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  King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is a ceremonial unit of the British Army.
It was named The King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery in 1947 when King George VI decided that, following the mechanisation of the last batteries of horse drawn artillery, a troop of horse artillery should be kept to take part in the great ceremonies of state.
So, he declared that the Riding Troop of the Royal Horse Artillery would be known as 'His Troop' or 'The King's Troop'.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King's_Troop,_Royal_Horse_Artillery   (317 words)

  
 Royal Horse Artillery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) is a corps in the British Army.
King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery is primarily a ceremonial unit and uses vintage 13 pounder guns for firing salutes.
However, within the Royal Artillery as a whole, the Royal Horse Artillery regiments are perceived as being an élite, and being posted to an RHA unit is seen as a significant career advancement.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Horse_Artillery   (412 words)

  
 Civil War Artillery Terminology
It was and is confusing because "Mounted" artillery was NOT mounted.
Thus, the "horse" artillery was mounted and the "mounted" artillery was not, leading to frequent but understandable confusion of the terms.
Moreover, horse artillerymen often were cross-trained as cavalry (many of them, in fact, being transfers from the cavalry) and those men not actually serving the guns might be out on the flanks as battery supports to free up the troopers for other duties.
www.civilwarhome.com /artilleryterms.htm   (2061 words)

  
 Artillery Regiments Page
The unit was formed in March 1901 as the 10th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, consisting of D Bty in Umballa, India and E Bty in Kirkee, India, being renamed 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery, in October 1906.
The unit was formed in March 1901 as the 9th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery consisting of F Bty in Sialkot, India and J Bty in Bangalore, India, being renamed 4th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery in October 1906.
In 1939 G Battery left to serve in 5th Regiment Royal Horse Artillery and DD Battery was formed to replace it as part of the re-organisation of the Royal Artillery after Dunkirk, in October 1941.
www.btinternet.com /~ian.a.paterson/orgartillery.htm   (15080 words)

  
 A Contemporary View on the Use of Horse Artillery: 1798
The four horses of the mounted crew have beside saddles a harness in such a way, that they can be used in case of an emergency to replace killed animals of the gun horse team, or to be added immediately to the horse team when the gun is getting stuck on bad roads.
The horse of the mounted artillerymen have beside their saddles a harness, so that they can pull the gun immediately when a team horse would be killed.
In addition, especially the horse artillery is intended to attack houses and small posts occupied by the enemy, were, as commonly known, the effect is related to the weight of the cannonball.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_horsearty.html   (2724 words)

  
 A Contemporary View on the Use of Horse Artillery: 1802
For this purpose a part, or all the horse artillery would have to be positioned in the vicinity of the commander in chief or the general in command of the artillery at the beginning of the battle.
For example when part of the army is outstripping the enemy, the horse artillery is able to relieve the task of the outstripping units enormously, by firing at the enemy from one position after another, and finally to enfilade and fire in the back of the outstripped enemy line.
With horse artillery alone, he is able to undo the results of mistakes caused by the terrain, by the forces at his disposal, by his subordinate commanders, or by his own doing.
www.napoleon-series.org /military/organization/c_horsearty1.html   (1141 words)

  
 Civil War Artillery - Drill
Field artillery was commonly referred to as light artillery, and was of two different types: mounted artillery, in which only the drivers and officers were mounted, and horse artillery, in which all of the men were horsed.
There was a great deal of experimentation with the organization of the artillery, but the tendency in the course of the War was to concentrate the firepower at the divisional level, with several batteries (usually called a battalion in the Confederate army and a brigade by the Federals) under the command of a field officer.
Red was the color for the artillery, corresponding to the use of light blue for the infantry and yellow for the cavalry.
www.cwartillery.org /adrill.html   (1519 words)

  
 Napoleon's Artillery (Foot & Horse Artillery, Engineers)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The main difference between the French and Allies artillery was not in the quality of gunners or guns but in the fact that Napoleon used artillery offensively while for the Allies the main purpose of artillery was to defend cavalry and infantry.
It was a distribution of artillery between the cavalry and infantry divisions and the reserve.
Although in the heat of battle the horses would shy and rear and flash their hooves; but mules were much worse, they would buck and kick and roll on the ground, entangling harnesses and becoming impossible to control and direct.
web2.airmail.net /napoleon/artillery_Napoleon.html   (5574 words)

