The Batteries

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function clickIE4(){ if (event.button==2){ alert(message); return false; } } function clickNS4(e){ if (document.layers||document.getElementById&&!document.all){ if (e.which==2||e.which==3){ alert(message); return false; } } } if (document.layers){ document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN); document.onmousedown=clickNS4; } else if (document.all&&!document.getElementById){ document.onmousedown=clickIE4; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(message);return false") </script>  </B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1c4c8630.png" border=0 width="200" height="99" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 36th Regiment Royal Artillery </div> <div> &</div> <div> 37th Regiment Royal Artillery</div> <bR> <div> On this page we will try to tell you some of the History of the Batteries that have been associated </div> <div> with 36th & 37th Regiment's Royal Artillery.  I will try to find out as much as is possible about </div> <div> each Battery and update this page as I progress.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Please Click Below</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="212" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFFF00" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#56__olpherts__battery_" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>56 (Olpherts) Battery</B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="200"><div> <A HREF="#60_battery" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>60 Battery</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="200"><div> <A HREF="#168_battery" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>168 Battery</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="#171__the_broken_wheel__battery" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>171 (Broken Wheel) Battery</B></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="200"><div> <A HREF="#111__dragon__battery_" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>111 (Dragon) Battery</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="200"><div> <A HREF="#10__assaye__battery_" TITLE="The Batteries"><B>10 (Assaye) Battery</B></A></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="56__olpherts__battery_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c796940.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="148" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>56 (Olpherts) Battery </B></div> <div> <B>Royal Artillery</B></div> <bR> <div> 56 (Olpherts) Special Weapons Battery has its origins in India as 5th Company </div> <div> 3rd Battalion Bengal Artillery formed on 2nd June 1786. It was frequently in action, </div> <div> most notably during the siege of Pondichery in 1793, the Nepal war 1814 and the second</div> <div>  siege of Bhurtpore in 1805, the Nepal war 1814 and the second siege of Bhurtpore in 1825.</div> <bR> <div> The Indian Mutiny of 1857 played a significant part in Battery history. During the first</div> <div>  relief of lucknow, Captain Olpherts or “Hellfire Jack” as he was known </div> <div> (later General Sir William Olpherts) won the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry; he </div> <div> charged the enemy on horseback and captured two rebel guns which were pouring fire </div> <div> onto the flanks of the advancing forces. To commemorate this distinction on 19th October</div> <div>  1966, the honour title “OLPHERTS” was awarded to 56 Battery Royal Artillery as the </div> <div> direct descendants of Captain Olpherts Battery.</div> <bR> <div> The First World War saw the Battery in action in places whose names have become</div> <div>  famous in the annals of the British Army, Mons - Hooge - Arras - Bethune -</div> <div>  Le Cateau - Cambrai and Le Bassee.</div> <bR> <div> In the Second World War Olpherts was predominantly involved in Malta and Italy </div> <div> as both a field and medium battery equipped with 25pdrs and 5.5in guns. <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >It was </FONT></div> <div> reformed on 1st April 1947 as an anti-aircraft battery, which it remained, serving with </div> <div> both guns and guided weapons in 36 Regiment until 28th March 1968.<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Times New Roman" >The battery then </FONT></div> <div> moved to 50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery, changing role and taking on towed </div> <div> 8” Howitzers. In April 1972 Olpherts became self - propelled with the introduction of </div> <div> M110 and moved to 27 Regiment Royal Artillery in Lippstadt on 2nd November 1972.</div> <bR> <div> On the formation of 39 Heavy Regiment Royal Artillery in April 1982 Olpherts </div> <div> moved to Paderborn to support 4th Armoured Division. On 1st November 1987 the Battery</div> <div>  was re-designated 56 (Olpherts) Special Weapons Battery and assumed its operational role of</div> <div>  nuclear support to 1st British Corps M109 regiments on 1st July 1988. The Battery lost its </div> <div> role on 31 July 1992. It then amalgamated with Headquarter Battery  39 Heavy Regiment</div> <div>  to form 56 (Olpherts) Headquarter battery.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="418" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="79"><div> <B>1857</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>2nd Company, 3rd Battalion,</B></div> <div> <B>Bengal Artillery</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="79"><div> <B>1889</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>23 Field Battery formed from A Battery, </B></div> <div> <B>3rd Field Brigade.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 58 ><NOBR><div> <B>1901</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1c8371f0.png" border=0 width="55" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>23 Battery became part of 40 Brigade RFA and served on the Western Front 1914 - 1918 with the 3rd Division.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="79"><div> <B>1920</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>23 Battery in 12 Brigade RFA.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="79"><div> <B>1938</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>23 Field Battery in 12th Field Regiment. </B></div> <div> <B>Served in Malta from April 1941, </B></div> <div> <B>and Eygpt March 1942.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>Nov 1943</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Converted to 252 Medium Battery </B></div> <div> <B>and served in Italy.