105th Regiment Royal Artillery

British Army reserve artillery regiment April 2022 105th Regiment Royal Artillery 105 Regiment Royal Artillery fire a Death Gun Salute for Prince Philip.jpg 105 Regiment Royal Artillery firing a Death Gun Salute at Edinburgh Castle to mark the death of Prince Philip in April 2021. 1986–Present United Kingdom United Kingdom Royal Artillery Field Artillery Regiment 4 batteries466 personnelhttps://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 Army – Question for Ministry of Defence 1 14 December 2020 2021-02-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20210226013531/https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2018-11-22/194616 dead 1st Artillery Brigade Edinburgh Regimental Headquarters "The Scottish and Ulster Gunners" L118 Light Gun. 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.Royal Regiment of Artillery, Volunteer Regiments http://www.win.tue.nl/~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RA/ dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040315024235/http://www.win.tue.nl/~drenth/BritArmy/Lineage/RA/ 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.July 2013 Transforming the British Army - An Update July 2013 http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140610215557/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Army2020_Report.pdf 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).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 5 11 May 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130810031303/http://www.serfca.org/Portals/0/Images/f/SUMMARY%20OF%20A2020%20RESERVE%20STRUCTURE%20AND%20BASING%20CHANGES.pdf 10 August 2013 Batteries The current organisation of the regiment is as follows: Regimental Headquarters, at Artillery House, Redford Barracks, Edinburgh105 Regiment Royal Artillery https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/corps-regiments-and-units/royal-artillery/105-regiment-royal-artillery/ 2021-04-17 www.army.mod.uk en-GBRedford Barracks, 301 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH13 0PP https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/edinburgh-301-colinton-road 17 April 2021 Army Careers 206 (Ulster) Battery Royal Artillery, in NewtownardsCrawfordsburn Road, Newtownards, County Down BT23 4EA https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/northern-ireland/co-down-newtownards 17 April 2021 Army Careers B Troop, in ColeraineArmy Reserve Centre, Artillery Road, Coleraine BT52 1QL https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/northern-ireland/coleraine-artillery-road 17 April 2021 Army Careers 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery Royal Artillery, in GlasgowArmy Reserve Centre, 369 Crow Road, Glasgow G11 7DG https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/glasgow-369-crow-road 17 April 2021 Army Careers 212 (Highland) Battery Royal Artillery, in ArbroathArmy Reserve Centre, Montrose Road, Arbroath DD11 5JS https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/arbroath-montrose-road 17 April 2021 Army Careers F Troop, in KirkcaldyArmy Reserve Centre, 48 Hunter Street Kirkcaldy KY1 2NH https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/kirkcaldy-48-hunter-street 17 April 2021 Army Careers G Troop, at Fort Charlotte, LerwickFort Charlotte, Lerwick, Fort Charlotte ZE1 0JN https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/fort-charlotte-lerwick 17 April 2021 Army Careers 278 (Lowland) Battery Royal Artillery, in LivingstonArmy Reserve Centre, Beveridge Square, Livingston EH54 6QF https://apply.army.mod.uk/what-we-offer/army-reserve-centres/scotland/livingston-beveridge-square 17 April 2021 Army Careers I Troop, at Redford Barracks, Edinburgh See also Armed forces in Scotland Military history of Scotland References Publications Litchfield, Norman E H, 1992. The Territorial Artillery 1908–1988, The Sherwood Press, Nottingham. 0-9508205-2-0 External links Official site 206 (Ulster) Bty RA(V) site Category:Royal Artillery regiments Category:Military of Scotland Category:British organisations established in 1986 Category:Military units and formations established in 1986