The History of 49 Inkerman Battery Royal Artillery
This area of the site contains details of 49 Battery. From its conception to the current day.
49 Battery
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HQ Battery |
HQ
Battery, 40 Regt |
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1st
August 1779
- Raised as 9
Coy, 4 Bn. (Capt C. Woods Coy) |
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31st January 1819 Disbanded |
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16th August 1848 Reformed as 9 Coy, 4 Bn. |
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3rd November 1848 Became 4th Coy 11th Bn |
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1st
July 1859 Became 8th Bty 4th Bde |
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1861
Became H Bty 4th Bde |
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1st March 1875 Became F Bty 25th Bde |
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1st
July 1877 Became N Battery 6th Bde |
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1st
April 1882 Became P Bty 1st Bde |
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40
Regt RA Formed on 1 Apr 1947, Dortmund |
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1st July 1889 Became 19th Fd Bty R.A. |
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Served
in Dortmund until 1954 |
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3rd February 1899 Became 19th Bty R.F.A |
1954
Deployed to Suez |
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March 1924 Became 19th Fd Bty R.A |
1955
deployed to Cyprus |
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March 1947 as part of reorganisation of the Artillery, redesignated 49th Bty R.A sub unit of 23 Fld Regt R.A |
1958
Regiment moved to Munster |
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22nd
June 1955 Became 49th (Inkerman) Bty R.A |
1965
moved to Bulford |
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1958 Battery joined 42 Field Regiment, untill disbandment in 1977 |
1965
– 1966 deployed to |
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1977 Became 49th Fd Bty to 40 Regt RA, |
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1969 moved to Gutersloh |
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1981 Became 49 Fd Bty 47 Regt RA |
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1982 Became 49 Fd Bty 27 Regt RA |
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April 1985 moved to Hohne |
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1993
Became 49 (Inkerman) Headquarter Bty 40 Regt RA |
1993
HQ Bty redesignated 49 (Inkerman) HQ Bty |
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1998
– 40 Regt in Topcliffe |
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2008 - Regt moved to Northern Ireland |
49 Inkerman Battery Summary of Service
1779-1819. Variously served in Woolwich, Jamaica, Canada and Belgium. Saw service in The War of 1812, and present with the Duke of Wellington's Army in Brussels, 1815. Disbanded in 1819.
In suspended animation: 1819-1848.
1848-1870. Reformed 1848. Variously served in England, the Crimean War (designated G Bty, 2nd Division. Coy. Sgt Andrew Henry Awarded the V.C for heroism at the Battle of Inkerman), and Canada (participated in Garnet Wolseley's Red River Expedition, 1870).
1870-1905. Variously served in England, South Africa (participated in the Zulu War, 4th July 1879. Took part in the Battle of Ulundi at the final defeat of Zulus, 4th July 1879. Also 1900 South African War, present at Spion Kop, Vaal Krantz, Tugela Heights, and crossing of Tugela), and India
1905-1914. India
First World War, 1914-1918. 1914-1915 - France and Flanders (including Neuve Chapelle and Loos). 1915-1917 - Mesopotamia. 1918 - Egypt. 1918 - France and Flanders.
1919-1939. England - motorized: 1922.
Second World War, 1939-1945. 1939-1940 - France. 1940-1942 - England. 1942-1943 - Madagascar. 1943 - India. 1943-1945 - Burma.
1946-To Date. 1946-1947 - India. 1948-1949 - England (Larkhill). 1949-1952 - Far East (Kowloon and the Territories and Korea). 1952-1954 - England (Tidworth). 1954-1955 - Egypt (El Ballah). 1956-1960 - England (Barton Stacey) 1960-1962 - Cyprus. 1962-1964 - England (Pembroke Docks). 1964-1969 - W Germany (Lippstadt). 1969-1971 - England (Devizes). 1971-1977 - W Germany (Fallingbostel. 1977-1982 - W Germany (Gutersloh). 1982-1986 - W Germany (Lippstadt). 1986-1990 - England (Topcliffe). 1990-1993 - W Germany (Dortmund). 1993-1998 - W Germany (Hohne). 1998-2008 - England (Topcliffe). 2008-Present Northern Ireland (Lisburn)
The Summary of Service was donated by Mr Julian Nassau-Kennedy
Documents of Interest
Royal Artillery Historical Society "A Presentation of 49 (Inkerman) Battery"
The Illustrated London News 30th December 1854
Passage from England to North America on the steam ship "Calcutta" 1862
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Battery Commanding Officers 19 Field Battery RA |
| 1939 | Capt J.H. McCarthy |
| 1939-1940 | Major A. Drew |
| 1940 | Major A.C.E. Devereuse |
| 1940 | Major G.C. Pearson |
| 1940-1942 | Major Ratford |
| 1942-1945 | Major A.M. Ingram (killed in action Burma) |
| 1945-1948 | Major H.B. Freeman |
| 1945-1948 | Major J.F. Turrall |
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Battery Commanding Officers 49 Field Battery RA |
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1948-1950 |
Major R..L. Rowe |
| 1950 | Capt H.J. Wynne |
| 1950-1951 | Major H.O. Groves |
| 1951-1954 | Major A.H. Arthur |
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Battery Commanding Officers 49 Inkerman Battery RA |
| 1954-1955 | Major A.C. Fryer |
| 1955-1958 | Major J.A.C Burcher |
| 1958-1959 | Major P.J.H. Chevalier |
| 1959-1960 | Major A.B. Howard (MC) |
| 1960-1962 | Major P.C. McE Brooks |
| 1962-1964 | Major B. Jennings |
| 1964-1966 | Major W.B.S. Leece |
| 1966-1968 | Major D.A Coleman |
| 1968-1970 | Major H.B. Thomas |
| 1970-1973 | Major W.T Woolrych |
| 1973-1975 | Major M. Phillips |
| 1973-1977 | Major R.C. Shedden |
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Battery Commanding Officers 49 Inkerman Headquarter Battery RA |
| Feb 92-Jul 93 | Major S.R. Fowle |
| Jul 93-Feb 94 | Major J.D. Calder-Smith |
| Feb 94-Jun 94 | Major S.J. O'Gorman |
| Jun 94-Nov 94 | Major R.B Bolton |
| Nov 95-Mar 98 | Major M.J.P Servaes |
| Mar 98-Mar 00 | Major A.L.J Torrents |
| Mar 00-Sept 00 | Major C.J.M Squier |
| Sept 00-Nov 01 | Major I.K. Speirs |
| Nov 01-Oct 02 | Major M.C. Wilks |
| Oct 02-Jan-04 | Major M. Pullan |
| Jan 04- Sept 04 | Major J.W. Martin |
| Sept 04- Jul 05 | Major S.W.L. Reader |
| Jul 05-Aug 08 | Major J.C. Giemza-Pipe |
| Aug 08-Aug 09 | Major G.J. Power |
| Aug 09-Present Day | Major D.I.B. Walker |
WINGATE, Orde Charles (1903-1944), Major General
From 1933-1936 Lieutenant O.C. Wingate served in 19 Field Battery being posted
in from the Second Sudan Defence Force
General Sir Michael Wilkes KCB, CBE
From 1967-1969 Captain M Wilkes served in 49 Inkerman battery
being posted in from the SAS