1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom)

The British Army's 1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West is a formation under Force Troops Command that has control over close support artillery units within the British Army and is the Regional Point of Command (RPoC) for British Army units in the South West Region.

History
The current brigade was formed under the Army 2020 plan, merging units and personnel of 43 (Wessex) Brigade with Royal Artillery regiments. The brigade's mission will include commanding, preparing and generating assigned deployable forces. The brigade comprises a large number of units including 1 Royal Horse Artillery and 19 Regiment Royal Artillery and 15 garrisons and stations across the south west.

Previously, news articles reported that its personnel had control over the testing the Watchkeeper Remotely Piloted Aerial System. There was also a 1st Artillery Brigade under the I British Corps during the Cold War.

Organisation
It currently has control over the following units:

Regular Army:
 * 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
 * 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
 * 4th Regiment Royal Artillery
 * 19 Regiment Royal Artillery
 * 26 Regiment Royal Artillery
 * 39 Regiment Royal Artillery - disbanding in 2015

Army Reserve:
 * Royal Wessex Yeomanry
 * 101 Regiment Royal Artillery - paired with 39 RA and then 3 RHA
 * 103 Regiment Royal Artillery - paired with 4 RA
 * 105 Regiment Royal Artillery - paired with 3 RHA
 * 6th Battalion, The Rifles
 * 155 Transport Regiment RLC
 * Regional Training Centre
 * Bristol University Officer Training Corps
 * Exeter University Officer Training Corps

The 1st Artillery Brigade also has administrative control over the units in the Joint Ground-Based Air Defence Command.