service and Good Conduct Awards, Registers]. Includes records relating to the Royal Artillery, most of which can be downloaded free from TNA website.**[https://web.archive.org/detailweb/1846830621 FIBIS Shop20191102091850/http://www.britishmedals.us/files/lsgcra.htm Transcription of the Long Service & Good Conduct medal register for the Royal Artillery (including RA, RFA, RGA & RHA) for 1902-12] link describes . The List includes name, year of issue, rank and regimental number. The Asplin Military History Resources, now archived. The source appears to be WO 102/19.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080912163621/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring04_8btytext.doc "The History Of 8 (Alma) Battery Royal Artillery"] Royal Artillery Historical Society Spring Meeting 22nd April 2004. Now an archived webpage (Word version), (a download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened). This Battery was raised in 1755 and immediately proceeded to India, until it returned to England in 1765. It took part in the [[2nd China War]] and the book ''Trumpeters[[3rd China War|Boxer Rebellion]] in addition to further garrison duty in India. army.mod.uk/documents/general*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120817044742/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/9Bty-Text-Final(1).doc "The History of 9 (Plassey) Battery Royal Artillery"] Royal Artillery Historical Society Spring Meeting 19th April 2007. Now an archived webpage (Word version), (a download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened). This regiment was originally part of the Bengal Artillery. army.mod.uk/documents/general*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403204544/http: //www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring03_10bty.doc "The Story History of 10 Assaye Battery, Royal Artillery"], Royal Artillery Historical Society Spring Meeting 2nd April 2003. Now an archived webpage (Word version), (a download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened). This Battery was originally part of the Bombay Artillery. army.mod.uk/documents/general*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120425063824/http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/spring06_1btyra.doc "The History of 1st Battery Royal Artillery (The Blazers)"] Royal ArtilleryHistorical Society Spring Meeting 26th April 2006. Now an archived webpage (Word version), (a download to your computer, to a downloads folder, which must then be opened). This Battery was in India 1926 to 1940, and was then part of the Divisional Artillery of the 5th Indian Division. army.mod.uk/documents/general**[https://web.archive.org/web/20171001063449/http://www.thegarrison.org.uk/history/1btdiary.php War Diary of 1st Fd Bty (The Blazers) RA] Covers the period in india March 1938 until 24th August 1940 when the Battery embarked for the Middle East. thegarrison.org.uk, now an archived page.*[http://2heavybtyra.co.uk 2 Heavy Battery Royal Artillery Hinds Company] includes [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY.htm History], with details of India 1883-1920 and [http://2heavybtyra.co.uk/HISTORY2.htm deployments] and battery names during that time.*Barkachha, (Barkacha) located about five miles south of [[Mirzapur]], was the site of an Artillery camp c 1900. This [http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/19125697#pstart1536263 newspaper article] advises: Barkacha had, previous to this year's Boy Trumpeterswork, been exclusively an artillery camp for the annual practice of batteries and brigade divisions, a certain number of senior officers of the other arms being detailed to attend for instruction... There is no doubt that Barkacha is one of the finest artillery practice grounds in India. ''The Brisbane Courier'' (Qld.) Saturday 16 March 1901 page 12 from trove.nla.gov.au*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/pjbullous/sets/72157625855561476/with/5367770493/ Photographs: India 1930s 14th Corunna Field Battery] taken by Brian Cloughley 2008 , Woodfield Publishing Ltd the father of Peter Bullous. Includes photographs at Ghalanai during the 1935 Mohmand Operations. Flickr.com. This Battery is now called [http://www.26thregra-asc.com/17bty.html 17 (UKCorunna)Battery] and appears to have been in India until 1939.*Photographs from the collection of James Wilson, Royal Artillery 1940s WW2-1947 500px.com.**[https://500px.com/photo/23071773/royal-artillery-9th-field-regiment-barracks-nowshera-india-1940s-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Royal Artillery, 9th Field Regiment Barracks, Nowshera 1940s] **[https://500px.com/photo/23071731/royal-artillery-camp-nowshera-india-ww2-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Royal Artillery Camp, 9th Field Regiment. Nowshera]**[https://500px.com/photo/23071781/regimental-canteen-9th-field-regiment-royal-artillery-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: Regimental Canteen, 9th Field Regiment, likely Nowshera]**[https://500px.com/photo/23071761/chistmas-day-1946-sialkot-by-scott-mcculloch Photograph: 19th Battery, Sialkot. Christmas Day 1946,] Although this photograph is labelled Officers’ Mess it seems likely to be the “Other Ranks” Mess.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210428080640/https://nigelef.tripod.com/index.htm British Artillery in World War 2] including training [https://web.archive.org/web/20230418214926/https://nigelef.tripod.com/regtsumm.htm Field Artillery Formations and military service Regiments of the Royal Artillery in World War 2]. Website by the late Nigel F Evans, now archived. A replacement website [https://www.britishartillery.co.uk britishartillery.co.uk]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160331000254/http://ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/index.html The Royal Artillery 1939-45] ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk, now archived*[https://www.paulgough.org/bushy.htm "'Tales from the bushy-topped tree' A Brief Survey of Military Sketching"] by Paul Gough. A version of this paper first appeared in India<br>the annual review of the Imperial War Museum, London, Nov. 1995. Includes references to the usefulness of this skill to the Royal Artillery, including Mountain Artillery.

===Individuals==Memorials=====*[http://archive.org/stream/miscellaneagenea02bann#page/138/mode/2up Monument to those who died in Cawnpore 1892-1895, 31st Field Battery Royal Artillery]. Monumental Inscriptions from Cawnpur Cantonment Cemetery , page 139 ''Miscellanea Genealogica Et Heraldica: Fourth Series Volume 2'' 1908 Archive.org*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071116211938/http://www.indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=301 Monument to those who died 67th Battery Royal Field Artillery 1904-1906] at Tehkal Cemetery, [[Peshawar]] indian-cemeteries.org, now archived.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071116210939/http://indian-cemeteries.org/viewimage.asp?mode=mon&ID=314 Monument to those who died No 6 Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery 1914-1921] at Tehkal Cemetery, [[Peshawar]] indian-cemeteries.org, now archived.*From Stephen Lewis’ [http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/memindz1.htm Soldiers Memorials]**[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/RARM1.htm Royal Artillery Memorials in India] (scroll down) Quetta 1891-96, Peshawar 1884-1906, Rawalpindi 1877-1894, together with other places and periods **[http://www.angelfire.com/mp/memorials/RGARM1.htm Royal Garrison Artillery] Quetta 1888-1902, Peshawar 1909-1921 Rawalpindi 1895-1913, Rangoon 1904-1911*[http://glosters.tripod.com/afghStaf.htm Memorials: Afghanistan 1878-80] Scroll down for Artillery Officers from Stephen Lewis’ [http://glosters.tripod.com/memindex3.htm Officers Died]=====Other=====*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170726072557/http://www.leighanddistricthistory.com/index.php/law/indian-mutiny-1857-1858 Leigh and District History: Indian Mutiny 1857-1858], now an archived webpage. Personal accounts from soldiers in India, sent to family in the Leigh District, Greater Manchester, England. The account by James Ramsdale, stated to be of the "14th Battalion Royal Infantry", appears to be a transcription error - it is considered he was actually in No. 3 Coy/14th Bn. Royal Artillery.<ref>Snook, Mike. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170819034041/http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=11969&sid=132751e5450348d8a925c2d2a7154561 How did new troops get to Roorkee in 1858?] ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 3 August 2017, now an archived website. Retrieved 31 October 2019.</ref>*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/hliguy/8225442006/ Photograph: Royal Artillery Officer in India c 1860] flickr.com*Photographs from Soldiers of the Queen: [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India.html The Jewel in the Crown]**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4wIndia-LtKiethRA.html Lt. John Keith], R.A. and the newspaper article relating to his death after being attacked by a wounded tiger. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery on 1 April 1861 and was assigned to the 13th Brigade, 8th Battery in [[Secunderabad]], India on in May 1861. He died 24 April, 1867 at [[Nagpore]]. He was stationed at the nearby cantonment of [[Kamptee]] where he was buried**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4bIndia-BombardierStugeonRA.html Bombardier Sturgeon of the 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery] Quetta, c 1890's**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4eIndia-GunnerSidaRAand17thLancer.html Gunner George Thomas Sida of the Royal Artillery] served in India with "F" Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.for only a few months - from 11 March, 1893 to 4 July, 1893 before he died from being kicked by a horse at Mhow.**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4India-RoyalArtilleryGunner.html Royal Artillery Gunner] Bombay c 1900**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/page4India-ArtillerySergeantandFamily.html Artillery Sergeant & family] c 1900**[http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/India-LtLeonardGeorgeWatkins.html Leonard George Watkins] Bombay 1886, with previous information on the [http://www.soldiersofthequeen.com/indexIndia.html India Home page]. He was appointed a Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military Academy on 20 September, 1878 Although is seems the Watkins remained in the Royal Artillery for his entire career to c 1914 it was while seconded to the Indian Ordnance Department*Details<ref> BingandNelsonFan. The no longer available link <nowiki>http://www.victorianwars.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=12921</nowiki> A Funeral in India (1872) ''Victorian Wars Forum'' 11 March 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2019. Originally from ''Broad Arrow'' 06 Jan 1872, page 28, available online on findmypast, and the British Newspaper Archive.