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Artists Rifles Clubhouse

The Artists Rifles Clubhouse is situated at the National Rifle Association's (NRA) shooting centre at Bisley Camp in rural Surrey. Only 28 miles from central London, the Artists Rifles Clubhouse is an ideal location for shooting, social functions, corporate events or a pleasant weekend break.

The colonial-style clubhouse has much character and charm. It is an integral part of Bisley Camp and is in a prime position overlooking the 600-yard Century shooting range. As well as being the recognised centre of international target rifle shooting, Bisley Camp (3,000 acres of Surrey heathland) is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and has an abundance of wildlife, flora and fauna.

The clubhouse is open every day (except Mondays and Christmas Day) and offers members and guests a comfortable bar and dining room set in a welcoming colonial style environment. The clubhouse has facilities for outdoor barbecues and there are six bedrooms available to guests, with ample space for car parking.

The Clubhouse was built for the Artists Rifles Regiment in 1926. It has recently been purchased by an ex-member with the support of fellow members, keen to preserve the heritage of the Artists Rifles Regiment. The Artists Rifles Clubhouse has recently undergone extensive renovation and is now the home of a new shooting club, the Mars and Minerva Shooting club, open to everyone.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Artists Rifles Clubhouse. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.203.246.153 (talk) 17:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

"In the Southeast Asian Conflict in the 1970´s 21 SAS was active as a reserve volunteer unit mainly as an observation team. The unit used non-British personnel as well as UK born soldiers. They were disguised as Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian." - Removed. Fantasy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.46.55.79 (talk) 10:16, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

Redirection needed

This article needs a redirection from 21 SAS (I'd do it but I don't know how). 203.129.137.62 (talk) 08:55, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Suggestions for improvement

This article needs a number of improvements to get it to a B Class article. Currently it has some good content, however, I believe it could be improved with the following:

• in line citations
• an infobox
• images

To be honest I am not able to assist with these as I don't have any source material, but I will see what I can do. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:49, 21 March 2009 (UTC)

I've added the infobox now, but it could probably be improved with some more details if anyone can help. I don't have any images, though. Can anyone help with this? I think also that the regiment's involvement in the Boer War needs to be discussed in a bit more detail, for at the moment it is really only covered by one sentence. AustralianRupert (talk) 23:47, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Battle honours in the infobox

In the infobox a couple of more 'recent' battle honours have been added (Bosnia 1996-99, Afghanistan 2002-08, Iraq 2004-08). Can it be confirmed by someone in the know (preferably with a verifiable source) that these battle honours have actually been awarded to this unit? In military terminology battle honour has a very specific meaning, it does not just refer to any battle that a unit might have participated in and for a unit to be entitled to display a battle honour they must officially be recognised as being eligible for it. Many units participate in battles, but do not receive a battle honour for it. I am happy for this information to stand if someone can put their hand up and confirm it, otherwise I feel it should be removed. — AustralianRupert (talk) 02:21, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Slightly complicated by the fact that not every battle honour awarded is public knowledge. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.67.243.128 (talk) 16:21, 1 April 2015 (UTC)

Artist Rifle aces

As I seem to recall from my marathon run of creating/writing bios of WWI flying aces, an inordinate number of them had been seconded to the RFC/RAF from the Artists Rifles. Might be a fruitful addition to this article for anyone willing to grub for the names.

Georgejdorner (talk) 04:02, 25 August 2016 (UTC)

The Regiment also gets a mention in The Long Goodbye in relation to the character Terry Lennox. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.149.55.51 (talk) 16:26, 28 August 2018 (UTC)