Visit to 21 (Gibraltar 1779-83) Missile Battery RA
Lieutenant-Colonel William (Bill) Wickett and Chief Warrant Officer Brian P Cormier, CD visit our Sister Battery, the 21st (Gibraltar 1779-83) Missile Battery, 50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery, British Army of the Rhine in West Germany. They were joined a week later by the Second in Command, Major Stuart T. McDonald.
The relationship goes back to 30 June 1953 when an alliance was granted between 28th Coast Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery and 102nd Coast Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. The 28th Coast Regiment's history and alliances have been retained by the 21st (Gibraltar 1779-83) Missile Battery, RA and the 102nd Coat Regiment history has been retained by the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
Honest John missile being loaded, an event that usually takes place at night for OPSEC reasons.
The launch!
The wagon lines of a missile battery. The ranges are full with other units as well. An M109 155mm Howitzer with M548 ammunition vehicles prepares to fire.
The British Royal Artillery also had several batteries of 105mm Abbott Self Propelled Howitzers.
The Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Mess was kind enough to welcome their Canadian guest by renaming their mess for the occasion.
The Bergen-Belsen monument.
The relationship goes back to 30 June 1953 when an alliance was granted between 28th Coast Regiment, Royal Regiment of Artillery and 102nd Coast Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery. The 28th Coast Regiment's history and alliances have been retained by the 21st (Gibraltar 1779-83) Missile Battery, RA and the 102nd Coat Regiment history has been retained by the 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA.
Honest John missile being loaded, an event that usually takes place at night for OPSEC reasons.
The launch!
The wagon lines of a missile battery. The ranges are full with other units as well. An M109 155mm Howitzer with M548 ammunition vehicles prepares to fire.
The British Royal Artillery also had several batteries of 105mm Abbott Self Propelled Howitzers.
The Warrant Officers and Sergeants' Mess was kind enough to welcome their Canadian guest by renaming their mess for the occasion.
The Bergen-Belsen monument.
