3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery | |
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Active | 27 August 1938 – present but all the individual batteries except one have served since creation between 1793 & 1811 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Role | Deep Fires |
Size | Regiment 489 personnel[1] |
Part of | 1st Deep Recce Strike Brigade Combat Team |
Garrison/HQ | Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England |
Nickname(s) | The Liverpool & Manchester Gunners |
Equipment | M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System |
Engagements | Second World War |
Battle honours | Ubique |
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.[2]
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.