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="79"><div> <B>1.1.1947</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>Converted to 56 HAA Battery, </B></div> <div> <B>36 HAA Regiment.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>28.3.1968</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Left 36 Regiment for 50 Missile Regiment.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>2.11.1972</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>Moves to 27 Medium Regiment.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Feb 1993</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="320"><div> <B>Moves to 39 Regiment.</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="60_battery"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1cbb0790.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> As far as I can assertain, this is the origin of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >60 Battery</FONT>. You will notice the frequent </div> <div> re-numbering of many Batteries. The term "Brigade" was replaced by "Regiment".</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="637" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1791</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>60 Battery came into existence with the </B></div> <div> <B>East India Company </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="185" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="118" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>60 Coast Battery</B></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="185" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="118" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>19 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="185" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="118" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>13 Battery</B></FONT></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>8th Brigade</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1882</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>4 Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>1st Brigade</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1889</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B> 8 Company</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Eastern Division, RGA </B></div> <div> <B>at Aden</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1901</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>Became 40 Company RGA</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Sierra Leone</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1904</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>Moves to Dover</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="185" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1920</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>L Battery RGA</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Dover</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1924</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>24 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Dover</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1927</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>19 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Bereheven</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>April 1933</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Battery became part of 2 Heavy Brigade</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="185" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1938</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>2 Coast Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Regiment remained in the UK and </B></div> <div> <B>became 16 Coast Regiment in 1947</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><bR> <div> <B>Colchester</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1940 </B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>19 Coast Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>2 Coast Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B> 22.3.1946</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>19 Coast Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Disbanded</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1.1.1947</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>60 Coast Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>16 Coast Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1.10.1948</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>60 Heavy Anti- Aircraft Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>36 HAA Regiment, Malta</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>1.  4.1959</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B> 60 (GW) Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="185"><div> <B>Shoeburyness</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="118"><div> <B>17.3.1964 - 1.4.1968</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="308"><div> <B>60 Heavy Air Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Suspended Animation</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>                            </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFF00" FACE="Times New Roman" >60 Battery was put into Suspended Animation when 36 and 37 Regiments </FONT></div> <div> amalgamated at Shoeburyness.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="168_battery"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1cdb0790.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> As far as I can assertain, this is the Origin of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >168 Battery</FONT>. You will notice the frequent </div> <div> re-numbering of many Batteries. The term "Brigade" was replaced by "Regiment".