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93 (Le Cateau) Battery Royal Artillery

British Army artillery unit

Field	Value
unit_name	93 (Le Cateau) Battery RA
dates	6 December 1803 (as Vivyan's Company). 1 April 1947 as 93 Field Battery RA and as 93 (Le Cateau) Battery from June 1948.
country	UK
branch	British Army
type	Royal Regiment of Artillery
role	Surveillance & Target Acquisition
size	Battery
motto	93rdoffoot
equipment	MAMBA, ASP & LCMR
battles	Copenhagen (1806), Afghanistan (1899), South Africa (1903), Le Cateau (1914), North Africa (1939-40), Burma (1944-45), Malaya (1948), Cyprus (1958-59), Northern Ireland (1970, 1972, 1975 &1977) & Afghanistan (2012-13)
anniversaries	6 December - Battery Birthday (as Vivyan's Company)
decorations	3 x Victoria Crosses, 2 x Distinguished Service Orders (DSO) 2 x Distinguished Service Medals (DSM), 1 Legion d'Honneur & 1 Croix de Guerre.
battle_honours	" Le Cateau" (awarded to the Battery, June 1948 for their actions in Malaya)
disbanded	1 April 1984 - Suspended Animation

1 April (93 Battery formation) 26 August - Battle of Le Cateau Anniversary 24 November 2011 - Reformed in 5RA 93 (Le Cateau) Battery Royal Artillery is an equipment Battery to exist in 5th Regiment Royal Artillery "The Yorkshire Gunners" and is based at Marne Barracks, Catterick, North Yorkshire.The Battery currently operates in a Surveillance and Target Acquisition role.

History

37 Field Battery merged with 47 Field Battery in 1938 to form 37/47 Field Battery RFA. They then spent the early stages of World War II in Sub-Saharan Africa, before travelling to South-East Asia as part of the 1944 Burma Campaign.

On 1 April 1947, 37/47 Field Battery RFA was renamed 93 Field Battery RA in Gunclub Barracks, Kowloon, Hong Kong as part of 25th Field Regiment RA.

24 November 2011, 93 (Le Cateau) Battery re-established as a Battery within 5th Regiment Royal Artillery (The Yorkshire Gunners), based in Marne Barracks, Catterick.

In September 2012 the Battery deployed to Afghanistan on Operation HERRICK 17 as the Theatre Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battery. The Battery were employed in a plethora of key locations within Helmand Province and provided vital ISTAR to the Brigade.

References

"Chapter XXI: Artillery And Armored Units In the ETO".
"Hong Kong December 1941".
"5th Regiment Royal Artillery".
(2012). "The role of 93 in Afghanistan". Gurk Habe.

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