N Battery are currently serving as the fifth Tactical Group within 3 RHA and supports 4th Infantry Brigade. They recently deployed as part of J Battery, alongside 7 Parachute Regiment RoyalHorse Artillery to Afghanistan.
Battery structure
N Battery are known as a Tactical Group Battery and they consist of approximately 40 personnel:
Battery Commanders Tac Group
FST Party 1
FST Party 2
FST Party 3
Joint Fires Cell
History
Formation
1st Troop Bombay Horse Artillery was formed in Seroor, on 11 November 1811.
19th century
In 1842 Sir Charles Napier was sent to Hyderabad with a treaty that was never to be accepted by the Amirs of Sindh. The Amirs attacked the British Residency, and Napier decided this was cause for war, and attacked a force of 22,000 Baluchis with just 2,800 British Soldiers. This resulted in:
1843 - The Battle for Miani. The British line held, and 6 guns from the Troop supported a charge. Hyderabad was occupied in February 1843.
The battery was awarded its honour title following Sir Charles Napier's march to the Indus River. The troop were supporting the Cheshire Regiment, with the enemy in an entrenched position. The way artillery was deployed, forced the enemy to its left flank, which allowed the Cheshire Regiment to advance and distract the enemy. A surrender followed quickly and the Governor-General of India, the Lord Ellenborough, declared that the battery should, 'bear the eagle'. In 1858, the East India Company dissolved, and the battery became part of the British Army. The battery was renamed five times between 1862, until it was finally named N Battery Royal Horse Artillery in 1889.
World War One
1914 - The battery deployed to France on the outbreak of War.
1917 - N Battery RHA claimed the highest number of shells fired in one month by a single battery. The six guns fired 115,360 rounds in August 1917 in support of the Canadian Corps. The battery also fought in the Battle of Cambrai and at Hailles.
1918 - The battery continued to fight until the Armistice in November 1918.
1961 - The battery moved to Colchester, as part of the Strategic Reserve. During this time it was deployed to Cyprus to prevent further fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots
