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''Army Records: A Guide for Family Historians'' by William Spencer 2008 published by the National Archives. It is mainly about records in the National Archives and the India Office at the British Library. It contains chapters Royal Artillery and The British Army in India and the Indian Army. Available at the [[British Library]]. Also available from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1905615108 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
Also refer to the guide produced by Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum called "Is There A Gunner In Your Family Tree?", see below.
The catalogue entries are
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=68000&MARKERSCN= '''Royal Artillery Description Books WO 69/74-80]'''
**[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/browser.asp?CATLN=3&CATID=13129&GPE=False&DOWN=TRUE&MARKER=68000&MARKERSCN= '''Royal Artillery Records of Service WO 69/81-177]'''
===British Library===
====India Office records====
Refer [[British Army# Records|British Army-India Office military records at the British Library]]
====Books====
*''The History of the Royal Artillery, Crimean period'' by Colonel Julian R. J. Jocelyn. 1911
*''The History of the Royal and Indian Artillery in the Mutiny of 1857'' by Julian R. J. Jocelyn 1915. Available from the [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1843429675 FIBIS Shop] through Amazon.co.uk
*''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 through Amazon.co.uk [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740424 Volume 1], [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740432 Volume 2], [http://astore.amazon.co.uk/faminbriindso-21/detail/1845740440 Volume 3].
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : Western Front 1914-18'' by Sir Martin Farndale.1986
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : the Forgotten Fronts and the Home Base 1914-18'' by Sir Martin Farndale. 1988
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery : Between the Wars, 1919-39'' edited by B. P. Hughes. 1992 (Note the catalogue entry does '''not''' contain the words ”Between the Wars, 1919-39”)
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Anti-aircraft artillery, 1914-55'' by N.W. Routledge. 1994
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: The years of defeat Europe and North Africa, 1939-41'' by Sir Martin Farndale 1996
*''History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery. The Far East Theatre, 1941-1946'' by Sir Martin Farndale 2000. Revised edition ''The Far East Theatre, 1939-1946'' by Sir Martin Farndale. 2002
In addition to the books available through the FIBIS Shop (refer above), some of the Histories have been reprinted by, and are available from, the [[Publishers#Naval and Military Press|Naval and Military Press]]
*''Battery Records of the Royal Artillery'' compiled by M. E. S. Laws. ''Volume 1, 1716-1859'' and ''Volume 2, 1859-1877'' published in 1950 and 1970 . Also known as ‘Laws Tables’
*''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution''. Volume 1 (1858) -Volume 32, no. 3 (June 1905). Volume 12 is missing. The name then changed to
*''The Journal of the Royal Artillery''. Vol. 32, no. 4 (July 1905). This was published monthly, 1905-July 1924; four volumes a year, Oct. 1924-1958; three volumes. a year, 1959-1961; two volumes a year 1962-.
*''General Report of the Practice in the Royal Artillery, Poona Circle (Annual Report on Royal Artillery Practice, Bombay Command) for the season of 1894-95 (1896-97-1899-1900)''
=== Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum===
[http://www.firepower.org.uk/index.asp Firepower, The Royal Artillery Museum] has a [http://www.firepower.org.uk/research/index.asp Library and Archives]. Note that charges apply in the Reading Room.
Firepower has produced 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 researchers. It also details the other main UK sources and archives to explore when researching army service. Available from the [http://www.firepower.org.uk/store/itemdetails.asp?id=40-0-2643 Firepower Museum Shop]
==== Royal Artillery Historical Society====
The [http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/history/1743.aspx Royal Artillery Historical Society] has meetings four time a year. In 2003 there was a presentation "The History of 10 Assaye Battery, Royal Artillery" which was originally part of the Bombay Artillery. This paper may be accessed through the link just given.
===Regimental journals===
''The Gunner'' has been published monthly since 1919. Its aims include providing a record of regimental history, social affairs, sporting activities, equipment, dress etc
''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> [http://www.army.mod.uk/19346.aspx Gunner Magazine] British Army website.</ref>
Originally published from 1858 as ''Minutes of Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Institution'', the name was changed in 1905. Both series of journals are available at the British Library, refer above.
== References ==
*[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/englandsartille01browgoog#page/n93/mode/1up "The Royal Artillery in the East Indies"]
*[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. Covers the period to the peace of 1783. *[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 Covers the history period 1783 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