</ref> of the funeral of Dudley Maryon Wilson, Lieutenant and Local Captain, Royal Artillery who died at [[Rawal Pindi]] November 1871.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110921083709/http://www.britishmedals.us/kevin/profiles/joyce.html "James Joyce –RA, AOD & RAOC"] James Joyce was enlisted at Churat, Bengal 22nd Oct 1875 aged 14 years and 6 months old by his Armourer Sergeant father. His army career extended to 1918 in East Africa. Asplin Military History Resources, now archived.*Article: [http://photo-sleuthwww.dailymail.blogspotco.comuk/2009news/05article-1229067/artilleryOne-British-soldiers-diaries-bloody-battle-Afghanistan-130-years-ago-provide-haunting-officerinsight-andhorrors-crimeantroops-heroface-now.html "The amazing story ofBobbie, the bravest dog of war, as told in a British soldier's diary of a bloody battle in Afghanistan 130 years ago"] by Geoffrey Wansell 19 November 2009 www.dailymail.co.uk. Describes letters written by Captain John Slade of the Royal Horse Artillery about the [[Battle of Maiwand]] in 1880, an action in the [[2nd Afghan War]]*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120204203118/http://www.members.dca.net/fbl/obrien.html Master Gunner, later Major & Quarter Master, John O'Brien, Royal Artillery] His first active service was as an underage Trumpeter in the 2nd Afghan War 1878-1880, attached to the 6th Battery, 8th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He saw active service in India to 1888. members.dca.net, now archived.*[http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2018/01/forfeiting-a-victoria-cross.html "Forfeiting a Victoria Cross"] 2 January 2018 British Library Untold Lives blog. Colonel Edward James Collis was serving as a Gunner with the Royal Horse Artillery during the Second Afghan War when an act of bravery gained him the country's highest military honour, the Victoria Cross. He subsequently forfeited the medal due to dishonourable behaviour (the committing of bigamy).*''Anzac Hero, Police Legend: An Adventure like no other'' by Lawrence J Harvey. The Story of William Howard FitzmayerHarvey MC [http://www.anzacheropolicelegend.com/E-book_availability_files/AnzacHeroPoliceLegendBook.pdf pdf] , born 1813, [http://docs.google.com/viewer?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anzacheropolicelegend.com%2FE-book_availability_files%2FAnzacHeroPoliceLegendBook.pdf html version] William Harvey was initially with his wife spent nearly six years the 1st Essexs in India from 1864, first in command of c 1906 then with the Royal Horse Artillery at Meerut until January 1866, then at Benares, on the North West Frontier. C 1911 he and in command of an army division at Oude until April 1867Australian soldier friend, during which time he was promoted deserted and went to Australia. Note, the rank Gallipoli extracts within by Digger Craven are considered to be a fictional account, see [[Gallipoli]].*2nd Kent Battery**[http://www.dovergrammar.co.uk/archives/old-pharos/No-019.html Letter to his old school] from Sidney D. Igglesden 2nd Kent Battery, R.F.A. (T.), [[Jubbulpore]]. ''The Pharos. The Magazine of Major-GeneralDover County School, No. 19. Photo-sleuthJuly,blogspot1915. Vol. VI''. Scroll down to “Letters from Old Boys”**[https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunnybrook100/4083822623/ Photograph: Driver J Goodwin 2nd Kent Battery RFA May 1916]. Probably/possibly in India. flickr.com*[http://www.voyagetoindia.co.uk Voyage to India: Memoirs of the 1st/3rd Kent Battery 1914] Frank William Critchley was 22 years old and a sergeant in the 1st/3rd Kent Battery, Royal Artillery. He travelled to India on the troopship Grantully Castle which departed Southampton 29 Oct 1914 and arrived Bombay 2 December 1914. The Battery then travelled to [[Jubbulpore]]. voyagetoindia.co.uk*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151128124251/http://picasaweb.google.com/paulnsheila/FrancisDownAndIndiaPhotos# Photographs by Francis William Downs “A Bty., 218th Bde., R.F.A.] Calcutta c 1916 (Picasa Web Albums) mentioned , now archived.*Charles George Thomas Barnes was in the 1/2nd Sussex, Royal Field Artillery (Territorial Force) in [[Mhow]], Central India from 1915-1917, when the Brigade was sent to Mesopotamia where it joined the 17th (Indian) Division. Two photographs taken in Mhow may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/guerra__sons.htm here], and service details may be seen [http://www.barnesfamilyhistory.org.uk/firstworldwar/those_who_served.htm here] Barnes Family History website.*Driver Percy Walter Long, 67528, 63rd Battery, R.F.A was captured at the fall of Kut, in Mesopotamia, in 1916. For his account, see [[Prisoners of the Turks (First World War)#Historical books online| Prisoners of the Turks (First World War) - Historical books online]].