  
 THE HORSE SOLDIER - Artillery
The accoutrement was used to ignite the charge in the artillery piece by pulling the primer in the artillery friction tube.
C.S. Here is a very fine Confederate artillery implement called a friction primer that were used for firing the various artillery pieces.
This artillery primer is a very fine condition example of artillery implements used by the Confederates during the Civil War.
www.horsesoldier.com /catalog/c0004.html   (6464 words)

  
 Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Typically, horse artillery was thought to be ineffective because it caused a great demand upon the horses and was often considered a "waste of good horse flesh." The idea, however, was not reserved to Colonel Ashby, but was appealing to other cavaliers as well.
By the close of the summer of 1862 Stuart's Horse Battery, by then known as Pelham's Horse Artillery, would have formed the base for an artillery battalion within the Cavalry Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
By 1864 the Stuart Horse Artillery Battalion proved to be ineffectively identified in the overall organization of the cavalry.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Hills/1850/shabattalion.html   (647 words)

  
 Authentic Campaigner Website & Forums - Would Horse Artillery Carry Carbines
We portray a federal horse artillery unit and I have plenty of documentation that the men carried sabers and pistols.
Jeff, you've been with the artillery long enough to have learned that the regleg's weapon is the cannon.
However horse artillery is a different question, as they all carried sabers and pistols and everybody rode.
www.authentic-campaigner.com /forum/showthread.php?t=535   (1127 words)

  
 Horse Artillery | suppliers | manufacturers | services | equipment
The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery is stationed in London and is part of the Household Troops.
This is followed by three separate chapters investigating the horse's senses and mental strengths and weakenesses.
The penultimate chapters investigate the mechanical design of a horse's movements and the genetic characteristics that have led to the established breeds we are familiar with today.
www.stableking.com /Horse-Links/Horse-Artillery-1.html   (253 words)

  
 The Royal Horse Artillery in 1914-1918
Battery HQ was at Armoury House in the City of London and the unit was allocated as artillery support to the South Eastern Mounted Brigade.
In 1917 the battery transferred to the 20th Brigade RHA TF which was the artillery support of the 7th Mounted Brigade.
Battery HQ was at Southampton with the ammunition column at Basingstoke, and the unit was allocated as artillery support to the 1st South Western Mounted Brigade.
www.1914-1918.net /rha.htm   (2116 words)

  
 Royal Horse Artillery
The Royal Horse Artillery (part of the Royal Artillery) was raised in 1793.
The picture shows C battery of the Royal Horse Artillery withdrawing with the enemy in hot pursuit.
Probably depicts the rescue of gunners of the Royal Horse artillery (C-Battery) during the retreat from the battle of Maiwand.
www.regimental-art.com /royal_horse_art.htm   (1209 words)

  
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 Cavalry Horse
Is strewn with the bones of the horse.
A: The cavalry horse darts in the fray.
The Marwari horse is native to the Marwar region of India, and its
www.horse101.com /topics/History/cavalry_horse_html   (4978 words)

  
 Polish Light Artillery
This is an army that had cutting edge field artillery technology next to arqubusiers in the infantry and horse-archers in the Tarter ulans.
The specific period on which we focus is from the Deluge 1653 to the raising of the siege of Vienna, 1683.
Uniform as such for the core artillery crew would be the livery of the Orlicki household.
www.kismeta.com /diGrasse/PolishHorseArtillery.htm   (739 words)

  
 Stuart's Horse Artillery Flag
On February 29, 1864 Union General George A. Custer, with 2500 cavalry and a section of artillery, attacked the winter quarters of the Stuart Horse Artillery near Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Union cavalry, more intent on destroying the camp and killing horses than capturing the Confederate cannon, allowed Major Roger Preston Chew, of Jefferson County, to get his guns into position and open fire.
It was carried in battle until Chew and a number of the Horse Artillery surrendered at Durham’s Station, NC on April 26, 1865.
jeffctywvmuseum.org /html/stuart_s_horse_artillery_flag.html   (280 words)

