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The Royal Horse Artillery, currently consists of three regiments, (1 RHA, 3 RHA and 7 RHA) and one ceremonial unit (King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery). Almost all the batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery have served continuously since the French Revolutionary Wars or Napoleonic Wars , except the King's Troop, created in 1946, and M Battery ...
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, is a ceremonial unit of the British Army, quartered at Woolwich.It is a mounted unit and all of its soldiers are trained to care for and drive teams of six horses, each team pulling a First World War-era QF 13-pounder gun; six teams are used in the unit's Musical Drive.
J Battery was originally raised in India on 4 April 1805 [2] as The Troop of Madras Horse Artillery, part of the Madras Army of the Honourable East India Company.With the formation of another unit on 6 January 1806 (the 2nd Half Squadron, Madras Horse Artillery), it was renamed as the 1st Half Squadron, Madras Horse Artillery and 1st Troop, Madras Horse Artillery [3] with the formation of a ...
In 1914, E Battery was sent to France as part of the BEF, equipped with QF 13-pounder guns.At 0930 hours on 22 August 1914, northeast of Harmignies in Belgium, No. 4 gun of E Battery fired the first British artillery rounds on the Western Front in World War I, [5] E Battery went on to fight in many of the battles on the Western Front and then joined the Army of Occupation.
L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery; Active: 4 October 1809 – present: Country United Kingdom: Allegiance: Hon East India Coy (till 1858) United Kingdom (post 1858) Branch British Army: Type: Artillery: Part of: 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery: Anniversaries: Néry Day 1 September: Battle honours: Ubique
9-pounder 6 cwt Mark I (N.S.): A few were made for experimental trials but they proved to be too short; some were issued to the Royal Indian Navy. In 1873, forty five were completed for use as boat guns. 9-pounder 6 cwt Mark II (L.S.): A new design in 1874 for the Royal Horse Artillery, it was longer than the 8 cwt gun but had the same carriage.
The battery transferred to 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery in 1951 which re-roled to become 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery in 1958. [1] In the 1970s, the battery completed tours in Northern Ireland. [5] In 1993 it transferred to 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery [1] and, in 1996, the battery was deployed to Bosnia. [5]
Royal Horse Artillery brigades did not exist as an organizational or operational grouping of batteries until 1 July 1859 when the Horse Brigade, Royal Artillery was formed. [ 3 ] As a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the British Crown took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the ...