2 HEAVY BATTERY ROYAL ARTILLERY
HINDS COMPANY
HISTORY
YEAR
CHANGE IN DESIGNATION
LOCATION
EQUIPMENT
ACTIVE SERVICE BATTLES
NOTES
1759
Formed at woolwich as R.Hind's Coy. 3 Bn. 1 Nov.
Woolwich
1760
Transferred to 2 bn. in Feb. and 1 bn. in March J. Stephen's Coy., 2bn. Feb
Gerrmany Greenwich Woolwich New York Niagara
Seven Years war 1760-63. Germany
1763
1765
1768
V.Gostlings Coy. 1 bn. Jan
W. Phillips Coy .1 bn. Jan
1770 1771 1773 1776 1777 1778
J. Williamson Coy 1 bn. Jan
New York
Chatham Woolwich Phi1adelpia New York st.Lucia st.Kitts st.Lucia Barbados
Large det left at st Lucia.
1779 1780
1782
S. Pe.rrys Coy. , 1 bn. Dec
Det. took part in defence of st. Ki tts under Gen. Fraser against the French from Martinique
1783
Antigua st. Lucia Grenada.
1784 1785 1186 1790 1793
W. Grants Coy., 1 bn. March
T. Blomefield's Coy.
Quebec Woolwich Brighton Woolwich
Terrots Coy 1 bn. Sep
1794
Brighton Portsmouth Holland Portsmouth
Det. with Duke of York's army in Flanders
Expedition to Holland
1799 1800 1801
Madeira
Det. wi th expedition to EGYPT 1801
J Quayles Coy 1 bn Nov
Small det. with H.M. Bomb ships which a attacked French invasion fleet in Boulogne harbour under Vice Admiral Lord Nelson. 1801
Jamaica
1802 1806 1807 1809 1817 1821
H Deacons Coy 1 bn Jun
1824 1825 1826 1830 1831 1832 1837
J Armstrongs Coy 1 bn Oct
Woolwich Dublin Athlone Dublin
Det with expedition to St. Domingo. Jun.1
Halifax St Johns Halifax Woolwich
Became 3 Coy ., 1 Bn
1842 1845 1849 1851 1852 1854 1855
Det. in Northern Spain with commodore Lord John Hay s squadron Based on st. Sebastian. Feb. 1837
Chester Castle Halifax St Johns Woolwich Sheerness Jersey Crimea
1856
1857 1859
Woolwich Eastbourne Dover
CRIMEA Sebastopol-5th and 6th Bombbardments
Became 7 Bty 2 bde.garrArty 1 jul
Shoeburyness Jersey

1860 1861

1863 1865 1869 1870
Dover Melbourne Ceylon HongKong Singapore Ceylon
1875 1877
Became 6Bty 1Bde Scottish Div Garr arty 1 Apr
1878 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1888
Portsmouth
Sheerness Murree Hills Kyra Gully Quetta campThobba
2.5 Gun
BLACK MOUNTAIN 1888-91 Hazara Field F orce
1889 1892 1892 1894 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1903 1908 1910 1912 1914
Became 1Bty Mountain Arty Oct
Rawalpindi
Jutogh Amballa Rajpur Rawalpindi Tirah F ield Force Rawalpindi
2.5Gun
MALAKAND FIELD FORCE Tirah Field Force 1897-98
Became1 Mountain Bty RGA
Quetta Jutogh Amballa Rawalpindi Kyra Gully
10 pdr
1920 1922 1924 1926 1927 1931 1935 1938 1939
Became 1(H)Pack Bty RGA
Became 1 Pack Bty
Became 1 Light Bty 1 May
Became 101 Field Bty1 Oct
Became 101/113 field bty
Bulford Palestine
3.7 How
Sudan Ewshott Bulford
18 pdr QF
FRANCE AND BELGUIM
Newport (Mon)
Cherbourg
Emmerin area
Area east of Lille
Maricourt area
Belgium Vilvorde area
R D endre
R Escault
1941
Tour-Elverdinghe
Oostuleeren
Fornes
Embarked from beaches-La-Panne and Dunkirk
ReformedWestbury Bognor-Arundel Worthing Frome Bournmouth area Milbourne port Wokingham Wokingham area Isle of wight Parkstone DorsetHythe area
Ypres-Commines Canal May
Dunkirk
Guns and equipmentDestroyed
Coast Defence
Became 101 Field Bty Jun
1942
1943 1944
Selkirk area Rowlands Castle
Embarked Gosport and Portsmouth Red BeachLa-Breche
NORTH WEST EUROPE 1944-4 5 Normandy landings 6 jun Caen 4-18 Jul Bourgebus Ridge 8-23 jul Mont Pichon 30 Jul-8 Aug The Nederrijn 17-27 Sep
1945
Venraij area Horst area
Aerschot-Buckhol Buckholt-Apppledorn Lingen-Dickel-Harpstedt-Delmanhorst Osnabruck
The Rhineland 8Feb-10 Mar The Rhine 23 Mar-1Apr
1947
Became 2 Field Bty 1 Mar Became 2 LAA Bty
1948 1955
Became 2 HAA Bty 15 September Became 2 Med (sp) Bty 2 Jul
1957 1960 1962 1964
Became 2 Bty
Became 2 heavy Bty
Paderborn
Luneburg Nienburg
5.5 How
8" How

To JLRRA

Suspended Animation

Reformed with 19 regt as 2/51 Bty

Suspended Animation as 2/51 Bty

some body must know the rest info please
2 Bty to JLRRA in Nov 72 (Could have been Jul 72!!) into Suspended Animation in (Jul??) 1977 reformed Apr 1995 with 19 Regt as 2/51 Bty Suspended Animation again in 1993 as 2/51 Bty

1972

1977

1995

1997

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