1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard (Thailand)

1st Field Artillery Regiment
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Active	6th February 1954–present
Country	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Army
Type	Royal guard
Role	Artillery
Size	Artillery Regiment
Part of	1st Infantry Division, King's Guard
Garrison/HQ	Thanon Nakhon Chai Si Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok, Thailand
Engagements	Haw wars World War II Franco-Thai War Pacific War Burma campaign Cold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Communist insurgency in Thailand Vietnamese border raids in Thailand Southern Insurgency
Website	http://www.1artillery.org/arty1.phpTemplate:Th icon
Commanders
Colonel of the Regiment	Col. Nimit Suwannarat

The 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard (Template:Lang-th) (ป.๑ รอ.) is an Artillery Regiment of the Royal Thai Army, it is currently a part of the 1st Infantry Division, King's Guard. The unit is composed of the 1st Field Artillery Battalion, 11th Field Artillery Battalion and 31st Field Artillery Battalion.

History

In 1782, King Rama VI graciously to gather soldiers from Royal Thai Guards Gun Division organized as a royal guard like Europe and ordered to set up a Volunteer Vietnamese Artillery Division to replace the Vietnamese Volunteers Division that formerly transferred the mastery to the Front Palace. This division has the former governor who is the confide of the king's commander, namely Phraya Manrattana Rachawalop and Phraya Phichai. In 1853, established a military unit namely "Tahan Lorm Wang" (the origin of 1st Field Artillery Regiment) which has gathered the troops from the soldiers who have been trained in western style and graciously Krom Muen Mahesuan Sivavilas as a commander. In 1907, there was a separate artillery soldier with the establishment of the regiment in Bangkok and other cities which called 1st Field Artillery Regiment which was the first unit assigned a number and later in the same year it was established as a Royal Guard.

Organization

1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard Headquarters

• 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard
  • 1st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard
  • 11th Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard
  • 31st Field Artillery Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, King's Guard

See also

• 1st Infantry Division
• 2nd Infantry Division (Thailand)
• 7th Infantry Division (Thailand)
• 9th Infantry Division (Thailand)
• King's Guard (Thailand)
• Royal Thai Army
• Thai Royal Guards parade

External links

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