4th Battalion, Royal Artillery 1775-83

04/10/2026

He wore it all weekend…

01/10/2026

Just a few images of our display from the Buxton Georgian festival over the weekend. We were joined by the 17th Regiment of Foot 1775-83, The Pattern. HM 33rd Regiment of Foot 1770 -1785 and le Le Régiment Gatinois, 1781 - UK. Along side various civilian roles dotted around the crescent. A busy weekend with lots of interest.

29/07/2026

12/07/2026

Just finished two more blocks for our artillery cartridge boxes. Made from beech with 9 holes for a .69 caliber paper cartridge. The centre hole is for the priming wire used to pearce a hole into the charge loaded in the atrilery piece. The two holes in the ends are for the iron nails used to spike the guns if theres risk of them being captured. Next stage is to nail these in place in the leather bags.

27/06/2026

Nice to see a portfire being used to fire the guns. Portfires are still used in the UK but for lighting fireworks.

25/06/2026

More images from Moira Furnace Museum and Country Park. Thanks to Samantha Emery for the pictures.

21/06/2026

More images from the Moira Furnace event.

15/06/2026

Some images from an event at Moira Furnace, Leicestershire. Site of a blast furnace built in 1804. Built by Francis Rawdon- Hastings who was a British officer in the American war of Independence. Most of the UK AWI groups were there and some visiting reenactors from Germany. It was the first event for gunner Thorpe who had his new kit delivered the day before and was still being fitted over the weekend. We did have a chance to fire a few rounds too. Images to follow. A great weekend was had.

11/06/2026

We'll be here with our 3Pr and mortar display this weekend.

11/06/2026

We're slowly kitting up our gunners and here's a coat made by James Graves Historical Uniforms in the UK. More to come soon.