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|role=[[Anti-aircraft warfare|Anti-aircraft]]
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'''T Battery (Shah Sujah's Troop) Royal Artillery''' is an [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defence]] [[Artillery battery|battery]] of the [[Royal Artillery]] that serves with the [[British Army]]'s [[12 Regiment Royal Artillery]]. It is stationed at [[Baker Barracks]], [[Thorney Island (West Sussex)|Thorney Island]], [[West Sussex]].

Formed 1838 as '''Shah Sujah's Troop''', it was part of [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Sujah]]'s force that attempted to restore him to power in [[Afghanistan]]. After the assassination of Shah Sujah in 1842, the battery was transferred to the [[Bengal Army]] of the [[Honourable East India Company]].

It remained loyal during the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] and took part in the [[Siege of Delhi]] where its commander, [[George Renny (VC)|George Renny]], won the [[Victoria Cross]]. In the aftermath, it was transferred to the British Army's [[Royal Horse Artillery]] (RHA), eventually becoming '''T Battery Royal Horse Artillery'''. It took part in the [[Second Boer War]] and the [[First World War]] ([[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] and in [[Italian Front (World War I)|Italy]]).

The post-war reductions in the RHA saw the battery revert to the Royal Artillery in 1920. In 1926 it was officially granted its Honour Title "Shah Sujah's Troop". It then took part in the [[Second World War]] ([[Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II|Middle East]] and [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italy]] again).

Since the Second World War, it has seen a wide variety of service as [[anti-tank]] and [[anti-aircraft]] gunners, as a towed and [[self-propelled artillery|self-propelled]] anti-aircraft missile battery and as a [[Headquarters#Military|Headquarters]] unit. It has spent much of that time in Germany as part of the [[BAOR]], but also served in Northern Ireland ([[Operation Banner]]) and took part in the [[Falklands War]] and the [[Gulf War]]. The Bty disbanded on the 31/10/1991 with the bulk of the members of the Battery going to 9 Plassey Bty and forming Friday troop. Temporarily reroled to Javelin prior to being the first Troop to convert to the new weapon system HVM starstreak mounted on the Stormer AFV. The Battle honours and name of the Bty then went to the Regts HQ Bty thus then being called THQ Bty Shah Sukah's Troop RA.

==History==
===Early history===
The battery was formed on 13 September 1838 as '''Shah Sujah's Troop, [[Horse artillery|Horse Artillery]]'''<ref name=Clarke111>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=111}}</ref> at [[Delhi]] and [[Meerut]]. It was raised as part of [[Shah Shujah Durrani|Shah Sujah]]'s force of 6,000 troops which [[First Anglo-Afghan War|invaded Afghanistan]] in an attempt to restore him to power. Equipped with ten 6 pounder guns and two 12 pounder [[howitzer]]s, it was twice the normal strength of a battery. It was commanded by [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]] William Anderson of the [[Bengal Artillery]].<ref name="MOD12RA">{{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/regiments/24670.aspx | title=12th Regiment Royal Artillery | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]] | access-date=29 December 2015 }}</ref>

For two years, from the winter of 1839, it served at [[Kandahar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.davidrowlands.co.uk/gallery/gal_detail.asp?varPaintCode=144 | title=Shah Sujah's Horse Artillery, during the 1st Afghan War | last=Rowlands | first=David | access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> After the assassination of Shah Sujah in 1842, the battery was withdrawn to [[Ferozepore]].<ref name=Rogue>{{cite web | url=http://www.roguegunner.com/2013/05/t-battery-shah-sujahs-troop-12-regiment.html | title=T Battery (Shah Sujahs Troop) 12 Regiment Royal Artillery San Carlos Falklands War | publisher=Rogue Gunner | date=9 May 2013 | access-date=29 December 2015}}</ref> It was transferred to the [[Bengal Army]] of the [[Honourable East India Company]] and became the 5th (Native){{efn|"Native" units of the [[East India Company|Honourable East India Company's]] armies were manned predominantly by Indian soldiers ([[sepoy]]s) as opposed to "European" units which recruited white soldiers.}} Troop, 1st Brigade, [[Bengal Horse Artillery]] on 23 December 1842.<ref name=Clarke111/> It served in the [[First Anglo-Sikh War]] and on frontier expeditions.<ref name=Rogue/>

===Indian Mutiny===
By the time the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]] broke out, the Bengal Horse Artillery had grown to 13 batteries, organized as three brigades. Four of these batteries were manned by [[sepoy]]s (native Indian soldiers) and two mutinied: 4th Troop, 1st Brigade at [[Neemuch]] and 4th Troop, 3rd Brigade at [[Multan]].<ref name=FrederickIHA>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|pp=428–429}}</ref> Shah Sujah's Troop remained loyal and it took part in the [[Siege of Delhi]] where its commander, [[George Renny (VC)|George Renny]], won the [[Victoria Cross]].<ref name=DNB>{{DNB|prescript=|wstitle=Renny, George Alexander}}</ref> All four Native Bengal batteries were promptly reformed as European units.<ref name=FrederickIHA/>

As a result of the Rebellion, the [[British Crown]] took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the [[Government of India Act 1858]]. The [[Presidency armies]] transferred to the direct authority of the British Crown and its European units were transferred to the [[British Army]]. Henceforth artillery, the mutineers most effective arm, was to be the sole preserve of the British Army (with the exception of certain Mountain Artillery batteries). On 19 February 1862, the Bengal Horse Artillery transferred to the [[Royal Artillery]] as its 2nd and 5th Horse Brigades.<ref name=FrederickIHA/>{{efn|The original Horse Brigade Royal Artillery formed 1st Horse Brigade RA, the 1st Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery became 2nd Horse Brigade RA, the Madras Horse Artillery became 3rd Horse Brigade RA, the Bombay Horse Artillery became 4th Horse Brigade RA and the 2nd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery became 5th Horse Brigade RA. The 3rd Brigade Bengal Horse Artillery was split between 2nd and 5th Horse Brigades RA. These brigades performed an administrative, rather than tactical, role.<ref name=FrederickIHA/>}} On transfer, Shah Sujah's Troop became E Battery, 2nd Horse Brigade (E/2 in short)<ref name=Clarke111/> at [[Allahabad]].<ref name=Clarke128>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=128}}</ref>

===Late Victorian era===
A reorganization of the horse artillery on 13 April 1864 saw 2nd Brigade became [[C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|C Brigade]].<ref name=Clarke53>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=53}}</ref>{{efn|The 1st Brigade with 10 batteries was much larger than the other four (with four to seven batteries each) so was split as [[A Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|A]] and [[B Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|B Brigades]], 2nd Brigade become [[C Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|C Brigade]], 3rd become [[D Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|D Brigade]], 4th become [[E Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|E Brigade]], and 5th become [[F Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|F Brigade]].<ref name=Clarke53/>}} As battery designations were tied to the brigade the battery was assigned to, the batteries were also redesignated and it became F/C Battery at [[Lucknow]].<ref name=Clarke128/> This was the first in a bewildering series of redesignations.<ref name=Clarke111/>

From 1866, the term "[[Royal Horse Artillery]]" appeared in Army List<ref name=Frederick431>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=431}}</ref> hence the battery was designated F/C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery from about this time. Further reoganisations saw the number of brigades reduced to three (of 10 batteries each) then two (of 13 batteries each) and consequently lead to the redesignation of the battery as F/D (16 January 1873), C/E (1 April 1875), C/C (1 July 1877), and N/B (28 March 1882).<ref name=Clarke111/>

The brigade system was finally abolished on 1 July 1889. Henceforth, batteries were designated in a single alphabetical sequence in order of seniority from date of formation.<ref name=Clarke54>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=54}}</ref> The battery took on it final designation as '''T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery'''.<ref name=Clarke111/>

