1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West

1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West
Insignia of 1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West
Active	1 September 2014 -
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Regional Command and Artillery fire support
Part of	Force Troops Command
Garrison/HQ	Jellalabad Barracks, Tidworth Camp
Equipment	GMLRS, AS-90 self-propelled guns and L118 light guns
Commanders
Current commander	Brigadier J R Mead OBE

The British Army's 1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West is a formation under Force Troops Command that has control over close support artillery units within the British Army and is the Regional Point of Command (RPoC) for British Army units in the South West Region.

The current brigade was formed on 1 September 2014 under the Army 2020 plan, merging units and personnel of 43 (Wessex) Brigade with Royal Artillery regiments. The brigade's mission will include commanding, preparing and generating assigned deployable forces. The brigade comprises a large number of units including 1 Royal Horse Artillery and 19 Regiment Royal Artillery and 15 garrisons and stations across the south west.

Previously, news articles reported that its personnel had control over the testing the Watchkeeper Remotely Piloted Aerial System. There was also a 1st Artillery Brigade under the I British Corps during the Cold War.

The brigade consists of the following units:

The 1st Artillery Brigade also has administrative control over the units in the Joint Ground-Based Air Defence Command.