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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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
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...
Fourth son of 6th Earl Beauchamp. 1907-19 Conservative member of LCC for Finsbury. Chairman of Fire Brigade Committee of LCC 1909-11. Badly injured in a balloon accident while serving in WW1 but co...
Naval officer. Born Aberdeenshire. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death. 75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.
Founded by magistrate Patrick Colquhoun and Master Mariner John Harriott, on the site from which it still operates. Set up to protect the cargo ships from theft which was proving very costly to the...
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