5th Regiment Royal Artillery

5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery 5th Regiment Royal Artillery
Active	25 November 1939 – present
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Role	Surveillance and Target Acquisition
Size	6 Batteries
Part of	1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
Garrison/HQ	Catterick Garrison
Nickname(s)	The Yorkshire Gunners
Equipment	MAMBA, LCMR, ASP

5th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army. It was formed in 1939 as 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery before being redesignated in 1958. It currently serves in the Surveillance and Target Acquisition role and is equipped with radars and acoustic sound ranging equipment; it also provides Special Observation Post teams.

The regiment was formed as 5th Regiment Royal horse Artillery on 25 November 1939 at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire and consisted of K Battery (the Riding Troop at St John's Wood) and G Battery (Mercers Troop) (from 4th RHA).CC Battery was formed for the regiment in December 1940.

In 1940, the regiment formed part of the British Expeditionary Force in France. After being evacuated at Dunkirk it joined Home Forces in the United Kingdom before being assigned to the 8th Support Group, 8th Armoured Division. On 8 May 1942, it departed the United Kingdom to take part in the North African Campaign. It arrived in Egypt on 18 July – the long sea journey being due to transiting via the Cape of Good Hope. 8th Armoured Division never operated as a complete formation and the regiment served with 23rd Armoured Brigade Group (Defence of the El Alamein Line and the Battle of Alam el Halfa) and 24th Armoured Brigade Group (Battle of El Alamein).

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