101 (Northumbrian) Medium Regiment Royal Artillery is part of the Army Reserve and has sub units throughout the north east as well as one sub unit in Leeds, West Yorkshire.
[2] The Regiment was formed on the restructuring of the Territorial Army in April 1967.
[3] The new regiment was equipped with BL 5.5-inch medium guns and had its headquarters at the Army Reserve centre at Barrack Road in Newcastle upon Tyne.
[4] In 1976, it was redesignated as a Field Regiment and re-equipped with the 105mm light gun.
Around 1990, the regimental headquarters moved to Napier Armoury in Gateshead.