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1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team
The 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team is a formation of the British Army, currently headquartered in Delhi Barracks, Tidworth Camp, Wiltshire, as part of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division. History As part of the Future Soldier (British Army), Future Soldier Programme, which in turn arose from resulting from the Integrated Review, Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy ("Global Britain in a Competitive Age") published in March 2021, it was announced that 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom), 1st Armoured Infantry Brigade and 1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom), 1st Artillery Brigade would merge to form a deep fighting formation known as 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team. The Brigade was officially stood up on 1 July 2022. The brigade is designed to integrate reconnaissance assets with deep fires and non-lethal effects, utilising General Dynamics Ajax, Ajax and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System, MLRS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military unit, military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements. It is roughly equivalent to an enlarged or reinforced regiment. Two or more brigades may constitute a Division (military), division. Brigades formed into divisions are usually infantry or armored (sometimes referred to as combined arms brigades). In addition to combat units, they may include combat support units or sub-units, such as artillery and engineers, and logistic units. Historically, such brigades have been called brigade-groups. On operations, a brigade may comprise both organic elements and attached elements, including some temporarily attached for a specific task. Brigades may also be specialized and comprise battalions of a single branch, for example cavalry, mechanized, armored, artillery, air defence, aviation, engineers, signals or logistic. Some brigades are classified as independent or separate and operate independentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Lancers
The Royal Lancers (Queen Elizabeths' Own) is a armoured cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by an amalgamation of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) and the Queen's Royal Lancers on 2 May 2015. It serves as the armoured cavalry reconnaissance regiment for 1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team, part of 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, 3rd (UK) Division. History It appears that the regimental amalgamation of the 9th/12th Royal Lancers, 9th/12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's) and the Queen's Royal Lancers was envisaged as part of Army 2020. The amalgamation was announced in July 2012, and the regiment was formed with an amalgamation parade before their colonel-in-chief, Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II, at Richmond Castle on 2 May 2015. On 5 April 2017, to mark her 70th anniversary as colonel-in-chief of The Royal Lancers and its predecessors, The Queen granted the regiment the honorific suffix "Queen E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gateshead
Gateshead () is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne. Historic counties of England, Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council. In the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 Census, the town had a population of 196,151. Etymology Gateshead is first mentioned in Latin translation in Bede, Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'' as ''ad caput caprae'' ("at the goat's head"). This interpretation is consistent with the later English attes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
101 (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery
101 (Northumbrian) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve (United Kingdom), Army Reserve and has sub units throughout the north east as well as one sub unit in Leeds, West Yorkshire. It is equipped with M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). History The origins of the Regiment can be traced back to 1860 when Artillery Volunteer units were raised in the United Kingdom, as a result of threats of a French invasion. This continued through the formation of the Territorial Force in 1908, and the re-forming of the Territorial Army in 1947. The Regiment was formed on the restructuring of the Territorial Army in April 1967. It was formed from 272 Field Regiment RA (Northumbrian) TA (formed in 1916, known as 72 Field Regiment until 1947 and based at the Barrack Road drill hall in Newcastle upon Tyne), 274 Field Regiment (Northumbrian) RA (TA) (formed in 1938, known as 74 Field Regiment until 1947 and based at South Shields), 324 Heavy Air Defence Regiment RA (TA) ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
26 Regiment Royal Artillery
26th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. The regiment is equipped with MLRS and is 3rd (United Kingdom) Division's divisional fires regiment. History The regiment was formed from 4th Field Regiment RA in 1947. It saw action in Malaya later that year and deployed to Libya in 1951. It was renamed 26th Airportable Regiment RA in 1962 and re-equipped with 105mm Pack Howitzers. In 1963, it was renamed 26th Medium Regiment RA and re-equipped with 5.5" Howitzers and then deployed to Cyprus. It moved to Hohne in 1965 and was renamed 26th Field Regiment RA when it re-equipped with the Abbot self propelled gun. In the 1970s, it saw tours in Northern Ireland during the Troubles and during the 1980s it was based at Baker Barracks with a tour of Belize in 1987 followed by Northern Ireland in 1990. The Regiment was moved out to Mansergh Barracks, Gütersloh, Germany and was equipped once again with the Abbot. At the onset of the Kuwait inva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19 Regiment Royal Artillery