*[http://5thsussex.blogspot.co.uk/ The 5th Sussex (Reserve) Battery] was formed on the South Coast and spent time in England until October 1917 when it joined the Indian Division in Mesopotamia and subsequently took part in the [[3rd Afghan War|Afghanistan War of 1919]]. Includes photographs from the collection of Edward Midmore who was based at [[Karachi]], [[Quetta]] and Charriam [probably incorrectly transcribed and should be [[Chaman]]] in India, and was associated with the Capture of Spin Boldak in Afgahnistan in 1919, although he was not directly involved in the fighting.*[http://www.king-emperor.com/Photographs%20-%2017th%20Pack%20Battery%20RGA.html 17 Pack Battery RGA in India] www.king-emperor.com. Contains photographs from an album belonging to Harry Lamming, Battery Sergeant-Major of the 17th Pack Battery RGA. The 17th Pack Battery served in India from 1920 to 1927, and was posted to various stations including [[Razmak]] in North Waziristan.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140829100253/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~derekboddington/album_5/slides/artillery_gp.html Photograph: A group of off-duty Artillerymen from No. 3 Bty, 3rd Bde relaxing in fatigues and solar "topees"] by Lance Sergeant Thomas Boddington, [[Quetta]], Baluchistan, about 1926. Family website, now archived.*[http://www.raga.com/generalsirjohnwilton/generalsirjohnwilton.pdf "The Diary and Journal of General Sir John Wilton"] (born 1910) He was an officer in a India and Burma from December 1931, initially with the 69 Fd Bty Royal Artillery (page 3) and left in May 1939 (page 12) www.raga.com*Listen to the [http://1914www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014873 1995 interview with Ronald William Swann] British NCO with 238 Bty, 115th Field Regt, Royal Artillery in GB, France and Belgium and India 1939-19181942; served with 160th Jungle Field Regt, Royal Artillery in Bengal, India, 1943; officer served with artillery unit during Second Chindit Expedition in Burma, 1944 Imperial War Museums*[http://www.42regt.com/documents/binney/page1.html 42 Regiment Royal Artillery: History 1939 to 1947] 16 Field Regiment RA includes from 15 April 1942 sailing for India and from April 1944 front line service at Kohima (northeast India) and then Burma.invisionzone42regt.com*[http://forumswww.anti-aircraft.co.uk/indexhuman_interest_JC.html The father of John Cooper] A Searchlight Unit was formed from 41st Battalion 5th North Staffs (Originally TA Volunteers). They then were drafted to 126 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment which supposedly never left the UK and then to the 60 Field Artillery Regiment. They were in fact transported out to India under the Command of General Wingate and Brigadier Mike Calvert as part of the Chindits Special Forces 77th Brigade.php?act=idx Great ([[Second World War Forum|WW2]]) www.anti-aircraft.co.uk*[https://web.archive.org/web/20211025024557/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10367891/Ron-Burton.html Obituary: Ron Burton] 09 October 2013 ''The Telegraph''. He was Sergeant, 125 Anti-Tank Regiment Royal Artillery (125 ATR), taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore.*[http://victor-morgan.com/2012/09/19/razmak-north-west-frontier-circa-1946-47/ Razmak North West Frontier. Circa 1946-47]. victor-morgan.com. Alternative views, some photographs may be better. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080509135715/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/soldier1a.htm 1], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513114312/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/razmak2a.htm 2], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080513114207/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/ongun3a.htm 3], [https://web.archive.org/web/20080706154551/http://homepages.tesco.net/~victor.morgan/razmak.htm 4]. Victor Morgan was a member of 56 Heavy Regiment at [[Razmak]] and was subsequently with 123 Field Regt.*Account by Nigel Buxton who was in the Royal Artillery during WW2 who spent six months from April 1946 as an assistant adjutant in India during the last days of the Raj, then was ADC to the general commanding Special Force 401 in Iraq, before demobilisation in 1947.<ref>''The Fading Margin'' by Nigel Buxton. The following cover his time in India and Iraq: [https://web.archive.org/web/20200907070734/https://baaaddad.wordpress.com/2013/02/22/the-fading-margin-serial-15/ Serial 15], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200907070534/https://baaaddad.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/the-fading-margin-serial-16/ Serial 16], [https://web.archive.org/web/20200907070625/https://baaaddad.wordpress.com/2013/03/08/the-fading-margin-serial-17/ Serial 17],[https://web.archive.org/web/20200907070936/https://baaaddad.