Equipped with six [[Ordnance BL 12-pounder 6 cwt|12 pounders]],<ref name=BB_Paarde>{{cite web | url=http://www.britishbattles.com/great-boer-war/paardenburg.htm | title=Battle of Paardenburg | publisher=British Battles.com | access-date=31 December 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Clarke45>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=45}}</ref> the battery was sent to [[South Africa]] with the [[1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Cavalry Brigade]]<ref name=Clarke55>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=55}}</ref>{{efn|Of the 10 RHA batteries that took part in the [[Second Boer War]]:<ref name=Clarke55/>
* [[A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Royal Horse Artillery|A]], [[J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery Royal Horse Artillery|J]] and [[M Battery Royal Horse Artillery|M Batteries]] were unbrigaded
* [[Q (Sanna's Post) HQ Battery RA|Q]], T and [[U Battery Royal Horse Artillery|U Batteries]] were assigned to [[1st Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|1st Cavalry Brigade]]
* [[G Parachute Battery (Mercer's Troop) Royal Horse Artillery|G]] and [[P Battery Royal Artillery|P Batteries]] were assigned to [[2nd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|2nd Cavalry Brigade]]
* [[O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Royal Horse Artillery|O]] and [[R Battery Royal Horse Artillery|R Batteries]] were assigned to [[3rd Cavalry Brigade (United Kingdom)|3rd Cavalry Brigade]]}} and saw active service in the [[Second Boer War]], notably at the [[Battle of Paardeberg]] (27 February 1900).<ref name=BB_Paarde/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/imperial-units/641-royal-horse-artillery-t-battery | title=Royal Horse Artillery - T Battery | publisher=Anglo Boer War website | access-date=31 December 2015 }}</ref>

===First World War===
On 1 March 1901, a new [[Brigade#United Kingdom|brigade]]{{efn|The basic organic unit of the [[Royal Artillery]] was, and is, the [[Artillery battery|Battery]].<ref name=MOD_RA>{{cite web|publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]]|access-date=13 April 2013|title=The Royal Artillery|url=http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/23445.aspx}}</ref> When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of [[World War I]], a field artillery brigade of [[Headquarters#Military|headquarters]] (4 officers, 37 [[Other ranks (UK)|other ranks]]), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154)<ref name=LLT_WAB>{{cite web|publisher=The Long, Long Trail|access-date=13 April 2013|last=Baker|first=Chris|title=What was an artillery brigade?|url=http://www.1914-1918.net/whatartbrig.htm}}</ref> had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by a [[Lieutenant-Colonel]]. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938.}} system was introduced, this time as a tactical, rather than administrative, formation. The battery was assigned to XIII Brigade-Division, RHA along with [[U Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|U Battery]]. In 1903 this was redesignated as XIII Brigade, RHA<ref name=Frederick446>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=446}}</ref> and was stationed in South Africa with the battery at [[Krugersdorp]].<ref name=Clarke142>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=142}}</ref> By 1905 it was in India and it took part in the [[Rawalpindi Parade 1905|Rawalpindi Parade]].<ref name=Rawalpindi>{{cite web | url=http://www.vsdh.org/feltham/cathy_day/rawal2.htm | title=Rawalpindi Parade 1905 | access-date=31 December 2015}}</ref> On 1 October 1906, the brigade was redesignated as [[XI Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|XI Brigade, RHA]].<ref name=Frederick446/>

[[File:QF13pounderBouncingNYTribune20October1918.jpg|thumb|left|Photo showing [[13 pounder]] gun team galloping into action.]]
By the time the [[First World War]] broke out, the battery had been re-equipped with six [[British ordnance terms#QF|quick-firing]] [[13 pounder]]s.<ref name=Clarke45/> It was still assigned to XI Brigade (though U Battery was at Lucknow in India) and was stationed at [[Abbassia]], [[Cairo]] serving in the [[Force in Egypt]].<ref name=Conrad>{{cite web|url = http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/BRIT14.html|title = The British Army, 1914|last1 = Conrad|first1 = Mark|year = 1996|access-date = 31 December 2015}}</ref> It returned to Europe and joined [[XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|XIV Brigade]], [[7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)|7th Division]] on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] on 21 December 1914.<ref name=Becke85>{{harvnb|Becke|1935|p=85}}</ref>

