Difference between revisions of "Royal Artillery"

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1716 two companies of field artillery raised at Woolwich
1720 first called Royal Artillery
1748 Presidential Artilleries of Bengal, Madras and Bombay formed
1793 Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) raised to provide fire support for the cavalry
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
1899 divided into Royal Horse Artillery, Royal Field Artillery and Royal Garrison Artillery
1924 amalgamated again into one regiment Royal Artillery
Today Royal Regiment of Artillery comprised of Royal Horse Artillery (King's Troop & 3 regiments) and Royal Artillery (18 regiments)

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 == 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<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
+==== Historical Books on-line ====
+[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00duncgoog#page/n11/mode/2up History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol I] by Major Francis Duncan 1879<br>
+[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00goog#page/n10/mode/2up History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II] by Major Francis Duncan 1873<br>
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