Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery

Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery
1st (South Midland) Brigade, RFA (TF)
76th (Gloucestershire) AA Regiment, RA (TA)
266th (GVA) Battery, Royal Artillery
Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery; 1st (South Midland) Brigade, RFA (TF); 76th (Gloucestershire) AA Regiment, RA (TA); 266th (GVA) Battery, Royal Artillery
	Insignia of the Royal Artillery
Active	22 November 1859 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Force/Army Reserve
Role	Field Artillery; Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Light Artillery
Size	Up to 13 Batteries (to 1908); Brigade/Regiment (1908–55); One battery (present)
Peacetime HQ	Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol
Nickname(s)	The Bristol Gunners
Motto(s)	Fides et Audax
Equipment	L118 light gun (present)
Engagements	First World War:; Western Front; Italian campaign; Second World War:; The Blitz; North African campaign; Allied invasion of Sicily; Italian campaign;

266 (Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery is a Royal Artillery unit of the British Army Reserve. It was first formed in Bristol in 1859 and served through the First World War as field artillery on the Western Front and in Italy. In the Second World War, it acted as anti-aircraft (AA) artillery. Reduced to a battery postwar, it has carried out a number of roles. At present, the battery fields the L118 in the offensive support role.

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