See Also: Bombay Horse Artillery Battery
Q (Post Sanna) Battery is the 5th Royal Artillery Art Regiment Headquarters Battery. It currently functions as a Battery Headquarters for British Army Supervision and Regiment Target Acquisition.
Sanna's Post's name was taken following Battery action during the engagement at Sanna's Post during the Second Boer War.
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Battery history
Battery Q, Royal Horse Artillery was originally raised in Poona, India on March 1, 1824 as 3rd Arm, Bombay Horse Artillery , part of the Bombay Presidency Army in East India Dear Company. Between 1838 and 1857 Troop saw action in the first Anglo-Afghan War, First Anglo-Sikh War, Second Anglo-Sikh War, and Anglo-Persian War. In 1858 Battery saw service during the Indian uprising.
As a result of the Indian Revolt of 1857, the British Empire took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the terms of the Indian Government Act 1858. The Presidency Army was transferred to the direct authority of the United Kingdom and its European units were transferred to the British Army. Subsequently, the artillery, the most effective rebels, is the only one that protects the British Army (with the exception of certain Mountain Artillery batteries). On February 19, 1862, the Bombay Horse Artillery was transferred to the Royal Artillery as the 4th Horse Brigade and the 3rd Armored to C Battery, 4th Horse Brigade, RA .
A reorganization of the Horse Artillery on 13 April 1864 saw the First Brigade divided as Brigades A and B, 2nd Brigade became Brigade C, the 3rd being D, the fourth being E, and the fifth being the F Horse Brigade, Royal Artillery. Because battery tagging is related to the brigade assigned to it, it's redesigned on the same date as C Battery, E Horse Brigade, RA . From 1866, the term "Royal Horse Artillery" appeared on the Army List then the battery has been designated C Battery, E Brigade, RHA from around this time.
Between 1864 and 1889 the Battery title changed further 5 times. In 1889 Battery assumed the title of Battery Royal Battery Q.
The next battery saw service in the Boer war between 1899 and 1901. On March 31, 1900, Batteries had the best time to save their weapons and most of Broadwater General's forces from Boer's brutal attack on Koorn Spruit, near Sanna's Post. When the Battery ran back on the line, Boer, seeing that part of their prey escape, fired a shot with a shotgun from the edge of Spruit. The Q Battery weapon is served for four hours in that open position, which is always the target of a continuous shotgun with a distance of 1000 yards - it must be remembered that at that moment the rifle did not have a shield! Batteries fight with collective gains and skills such as Field Marshal Lord Roberts VC, directing that 4 Victoria Crosses must be given to Battery, one to officer, one to NCO, one to Gunner & amp; one to Driver. This is the most decorated action in the history of the Artillery Kingdom Regiment. In addition 3 Medved Conduct Medals are also given. In 1926 Battery was awarded the honorary title of "Sanna's Post".
During the First World War, Battery saw continued action on the western front. At the end of the Great War, the Battery name changed again twice before it was replaced with Q Battery Royal Field Artillery in 1924.
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Latest operation
Members are tied to 32Hy Regt Ra for Gulf War I
See also
- British Army
- Royal Artillery
- Royal Horse Artillery
- List of Royal Artillery Batteries
Note
References
Bibliography
- Becke, Major A.F. (1935). Order of Battle Division Section 1. Ordinary English Division . London: Stationery Office Your Excellency. ISBN: 1-871167-09-4.
- Clarke, W.G. (1993). Horse Gunners: The Royal Horse Artillery, 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism . Woolwich: The Royal Artillery Institution. ISBN: 09520762-0-9.
- Frederick, J.B.M. (1984). Army Genealogy Book of 1660-1978 . Wakefield, Yorkshire: Microform Academic Publisher. ISBNÃ, 1-85117-009-X.
- Order of the Battle of the British Army in France, 11 November 1918 . France: General Staff, GHQ. 1918.
External links
- "5th Regiment of Royal Artillery". Ministry of Defense (United Kingdom) . Retrieved November 18 2015 .
- Royal Artillery Association
- Royal Artillery Today
- Ubique Collection
- The Power Museum
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