106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery


106 Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and has sub-units throughout the South of England. The Regiment's role is Close Air Defence and it was part of the Joint Ground Based Air Defence (Jt GBAD) formation, later 7 Air Defence Group and uses the Starstreak missile. All three Batteries are equipped with the lightweight LML. The Regiment is paired with 12th Regiment Royal Artillery for training, exercise and operations.

History

The regiment was formed in 1999 as 106 Regiment Royal Artillery. Its units were 202 Battery at Bury St Edmunds, 265 Battery at Grove Park in London, 269 Battery at Leeds and 457 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery at Southampton. 202 Battery and 269 Battery left the regiment in 2006.
Under the initial Army 2020 reforms, this regiment has three batteries of missiles. 210 (Staffordshire) Battery Royal Artillery subordinated to 103 (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery and re-roled as a light gun regiment. A new battery, 295 (Hampshire Yeomanry) Battery Royal Artillery, was formed in Portsmouth. 106 Regiment RA paired with 12 Regiment RA and came under the Joint Ground-Based Air Defence Command. Initially, the regiment's role was stated as 'to be determined' in 2017, however, a Freedom of Information answered stated the regiment's role as of August 2020, is of Ground Based Air Defence.
The current organisation of the regiment is as follows;