  
 French Horse Art
Horses used in the Portuguese School of Equestrian Art are Lusitanos from the ancient Coudelaria (“Stud-Farm”)
During their migration they introduced the horse to the region, and then spread into the rest of Europe.
on a horse, on a sunny beach, with the wind in your face.
www.horse101.com /topics/Art/art_french_horse_html   (2490 words)

  
 Napoleonic Royal Horse Artillery
At 'The Battle of the Nations' Napoleon was heavily defeated by the Allied Army, which included the 2nd Rocket Troop Royal Horse Artillery.
Through the driving rain, Captain Merver (G, troop Royal Horse Artillery), riding his charger Cossack leads his battery to the ridge of Mount Saint Jean on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo.
The author begins his particular history with a useful general survey of the development of artillery from its invention around 1320 until the French revolutionary wars.
www.regimental-art.com /rha_napoleonic.htm   (1065 words)

  
 Royal Horse Artillery: Information on Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
A RARE rocking horse which is believed to have been made for one of the children of King George V will go up for auction today.
A bronze sculpture of a woman on a horse based on the nursery rhyme "Ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross.." is unveiled by the Princess Royal.
A trust set up to help protect the Suffolk Punch breed of horse is given a donation by Princess Anne.
www.artilleryguides.info /royal-horse-artillery   (197 words)

  
 eBay - horse artillery, Militaria, Toy Soldiers items on eBay.com
Dewar's White Label Royal Horse Artillery Soldier 1941
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 David Bridges, Major James Breathed, Stuart Horse Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Fighting with JEB Stuart: Major James Breathed and the Confederate Horse Artillery is the first biography of this important Southern officer, a brave and virtuous warrior who embodied all the qualities that made the Confederate Army one of the finest in history.
Alexander C. Pennington, the leader of a celebrated Union battery of the horse artillery, looked forward to and dreaded his many encounters with Breathed.
He has been researching and writing about the 2nd Virginia Cavalry and Stuart’s Horse Artillery for many years, and is a popular speaker on the Civil War Round Table circuit.
www.davidpbridges.com /bio_jbreathed.php   (442 words)

  
 Royal Horse Artillery [UK]
all artillery (horse, field and garrison) reorganised in single regiment
VCs in the Royal Artillery Museum, Woolwich, by Iain Stewart.
Officers and Other Ranks of the Royal Horse Artillery 1840-1920, by Fred Larimore.
www.regiments.org /regiments/uk/art-eng-sig/RHA.htm   (229 words)

  
 Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery
Show Rocket Troop, Royal Horse Artillery during the battle of Leipzig.
The Battle of Leipzig is often referred to as the Battle of the nations.
another interesting fact is that a small contingent of British Forces under the command of the Swedish Prince Bernadotte, This force included the Royal Horse artillery Rocket troop.
www.military-art.com /dhm352.htm   (934 words)

  
 Acclaim Images - royal horse artillery photos, stock photos, pictures, royal horse artillery stock photography
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 'U.S. Army Horse Artillery, 1865 (Canv),' Arthur Wagner Print/Poster, Size: 28 inches x 42 inches - SHOP.COM
'U.S. Army Horse Artillery, 1865 (Canv),' Arthur Wagner Print/Poster, Size: 28 inches x 42 inches
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 Royal Horse Artillery antique print, vintage Royal Horse Artillery art
Royal Horse Artillery antique print, vintage Royal Horse Artillery art
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However we do not offer anything up for sale which we do not feel would hang well on the wall and be a credit to your home!!!
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 KING'S TROOP ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY (RHA) BRIT ARMY Personnel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Here is our current member listing for KING'S TROOP ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY (RHA) BRIT ARMY.
This website will help you find out about old colleagues and comrades, friends or family who served in HM Armed Forces.
KING'S TROOP ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY (RHA) BRIT ARMY
www.comradesandcolleagues.com /unitlst/GBUnits2673.asp   (157 words)

  
 Index-Royal Horse Artillery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The photographs have been posted for your viewing.
The Royal Horse Artillery was formed in 1793 and has one of the most spectacular uniforms worn in the British Army.
The following photographs of soldiers of the Royal Horse Artillery show various uniforms of the regiment.
www.members.dca.net /fbl/indexrha.html   (63 words)

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