16th Regiment Royal Artillery
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16th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It currently serves in the air defence role, and is equipped with the Rapier missile.
In August 2007, 16 Regt RA relocated to St George's Barracks in Rutland from Woolwich. Its departure from the Royal Artillery Barracks where the RA had been based since 1716 was marked with a ceremony on 25 July 2007. [http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/topstories/display.var.1597572.0.end_of_an_era_for_historic_barracks.php]
Batteries
*11 (Sphinx) Headquarters Battery
*14 (Cole's Kop) Battery
*20 Battery
*30 Battery (Rogers's Company)
*32 (Minden) Battery
References
* [http://www.army.mod.uk/16regtra/ 16th Regiment Royal Artillery] , army.mod.uk
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