It served with the division on the Western Front until February 1917. It missed the actions in 1914, but saw considerable action serving in the battles of [[Battle of Neuve Chapelle|Neuve Chapelle]] (10{{snd}}13 March 1915), [[Battle of Aubers Ridge|Aubers Ridge]] (9 May), [[Battle of Festubert|Festubert]] (15{{snd}}19 May), and Givenchy (15 and 16 June).<ref name=Becke86>{{harvnb|Becke|1935|p=86}}</ref> On 19 June, the battery replaced its 13 pounders with six [[18 pounder]]s.<ref name=Becke85/> It then took part in the [[Battle of Loos]] (25 September{{snd}}8 October 1915), the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]] (1{{snd}}20 July and 3{{snd}}7 September 1916)<ref name=Becke86/> and the [[Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917|Operations on the Ancre]] (11{{snd}}15 January 1917).<ref name=Becke87>{{harvnb|Becke|1935|p=87}}</ref>

On 10 February 1917, the battery and brigade left 7th Division and became XIV Army Brigade, RHA.<ref name=Becke85/>{{efn|Army Brigades, [[Royal Horse Artillery|RHA]] and [[Royal Field Artillery|RFA]] were artillery brigades that were excess to the needs of the divisions, withdrawn to form an artillery reserve.}} It moved to the [[Italian Front (World War I)|Italian Front]] in December 1917, before returning to the Western Front in March 1918.<ref name=Clarke145>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=145}}</ref> At the [[Armistice with Germany|Armistice]], it was serving as Army Troops with the [[Third Army (United Kingdom)|Third Army]]<ref>{{harvnb|BEF GHQ|1918|p=15}}</ref> still armed six 18 pounders.<ref>{{harvnb|BEF GHQ|1918|p=78}}</ref>

===Inter-war period===
Post-war plans for the RHA envisioned that it would have 27 batteries in nine brigades.<ref name=Clarke148149>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|pp=148–149}}</ref> XIV Brigade was disbanded in [[Germany]] in May 1919<ref name=Clarke145/> and in June the battery returned to the United Kingdom and was stationed at [[Aldershot Garrison|Aldershot]] and [[Newbridge, County Kildare|Newbridge]]. Clarke states that the battery was assigned to [[IX Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|IX Brigade, RHA]] which was based at [[Trowbridge]] with [[N Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|N]], [[S Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|S]] and U Batteries but that it probably did not join the other batteries at Trowbridge as the brigade was broken up very soon after being organized.<ref name=Clarke149>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=149}}</ref> In contrast, Frederick says it joined [[IV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery|IV Brigade, RHA]]<ref name=Frederick443447>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|pp=443,447}}</ref> which was at Newbridge and [[Kilkenny]] with [[I Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|I]] and [[L Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|L Batteries]].<ref name=Clarke148>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=148}}</ref>

In either case, the new organisation was short-lived as the usual post-war reductions took their toll and the Royal Horse Artillery was reduced to five brigades and 15 batteries.<ref name=Clarke149/> Consequently, on 4 May 1920, T Battery was redesignated as 146th Battery, [[Royal Field Artillery|RFA]] and joined [[1st Brigade Royal Field Artillery]].<ref name=Frederick439>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=439}}</ref> Between 1922 and 1924 it served with the brigade at the [[Royal School of Artillery]] at [[Larkhill]].<ref name=Frederick496>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=496}}</ref> On 1 November 1922 it was redesignated as 111th Battery, RFA before resuming its original designation as T Battery, Royal Field Artillery on 1 March 1924 when it transferred to [[15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery]].<ref name=Frederick502>{{harvnb|Frederick|1984|p=502}}</ref> As the [[Royal Field Artillery]] was reamalgamated into the [[Royal Artillery]], it became '''T Battery, Royal Artillery''' on 1 May 1924.<ref name=Clarke111/>