</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="732" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="156"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="156" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>3 Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>10th Brigade</B></div> <div> <B>Suspended Animation</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>1882</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>6 Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>1st Brigade</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>1894</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>19 Company, Eastern Division RGA</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>Gibraltar</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>1901</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>76 Company RGA</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>Aden</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>June 1924</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>35 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>Aden</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>July 1927</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>29 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>Gibraltar</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>26.6.1937</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>19 Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> <div> <B>became part of 3 Coast Brigade</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><bR> <div> <B>Gibraltar</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>1.6.1940 - 10.3.1941</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>19 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="278" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>10.3.1943</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="272"><div> <B>29 Heavy Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="278" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>Dec 1943 - Jan 1944</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>168 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>56 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment. Italy</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>1.1.1947</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>168 Light Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B>36 HAA Regiment, Malta</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="156"><div> <B>1.10.1948 </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1.4.1959</B></div> <div> <B>1.1.1962</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>168 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="278"><div> <B> 36 Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Malta, Shoeburyness</B></div> <div> <B>Suspended Animation</B></div> <div> <B>Disbanded</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>                                                                       </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> 168 Battery was put into Suspended Animation and later disbanded when the Regiment gave </div> <div> up its Guns, and re-equipped with the Thunderbird 1 Missile.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="171__the_broken_wheel__battery"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1cfb0790.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> 171 ( The Broken Wheel) Battery became part of 37th Field Regiment in April 1947, </div> <div> in June 1955 the Regiment amalgamated with 63rd HAA Regiment as 37th HAA Regiment. </div> <div> The Battery remained with the Regiment whilst the Regiment served in Malta. When the </div> <div> Regiment returned to the UK in September 1959 it was re-titled as 37th Guided Weapon Regiment</div> <div>  (Anti-Aircraft) in November 1959. </div> <div> The Battery was placed into Suspended Animation in October 1959.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Here is the story of how this Battery received its Honour Title<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Times New Roman" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >"The Broken Wheel"</FONT>.</div> <bR> <div> This battery was raised as the 2nd Battery Reserve Battalion of the Bombay Artillery in the year </div> <div> of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, and was shortly afterwards plunged into service which tested it </div> <div> as no peace-time soldiering could have done.</div> <bR> <div> The rebel held City of Delhi had been recaptured and the siege of Lucknow was about to be </div> <div> completed when General Sir Hugh Rose was given the task of clearing a vast area in Central India </div> <div> which was still infested with large forces of mutinous sepoys, disaffected irregular troops, and evilly </div> <div> disposed persons seeking plunder whereever they could find it. They were inspired, and to a great </div> <div> extent physically led, by a most re-doubtable Indian princess the Rani of Jhansi, and an equally </div> <div> formidable rebel leader, one Tantia Topi. The Rani's implacable hatred of British rule was </div> <div> accompanied by fiendish cruelty towards any Europeans who fell into her hands, but she was </div> <div> at the same time a lady of dauntless courage and great resource. </div> <bR> <div> These two leaders used the great fortresses which dominated Central India as the pivots </div> <div> on which they manoeuvred and brought into the field forces which far outnumbered those </div> <div> with which Sir Hugh could counter them. The short campaign in which he cleared the whole </div> <div> area and signally defeated the rebel armies is a model of bold offensive action. Armed primarily </div> <div> only with light guns and howitzers Sir Hugh's 2nd Brigade, supported by 2/Res Bn., Bombay </div> <div> Artillery, was first flung against the hill fortress of Rahatgarh which it took after beating off a </div> <div> relieving force. Joined by Sir Hugh's 1st Brigade, the whole force swept on to the fortress of </div> <div> Jhansi which was held by 10,000 Native levies and 1,500 rebel sepoys under command of the Rani.</div> <bR> <div> The City's fortified perimeter was 4 and a half miles in circumference with granite walls 20-30</div> <div>  feet high and 6-12 feet thick, and with the usual bastions covering the approaches. In one corner </div> <div> was the Citadel, towering high above the city on a huge rock with inner defences of daunting strength. </div> <div> To stand today on the plain south of the city, alongside the fine memorial to the Rani, and to look </div> <div> up at this great fortress dominating the surrounding country makes it seem incredible that it could </div> <div> have been taken by a force of a total strength of less than 2,000 men.</div> <bR> <div> There were two small hills a few hundred yards from the city walls and on them the </div> <div> breaching batteries were established, one of them manned by 2/Res Bn. By nightfall of the first </div> <div> day of action practicable breaches had been made, but, before the assault could be made, </div> <div> news came of the approach of a relieving force, 22,000 strong with 25 guns, under Tantia Topi. </div> <div> Without the slightest hesitation Sir Hugh recalled the columns that were poised for the storm, </div> <div> brought his guns out of action, and, with no more than 1,500 men, launched that tiny force in a head </div> <div> on action attack on the rebel army. The audacity of this move, and the excellent support provided</div> <div>  by his guns, utterly routed Tantia Topi's army which was dispersed to the winds. Sir Hugh then</div> <div>  returned to his siege, the storming columns flung themselves through the breaches and the </div> <div> fortress was captured. The Rani however, who had often been seen with her ladies in royal </div> <div> apparel on the ramparts during the siege, was let down a precipice below the walls and </div> <div> escaped with her adopted son.</div> <bR> <div> And so the campaign continued. The fortresses of Kunch and Kalpi were taken, and finally Gwalior - </div> <div> another gigantic hill fort which had been the Capital of the Mahratta prince Sindhia - fell to this </div> <div> invincible army and peace was restored to Central India. Having started its life in this stirring way, </div> <div> under a commander to whom nothing was impossible, 2/3 Bombay Artillery (as the unit became in 1859) </div> <div> was absorbed, with the other European units of the Indian Artilleries, into the Royal Artillery after </div> <div> the Mutiny. It then led a quiet life until it went to war again to win its Honour Title in the </div> <div> Egyptian campaign of 1882.</div> <bR> <div> This war followed an armed rising in which Europeans in Alexandria were massacred and to</div> <div>  counter which an expedition was launced underSir Garnet Wolseley's command. With it went N/2 RA</div> <div>  armed with 16 pounder RML guns, and, throughout the operations the loose sand of the desert </div> <div> was to prove a serious obstruction to the movement of all wheeled vehicles and often prevented </div> <div> the ammunition wagons from keeping up with the guns.</div> <bR> <div> Landing at Ismailia the British force advanced towards the Nile delta, met and defeated the </div> <div> Egyptian army at Kassassin, and finally confronted it in a well prepared and entrenched position </div> <div> at Tel-el-Kebir. It was essential if the war was to be won quickly not merly to manoeuvre the </div> <div> enemy out of that position but actually to crush him there for good.</div> <bR> <div> It was decided to attack at dawn after an approach march by night. The latter difficult </div> <div> operation was to be carried out by the two infantry and one cavalry divisions moving in line,</div> <div>  in an echelon from the left with all the seven field batteries, also in line, in an interval between</div> <div>  the two infantry divisions.The left hand infantry division arrived first at the enemy's entrenchments in </div> <div> the half light and was met by a blaze of fire. Their attack was not at first completely successful but </div> <div> with the aid of their supports they and the other division forced their way into the entrenchments </div> <div> where hand to hand fighting continued.</div> <bR> <div> Meanwhile the guns had been halted until there was enough light to see what was going on; </div> <div> but, as dawn broke, they were ordered forward to come into action inside the entrenchments in</div> <div>  positions from which they could engage the defences in enfilade. N/2 galloped forward with the</div> <div>  rest and, in the words of an officer of the battery writing just after the battle, <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >"All of a sudden the</FONT></div> <div>  smoke lifted like a curtain and we found ourselves close to a long line of entrenchments....</div> <div> We at once went on and Major Branker found an angle in the line just in front where the ditch was </div> <div> not so deep, so the right gun galloped straight at it. It went with a bump into the ditch, and stuck fast </div> <div> on the face of the parapet, with most of the horses over; but a lot of 42nd rushed to our help, </div> <div> and we lifted and shoved the gun over; but found one of the wheels smashed to pieces".</div> <bR> <div>  Though one of its guns had thus come to grief, since a gun with a broken wheel is a gun out of </div> <div> action for the time being, N/2 brought its remaining guns into action inside the entrenchments and </div> <div> engaged the rearward parts of the defences with effective shrapnel fire in enfilade at 1,000 yeard range.</div> <div>  The enemy, flaided both from the front and in flank, were broken up, the victory was complete, </div> <div> and N/2 obtained its Honour Title of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#33FFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >The Broken Wheel.</FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="111__dragon__battery_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d28b5a0.jpg" border=0 width="139" height="90" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>111 (Dragon) Battery </B></div> <div> <B>Royal Artillery</B></div> <bR> <div> Dragon Battery was founded as G Company, the Madras Foot Artillery in 1806. </div> <div> In 1840-41,  it was then D Company, 3rd Battalion, Madras Artillery. </div> <bR> <div> The Dragon Honour Titles are held by certain units which were previously part of the </div> <div> Madras Artillery of the Honourable East India Company. They commemorate service in the </div> <div> expedition to China in 1840-41, for which those units which took part were authorised to wear a</div> <div>  golden dragon wearing the Imperial Crown and the word <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#00FFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >China</FONT> on their appointments.</div> <bR> <div>  The Battery was put into Suspended Animation on the 17th March 1984.</div> <bR> <div> 111 and 10 Batteries have had very similar histories in that they belonged to the same </div> <div> parent Brigade / Regiment from 1900 until 1977.</div> <bR> <div> As far as I can assertain, this is the Origin of <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >111 (Dragon) Battery</FONT>. </div> <div> You will notice the frequent re-numbering of many Batteries.