History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery Vol. 2 / Compiled from the Original Records

by Francis Duncan

NOTES TO APPENDIX C.

[*] Formed from the Horse Artillery galloper guns raised at different periods between 1760 and 1800, and attached to Regiments of Cavalry. It first served as a distinct troop with Sir David Baird’s Division of the Army that fought in Egypt under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in 1801.

[(a)] Extract from G. O. by G. G. of India, dated Agra, 11/4/43:—“The 1st Troop of the Bombay Horse Artillery shall hereafter, for ever, be denominated Leslie’s Troop of Horse Artillery.”

[x] Two Companies of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions of Royal Artillery were formed in 1771. The remaining Companies of these three Battalions and the first six Companies of the 4th Battalion were formed at different periods from 1716 to 1757. Their identity with those Batteries now in the Service cannot be traced.

[+] Date of formation unknown, but these Batteries are mentioned in G. O. dated 19/3/1800.

G. E. Wyndham Malet, Captain R.A.

Present Designation of the old Field Batteries.

4th Brigade.
E = 1 Co. 3 Batt.	became	1 By. 4 Brig.
	now	A By. 4 Brig.
W = 1 Co. 11 Batt.	became	2 By. 4 Brig.
	now	B By. 4 Brig.
A = 2 Co. 8 Batt.	became	3 By. 4 Brig.
	now	C By. 4 Brig.
B = 8 Co. 3 Batt.	became	4 By. 4 Brig.
	now	D By. 4 Brig.
F = 3 Co. 11 Batt.	became	5 By. 4 Brig.
	now	E By. 4 Brig.
H = 5 Co. 11 Batt.	became	6 By. 4 Brig.
	now	F By. 4 Brig.
P = 4 Co. 12 Batt.	became	7 By. 4 Brig.
	now	G By. 4 Brig.
8th Brigade.
N = 3 Co. 7 Batt.	became	1 By. 8 B.
	now	R By. 4 B.
No. 5 = 4 Co. 6 Batt.	became	2 By. 8 B.
	now	B By. 8 B.
R = 5 Co. 6 Batt.	became	3 By. 8 B.
	now	C By. 8 B.
No. 2 = 2 Co. 5 Batt.	became	4 By. 8 B.
	now	D By. 8 B.
No. 12 = 2 Co. 9 Batt.	became	5 By. 8 B.
	now	E By. 8 B.
No. 11 = 6 Co. 6 Batt.	became	6 By. 8 B.
	now	F By. 8 B.
U = 6 Co. 2 Batt.	became	By. 8 B.
	now	G By. 8 B.
G = 7 Co. 8 Batt.	became	8 By. 8 B.
	now	H By. 8 B.
9th Brigade.
M = 7 Co. 5 Batt.	became	1 By. 9 B.
	now	A By. 9 B.
Z = 5 Co. 4 Batt.	became	2 By. 9 B.
	now	B By. 9 B.
I = 7 Co. 6 Batt.	became	3 By. 9 B.
	now	C By. 9 B.
O = 6 Co. 8 Batt.	became	4 By. 9 B.
	now	D By. 9 B.
S = 8 Co. 9 Batt.	became	5 By. 9 B.
	now	E By. 9 B.
L = 1 Co. 1 Batt.	became	6 By. 9 B.
	now	F By. 9 B.
No. 16 = 1 Co. 9 Batt.	became	7 By. 9 B.
	now	G By. 9 B.

N.B.—Prior to the introduction of the Brigade system, whenever a Company of Artillery was made a Field Battery, it received a Letter designation during its continuance in that condition.—F. D.