Better known as the Royal Artillery. By royal warrant of King George I, two companies, each 100 men strong were raised at Woolwich. It now comprises twelve regiments, plus four regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery and six regiments of the Territorial Army.
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Royal Regiment of Artillery
Bronze statue depicts War being controlled by Peace. Unveiled by the Duke of ...
The gun on top of the monument is a BL 9.2 inch Howitzer Mk I, carved in ston...
Royal Garrison Church of St. George, destroyed by flying bomb on 13th July 19...
{Beneath the Royal Artillery badge with the motto Ubique Quo Fas et Gloria Du...
After WW2 Berlin was divided into 4 sectors, controlled by Britain, France, the USA and the Soviet Union respectively. Berlin was inside East Germany which was also controlled by the Soviets. Thi...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Had served in the Yorks & Lancaster Regiment. At the time of his death was an in-pensioner at Chelsea Hospital. Killed in a bomb attack on the north east wing of the Hospital.
Military physician. Born Roxburghshire, Scotland. Studied in Flanders/Netherlands, where he later returned in his role as military physician, and Paris. Instituted sanitary reforms first on battlef...
Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, France, Netherlands, Scotland
Poem by Alexander Pope. Its convoluted plot concerns a character called Belinda and a count who is determined to obtain a lock of her hair. Originally written in two cantos, it was expanded in 1714...
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