L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery

L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery is the Tactical Group Battery of 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery.[1]

L (Néry) Battery Royal Horse Artillery
Active4 October 1809 – present
Country United Kingdom
Allegiance Hon East India Coy (till 1858)
 United Kingdom (post 1858)
Branch British Army
TypeArtillery
Part of1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
AnniversariesNéry Day 1 September
Battle honoursUbique

Previous role

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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 Eagle 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

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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

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

History

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Formation

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

19th century

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  • 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

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The Néry Gun at the Imperial War Museum in London.

World War Two

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

Cold War

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

Recent and current conflicts

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Northern Ireland

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L (Nery) Battery deployed to Northern Ireland.

Persian Gulf War

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

Balkan Wars

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  • 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

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "3rd Regiment Royal Horse Artillery Association Newsletter Edition 14 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 22 December 2018.

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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