Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery
| Q (Sanna's Post) Battery Royal Horse Artillery Q (Sanna's Post) Battery Royal Artillery |
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|---|---|
| Active | 1 March 1824 – present |
| Country |
 United Kingdom
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| Allegiance |
.svg){kind=small} Hon East India Coy (till 1858) United Kingdom (post 1858) |
| Branch |
 British Army
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| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Headquarters |
| Size | Battery |
| Part of | 5th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| Location | Catterick Garrison |
| Nickname(s) | The Hedgehogs |
| Anniversaries | Sanna's Post Day – 31 March |
| Decorations | Sanna's Post |
| Battle honours | Ubique |
| Commanders | |
| Notable commanders |
Edmund Phipps-Hornby VC |
See Also:Bombay Horse Artillery Batteries
Q (Sanna's Post) Battery is the Headquarters Battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. It currently serves as the Headquarters Battery for the British Army's Surveillance and Target Acquisition regiment.
The name Sanna's Post was taken following the actions of the Battery during an engagement at Sanna's Post during the Second Boer War.
Q Battery, Royal Horse Artillery was originally raised in Poona, India on 1 March 1824 as 3rd Troop, Bombay Horse Artillery, part of the Bombay Presidency Army of the Honourable East India Company. Between 1838 and 1857 the Troop saw action in the first Anglo-Afghan War, the First Anglo-Sikh War, the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and the Anglo-Persian War. In 1858 the Battery saw service during the Indian mutiny.
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 Bombay Horse Artillery transferred to the Royal Artillery as its 4th Horse Brigade and 3rd Troop became C Battery, 4th Horse Brigade, RA.
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