103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery

British Army reserve artillery regiment June 2019 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery Crest.jpg The crest of 103 Regiment Royal Artillery 1967 – present England United Kingdom United Kingdom Royal Artillery Field support 4 Batteries432 personnelhttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 Army – Question for Ministry of Defence 1 14 December 2020 4th Brigade Jubilee Barracks, St Helens The North West Gunners / #TEAM103 Ubique – Everywhere.Quo Fas et Gloria Ducunt – Where Right and Glory Lead. 105mm Light Gun – The Colours of the Royal Regiment of Artillery are its Guns or Weapon Systems. When on parade on Ceremonial occasions the Guns and Weapon Systems are to be accorded the same compliments as the Standards, Guidons and Colours of the Cavalry and Infantry. The Royal Artillery Slow March L118 Light Gun 1 April 1967 Lt Col Christopher Billups MBE Commanding Officer (CO) thumb|The cap badge of The Royal Regiment of Artillery Cap Badge 100px Tactical Recognition Flash (TRF) Crawford (Pipers & Drummers kilts) Tartan 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and primarily has sub-units throughout the Greater Manchester and Merseyside area of the North-West of England, in recent years it has extended its footprint to Wolverhampton, Isle of Man, Carlisle and Nottingham. Its purpose is to provide reinforcements for units that use the 105 mm L118 Light Gun. Formation The Lancashire Artillery Volunteers were first raised in 1859 as part of the Volunteer Force raised in response to threats of French Invasion.http://new.lancashire.gov.uk/media/52092/Handlist72militiaandvolunteers.pdf Sources for the history of the militia and volunteer regiments in Lancashire 18 11 May 2014 A total of 23 Artillery companies were raised initially. However, in Manchester, numerous units that would later form the Lancashire Artillery Gunners had existed from as early as 1804, when the Duke of Gloucester inspected the Heaton Artillery Volunteers before they were shipped off to the fronts of the Napoleonic Wars.http://mancuniensis.info/Chronology/Chronology1804FPX.htm Salford Hundred ancestry, annals and history 11 May 2014 3 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212941/http://mancuniensis.info/Chronology/Chronology1804FPX.htm dead 20th-century history Officers and men of the Lancashire Artillery Volunteers continued to give service during the two world wars of the 20th Century.http://www.swordsandpistols.co.uk/swords_gallery/index.php?page=list-image&album=71 British Artillery Officer's Sword to 2nd Lancashire Artillery Volunteers 11 May 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140513012117/http://www.swordsandpistols.co.uk/swords_gallery/index.php?page=list-image&album=71# 2014-05-13 dead In 1967, some of these units were amalgamated to form 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Light Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers).http://www.win.tue.nl/~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RA/#101rra Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments 11 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081212080527/http://www.win.tue.nl/~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RA/ 12 December 2008 Its units were Headquarters Battery at Liverpool, 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Light Air Defence Battery at Liverpool and 209 (The Manchester Artillery) Light Air Defence Battery at Manchester. In 1969 213 (South Lancashire Artillery) Light Air Defence Battery was formed at St Helens and joined the regiment. In 1976, the regiment changed its designation to 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Air Defence Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers) upon being equipped with the Blowpipe missile air-defense weapon. Then, in 1986, 216 (The Bolton Artillery) Battery was formed at Bolton and joined the regiment. In 1992, as a result of the Options for Change, the regiment lost one Air-Defence Battery (213 Air-Defense Battery, which was amalgamated with HQ Battery at St Helens) and Regimental Headquarters were moved from Deysbrooke Barracks, Liverpool, to St. Helens to be co-located with HQ Battery. In 2001, the regiment transferred from Air Defence to the Field Artillery as a Light Gun Regiment. Batteries Under Army 2020, 209 (Manchester & St Helens) Battery Royal Artillery increased to a battery size. 210 (Staffordshire) Battery Royal Artillery, based in Wolverhampton, joined this regiment from 106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery, and re-roled to a light gun battery. 