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of Goose Green</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data">Lieutenant Colonel Mark Alexander Alford Dornan RA</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p><b>29 Commando Regiment, Royal Artillery</b> is the <a href="/wiki/British_Commandos" class="mw-redirect" title="British Commandos">Commando-trained</a> unit of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army's</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a>, based in <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Regiment" title="Regiment">regiment</a> is under the operational control of the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Commando_Force" title="United Kingdom Commando Force">UK Commando Force</a>, to which it provides artillery support and gunnery observation. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=29_Commando_Regiment_Royal_Artillery&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The regiment was established in 1947 by the redesignation of the 25th Field Regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-Frederick_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ba_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ba-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1951, it was renamed as the 29th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery and was based at Brancepeth Camp in <a href="/wiki/Durham,_England" title="Durham, England">Durham</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ba_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ba-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1957, it was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus">Cyprus</a> on internal security duties, and spent three years at Karlaos Camp, near <a href="/wiki/Famagusta" title="Famagusta">Famagusta</a>. By now it had reverted to a field regiment, at one point loaning its <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder" title="Ordnance QF 25-pounder">25-pounder</a> field guns to another regiment that was hurriedly deployed with a <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> force to <a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>. In late 1960 the regiment exchanged with 42 Field Regiment and on return to the UK took over that regiment's guns and station at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Citadel,_Plymouth" title="Royal Citadel, Plymouth">Royal Citadel, Plymouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ba_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ba-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Robins_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1961, <a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Karim_Qasim" class="mw-redirect" title="Abd al-Karim Qasim">Abd al-Karim Qasim</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Republic_(1958%E2%80%931968)" title="Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)">Iraqi Republic</a> announced its intention to annex newly-independent <a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, and a British military force was hurriedly sent to the kingdom in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vantage" title="Operation Vantage">Operation Vantage</a>. Regimental Headquarters (RHQ), 79 (Kirkee) and 145 (Maiwand) batteries of 29 Field Regiment were flown without their guns to <a href="/wiki/Kuwait_City" title="Kuwait City">Kuwait City</a>. 25-Pounder guns and 3-tonner lorries arrived a few days later by sea from the strategic reserve at <a href="/wiki/Aden" title="Aden">Aden</a>. The regiment moved up close to the border with Iraq and established gun positions and observation posts (OPs). The threatened invasion did not happen, and in October the British force was relieved by the <a href="/wiki/Arab_League" title="Arab League">Arab League</a>. 29 Field Regiment moved back to Aden to await sea transport to Plymouth.<sup id="cite_ref-Robins_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Robins-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:29_Commando_Regiment_memorial,_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg/220px-29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg/330px-29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg/440px-29_Commando_Regiment_memorial%2C_Plymouth_2014-04-02_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2736" data-file-height="3648" /></a><figcaption>29 Commando Regiment Memorial on Plymouth Hoe.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1962, the regiment re-roled and became 29 Commando Light Regiment, Royal Artillery. At that time, each battery consisted of four <a href="/wiki/OTO_Melara_Mod_56" title="OTO Melara Mod 56">105mm pack howitzers</a> (Italian Mountain Gun).<sup id="cite_ref-Frederick_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Frederick-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ba_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ba-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1970s, batteries from the regiment completed operational tours in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1982 <a href="/wiki/Falklands_War" title="Falklands War">Falklands War</a>, 29 Commando Regiment accompanied the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines" title="Royal Marines">Royal Marines</a>, providing much needed close support with their <a href="/wiki/L118_Light_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="L118 Light Gun">L118 Light Guns</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, the honorary Freedom of the City of Plymouth was conferred on the regiment, with the unanimous support of Plymouth City Council.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The regiment conducted numerous operational tours in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> to provide artillery support during operations against <a href="/wiki/Al_Qaeda" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Qaeda">Al Qaeda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Taliban</a> militants.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <a href="/wiki/War_memorial" title="War memorial">war memorial</a> to the fallen of 29 Commando Regiment in post-1945 conflicts was unveiled on <a href="/wiki/Plymouth_Hoe" title="Plymouth Hoe">Plymouth Hoe</a> on 16 January 2011; It features a <a href="/wiki/Fairbairn%E2%80%93Sykes_fighting_knife" title="Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife">Commando dagger</a> made from shells used in the <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan_conflict_(1978%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)">Afghanistan conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=29_Commando_Regiment_Royal_Artillery&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg/220px-105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg/330px-105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg/440px-105mm_Light_Guns_Firing_MOD_45149215.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3832" data-file-height="2428" /></a><figcaption>Practice firings by 7 (Sphinx) Commando Battery on exercise near <a href="/wiki/Cape_Wrath" title="Cape Wrath">Cape Wrath</a> in Scotland.