A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company
| A Battery (1st City of London Horse Artillery), Honourable Artillery Company | |
|---|---|
| Active | 1891 – 16 February 1920 |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Artillery |
| Size | Battery |
| Part of | London Mounted Brigade |
| peacetime HQ | Armoury House, Finsbury |
| Equipment |
Ordnance QF 15-pounder Ordnance QF 18-pounder Ordnance QF 13-pounder |
| Engagements | |
| 2/A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company | |
|---|---|
| Active | September 1914 – 1919 |
| Country |
United Kingdom
|
| Branch |
British Army
|
| Type | Artillery |
| Size | Battery |
| Part of |
2/1st London Mounted Brigade CXXVI Brigade, RFA |
| Equipment |
Ordnance BL 15 pounder Ordnance BLC 15-pounder Ordnance QF 18-pounder |
| Engagements | |
A Battery (1st City of London Horse Artillery), Honourable Artillery Company was a horse artillery battery that was formed from Light Cavalry Squadron, HAC in 1891. It transferred to the Territorial Force in 1908 as artillery support for the London Mounted Brigade.
During the First World War it was posted to Egypt in 1915, served as part of the Western Frontier Force in the Senussi Campaign in 1916 and in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign with the Imperial (later Australian) Mounted Division in 1917 and 1918. The second line battery – 2/A Battery, HAC – was formed in 1914 and served on the Western Front in 1917 and 1918 as part of an Army Field Artillery Brigade; the third line – A (Reserve) Battery, HAC – was formed in 1915 to provide trained replacements for the 1st and 2nd Line batteries.
Post war, the battery, along with B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company, was amalgamated with the City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) to form the 11th (Honourable Artillery Company and City of London Yeomanry) Brigade, RHA.
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) first raised horse artillery in 1860 when Jay's Troop, HAC was formed. This had a brief existence, being disbanded in 1869.
In 1891, the Light Cavalry Squadron, HAC was converted to the Horse Battery, HAC, which in 1899 was redesignated as A Battery (1st City of London Horse Artillery), HAC. At the same time the Field Battery, HAC was converted to horse artillery as B Battery (2nd City of London Horse Artillery), HAC. The Field Battery originated in 1781, but was the second to form a horse artillery battery hence the junior designation.
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