M Battery Royal Horse Artillery
| M Battery Royal Horse Artillery | |
|---|---|
| Active | 23 January 1809 – present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
|
| Allegiance |
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| Branch |
 British Army
|
| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Headquarters |
| Size | Battery |
| Part of | 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery |
| Garrison/HQ | Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England |
| Engagements |
Anglo-Egyptian War |
| Battle honours | Ubique |
Anglo-Egyptian War
Second Boer War
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Second World War
M (Headquarters) Battery Royal Horse Artillery is the Headquarters Battery of 3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery, part of the Royal Horse Artillery of the British Army. As of 2015, it is based at Albemarle Barracks, Northumberland, England.
M Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was formed on 23 January 1809 as 2nd Troop, Madras Horse Artillery, a horse artillery battery of the Honourable East India Company's Madras Army. On 5 August 1825, it was redesignated as B Troop, 1st Brigade, Madras Horse Artillery as the Madras Horse Artillery expanded to 8 troops and was organized as two brigades. A reduction to 6 troops on 4 January 1831 resulted in the brigades being discontinued and the remaining troops lettered in a single sequence, hence becoming B Troop, Madras Horse Artillery.
As a result of the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Crown took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1858. The Presidency armies transferred to the direct authority of the British Crown and its European units were transferred to the British Army. Henceforth artillery, the mutineers most effective arm, was to be the sole preserve of the British Army (with the exception of certain Mountain Artillery batteries). On 19 February 1862, the Madras Horse Artillery transferred to the Royal Artillery as its 3rd Horse Artillery Brigade and B Troop became B Battery, 3rd Horse Brigade, RA.
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