2-649-458 - Historic England/Heritage Images

Napoleonic ordinary gunner from a Royal Artillery Invalid regiment c.1803-15, (c2000-2015). Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Reconstruction drawing. The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA), is the artillery arm of the British Army. By 1771 there were 32 companies in four battalions, as well as two invalid companies comprising older and unfit men employed in garrison duties.