E Battery Royal Horse Artillery

E Battery Royal Horse Artillery
Active 1 November 1794  present
Country United Kingdom
Branch Army
Type Artillery
Part of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Equipment AS-90
Battle honours Ubique

E Battery Royal Horse Artillery are a Close Support Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery It is currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth Camp

Current Role

E Battery are currently a Close Support Battery and use the AS-90 Self-propelled artillery Guns.

History

Formation

19th century

World War I

The 13-pounder gun that fired the first British artillery round on the Western front leaves the Imperial War Museum to take part in the unveiling of the Royal Artillery Memorial in October 1925

World War II

Cold War

Recent and Current Conflicts

Persian Gulf War

Main article: Operation Granby

Balkan Wars

Operation TELIC in Iraq

Main article: Operation Telic

Cyprus

Afghanistan

2009 - E Battery deployed as part of OP Herrick 11

Future

Under the Army 2020 plan, it will re-role from a light gun battery to an AS-90 battery.[2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. Farndale 1986, page 10
  2. Gunner Magazine, December 2012

Bibliography

External links

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