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Field Artillery>Field Artillery Regiment| role = PAGE=1ARCHIVE-DATE=2021-02-26URL-STATUS=DEAD, 1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom)>1st Artillery Brigade| garrison = Edinburgh| garrison_label = Regimental Headquarters| nickname = "The Scottish and Ulster Gunners"| patron = | motto = | colors = | colors_label = | march = | mascot = | equipment = L118 Light Gun.| equipment_label = | battles = | anniversaries = | decorations = | battle_honours = | commander1 = | commander1_label = | commander2 = | commander2_label = | commander3 = | commander3_label = | notable_commanders = | identification_symbol = | identification_symbol_label = | identification_symbol_2 = | identification_symbol_2_label = | identification_symbol_3 = | identification_symbol_3_label = | aircraft_attack = | aircraft_bomber = | aircraft_electronic = | aircraft_fighter = | aircraft_interceptor = | aircraft_patrol = | aircraft_recon = | aircraft_trainer = | aircraft_transport = }}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.

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.WEB, Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments,weblink dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20040315024235weblink">weblink March 15, 2004, 2 December 2015, 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.WEB, July 2013, Transforming the British Army - An Update July 2013,weblink dead,weblink 10 June 2014, 1 December 2015, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), 12, 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).WEB,weblink Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, page 5, 11 May 2014, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20130810031303weblink">weblink 10 August 2013,

Current organisation

The current organisation of the regiment is as follows:

• Regimental Headquarters, at Artillery House, Redford Barracks, EdinburghWEB, 105 Regiment Royal Artillery,weblink 2021-04-17, www.army.mod.uk, en-GB, WEB, Redford Barracks, 301 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH13 0PP,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
• 206 (Ulster) Battery, in NewtownardsWEB, Crawfordsburn Road, Newtownards, County Down BT23 4EA,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
  • B Troop, in ColeraineWEB, Army Reserve Centre, Artillery Road, Coleraine BT52 1QL,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
• 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery, in GlasgowWEB, Army Reserve Centre, 369 Crow Road, Glasgow G11 7DG,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
• 212 (Highland) Battery, in ArbroathWEB, Army Reserve Centre, Montrose Road, Arbroath DD11 5JS,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
  • F Troop, in KirkcaldyWEB, Army Reserve Centre, 48 Hunter Street Kirkcaldy KY1 2NH,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
  • G Troop, at Fort Charlotte, LerwickWEB, Fort Charlotte, Lerwick, Fort Charlotte ZE1 0JN,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
• 278 (Lowland) Battery "City of Edinburgh", in LivingstonWEB, Army Reserve Centre, Beveridge Square, Livingston EH54 6QF,weblink 17 April 2021, Army Careers,
  • I Troop, at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh

See also

• Armed forces in Scotland
• Military history of Scotland

References

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Publications

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

External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20180925180404weblink">Official site
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20080827221519weblink">206 (Ulster) Bty RA(V) site
• weblink" title="archive.today/20071224110942weblink">207 (City of Glasgow) Bty RA(V) site
• 212 (Highland) Bty RA(V) site{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• weblink" title="archive.today/20130415212937weblink">Scottish Military Heritage Centre

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