</figcaption></figure> <p>The present regiment consists of a HQ battery, three gun batteries, a Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation battery and an attached <a href="/wiki/Royal_Electrical_and_Mechanical_Engineers" title="Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers">Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers</a> workshop, which includes a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Logistic_Corps" title="Royal Logistic Corps">Royal Logistic Corps</a> stores section. The gun batteries are equipped with six <a href="/wiki/L118_Light_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="L118 Light Gun">L118</a> 105mm light guns and three OPs each. The batteries are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>7 (Sphinx) Battery Royal Artillery – Commando trained L118 gun battery based at <a href="/wiki/RM_Condor" title="RM Condor">RM Condor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Arbroath" title="Arbroath">Arbroath</a>.</li> <li>8 (Alma) Commando Battery Royal Artillery – Commando trained L118 gun battery based at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Citadel,_Plymouth" title="Royal Citadel, Plymouth">Royal Citadel, Plymouth</a></li> <li>79 (Kirkee) Commando Battery Royal Artillery – is a Commando trained L118 gun battery based at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth. It is also responsible for preparing soldiers and officers for attendance of the All Arms Commando Course.</li> <li>23 (Gibraltar 1779–1783) Commando Battery Royal Artillery – The Headquarters Commando Battery, and Radar Troop, for 29 Commando Regiment are based at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/148_(Meiktila)_Battery_Royal_Artillery" title="148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery">148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery</a> – The battery, which is based at <a href="/wiki/RM_Poole" title="RM Poole">RM Poole</a>, has the primary role of a Naval Gunfire Support Forward Observation (NGSFO) battery. Tasked to direct <a href="/wiki/Naval_gunfire_support" title="Naval gunfire support">naval gunfire support</a> from <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> ships, air strikes from Royal Navy and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> aircraft and artillery fire from the regiment's gun batteries, when landed in support of UK Commando Force. The battery is attached to Surveillance Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS)<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/30_Commando_Information_Exploitation_Group" title="30 Commando Information Exploitation Group">30 Commando Information Exploitation Group</a></li> <li>29 Commando Regiment Workshop Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers – Workshop main HQ is based at the Royal Citadel, Plymouth, with battery fitter sections permanently attached to, and based with, each battery.</li> <li>289 Commando Battery (TA) Royal Artillery – Commando Trained L118 gun battery based at East Ham London. (Disbanded 1999)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=29_Commando_Regiment_Royal_Artillery&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_105_mm_light_gun_of_29_Commando_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery_sited_under_camouflage_netting_between_Fitzroy_and_Bluff_Cove_in_the_Falkland_Islands,_June_1982._FKD170.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A 105 mm light gun of 29 Commando Regiment sited between Fitzroy and Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, June 1982."><img alt="A 105 mm light gun of 29 Commando Regiment sited between Fitzroy and Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, June 1982." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/A_105_mm_light_gun_of_29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_sited_under_camouflage_netting_between_Fitzroy_and_Bluff_Cove_in_the_Falkland_Islands%2C_June_1982._FKD170.jpg/150px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/A_105_mm_light_gun_of_29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_sited_under_camouflage_netting_between_Fitzroy_and_Bluff_Cove_in_the_Falkland_Islands%2C_June_1982._FKD170.jpg/225px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/A_105_mm_light_gun_of_29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_sited_under_camouflage_netting_between_Fitzroy_and_Bluff_Cove_in_the_Falkland_Islands%2C_June_1982._FKD170.jpg/300px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="486" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A 105 mm light gun of 29 Commando Regiment sited between Fitzroy and Bluff Cove in the Falkland Islands, June 1982.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:29_Commando_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A gunner from 29 Commando Regiment, during a Commando Conditioning Course on Dartmoor, 2006."><img alt="A gunner from 29 Commando Regiment, during a Commando Conditioning Course on Dartmoor, 2006." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg/150px-29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg/225px-29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg/300px-29_Commando_Regiment%2C_Royal_Artillery_Commando_Conditioning_Course_MOD_45149252.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4064" data-file-height="2704" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A gunner from 29 Commando Regiment, during a Commando Conditioning Course on Dartmoor, 2006.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A gunner of 29 Commando Regiment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 2011."><img alt="A gunner of 29 Commando Regiment in Helmand province, Afghanistan, September 2011." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg/150px-29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg/225px-29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg/300px-29th_Commandos_finish_operations_in_Helmand_province_110912-N-TH989-182.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4074" data-file-height="2711" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A gunner of 29 Commando Regiment in <a href="/wiki/Helmand_province" class="mw-redirect" title="Helmand province">Helmand province</a>, Afghanistan, September 2011.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; height: 230px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Soldiers of 29 Commando Regiment Firing a 105mm Light Gun on exercise in Norway, February 2014."><img alt="Soldiers of 29 Commando Regiment Firing a 105mm Light Gun on exercise in Norway, February 2014." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg/142px-Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg" decoding="async" width="142" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg/213px-Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg/284px-Soldiers_of_29_Commando_Regiment_Firing_a_105mm_Light_Gun_MOD_45157207.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3685" data-file-height="5184" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Soldiers of 29 Commando Regiment Firing a 105mm Light Gun on exercise in Norway, February 2014.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 185px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px; 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