In commemoration of its origins, the Honour Title "Shah Sujah's Troop" was officially granted to the battery on 13 October 1926.<ref name=Clarke155>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=155}}</ref>

With effect from May 1938, brigades were redesignated as regiments and 15th Brigade became 15th Field Regiment, RA. T Battery was still with the regiment on the outbreak of the [[Second World War]] with [[R Battery, Royal Horse Artillery|R]], S and U Batteries<ref name=Frederick502/> and was stationed at [[Lahore]], India.<ref name=ra3945Field15>{{cite web | url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page15.html | title=15 Field Regiment RA | publisher=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 | first=Derek | last=Barton | access-date=29 December 2015 }}</ref>

===Second World War===
The battery served with 15th Field Regiment throughout the [[Second World War]]. In November 1940 they moved from Lahore to [[Rawalpindi]].<ref name=Joslen502>{{harvnb|Joslen|1990|p=502}}</ref>

From 1938, field artillery brigades had been reorganized from three or four six-gun batteries to two 12-gun batteries. Rather than disband existing batteries, they were instead linked in pairs. Strangely, this did not happen in 15th Field Regiment until 12 November 1940 (after arrival in Rawalpindi) when T Battery was linked with R Battery as R/T Battery (and S and U batteries were linked as S/U Battery).<ref name=Frederick502/> The experience of the BEF in May 1940 had already shown the limitations of having artillery regiments formed with two 12-gun batteries: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions (or armoured brigade of three regiments). This could not be managed without severe disruption to the regiment. As a result, field regiments were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries<ref name=Forty73>{{harvnb|Forty|1998|p=73}}</ref> but this did not happen in 15th Field Regiment until November 1942.<ref name=Frederick502/><ref name=Joslen502/>

On 27 June 1941 it departed India and arrived in [[Kingdom of Iraq|Iraq]] on 3 July where it was assigned to the [[2nd Indian Armoured Brigade|2nd Indian Armoured Brigade Group]].<ref name=Frederick502/> It went with the brigade to [[Persia]] in August and returned to Iraq in October.<ref name=Kempton1b>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003b|p=1}}</ref> It was at [[Quayarrah]] ''(or [[Qaiyara]])'' on 31 January 1942 and [[Mosul]] on 31 March.<ref name=Joslen502/> It was unlinked from R Battery at [[Sheraiba]] ''(or [[Shuabia]])'' on 9 November and was once again T Battery, RA.<ref name=Frederick502/> 2nd Indian Armoured Brigade (by now renumbered as [[252nd Indian Armoured Brigade]]) came under the command of [[31st Indian Armoured Division]]<ref name=Kempton1b/> and the regiment came under the direct command of the division on 1 August 1942. It left the division and Iraq on 1 September 1943 when it was transferred to Egypt, arriving on 11 September. On 21 October, 31st Indian Armoured Division also arrived in Egypt and the regiment rejoined the division.<ref name=Joslen502/> The division was preparing to take part in the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]]; however more armoured formations were not needed in Italy and division remained in Egypt, Syria and Lebanon.<ref name=Kempton1a>{{harvnb|Kempton|2003a|p=1}}</ref>

On 15 November 1943, the regiment left the Indian establishment and was assigned to the [[7th AGRA]] ([[Army Group Royal Artillery]]).<ref name=Joslen502/> By January 1944, the regiment had been equipped with [[Sexton (artillery)|Sexton]] [[25 pounder]] [[self-propelled gun]]s. In July 1944, it moved to Italy where it served with the [[British 8th Army]]<ref name=ra3945Field15/> and [[U.S. 5th Army]].<ref name=ra3945AGRA7>{{cite web | url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/agra/page7.html | title=7th AGRA | publisher=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 | first=Derek | last=Barton | access-date=1 January 2016 }}</ref> 15th Field Regiment ended the war in Italy as a [[self-propelled artillery]] regiment.<ref name=Joslen467>{{harvnb|Joslen|1990|p=467}}</ref>

