Researching the men of the Royal Garrison Artillery

This is a new section added to The Long, Long Trail in December 2024, aimed at providing all the information you need to be able to recreate the story of a man who served with the Royal Garrison Artillery.

Introduction to the Royal Garrison Artillery

How to find documentary evidence of a soldier’s service with the RGA, see

Finding RGA records

How to interpret records of a soldier of the RGA, see

Understanding RGA records

Without a service record, a man’s number can help in determining when he joined the RGA and in some cases for identifying his unit, see

Clues from RGA numbers

How to trace the movements and locations of a unit of the Royal Garrison Artillery, see

Tracking an RGA unit

Some details of the weapons used by the Royal Garrison Artillery

The guns of the RGA