page_title: 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
hierarchical_section_title: 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
caption_attribution_description: Royal Artillery crest
context_page_description: The 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery was a unit of the Royal Artillery, raised by the British Army during World War II. First raised as infantry of the 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry from the Welsh Borders, it was converted to the field artillery role, serving in a Scottish formation in the North West Europe campaign in which it was the first British field artillery regiment to cross the Rhine and Elbe rivers.
context_section_description: The 181st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery ('The Shropshire Gunners') was a unit of the Royal Artillery, raised by the British Army during World War II. First raised as infantry of the 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry from the Welsh Borders, it was converted to the field artillery role, serving in a Scottish formation in the North West Europe campaign in which it was the first British field artillery regiment to cross the Rhine and Elbe rivers.
caption: Cap badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery.
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