Some Brief Reference Notes on the Royal Horse Artillery

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28 pages. Footnotes. Tables. Bibliography. Folding chart at back. Format is 7.25 inches by 9.5 inches. Some page soiling. The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery of the British Army. Horses are still in service for ceremonial purposes but were phased out from operational deployment during the 1930s. The Royal Horse Artillery, currently consists of three regiments, (1 RHA, 3 RHA and 7 RHA) and one ceremonial unit (King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery). Almost all the batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery have served continuously since the French Revolutionary Wars or Napoleonic Wars, except the King's Troop which has existed since 1946 and M Battery which was 'reanimated' in 1993. The RHA has acquitted itself with distinction in the great wars of two centuries, the Napoleonic Wars, the Indian Mutiny, the Crimean War, the Peninsular War, the Anglo-Zulu War, the Boer War, World War I and World War II. The first two troops of Horse Artillery (A -later entitled "The Chestnut Troop"- and B) were raised in January 1793 at Goodwood, West Sussex, by the Master-General of the Ordnance, the 3rd Duke of Richmond, to provide fire support for the cavalry. They were joined by two more troops in November 1793. Each troop had six 6-pounder guns. All RHA personnel were mounted. Included in the establishment were 45 drivers and 187 horses, making it the first self-contained fighting unit of artillery. Initially, horses were hired with civilian drivers. In 1794, the a Driver Corps was raised which, however, did not formally become a unit of the Royal Artillery until after Waterloo. There were many disadvantages of the divided control until horses and drivers were organized into the RHA troops. Another development was the formation of a headquarters staff providing a channel between the regiment and the Board of Ordnance. In 1859, the term "battalion" was replaced by "brigade". (This in turn was replaced by "regiment" in 1939. The five Horse Artillery brigades consisted of two batteries each. Between 1899 and 1924, the Royal Artillery was divided, with the creation of the Royal Field Artillery which utilized horse for its medium-calibre guns.

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Titre
Some Brief Reference Notes on the Royal Horse Artillery
Auteur
Probert, R. H. C. (Editor and Compiler)
Année de publication
1956
État de l'article
Good
Reliure
Wraps

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