Royal Malta Artillery

Royal Malta Artillery
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Founded1889
Disbanded1970
HeadquartersFort St Elmo, Valletta
Personnel
ConscriptionVolunteer and Territorial Force
Deployed personnelWestern Desert and BAOR
Soldiers from a RMA living history group wearing WWII-era Khaki drill uniforms and carrying .303 SMLE rifles on guard duty in Valletta in 2008
A 40mm Bofors Anti-Aircraft gun used by the RMA in WWII. Note characteristic Malta rock camouflage.
A 3.7-inch gun on a travelling carriage (not a Malta battery position)
A 4.5-inch gun and crew (not a Malta battery position).
Gunners of the RMA's 3 Light Anti Aircraft Artillery and 11 Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiments of the Royal Malta Artillery on parade in November 1959
The RMA's war memorial on St. Anne Street in Floriana

The Royal Malta Artillery (RMA) was a regular artillery unit of the British Army prior to Malta's independence. It was formed in 1889, having been called the Royal Malta Fencible Artillery from 1861 until 1889.[1][2]

Initially on the British Establishment, the regiment was disbanded in 1970 with its personnel and equipment being handed over to the Maltese Government and becoming part of the Malta Land Force.

  1. ^ "The Royal Malta Fencible Artillery". maltaramc.com. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Armed Forces". Maltese History & Heritage. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2017.