L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery
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L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery is the Tactical Group Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[1]
| L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Active | 4 October 1809 – present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | .svg){kind=small} 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 |
Previous role
editThe Battery became a Tactical Group Battery in 2005, with its guns firing their last rounds in Otterburn in February 2005.
- 2006 – L/N (Nery) Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA split to reform separately as L and N Batteries. N Battery returned to 3 RHA to become their Tactical Group Battery and L Battery became 1 RHA's Tactical Group Battery – supporting the HCR, 1st Mech Bde Formation Reconnaissance Regiment.
Battery structure
editL (Nery) Battery are known as a Tactical Group Battery and they consist of approximately 30 personnel:
- Battery Commanders FOO Party
- FOO Party A - Commanded by the Battery Captain
- FOO Party B - Commanded by a Captain.
- Battery Commanders Tac Group
Equipment
editL (Nery) Battery are currently equipped with CVRT, rather the Warrior OPV. They have Forward Air Controllers in each team. [citation needed]
History
editFormation
editL (Nery) Battery were formed in India in 1809 as 3rd Troop The Bengal Horse Artillery.[citation needed]
19th century
edit- 1857 - The Battery was distinguished with service in the Indian Mutiny, when in action on 7 July 1857, Gunner William Connolly who was repeatedly injured, refused to leave his post on the gun. He was awarded L Battery's first Victoria Cross.
- 1889 - the Battery was renamed L Battery Royal Horse Artillery.
World War One
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- 1914 – L Battery accompanied the BEF to France.
- 1914 - The Action at Néry. On the morning of 1 September 1914 the German 4th Cavalry Division attacked 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery, who had been camped in the village of Néry. In the action that followed, L Battery, less for one gun, was all but destroyed. The 13-pounder gun manned by Captain Bradbury, WO2 Dorrell, Sergeant Nelson, and Gunners Osbourne and Darbyshire, managed to keep the single gun in action against the three German Batteries located a thousand yards away. The Artillery fire put down by this gun allowed the 1st Cavalry Brigade to deliver a successful Counter attack. For this action Captain Bradbury, WO2 Dorrell, Sergeant Nelson, were all awarded the Victoria Cross.
World War Two
editL (Nery) Battery served with distinction during WW2 in North Africa and Italy.
Cold War
editL (Nery) Battery also deployed to Palestine, Malaya, and Cyprus and Northern Ireland.
Recent and current conflicts
editNorthern Ireland
editL (Nery) Battery deployed to Northern Ireland.
Persian Gulf War
editElements of the Battery also served in Operation Granby in the Persian Gulf.
Balkan Wars
edit- 1993 – L Battery joined 1 RHA in Assaye Barracks Tidworth Camp when 2 Regt RA (formerly 2 RHA) disbanded.
- 1999- The Battery amalgamated with N Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA to become L/N (Néry) Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA.
The Battery served in the Balkans.
Operation TELIC in Iraq
edit- 2004 - L / N Battery served in Iraq on Op TELIC 4.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Association Newsletter Edition 14 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 22 December 2018.
Bibliography
edit- Clarke, W.G. (1993). Horse Gunners: The Royal Horse Artillery, 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism. Woolwich: The Royal Artillery Institution. ISBN 09520762-0-9.
External links
edit- "1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- the centenary Commemoration of the Battle of nery