Researching the men of the Royal Garrison Artillery

This section of The Long, Long Trail aims 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

Understand the range and complexity of RGA units

The batteries and units of the RGA

The allocations of Heavy Batteries to higher commands

The allocations of Siege Batteries to higher commands

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

Tracking an RGA unit

What was a Heavy Battery of the RGA?

What was a Siege Battery RGA?

The guns of the RGA

How the artillery developed to become a war-winning factor