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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.
Headquarters (King's) Battery, 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery – formed as HQ Battery, subtitle '(King's)' added in 1969 from Liverpool Rifles, reduced to HQ Troop under Future Army Structure in 2004, disbanded and subsequently reformed in 2014 under Army 2020, but lineage transferred to South Lancashire Artillery
B Battery, E Horse Brigade (B/E) - formerly B/4 Battery [d] at Kirkee; C Battery, E Horse Brigade (C/E) - formerly C/4 Battery [e] at Mhow; D Battery, E Horse Brigade (D/E) - formerly D/4 Battery [f] at Ahmednagar; From 1866, the term "Royal Horse Artillery" appeared in Army List [10] hence the brigade was designated E Brigade, Royal Horse ...
C Battery, B Horse Brigade (C/B) - formerly F Battery [e] at Woolwich; D Battery, B Horse Brigade (D/B) - formerly H Battery [f] at Aldershot; E Battery, B Horse Brigade (E/B) - formerly I Battery [g] at Newbridge; From 1866, the term "Royal Horse Artillery" appeared in Army List [12] hence the brigade was designated B Brigade, Royal Horse ...
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A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Royal Horse Artillery is the senior Battery in the British Army's Royal Artillery and is part of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. The Chestnut Troop is currently based in Purvis Lines at Larkhill Barracks. The unit is currently equipped as a Close Support Artillery Battery, with the AS-90 Self-propelled gun.
In 1889 the battery assumed the title of Q Battery Royal Artillery. The battery next saw service in the Boer war between 1899 and 1901. On 31 March 1900 the battery assisted the majority of General Broadwater's force from a Boer ambush at Koorn Spruit, near Sanna's Post. In 1926, the battery was granted the honour title "Sanna's Post".
1938 – The battery was merged with L (Nery) Battery and was known as L/N (Nery) Battery within 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery. 1939 – The battery formed part of the British Expeditionary Force, and fought in France until the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940; The battery served in Greece and the Western Desert, and in 1942 regained its ...