Shoeburyness Branch RAA

Welcome to The Shoeburyness Branch of the Royal Artillery Association.

On this Website we aim to provide up to date News and Events for our Branch.

The Shoeburyness Branch is one of the largest in the country having about 200 members.

Shoeburyness is one of the foremost Gunner towns because of the many years during

which the Royal Artillery School of Gunnery, the Proof and Experimental Establishment

and serving Regiments were the backbone of this area of Essex.

Please use this site to find out more about the R.A.A., and to learn more about

The Royal Artillery Association is the Regimental Association of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.

It was set up in 1920, with the Monarch as its Patron, to provide a network of Branches throughout

the country to look after the needs of Gunners and their Families, especially those who fall on hard

times and to provide opportunities for Gunners to meet to enjoy social events.

ims? Its aims, quite simply, are the promotion of Gunner welfare and comeradeship; aims

which are as relevant today as when they were first laid down.

Woolwich the Home of The Royal Artillery for 291 years (1716 - 2007)

CHANGE OF ADDRESS:

With immediate effect the new address of the

Royal Artillery Association and the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund is:

Artillery House, Artillery Centre, Stirling Barracks, Larkhill, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 8QT Telephone 01980 845362. Contact the RAA Membership Secretary at

1. Full membership of the Association is open to Gunners of any rank who are serving, or who have served,

in any Headquarters or Unit of the Royal Artillery or in the Artillery of a Commenwealth Country. In addition,

wives and husbands married to their spouses during their service with the Royal Artillery (Gunner cap-badged)

and wives and husbands that are presently married to members of the Royal Artillery Association can join as

full members and are entitled to hold "Office" in their Branch if so elected. Members of other Corps/Regiments

who have served on the posted strength of any Headquarters or Unit of the Royal Artillery may apply for

full membership. Serving Gunners who subscribe to the Royal Artillery Charitable Fund, as virtually all do,

are full members of the Association whilst they are serving; they are know as 'Serving Members'

Full members may choose to be either Annual or Life members of the Association.

2. Associate membership of the Association is open to members and ex-members of the British Armed

Force's or any civilian who has Gunner interests at heart. Honorary membership may be granted to other

Ex-Servicemen or Women, wives, widows and relations or any person who have Gunner interests at heart.

3. Honorary membership of the Association is soley reserved for local dignitaries and benefactors.

For a serving Gunner, Association Branches can provide support during the difficult transition period into civilian

life and thereafter, the friendship of a caring and sociable group of people who understand his or her problems

and will do their best to help solve them. For ex-Gunners and their families and friends, Branches provide a focus

for social activities and practical assistance if it is needed.

Once a Gunner, Always a Gunner - Come and Join the Shoeburyness Branch RAA.


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