===Post-war===
Plans were put in place at the end of 1946 to create a total of eight RHA regiments to form the artillery element of the [[6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|6th]] and [[7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)|7th Armoured Divisions]] in the [[British Army of the Rhine]].<ref name=Clarke70>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=70}}</ref> [[7th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery|7th Regiment, RHA]] was to be an Anti-Tank Regiment with R, S, T and U Batteries.<ref name=Clarke153>{{harvnb|Clarke|1993|p=153}}</ref> T Battery became RHA on 15 November 1946.<ref name=Clarke111/> Initially formed in the BAOR in October 1946, the decision was rescinded in March 1947 before the regiment was fully constituted. On 1 April 1947, the regiment became [[12th Regiment Royal Artillery|12th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery]]<ref name=Clarke153/> and the battery reverted to Royal Artillery. It has remained with 12th Regiment ever since.<ref name=Units12RA>{{cite web | url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-artillery/12th-regiment-ra.html | title=12th Regiment RA | publisher=British Army units from 1945 on | access-date=29 December 2015 | first=A. | last=Young}}</ref>

Equipped with [[17 pounder]] [[anti-tank]] guns, it was initially based in [[Mandatory Palestine|Palestine]] from May 1947 before returning to England ([[Royal Artillery Barracks|Woolwich]]) briefly in 1948. It then moved to [[Libya]] and on to [[Trieste]] in June 1950. In February 1951, it moved to Germany for the first time and joined the [[BAOR]] at [[Bergen-Hohne Garrison#Celle|Celle]].<ref name=Units12RA/>

On arrival in Germany, 12th Regiment was converted to the [[anti-aircraft]] role as part of 6th Armoured Division and the battery was re-equipped with Bofors guns (initially with the [[Bofors 40mm L/60|L/60]] variant, later [[Bofors 40mm L/70|L/70]]). It spent most of the 1950s and 1960s in Germany, though from 1963 to 1966 it was at [[Tampin]], [[Peninsular Malaysia|Malaya]] (at the time of the [[Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation|confrontation]]). From 25 Nov 1971 to 17 Mar 1972 it undertook the first of nine [[roulement]] tours to Northern Ireland ([[Operation Banner]]) in the [[infantry]] role, either with 12th Regiment or separately.<ref name=Units12RA/>

[[File:A Rapier missile speeds towards its target during a live firing. Scotland. 17-06-2001 MOD 45137421.jpg|thumb|alt=Photograph of a missile in the process of launching in the night.|A Rapier missile speeds towards its target during a live firing exercise.]]
It moved to [[Rapier Barracks]], [[Kirton-in-Lindsay]] in August 1972. From July 1973, 9 (Plassey) Battery of the regiment began trials with the [[Rapier (missile)|Rapier]] anti-aircraft missile and by September 1975 the regiment was back in Germany fully equipped with the new system. It returned to Rapier Barracks in May 1981 and was there when the [[Falklands War]] broke out. T Battery was dispatched to the South Atlantic to take part in the conflict. It was back in Germany in January 1985, by now equipped with [[Tracked Rapier]]. From there, it deployed to the Gulf in January 1991 to take part in the [[Gulf War]].<ref name=Units12RA/>
The Bty disbanded on the 31/10/1991 with the bulk of the members of the Battery going to
9 Plassey Bty and forming F troop. Temporarily reroled to Javelin prior to being the first Troop to convert to the new weapon system HVM starstreak mounted on the Stormer AFV. The Battle honours and name of the Bty then went to the Regts HQ Bty thus then being called THQ Bty Shah Sujah's Troop RA.
In April 1993, T Battery rerolled as the [[Headquarters#Military|Headquarters]] battery of 12th Regiment. It undertook a tour to [[Cyprus]] as part of [[UNFICYP]] (December 1995 to June 1996) and to [[Kosovo]] in 1999. It returned to England in 2009 and has been based at [[Baker Barracks]], [[Thorney Island (West Sussex)|Thorney Island]], [[West Sussex]] since then.<ref name=Units12RA/>