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/the-fading-margin-serial-18/ Serial 18] February and March 2013, Buxton's blog baaaddad.wordpress.com, archived. The account commences November 2012, navigate via side bar. </ref>*[https://www.dover.gov.uk/Planning/Conservation/Conservation-Areas/Dover-Western-Heights-Conservation-Framework.pdf Built Heritage Conservation Framework for Dover Western Heights] by Liv Gibbs, February 2012. dover.gov.uk. Dover Western Heights is a series of forts at Dover, England. thread Includes a detailed chronology with information about Quarters for India all ranks, facilities provided, military features etc, an indication of military life in a fort (and probably more generally applicable to Army life elsewhere.)

==== Historical books online ====*[https://archive.org/details/artilleryhistory0000norr ''Artillery : a History''] by John Norris 2000. Archive.org Books on-line to Borrow/Lending Library.*[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008627261?urlappend=%3Bseq=9 ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery ... in …1763, with a continuation to the present time. Also a succession of Master Generals…With a List of the Officers of the Corps of Royal Artillery Drivers…Officers of the Military Medical Department of the Ordnance…Chief Commissaries..of the Field Train Department of the Ordnance…''] by John Kane 1815. HathiTrust Digital Library, which has the advantage that pages can be rotated. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008627261?urlappend=%3Bseq=12 Contents], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433008627261?urlappend=%3Bseq=98 Appendices] from page 78. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=EpQNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Google Books version] with some manuscript additions, but poor quality filming in parts.:[https://archive.org/details/listofficersroy00kanegoog/page/n6/mode/2up ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from ... 1716 to the present date'' [1869<nowiki>]</nowiki>] 1869. Archive.org. Contains some short bibliographies from page 165.:[https://archive.org/details/listofficersroy01askwgoog/page/n6/mode/2up ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the year 1716 to the year 1899''] collected by General W H Askwith Fourth edition 1900. Archive.org. [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015007022307?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 HathiTrust Digital Library version] with rotatable pages.

*[httphttps://wwwarchive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.284332 ''The History of the Royal Artillery (Crimean Period)''] by Colonel Julian R J Jocelyn 1911 Archive.org, Digital Library Of India Collection.*[https://archive.org/streamdetails/history-artillery-mutiny-1857/listofficersroy01askwgoog#page/n7n13/mode/1up 2up ''List of Officers The History of the Royal Regiment and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857''] by Julian R J Jocelyn 1915. Archive.org. [https://books.google.com/books?id=KE9FAAAAYAAJ Google Books], same digital file. *[https://archive.org/details/historyroyalartillery1860-1914/HistRoyalArtilleryVol1_1860/page/n7/mode/2up ''The History of the Royal Artillery : from the Year 1716 Indian Mutiny to the Great War''] by Sir Charles Callwell and Sir John Headlam (1931, 1937, 1940) ''Volume 1, 1860-1899'', ''Volume 2, 1899-1914'', Volume 3, ''Campaigns 1860-1914''. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/fareasttheatre190000farn/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The Far East Theatre, 1939-1946''] by General Sir Martin Farndale 2002. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. *[https://archive.org/details/fbatteryroyalhorseartillery/page/n9/mode/2up ''A Sketch of the History of ‘F’ Battery Royal Horse Artillery''] by John KaneMajor-General F. W. Stubbs and Major A. S. Tyndale-Biscoe, William Harrison AskwithR.H.A. 1905 Archive.org. Previously 1st Troop in the 1st Brigade of the [[Bengal Horse Artillery]]. *[https://archive.org/details/history-jbattery-royal-horse-art/page/n11/mode/2up ''History of “J” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Formerly A Troop, Madras Horse Artillery)''] 4th by Major Guilbert E. Wyndham Malet, Captain of the Battery, 1875-79, 2nd edition 1898, first published c 1877. A later edition published 1904 is available in a reprint edition, 1900 Archive<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/history-of-j-battery-royal-horse-artillery-formerly-a-troop-madras-horse-artillery/ ''History of “J” Battery, Royal Horse Artillery (Formerly A Troop, Madras Horse Artillery)''] Naval & Military Press reprint edition.</ref> which in turn is available [https://www.fold3.com/browse/251/hTGb85NZ8wIfXXI19ivTki8tX online on the Ancestry owned pay website fold3] (located in Military Books/Britain). The 1904 edition includes the history from establishment to the Boer War.org

