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== External Links == | == 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 | + | |
| + | [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<br> | ||
| + | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_(rank) Bombardier] Wikipedia<br> | ||
==== Historical Books on-line ==== | ==== 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 | + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/englandsartille01browgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''England's artillerymen: an historical narrative of the services of the Royal Artillery from the formation of the Regiment up to the amalgamation of the Royal and Indian Artilleries in 1862''] by James Alexander Browne 1865 Archive.org including |
| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00goog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II''] by Major Francis Duncan 1873 | + | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/englandsartille01browgoog#page/n93/mode/1up "The Royal Artillery in the East Indies"] |
| − | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/listofficersroy01askwgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to 1899''] by John Kane, William Harrison Askwith, 4th edition, 1900 | + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00duncgoog#page/n11/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol I''] by Major Francis Duncan 1879 Archive.org |
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00goog#page/n10/mode/2up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II''] by Major Francis Duncan 1873 Archive.org Includes the history up until the Battle of Waterloo 1815. | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/historyroyalreg00himegoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1815-1853''] by Henry W.L. Hime 1908 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/listofficersroy01askwgoog#page/n7/mode/1up ''List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to 1899''] by John Kane, William Harrison Askwith, 4th edition, 1900 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=-lcBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Remarks on the Organization of the British Royal Artillery''] by Charles James B. Riddell 1852 Google Books | ||
| + | *''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution'' | ||
| + | **[http://books.google.com/books?id=5_hBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 1 1858], [http://books.google.com/books?id=5_hBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR33 Contents] Google Books | ||
| + | **[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 Volume 2 1861] Google Books including | ||
| + | ***[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA883 "Desultory Notes at Takoo. By an Officer of the Siege Train"] | ||
| + | ***[http://books.google.com/books?id=EPtBAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA4-PA888 "The Royal Artillery at Canton"] | ||
| + | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/minutesproceedi04unkngoog#page/n6/mode/1up Volume 6 1870] Archive.org including | ||
| + | ***[http://www.archive.org/stream/minutesproceedi04unkngoog#page/n462/mode/1up "Central Asia and our Military Position on the North West Frontier of India"] | ||
| + | ***[http://www.archive.org/stream/minutesproceedi04unkngoog#page/n576/mode/1up "The Field Gun for India"] | ||
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Revision as of 13:11, 11 July 2010
Chronology
- 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)
External Links
Royal Artillery Wikipedia
Royal Regiment of Artillery Wikipedia
British Army Artillery Victorians at War Website
Bombardier Wikipedia
Historical Books on-line
- England's artillerymen: an historical narrative of the services of the Royal Artillery from the formation of the Regiment up to the amalgamation of the Royal and Indian Artilleries in 1862 by James Alexander Browne 1865 Archive.org including
- History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol I by Major Francis Duncan 1879 Archive.org
- History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol II by Major Francis Duncan 1873 Archive.org Includes the history up until the Battle of Waterloo 1815.
- History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery 1815-1853 by Henry W.L. Hime 1908 Archive.org
- List of Officers of the Royal Regiment of Artillery from the Year 1716 to 1899 by John Kane, William Harrison Askwith, 4th edition, 1900 Archive.org
- Remarks on the Organization of the British Royal Artillery by Charles James B. Riddell 1852 Google Books
- Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution
- Volume 1 1858, Contents Google Books
- Volume 2 1861 Google Books including
- Volume 6 1870 Archive.org including