===Current status===
[[File:Stormer vehicle fring a Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) on Ex Javelin. MOD 45158838.jpg | thumb | left | [[Alvis Stormer|Stormer]] firing a [[Starstreak (missile)|Starstreak]] [[Anti-aircraft warfare|anti-aircraft]] missile.]]

Under [[Army 2020]] plans, 12th Regiment was reorganized. The battery relinquished its [[Headquarters#Military|headquarters]] role to 170 (Imjin) Battery and was rerolled as a self-propelled [[Anti-aircraft warfare|air defence]] battery. It is equipped with [[Starstreak (missile)|Starstreak]] [[Surface-to-air missile]]s mounted on [[Alvis Stormer|Stormer]] armoured vehicles.<ref name=MOD12RA/><ref name=Brochure>{{cite web | url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/218131434/Force-Troops-Command-Overview | title=Force Troops Command Overview | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]] | page=14 | date=March 2014 | access-date=1 January 2016}}</ref>

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==See also==
{{Portal|United Kingdom|War|World War I|World War II}}
*[[British Army]]
*[[Royal Artillery]]
*[[Royal Horse Artillery]]
*[[List of Royal Artillery Batteries]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Bibliography==
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| year = 1935
| title = Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions
| publisher = [[His Majesty's Stationery Office]]
| location = London
| isbn = 1-871167-09-4
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Clarke | first = W.G.
| year = 1993
| title = Horse Gunners: The Royal Horse Artillery, 200 Years of Panache and Professionalism
| publisher = The Royal Artillery Institution
| location = Woolwich
| isbn = 09520762-0-9
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Forty | first = George
| year = 1998
| title = British Army Handbook 1939–1945
| publisher = Sutton Publishing Limited
| location = Stroud, Gloucestershire
| isbn = 0-7509-1403-3
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Frederick | first = J.B.M.
| year = 1984
| title = Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
| publisher = Microform Academic Publishers
| location = Wakefield, Yorkshire
| isbn = 1-85117-009-X
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Joslen | first = Lt-Col H.F.
| year = 1990
| orig-year = 1st. Pub. [[HMSO]]:1960
| title = Orders of Battle, Second World War, 1939–1945
| publisher = London Stamp Exchange
| location = London
| isbn = 0-948130-03-2
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003a
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part I Divisions
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-228-5
}}
* {{cite book
| last = Kempton | first = Chris
| year = 2003b
| title = 'Loyalty & Honour', The Indian Army September 1939 – August 1947
| volume = Part II Brigades
| publisher = The Military Press
| location = Milton Keynes
| isbn = 0-85420-238-2
}}
* {{cite book
| year = 1918
| title = Order of Battle of the British Armies in France, November 11th, 1918
| publisher = General Staff, GHQ
| location = France
| ref = {{harvid|BEF GHQ|1918}}
}}

==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/regiments/24670.aspx | title=12th Regiment Royal Artillery | publisher=[[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)]] | access-date=29 December 2015 }}
* {{cite web | url=http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/field/page15.html | title=15 Field Regiment RA | publisher=The Royal Artillery 1939-45 | first=Derek | last=Barton | access-date=29 December 2015 }}
* {{cite web | url=http://british-army-units1945on.co.uk/royal-artillery/12th-regiment-ra.html | title=12th Regiment RA | publisher=British Army units from 1945 on | access-date=29 December 2015 | first=A. | last=Young}}

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