The Royal Artillery Museum’s archive and library span over 300 years of the Royal Regiment’s history. This nationally significant collection is both wide-ranging and fascinating, offering a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of the Gunners, the development of artillery, or the broader context of warfare and society.
This section of our website provides guidance for those who wish to research documents or records in our collection, or are researching the history of the Royal Artillery and those who have served in the Regiment.
We are unable to offer a family history research service, but to help, we have compiled a series of downloadable guides for people researching:
- Family history involving Royal Artillery soldiers
- Individual Gunners
- The history of Royal Artillery units (batteries and regiments)
These resources can be found on the Individual Gunner Research page. If you are researching a person or a unit, please consult that page first, as many of the most common questions we receive are addressed there or in the leaflets available for download.
For information about other types of records in our collection, or details about visiting the archives in person, please see the sections below.
