Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments. Soldier's rank Many of the ranks within the Royal Artillery have been abbreviated. The 2nd Troop Bengal Horse Artillery was formed on the 4th of August 1809 in Acra (Agra?). Granddad was in the Royal Horse Artillery in the 1914-18 war. The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is the artillery arm of the British Army.The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments. They were with the 1st Cavalry Division, so yes, lots of horse connections (he had also been a carter on a farm pre-war). The soldier's full substantive rank is given with any acting 'A' or temporary 'T' rank in brackets afterwards. The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) of the British Army. Granddad went right through the war in France and Belgium. Horses are still in service for ceremonial purposes but were phased out from operational deployment during the 1930s. Horses are still in service for ceremonial purposes but were phased out from operational deployment during the 1930s. He went to France in 15 August 1914. Second corporal: Royal Engineers and Army Ordnance Corps rank until 1920, equivalent to lance-corporal but a substantive instead of an acting rank. During the Peninsular War the Royal Regiment consisted of a Horse Artillery brigade and ten battalions, the companies of which were employed as Field or Garrison (or Siege) Artillery, as required, together with a small Invalid Establishment, and latterly a large but not very efficient corps of Royal Artillery Drivers. The Royal Horse Artillery, marching to the "Royal Artillery Slow March" and then the "March from Aida", is first, taking precedence over all other units when on parade with its guns. The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich. Robert Wallace Royal Horse Artillery . Bombardier: until 1920, when it became equivalent to corporal, a rank in the Royal Artillery equivalent to a second corporal. The WWI War promotion ladder consisted of: Thomas Francis started in the Royal Sussex territorials 4th Bn, E Coy at Horsham in 1908.