Established in 1915, it is based at Larkhill, Wiltshire, on the south edge of the Salisbury Plain Training Area.

[4] During the Second World War, the school was a hive of activity and provided a significant part of the training for over one million gunners.

[6] At that time the school was made up of seven 'wings': Gunnery, Air Defence, Tactics, Locating, Signals, Administrative, and REME.

The Royal Military Repository closed in 1890, whereupon its staff and activities moved to Lydd, Kent, where they formed the Siege Artillery branch of the School of Gunnery; Shoeburyness continued to provide training in Field, Horse, Mountain and Garrison Artillery.

Trained officers and gunners are then posted to units worldwide, but return to the school for frequent refresher courses.