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26th Regiment Royal Artillery

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In 1993, the association was formed to enable serving and ex serving members of the regiment to meet bi-annually. Since then, the association has grown in membership and currently has approximately 500 full members. The association's website is intended to reach people in all parts of the world that
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for racist and sexist abuse she suffered during her 12 years in the British Army and as a member of the regiment. While stationed with the regiment in Germany she was advised not to travel down a certain corridoor where the soldiers had decorated the walls with swastikas. During her time in the army
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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
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artillery and was deployed as part of Operation Granby with 1st Armored Division during the 1991 gulf war. On return to Mansergh Barracks, the Regiment again had tours of
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she was also assaulted, called a "black bitch", soldiers would shout "watermelon" when she approached and loudly play
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and was equipped once again with the Abbot. At the onset of the Kuwait invasion by Iraq, the Regiment took charge of
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either serve or have served in 26th Regiment Royal Artillery, whatever their cap badge might have been.
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in 1965 and was renamed 26th Field Regiment RA when it re-equipped with the Abbot self propelled gun.
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in Germany. The regiment has, of October 2019, fully been based in Purvis Lines in
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In 2024 the MOD reached a settlement with 26th Regiment Royal Artillery corporal,
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An AS90 of 26th Regiment conducts live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr, Germany, 2014
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The regiment was formed from 4th Field Regiment RA in 1947. It saw action in
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1, NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia, in March 2017. Under
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9 in 2008. Most recently, 16 (Sandham's Company) Battery deployed on
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On 14 May 2019, the regiment's last group of members left
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Index

4th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
United Kingdom
British Army
Divisional Fires Artillery
1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team
Larkhill Garrison
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
regiment
Royal Artillery
British Army
MLRS
3rd (United Kingdom) Division

Malaya
Libya
Cyprus
Hohne
Northern Ireland
the Troubles
Baker Barracks
Northern Ireland
Mansergh Barracks
GĂĽtersloh
Germany
M109 howitzer
Northern Ireland
AS90
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo
2003 invasion of Iraq

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