19th Regiment Royal Artillery – The Scottish Gunners (sometimes referred to as the “Highland Gunners”) – is a Scottish regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently supports 12 Mechanised Brigade in the armoured field artillery role. The regiment has Fire Support Teams mounted in Warrior Mechanised Artillery Observation Vehicles equipped with MSTAR. The regiment's three gun batteries are equipped with the Archer Artillery System. History 19th Regiment traces its history to 17 Brigade Royal Field Artillery which was formed in 1900 but the individual batteries date back to the 18th century. The brigade saw action during World War I. During World War II, the four pre-war batteries combined into two. In May 1940 it had the honour of being the first artillery regiment to fire in the war while stationed at the Maginot Line. It served during the North African and Italian campaigns. The regiment was renumbered to 19 Regiment in 1947. During the 1950s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catterick Garrison
Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and List of modern military towns, military town south of Richmond, North Yorkshire, Richmond, North Yorkshire, England. It is the largest British Army garrison in the world, with a population of around 14,000 in 2021 and covering over 2,400 acres (about 10 km2). History At the beginning of August 1907, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Robert Baden-Powell, Inspector-General of Cavalry, held his Brownsea Island Scout camp, experimental camp for boys on Brownsea Island. In October 1907, he was appointed to command the 50th (Northumbrian) Division, Northumbrian Division of the newly formed Territorial Force, Territorial Army. His headquarters were in Richmond Castle, which was too small to hold the garrison, so he chose as a replacement the site for the Catterick military town. The following year saw the founding of the Scouting movement. On 12 August 1914, the order was issued for the construction of the camp, followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
5th Regiment Royal Artillery
5th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before being redesignated in 1958. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition role and is equipped with counter-battery radars and acoustic sound ranging equipment; it also provides Special Observation Post teams. History Formation and Second World War The regiment was formed as 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery on 25 November 1939 at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and consisted of K Battery (the Riding Troop at St John's Wood) and G Battery (Mercers Troop) (from 4th RHA). CC Battery was formed for the regiment in December 1940. In 1940, the regiment formed part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After being evacuated at Dunkirk it joined Home Forces in the United Kingdom before being assigned to the 8th Support Group, 8th Armoured Division. On 8 May 1942, it departed the United Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stamfordham
Stamfordham is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2001 Census was 1,047, rising to 1,185 at the 2011 Census. The place-name ''Stamfordham'' is first attested in the Pipe Rolls for 1188, where it appears as ''Stanfordhamn'', which roughly translates as 'village at the stony ford'. The Church of England parish church of St Mary the Virgin was built in the 13th century and overrestored under the direction of Benjamin Ferrey in 1848. In addition tSt Mary's there is a non-denominationa The large village green contains both a market cross (the Butter Crossdatingfrom 1735) and a village lock-up which is Grade II listed and dates from the early 19th century, pre-dating the formation of police forces. The village has an Ofsted 'outstanding' rated schoolStamfordham Primary School, a historiVillage Hall(originally the school), a public houseSwinburne Arms, an annual fête and car show held on the August bank holiday Monda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albemarle Barracks, England
Albemarle Barracks is a British Army barracks located south of Stamfordham, Northumberland, Stamfordham, Northumberland and west of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear. History The barracks were established on the site of the former RAF Ouston airbase in 1970. The barracks were occupied by Junior Signalmans Wing of 11 Signal Regiment (United Kingdom), 11 Signal Regiment in the 1970s, before they were handed over to the Junior Infantry Battalion in the mid-1980s. The barracks were home to 39 Regiment Royal Artillery from 1995, until that regiment disbanded there in February 2015. The 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery moved from its former base in Bergen-Hohne Garrison, Germany, to Albemarle Barracks in 2015. The runways are used by Northumbria Police for driver training and as a stop-off point for nuclear warheads convoys en route via road between RNAD Coulport and Atomic Weapons Establishment, AWE Aldermaston as part of the UK Trident (UK nuclear programme), Trident programme. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Horse Artillery in the British Army. They are currently based at Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England. The regiment is equipped with MLRS and provides Deep Fires to the 1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team, 3rd (UK) Division. The regiment was constituted in 1939 out of existing batteries. Two of the batteries have served continuously since the 1790s. Two others have served continuously since their formation in the period 1805-1811 during the Napoleonic wars. M Battery, by contrast, has served continuously since 1993. History Formation The basic organic unit of the Royal Artillery was, and is, the battery. Prior to May 1938, when grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of the First World War, a field artillery brigade of headquarters (four officers, 37 other ranks), three batteries (five ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
