Royal Artillery

Royal Regiment of Artillery
Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
Active1716–present
Allegiance United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleArtillery
Size13 Regular regiments
5 Reserve regiments
Garrison/HQLarkhill Garrison
Motto(s)Ubique Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt[a]
ColoursThe guns are regarded as the regimental colours
MarchBritish Grenadiers / Voice Of The Guns (Quick); The Royal Artillery Slow March colloquially known as The Duchess of Kent (Slow); The Keel Row (Trot); "Bonnie Dundee" (Canter)
Commanders
Captain-GeneralKing Charles III
Master Gunner, St James's ParkLieutenant General Sir Andrew Gregory
Insignia
Tactical recognition flash

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two[b] regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.[4]

The Royal Arsenal and the Royal Military Academy, c. 1770
  1. ^ "No. 18952". The London Gazette. 10 July 1832. p. 1583.
  2. ^ "Honourable Artillery Company". British Army. Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Reservists pair with Airborne gunners - British Army Website". British Army. 27 September 2016. Archived from the original on 12 November 2017. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  4. ^ "The British Army - Regiments". www.army.mod.uk. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.


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