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1 RHA Batteries

1 RHA Chestnut Battery firing

The Chestnut Troop

The Chestnut Troop

'A Troop Royal Horse Artillery' was raised at Woolwich on 01 February 1793. Horsed from the outset exclusively with chestnut-coloured horses, Lord Wellington asked as to the whereabouts of "The Chestnut Troop" during the Battle of Waterloo.
This unofficial title stuck until Edward VII sanctioned that the battery was designated A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) RHA.

As the senior battery, it takes position at the Right of the Line when on parade.
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B Battery

B Battery

On 01 Feb 1793, as Napoleon declared war on England, B Troop were formed at Woolwich and equipped with 4 x 6 pounder smooth bore, muzzle loading guns. 

The battery celebrates Sahagun day, to commemorate the action fought with the 15th Hussars on 21 Dec 1808.

The battery does not have an official battle honour, but the title 'The Dragon Troop' is used after the battery was given the military order of the Dragon during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900. Each gun sub has a different Chinese Dragon painted on the shield of his gun.
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E Battery

E Battery

E Troop itself was raised at Woolwich on the 1st November 1794, under Captain William Cuppage.

E Battery have deployed on operations throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
In 1914, E Battery was sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force.
On the 22 August 1914 at 0930 E Battery fired the first artillery rounds of the WW1 at Bray, and subsequently fought in virtually all the battles on the Western Front.
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L (Nery) Battery

L (Nery) Battery

As 1st Troop, of the Bengal Horse Artillery, the Troop was used as quick-fire support to the armies of the East India Company. The Troop was later to become 'L' Battery. Based in Agra, India until the outbreak of the Nepal War in 1814, the battery saw action during the siege of the great fortress of Bhurtpore, and open warfare in both Sikh Wars.

In September 2009 the battery deployed to Afghanistan on Op HERRICK 11 providing Joint Fires for the HCR BG stationed in Musa Qal'ah before returning to Tidworth in April 2010.
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O Battery (The Rocket Troop)

O HQ Battery (The Rocket Troop)

In 1813 two new Troops of Artillery were formed armed with the new rockets, which General Congreve had developed. The 1st Rocket Troop was disbanded in 1816 but 2nd Rocket Troop absorbed its Commander and many of its men.

The 2nd Rocket Troop, commanded by Captain Richard Bogue, played a most distinguished part in the in the Battle of LEIPZIG in October 1813 as the only unit of the British Army present, and was attached to the Bodyguard of the Crown Prince of Sweden.
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