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103 REGIMENT
ROYAL ARTILLERY
Editor: Major D M Braddock RA
CONTENTS
Honorary Colonel Preface.........................................................................................................2
Commanding Officer’s Foreword..............................................................................3
Op RESCRIPT Mobilisation....................................................................................................4
COVID-19 from an AGC SPS Reserve soldier perspective................................................................................................................................................................5
208th (3rd West Lancashire) Battery RA...................................................6 209th (The Manchester Artillery) Battery RA............................... 10 Adventurous Training Package 2020..............................................................17 210th (Staffordshire) Battery..............................................................................................19 216th (The Bolton Artillery) Battery..................................................................23
The Lancashire Artillery (Volunteers) Band and the Pipes & Drums 103 Regiment RA........................................................................30
Headquarters (Prince of Wales) Troop......................................................36 C Troop 210 (Staffordshire) Battery RA - 3 years on..... 37 The History of Gourley Troop.........................................................................................38 Quartermaster’s Department..........................................................................................41 Regimental Catering Department.........................................................................41 103 RA REME Detachment................................................................................................42 AGC SPS Detachment................................................................................................................42 103 Regiment Royal Artillery Command Post
Officer’s Course 2020....................................................................................................................44 Adventurous Training and Sport.............................................................................46 Padre’s Ponderings.............................................................................................................................52 Epilogue......................................................................................................................................................................54
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