105th Regiment Royal Artillery

105th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Scottish & Ulster Gunners) is part of the Army Reserve and has sub-units throughout Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is currently equipped with the L118 Light Gun.

105th Regiment Royal Artillery
105 Regiment Royal Artillery firing a Death Gun Salute at Edinburgh Castle to mark the death of Prince Philip in April 2021.
Active1986—Present
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeField Artillery Regiment
Size4 batteries
466 personnel[1]
Part of1st Artillery Brigade
Regimental HeadquartersEdinburgh
Nickname(s)"The Scottish and Ulster Gunners"
EquipmentL118 Light Gun.

History

The regiment was first formed as the 105 (Scottish) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) on 1 April 1986 with its Regimental Headquarters at Artillery House, near Redford Barracks in Edinburgh. Its units were 207 (City of Glasgow) Air Defence Battery at Glasgow, 212 (Highland) Air Defence Battery at Arbroath and 218 (Lothian) Air Defence Battery at Livingston. It was equipped with a succession of missile systems, Blowpipe, Javelin and finally the Starstreak missile until 2005. In 1987 219 (City of Dundee) Air Defence Battery was formed at Dundee and joined the regiment.[2]

After the Options for Change defence review in 1993, 206 (Ulster) Battery transferred to the regiment from 102nd (Ulster) Air Defence Regiment. At that time 219 Battery disbanded and the regiment was renamed 105 Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers). 218 Battery was disbanded in 2005 when the Regiment re-roled to field artillery. 105 Regiment was then equipped with the L118 105mm Light Gun. From 1 March 2015, the regiment has been paired with 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[2][3]

Under Army 2020, a new battery, 278 (Lowland) Battery Royal Artillery based in Livingston joined this regiment. The battery continued the traditions of the old 278th (Lowland) Regiment (The City of Edinburgh Artillery).[4]

Current organisation

The current organisation of the regiment is as follows:

References
  1. "Army – Question for Ministry of Defence". p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments". Archived from the original on 15 March 2004. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
  3. "Transforming the British Army - An Update July 2013" (PDF). Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). July 2013. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  4. "Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, page 5" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  5. "105 Regiment Royal Artillery". www.army.mod.uk. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  6. "Redford Barracks, 301 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH13 0PP". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  7. "Crawfordsburn Road, Newtownards, County Down BT23 4EA". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  8. "Army Reserve Centre, Artillery Road, Coleraine BT52 1QL". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  9. "Army Reserve Centre, 369 Crow Road, Glasgow G11 7DG". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  10. "Army Reserve Centre, Montrose Road, Arbroath DD11 5JS". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  11. "Army Reserve Centre, 48 Hunter Street Kirkcaldy KY1 2NH". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  12. "Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Fort Charlotte ZE1 0JN". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  13. "Army Reserve Centre, Beveridge Square, Livingston EH54 6QF". Army Careers. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

Publications
  • Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. ISBN 0-9508205-2-0


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