- 101st (Northumbrian) Regiment Royal Artillery (Volunteers)
101st (Northumbrian) Regiment
Royal Artillery (Volunteers) are aMultiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA)regiment of theTerritorial Army (TA) with sub units throughoutNorthumbria . It is the only unit in the TA equipped with MLRS.Sub units
*203 Elswick Battery (MLRS)
*204 (Tyneside Scottish ) Battery (STA)
*205 (3rdDurham Volunteer Artillery ) Battery (MLRS)
*269 (West Riding) Battery (STA)
*101 Regt RA(V) Wksp REME203 Elswick Battery
Formed on the 31st January 1900 the Elswick Battery, as it was then known were formed , marched to the Newcastle upon Tyne ,Town Hall, headed by the band to be sworn in before the Lord Mayor of Newcastle.
Later that year armed with 12 pounder guns manufactured by
Armstrong and Whitworth & Co Ltd they embarked for South Africa for service in the Boar War.In June 1901 the Battery returned to England with only 175 men of the original 246 that had embarked.When the Territorial Army was re-organised in April 1967, three TA Batteries of the Royal Artillery in
Blyth andSeaton Delaval were merged into a Battery to be based in Blyth, Northumberland. During this period the Battery were equipped with the5. 5 inch Medium Gun , converting to the105mm Light Gun in 1980. In April 1992 the Battery was again re-equipped, this time withFH70 howitzers , later in 1998 the Battery became one of only 2 Territorial Army Batteries to be equipped with theMultiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS).204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery
The present role of 204 (Tyneside Scottish) Battery is
Surveillance and Target Acquisition (STA) Battey using some of the most modern equipment issued to a TA Unit. It also supplies a Troop to augment the Headquarters of HQ 1 Artillery Brigade.204 Battery has supplied personnel for Operations in Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and Cyprus.205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery
Is equipped with the MLRS system. 205 Bty is based in South Shields.
269 (WestRiding) Battery
The West Riding Artillery are a Surveillance and Target Acquisition battery. In this role they act in support of 5th Regiment RA, based in Marne Barracks, Catterick.
External links
* [http://www.army.mod.uk/101regtrav/ Official homepage]
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