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="734" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1806</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>G Company</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Madras Foot Artillery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1824-25</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>Fought in the Burma War</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1840</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>D Company, 3rd Battalion</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><div> <B>Madras Artillery</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1889</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Formed from O Battery / 2nd Brigade as </B></div> <div> <B>48 (Dragon) Field Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 76 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>March 1900</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d3371f0.png" border=0 width="55" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Battery joins the newly formed </B></div> <div> <B>36 Brigade RFA. The Brigade served on the Western </B></div> <div> <B>Front between 1914 and 1919 as part of the </B></div> <div> <B>2nd Division.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="76" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1914-18</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>Western Front</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>June 1924</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>The 36 Brigade was renumbered as </B></div> <div> <B>26th Brigade and retained 48 Battery.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 114 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>May 1938</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>26th Brigade was re-roled as </B></div> <div> <B>26th Anti-tank Regiment, still with 48 Battery.</B></div> <div> <B>Initially allocated to the 3rd Division at Bulford, the Regiment was in Malta at the outbreak of the war. </B></div> <div> <B>The Regiment stayed in Malta until Sept 1943 as a </B></div> <div> <B>Coast Defence Regiment.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="114" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>14.12.1940</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>48 (Dragon) Mobile Coast Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>March 1941</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>9/71 Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>July 1941</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>48 Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 95 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>September 1943</B></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="1d4282f0.jpg" border=0 width="40" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Re-roled as a Medium Regiment, </B></div> <div> <B>and 48 Battery became 48/71 Medium Battery.      </B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>26th Medium Regiment</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>18.10.1943</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>C (Dragon) Troop, 48/71 Medium Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>23.3.1946</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>48 Field Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>26th Field Regiment</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 ><NOBR><div> <B>January 1947</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>26th Field Regiment became 37th Field Regiment, and </B></div> <div> <B>48 Battery became 111(Dragon) Battery.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="193" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>20.10.1948</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>111( Dragon) Heavy Anti - Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><div> <B>37 HAA Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1.10.1959</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>111(Dragon) GW Anti - Aircraft Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>37 GW (AA) Regiment</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1963</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>111 (Dragon) Battery in Aden</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><div> <B>8 Months</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>18.3.1964</B></div> <div> <B>1.4.1968</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>111(Dragon) Heavy Air Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><div> <B>37 HAD Regiment  </B></div> <div> <B>36 HAD Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>1978</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>111(Dragon) Air Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="193"><div> <B>2nd Field Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="115"><div> <B>17.3.1984</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="400"><div> <B>111(Dragon) Air Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>19 Field Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Suspended Animation</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div>  <A NAME="10__assaye__battery_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1d752670.jpg" border=0 width="82" height="103" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>10 (Assaye) Battery </B></div> <div> <B>Royal Artillery</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> As far as I can assertain, this is the Origin of <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" >10 (Assaye) Battery</FONT>. </div> <div> You will notice the frequent re-numbering of many Batteries.</div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="723" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#FFFF00" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#000033 > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1755</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>3rd Company, Bombay Artillery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1799</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>Battle of Seringapataam</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 ><NOBR><div> <B>23rd Sept 1803</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>Battle of Assaye</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1843</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>Battle of Hyderabad</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1843 - 1914</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Battery in service in India, England & Ireland</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1889</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Formed from H Battery / 2nd Brigade as </B></div> <div> <B>15 Field Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 24 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>March 1900</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Joined the newly formed 36 Brigade RFA.