**[https://archive.org/search?query=%22Minutes+of+Proceedings+of+the+Royal+Artillery+Institution%22&sort=date Collection of ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution'' at Archive.org]. Many of the volumes are from biodiversitylibrary.org, see next link.*:[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/162751 Collection of ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution'' at biodiversitylibrary.org] V1 1862- V11 1881, V19-V26 1899.*[https://archive.org/search?query=title%3A%28Journal+of+the+Royal+Artillery%29&sort=date ''Journal of the Royal Artillery'' at Archive.org]. A few issues only for part of 1915, 1916 and 1926.*[http://books.google.com/books?id=dt05AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA100 ''The Life of Alexander Alexander Volume 1''], page 100 by Alexander Alexander and edited by John Howell 1830 ( Google Books). The author arrived in Ceylon in 1803 with the Royal Artillery*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GhodAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 '' Up Among the Pandies: Or, A Year's Service in India''] by Lieut. Vivian Dering Majendie, Royal Artillery. 1859 Google Books. The author came to India after the outbreak of the [[Indian Mutiny]].*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=fJMtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR6 ‪''Camp and Cantonment‬: ‪A Journal of Life in India in 1857-1859 to which is added A Short Account of the Pursuit of the Rebels in Central India by Majot Paget, RHA''] by Mrs Leopold Paget 1865 Google Books *[https://archive.org/details/gunnerjingosjubi00stra ''Gunner Jingo's Jubilee''] by Major-General T Bland Strange. Late Royal Artillery 1893 Archive.org. Born 1831 in [[Meerut]] he subsequently came to India when the Indian Mutiny broke out (page 129) and remained, including leave in 1861, when he went on on a six months hunting trek in Kashmir and Ladak, until c 1862 (page 337). [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Bland_Strange Thomas Bland Strange] Wikipedia. [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?id_nbr=7974 “Strange, Thomas Bland”] by Roderick C. Macleod in ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography'', vol. 15, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003. *[https://archive.org/details/cu31924028000101 ''Recollections of a Military Life''] by General Sir John Adye , RA 1895 Archive.org. He arrived when the Indian Mutiny broke out, and was in India nearly nine years. *[https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.1610/page/n1/mode/2up ''Leaves from the Diaries of a Soldier and Sportsman during twenty years’ service in India Afghanistan Egypt and other countries 1865-1885''] by Lt.-General Sir Montagu Gilbert Gerard 1903 Archive.org, mirror from PAHAR: Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1912_supplement/Gerard,_Montagu_Gilbert Biographical details from Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement] wikisource. Born 1842, he had a varied Army career, including Royal Artillery, Bengal Staff Corps, various missions and commissions, and took part in many military campaigns.*[https://archive.org/details/jramc-1913-vol21/page/n151/mode/2up "An Episode of the Second Afghan War, 1878–79"] by Colonel J. M. Beamish ''Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps'' 1913;21:1 111-116. Archive.org. The author was Medical Officer for the Battery of Garrison Artillery-13/8 R.A. *[https://archive.org/details/soldiersindia00keat ''A Soldier's India''] by Clifford Keates. Large print edition 1988, first published 1986. Archive.org Book to Borrow/Lending Library. Edited from a manuscript ''Flashes of Light from the Storm of Life'' by Keates, Driver No 6278 (born 1864), of the 26th Field Battery, Royal Artillery in India who arrived at [[Neemuch]], 160 miles north of [[Mhow]] in November 1888. The account describes a march by a Reconnaissance Party between Neemuch and [[Ahmednagar]] in 1890.*[https://archive.org/details/memoirofltcoledw00steeiala ''A memoir of Lt.-Col. Edward Anthony Steel, RHA and RFA, 1880-1919 : consisting chiefly of his letters and diaries with numerous illustrations''] 1921 Archive.org. In India from 1901 when he exchanged into L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery at Secunderabad, to 1904. He subsequently worked for the Colonial Department in Africa. During WW1 he was on the [[Western Front]] with 35th Battery, briefly in Mesopotamia late 1918/early 1919, and finally posted to Vladivostok with the British Military Mission to Siberia, where he died 17 October 1919 in Omsk, of influenza.