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L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery

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Country
  
United Kingdom

Type
  
Artillery

Branch
  
British Army

L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery

Active
  
4 October 1809 – present

Allegiance
  
Hon East India Coy (till 1858)  United Kingdom (post 1858)

Part of
  
1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery

See Also: Bengal Horse Artillery Batteries

Contents

L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery are the Tactical Group Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. They are currently based in Assaye Barracks in Tidworth Camp.

Current role

The Battery became a Tactical Group Battery in 2005, with its guns firing their last rounds in Otterburn in February 2005.

  • 2006 – L/N (Nery) Battery (The Eagles Troop) RHA split to reform separately as L and N Batteries. N Battery returned to 3 RHA to become their Tactical Group Battery and L Battery became 1 RHA’s Tactical Group Battery – supporting the HCR, 1st Mech Bde Formation Reconnaissance Regiment.

    • Battery structure

    L (Nery) Battery are known as a Tactical Group Battery and they consist of approximately 30 personnel:

  • Battery Commanders FOO Party
  • FOO Party A - Commanded by the Battery Captain
  • FOO Party B - Commanded by a Captain.
  • Battery Commanders Tac Group

    • Equipment

    L (Nery) Battery are currently equipped with CVRT, rather the Warrior OPV. They have Forward Air Controllers in each team.

    Formation

    L (Nery) Battery were formed in India in 1809 as 3rd Troop The Bengal Horse Artillery.

    19th century

  • 1857 - The Battery was distinguished with service in the Indian Mutiny, when in action on 7 July 1857, Gunner William Connolly who was repeatedly injured, refused to leave his post on the gun. He was awarded L Battery's first Victoria Cross.
  • 1889 - the Battery was renamed L Battery Royal Horse Artillery.

    • World War One

  • 1914 – L Battery accompanied the BEF to France.
  • 1914 - The Action at Néry. On the morning of 1 September 1914 the German 4th Cavalry Division attacked 1st Cavalry Brigade and L Battery, who had been camped in the village of Néry. In the action that followed, L Battery, less for one gun, was all but destroyed. The 13-pounder gun manned by Captain Bradbury, WO2 Dorrell, Sergeant Nelson, and Gunners Osbourne and Darbyshire, managed to keep the single gun in action against the three German Batteries located a thousand yards away. The Artillery fire put down by this gun allowed the 1st Cavalry Brigade to deliver a successful Counter attack. For this action Captain Bradbury, WO2 Dorrell, Sergeant Nelson, were all awarded the Victoria Cross

    • World War Two

    L (Nery) Battery served with distinction during WW2 in North Africa and Italy.

    Cold War

    L (Nery) Battery also deployed to Palestine, Malaya, and Cyprus and Northern Ireland.

    Northern Ireland

    L (Nery) Battery deployed to Northern Ireland

    Persian Gulf War

    Elements of the Battery also served in Operation Granby in the Persian Gulf.

    Balkan Wars

  • 1993 – L Battery joined 1 RHA in Assaye Barracks Tidworth Camp when 2 Regt RA (formerly 2 RHA) disbanded.
  • 1999- The Battery amalgamated with N Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA to become L/N (Néry) Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA.

    • The Battery served in the Balkans.

    Operation TELIC in Iraq

  • 2004 - L / N Battery served in Iraq on Op TELIC 4.

    • References

    L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA