B Battery Royal Horse Artillery | |
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Active | 1 February 1793 – 28 March 1819 9 May 1855 – present |
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Type | Artillery |
Role | Self-propelled artillery |
Size | Battery |
Part of | 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Tidworth Camp |
Motto(s) | Ubique Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt |
Anniversaries | Sahagun Day 21st December |
Equipment | AS-90 |
Engagements |
Irish Rebellion of 1798 Peninsula war Crimean War Boxer Rebellion World War I World War II Aden Emergency Operation Banner-(Northern Ireland) Operation Granby-(Iraq) Bosnia Kosovo Operation TELIC-(Iraq) |
Battle honours | Ubique |
B Battery, Royal Horse Artillery is a Close Support Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. It is currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth Camp.
B Battery has four troops named after famous battles they participated in:
On 1 February 1793, Napoleon declared war on England. On the same day King George III formed by Royal Warrant. A Troop (now The Chestnut Troop) and B Troop (now B Bty) were formed at Woolwich and equipped with 4 x 6 Pounder smooth bore muzzle loading guns
The Battery went into suspended animation, as 1 RHA provided augmentees to 40 Regt RA. A composite Battery called A/B/E Battery RHA was formed from the remainder of the Regiment, converted to the M109 self-propelled gun in readiness for deployment as Battle Casualty Replacements (BCRs), but did not deploy.
On its return from the Persian Gulf, B Battery was reformed and moved to Assaye Barracks in Tidworth, where it is still located and equipped with the AS-90 self-propelled gun.