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 73 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>August 1914</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d8371f0.png" border=0 width="55" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Battery deployed with the BEF to France.</B></div> <div> <B>The Brigade served on the Western Front between </B></div> <div> <B>1914 and 1919 as part of the 2nd Division.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="73" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 40 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1918 - 1939</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>The Battery re-roled on a number of occasions, ultimately forming a Coastal Battery.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="40" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>June 1924</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>The 36 Brigade was renumbered as </B></div> <div> <B>26th Brigade and retained 15 Battery.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="39" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 113 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>May 1938</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>26th Brigade was re-roled as </B></div> <div> <B>26th Anti-Tank Regiment, still with 15 Battery.</B></div> <div> <B>Initially allocated to the 3rd Division at Bulford, </B></div> <div> <B>the Regiment was in Malta from 1940-43. </B></div> <div> <B>The Regiment stayed in Malta until Sept 1943 </B></div> <div> <B>as a Coast Defence Regiment.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>26th Anti-Tank Regiment</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>3.9.1940</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>15 Mobile Coastal Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>14.12.1940</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>15 Mobile Coast Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 72 ><NOBR><div> <B>September 1943</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="1d4282f0.jpg" border=0 width="40" height="47" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>Re-roled as a Medium Regiment, and 15 Battery became A Troop, 40 Medium Battery.</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><div> <B>26th Medium Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Serving in Syria, Palestine and Italy.</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>25.3.1946</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>15 (Assaye) Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>26th Field Regiment</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>January 1947</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>26th Field Regiment became </B></div> <div> <B>37th Field Regiment, and 15 Battery became </B></div> <div> <B>10 (Assaye) Field Battery.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="57" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>20.10.1948</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>10(Assaye) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><div> <B>37 HAA Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>3.7 inch Guns</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 39 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1.10.1959</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>10(Assaye) Guided Weapon (AA)  Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>37 GW (AA) Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Thunderbird 1</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>18.3.1964</B></div> <div> <B>  1.4.1968</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>10 (Assaye) Heavy Air Defence Battery</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><div> <B>37 HAD Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>36 HAD Regiment</B></div> <div> <B>Thunderbird 2</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 57 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1978</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>10(Assaye) Air Defence Battery</B></div> <div> <B>Became an Independent Battery within </B></div> <div> <B>45 Field Regiment at Hohne</B></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><bR> <div> <B>45 Field Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 20 WIDTH="131"><div> <B>1993</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="372"><div> <B>10(Assaye) Air Defence Battery</B></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><div> <B>47th Regiment</B></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <B>10 (Assaye) Battery is still in operation with 47 Regiment Royal Artillery.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="06e900a0.png" border=0 width="400" height="10" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Before 1947, the numbers 10 and 111 were used by other Batteries which adopted different numbers in 1947. </div> <div> 10 Battery formed in 1889 and joined 17 Brigade RFA in 1900.  It served with the 29th Division at Gallipoli in 1915, </div> <div> and on the Western Front 1916-18. In World War 2, 10 Battery continued to serve with 17 Field Regiment. </div> <div> It served in France in 1940 with 4th then 51st Divisions, and in Tunisia and Italy 1942-45 with the 78th Division. </div> <div> In 1947 the 17th Field Regiment became 19th Field Regiment, and 10 Battery became 25 Battery. </div> <div> 25 Battery served with 19th Field Regiment until 1999, and is now with 47 Regiment.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> 111 Battery was formed in 1900 and served with the 6th Division on the Western Front 1914-1918. </div> <div> After some changes of designation, 111 Battery served as part of 30th Field Regiment 1939-45. </div> <div> As part of the 4th Infantry Division, it served in France 1940, Tunisia 1943, Italy 1944 and Greece 1945-46. </div> <div> In 1947 30th Field Regiment became 38th Training Regiment, and 111 Battery became 193 Battery</div> <div> which was disbanded in 1954.</div> <bR> <div> Why the Royal Regiment keeps changing numbers of Batteries is a complicated story, </div> <div> which I cannot begin to understand.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>N.B. 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