103 Regiment is paired with the regular 4th Regiment RA under the 1st Artillery Brigade.http://www.serfca.org/Portals/0/Images/f/SUMMARY%20OF%20A2020%20RESERVE%20STRUCTURE%20AND%20BASING%20CHANGES.pdf Summary of Reserve Structure and Basing Changes, page 4 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130810031303/http://www.serfca.org/Portals/0/Images/f/SUMMARY%20OF%20A2020%20RESERVE%20STRUCTURE%20AND%20BASING%20CHANGES.pdf 2013-08-10 http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf Army 2020 Report, page 12 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140610215557/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf 2014-06-10 The current structure of the regiment is as follows:6 July 2020 Information regarding locations of Army Reserve units https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/664382/response/1596315/attach/3/20200706%20FOI05506%20Arbeely%20Response%20Letter%20ArmySec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 live 11 April 2021 What do they know? https://web.archive.org/web/20200706215250/https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/664382/response/1596315/attach/3/20200706%20FOI05506%20Arbeely%20Response%20Letter%20ArmySec.pdf?cookie_passthrough=1 6 July 2020 103 Regiment Royal Artillery https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-artillery/103-lancashire-artillery-volunteers-regiment-royal-artillery/ 2021-04-13 www.army.mod.uk en-GB Regimental Headquarters, at Jubilee Barracks, Saint HelensJubilee Barracks, Prescot Road, St Helens WA10 3UB https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/north-west/st-helens-prescot-road 13 April 2021 Army Careers Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band, at Nelson Street Army Reserve Centre, BoltonArmy Reserve Centre, Nelson Street, Bolton BL3 2RW https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/north-west/bolton-nelson-street 13 April 2021 Army Careers Headquarters Troop, at Jubilee Barracks, Saint Helens 208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery Royal Artillery, at Brigadier Philip Toosy Barracks, LiverpoolBrigadier Philip Toosy Barracks, Aigburth Road, Liverpool L17 9PH https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/north-west/liverpool-aigburth-road 13 April 2021 Army Careers Manx Troop, at Lord Street Army Reserve Centre, Douglas, Isle of ManArmy Reserve Centre, Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM1 1LE https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/north-west/isle-of-man-lord-street 13 April 2021 Army Careers – formed in 201530 September 2015 Isle of Man Welcomes First Reserve Unit For 50 Years https://www.forces.net/services/army/isle-man-welcomes-first-reserve-unit-50-years 2021-08-27 Forces Network en 209 (Manchester Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery, at Belle Vue Street Army Reserve Centre, ManchesterArmy Reserve Centre, Belle Vue Street, Manchester M12 5PW https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/north-west/manchester-belle-vue-street 13 April 2021 Army Careers 210 (Staffordshire) Battery Royal Artillery, at Wolseley House, WolverhamptonWolseley House, Fallings Park, Wolverhampton WV10 9QR https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/midlands/wolverhampton-fallings-park 13 April 2021 Army CareersSaragarhi Day 2021 commemorated in Wolverhampton https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2021/09/saragarhi-day-2021-commemoration/ 2021-09-12 www.army.mod.uk en-GB C (South Nottinghamshire Hussars) Troop,The Royal Lancers and Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum http://www.qrlnymuseum.co.uk/snh.htm 25 July 2020C Troop celebrates a year in Nottingham https://eastmidlandsrfca.co.uk/news/c-troop-celebrates-a-year-in-nottingham/ 25 July 2020 at Hucknall Lane Army Reserve Centre, BulwellArmy Reserve Centre 221 Hucknall Lane, Bulwell, Nottingham NG6 8AQ https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/midlands/nottingham-221-hucknall-lane 13 April 2021 Army Careers – formed in 2018 216 (Bolton Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery, at Nelson Street Army Reserve Centre, Bolton Lancashire Artillery Pipes and Drums Equipment The 103rd Regiment is equipped with the 105mm Light Gun, a versatile, air-portable and air-mobile artillery piece.https://nemvc.org.uk/robs-105mm-light-gun/ 105mm Light Gun Restoration North East Military Motor Club 4 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190604070555/https://nemvc.org.uk/robs-105mm-light-gun/ 4 June 2019 Freedoms The regiment has received the freedom of several locations throughout its history; these include: England 14 October 2017: Liverpool (208 (3rd West Lancashire) Battery).https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2017-10-16/army-battery-awarded-freedom-of-liverpool Army Battery awarded Freedom of Liverpool 16 October 2017 ITV News England 27 October 2020: Manchester (209 (Manchester Artillery) Battery).https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/marcus-rashford-should-awarded-freedom-19173152 Marcus Rashford should be awarded freedom of Manchester, says councillor Niall Griffiths 27 October 2020 Manchester Evening News References Publications Litchfield, Norman E H, and Westlake, R, 1982. The Volunteer Artillery 1859-1908, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. 978-0-9508205-0-7 Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. The Territorial Artillery 1908-1988, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. 978-0-9508205-2-1 External links Official site Official Regimental Facebook Page Official Regimental Instagram Category:Royal Artillery regiments Category:Military units and formations in Lancashire Category:Military units and formations in Manchester Category:Military units and formations established in 1967 Category:1859 establishments in the United Kingdom