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.

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49 Battery

HQ Battery, 40 Regt

49 HQ Battery  

1st August 1779 - Raised as  9 Coy, 4 Bn. (Capt C. Woods Coy)

  40 Regt RA Formed on 1 Apr 1947, Dortmund  

1993 HQ Bty re-designated 49 (Inkerman) HQ Bty

    31st January 1819  Disbanded

  Served in Dortmund until 1954

    1998 – 40 Regt in Topcliffe

16th August 1848 Reformed as 9 Coy, 4 Bn.      

  1954 Deployed to Suez  

2008 - Regt moved to Northern Ireland 

3rd November 1848 Became 4th Coy 11th Bn

  1955 deployed to Cyprus  

 

1st July 1859 Became 8th Bty 4th Bde

  1958 Regiment moved to Munster  

1861 Became H Bty 4th Bde

  1965 moved to Bulford  

1st March 1875 Became F Bty 25th Bde

  1965 – 1966 deployed to Borneo

1st July 1877 Became N Battery 6th Bde

  1969 moved to Gutersloh

1st April 1882 Became P Bty 1st Bde

  1981 Moved to Colchester

1st July 1889 Became 19th Fd Bty R.A.

  April 1985 moved to Hohne

3rd February 1899 Became 19th Bty R.F.A 

 

 

March 1924 Became 19th Fd Bty R.A

 

 

March 1947 as part of reorganisation of the Artillery, re-designated 49th Bty R.A sub unit of 23 Fld Regt R.A

 

 

22nd June 1955 Became 49th (Inkerman) Bty R.A  

 

 

1958 Battery joined 42 Field Regiment, untill disbandment in 1977

 

1977 Became 49th Fd Bty to 40 Regt RA,

 

 1981 Became 49 Fd Bty 47 Regt RA

 

1982 Became 49 Fd Bty 27 Regt RA

 

 1993 Became 49 (Inkerman) Headquarter Bty  40 Regt RA

 

 

                                                                                     

Battery Commanders

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

Battery Commanding Officers 49 Field Battery RA

   1948-1950

                                         Major R..L. Rowe
1950 Capt H.J. Wynne
1950-1951 Major H.O. Groves
1951-1954 Major A.H. Arthur

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
  Major Bradshaw
  Major C. Brightman
  Major Regular
   

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

 

Documents of Interest relating to the Battery
1.   The Battery Diary
2.   4th Brigade in North America
3.   War Diary Extracts
4.   A Presentation by 49 (Inkerman) Battery to the Royal Artillery Historical Society
5.   Sergeant Conway (Soldier of the Crimean War) By Jeff Atkinson