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208934/page/n5/mode/2up ''Clouds That Flee''] by Colonel Montague Cooke. 1935. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. Born 1877, he joined, as an officer, the Militia 1894, and the Royal Artillery 1899. He was mainly in the Royal Horse Artillery. He was in India in 1906, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208934/page/n117/mode/2up page 109], for a year, and again in 1916, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208934/page/n211/mode/2up page 198] to found a School of Gunnery at Akora, North-West Frontier Province, Oct. 1916, and during WW1 also fought on the [[Western Front]] (2 separate periods) and in [[Egypt, Palestine, Syria (First World War)|Palestine]].*[https://archive.org/details/leavesfromoffice00craw ''Leaves from an Officer's Notebook''] by Eliot Crawshay-Williams 1918 Archive.org. Includes Egypt, Sinai from February 1916 to August 1916. The author was in a Battery of the Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force).*For WW1 accounts, also see [[Western Front#Artillery|Western Front - Historical books online - Artillery]]*[http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100037450601.0x000002 ''Thim Days Is Gone'']. Qatar Digital Library. A memoir written by Major Maurice Patrick O'Connor Tandy recounting his career, initially in the Royal Artillery in a Light Battery, and an Indian Mountain Battery in the 1930s. He then joined the Foreign and Political Department in October 1936, (page 33). Further details are in [http://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2017/02/thim-days-is-gone-a-colonial-memoir.html Thim Days Is Gone – a colonial memoir] 16 February 2017 Untold lives blog, British Library. * ''Seven Cantonments'' by Major SEG Ponder c 1938. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.527935 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. The author was an Officer in the Royal Artillery, based in the North-West Frontier region, in 1937, and perhaps later, including [[Peshawar]]. He was CO of a Light Battery, or Mountain Battery, where the gunners were British.*[https://archive.org/details/pickupyourparrot0000penn/mode/2up ''Pick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys: The Life of a Boy Soldier in India''] by William Pennington 2004, first published 2003. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. For more details about this book , see [[Royal Artillery#Recommended reading|Recommended reading]] above.*[https://archive.org/details/burmarailwaymans0000best/mode/2up ''Burma Railway Man : secret letters from a Japanese POW : the remarkable record of Charles Steel, a Japanese POW''] by Brian Best 2013. Archive.org Books to Borrow/ Lending Library. Steel was a Battery Sergeant Major, 135th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, who became a POW at the fall of Singapore.*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aaVWAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1‪ ''The Royal Artillery as it Is. 1864‬''] Google Books. A submission regarding one of the anomalies following the transfer in India of the old “Indian Artillery” to the Royal Artillery.*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tSNYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP4 ''The Indian Artillery [of the E. I. Company<nowiki>]</nowiki> as incorporated with the Royal Artillery''] 1865 Google Books*[http://books.google.com/books?id=tFMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Standing Orders, Dress Regulations, and Trumpet and Bugle Sounds, for the Royal Regiment of Artillery''] 1864 Google Books. Includes**[http://books.google.com/books?id=tFMBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA53 "Marriage, and Soldiers' Wives"], page 53:[http://archive.org/stream/standingordersf01offigoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Standing Orders of the Royal Regiment of Artillery''] 1876 Archive.org:*[http://archive.org/stream/standingordersf01offigoog#page/n46/mode/2up "Married Soldiers"] page 41*[http://books.google.com/books?id=dDIBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA3 ''Army Equipment: Part II: Equipment of Artillery''] by Major Miller RA Prepared at the War Office. 1864 Google Books*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=GgUHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA126 Royal Artillery rates of pay (not India) in 1870], page 126 ''Revised Army Regulations Volume 1: Royal Warrant for the Pay and Promotion, Non-effective Pay, and Allowances of Her Majesty's British Forces serving elsewhere than in India'' dated 27 December 1870 HMSO Google Books*[https://archive.org/details/sixmonthsinrank00murrgoog ''Six Months in the Ranks; or, The Gentleman Private''] [by E.C.G. Murray] 1881 Archive.org*[http://www.archive.org/stream/cihm_09270#page/n11/mode/2up ''The History of the Dress of the Royal Regiment of Artillery, 1625-1897''] compiled and illustrated by R.J. Macdonald 1899. Archive.org. Originally some of the prints were in colour, however, the online book is in black and white. Also available [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427417f/f11.item gallica.bnf.fr version] with high quality images, see the [https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8427417f/f13.planchecontact thumbnails] but book reader is slow - download possible. This book is also available [http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=33265 on the pay site Ancestry], (Worldwide subscription required), where it is possible to browse the pages.*[http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15040coll1/id/490/rec/8 ''Siege Artillery Drill-1900''] by Great Britain War Office. Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library.*[https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/jspui/handle/123456789/2730447 ''Annual Report on the Royal Artillery in India for 1901-02''] National Archives of India. abhilekh-patal.in*[https://archive.org/details/HandbookOfThe4InchGunMarksVAndV ''Handbook of the 4-inch B. L. Gun, Marks V and VI. (Land Service)''] by Great Britain. War Office 1904 Archive.org. With Plates at the rear of the book.*''Modern Guns and Gunnery 1907. A Practical Manual for Officers of the Horse, Field and Mountain Artillery'' by Lt.-Colonel H A Bethell Royal Field Artillery [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/chi.087227502?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust version], [http://issuu.com/carvil/docs/modern_guns___gunnery__bethell_1907_ issuu.com version]. [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b74047?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 1910 version: Entirely rewritten] HathiTrust Digital Library.:[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b16310?urlappend=%3Bseq=13 ''Modern Artillery in the Field: a description of the Artillery of the Field Army, and the Principles and Methods of its Employment''] by Colonel H. A. Bethell RFA (Retired) 1911 Hathi Trust Digital Library.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/modernpigstickin00wardrich#page/n9/mode/2up ''Modern Pig-sticking''] by Major A. E. Wardrop, Royal Horse Artillery, with chapters by J. Vaughan, F. W. Caton Jones, M. M. Crawford, and H. E. Medlicott 1914 Archive.org*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b25288?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Big Game Hunting in the Himalayas and Tibet''] by Major G. Burrard RFA (Retired) 1925 HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.233394/page/3/mode/2up Archive.org version].*[https://archive.org/details/royalairobservationcorps19351955book/page/n1/mode/2up ''Royal Air Observation Post. Auster Era 1936-1956. Evolution and Campaigns''] by Major Aamir Mushtaq Cheema 2012. Archive.org. AOP Air Observation Post, a light unarmed aircraft flown exclusively by Royal Artillery Officers. Air OP Squadron, a Royal Air Force Unit consisting of Squadron Headquarters and three Flights A, B and C attached to the Royal Artillery of a Corps. Includes a chapter on WW2 Burma.*[https://archive.org/details/raschoolofequita00rasc ''R. A. School of Equitation, India''] 1922 Archive.org. Printed at Allahabad.*[https://archive.org/details/1937-jusii-v67/page/297/mode/2up "The Passing of the R A Horse Driver"] by Major M E S Laws R A page 297 ''Journal of the United Service Institution of India'' Volume 67, 1937. Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/memoirsroyalart00farmgoog ''Memoirs of the Royal Artillery Band: its Origin, History and Progress: an Account of the Rise of Military Music in England''] by Henry George Farmer 1904 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22Journal+of+the+United+States+Artillery%22&sort=date ''Journal of the United States Artillery''] by Artillery School, Fort Monroe, Virginia USA. Archive.org. Multiple volumes from 1892 to 1922. The title then changed to:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=%22The+Coast+Artillery+Journal%22&sort=date ''The Coast Artillery Journal''] Archive.org. Multiple volumes from 1922 to 1949.*Volumes, from 1911, of ''The Field Artillery Journal'' published by The United States Field Artillery Association, are available on the webpage [https://sill-www.army.mil/fires-bulletin-archive/ Fires Bulletin Archive] published by the US Army Field Artillery. sill-www.army.mil Fort Sill, Oklahoma USA.:[https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22Field+Artillery+Journal%22%29&sort=date ''Field Artillery Journal''] Collection of digitised microfilm from 1911 at Archive.org. == References ==<references />