3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

For the predecessor unit, see III Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery.

3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Active27 August 1938 – present
but all the individual batteries except one have served since creation between 1793 & 1811
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
RoleDeep Fires
SizeRegiment
489 personnel
Part of3rd Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade
Garrison/HQAlbemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England
NicknamesThe Liverpool & Manchester Gunners
EquipmentM270 Multiple Launch Rocket System
EngagementsSecond World War
Western Desert campaign
Tunisian campaign
Italian campaign
North West Europe campaign
Battle honoursUbique

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 3rd Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade, 3rd (UK) Division.

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, had served since 1993.

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