O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery

British Army artillery battery

O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery

Active| 7 June 1813 - present
Country| United Kingdom
Branch| Army
Type| Headquarters
Part of| 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Garrison/HQ| Larkhill
Anniversaries| Leipzig Day 16 October
Engagements| War of the Sixth Coalition

* Battle of Leipzig

War of the Seventh Coalition

* Battle of Waterloo

Crimean War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Second Boer War
World War I
World War II
Battle honours| Ubique
Commanders
Notable
commanders| Richard Bogue Edward Charles Whinyates

Military unit

O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery is the Headquarters Battery of the British Army's 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery. It is currently based in Purvis Lines in Larkhill Garrison.

## History

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### Formation

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The battery was formed on 1 January 1813.[1] In that year the battery fought as the only British Army unit present at the Battle of Leipzig as the Rocket Brigade under Captain Richard Bogue.[2] It was attached to the bodyguard of Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden.[2] During the battle Bogue was killed in action after a successful attack on five French and Saxon battalions at Paunsdorf, and Lieutenant Fox-Strangways assumed command.[3] In 1815, the battery fought with some of its rockets at the Battle of Waterloo, under Captain Edward Charles Whinyates.[4] It served in the Crimean War, Second Anglo-Afghan War and the Second Boer War.[1]

### World War I

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During World War I the battery supported the charge by the Royal Horse Guards at Villeselve in March 1918.[1]

### World War II

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During World War II the battery served with 6th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery.[1]

### Post war

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The battery transferred to 2nd Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery in 1951 which re-roled to become 2nd Field Regiment Royal Artillery in 1958.[1] In the 1970s, the battery completed tours in Northern Ireland.[5] In 1993 it transferred to 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery[1] and, in 1996, the battery was deployed to Bosnia.[5] In 2004, B Battery deployed with 1 RHA to Basra in Iraq on Operation Telic 4 and in 2007 the battery deployed with 1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery to Basra in Iraq on Operation Telic 10.[5]

## See also

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* United Kingdom portal

* British Army
* Royal Artillery
* Royal Horse Artillery
* List of Royal Artillery Batteries

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Artillery Regiments That Served With The 7th Armoured Division". Desert Rats. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
2. ^ a b "Captain Richard Bogue". British Empire. Retrieved 8 February 2021.
3. ^ Latham, Captain H.B., "The Rocket Service and the award of the Swedish Decorations for Leipzig", The Royal Artillery Journal, LVI (4)
4. ^ Lloyd, E. M. (2004). "Whinyates, Sir Edward Charles". In Matthew, H. C. G. (ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29208. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 30 August 2019. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
5. ^ a b c "1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery". British Army Units 1945 on. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

## 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.

## External links

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* "1st Regiment Royal Horse Artillery". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Retrieved 18 November 2015.

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