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29th Regiment Royal Artillery
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| Dates | Locations | Batteries | Remarks |
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1947.04.01
| RHQ 25th Field Regiment RA redesignated 29th Field Regiment RA, with 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys from 12, 31 and 58 Btys respectively. | | |
| 1947.04 | Location Unknown: | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| | 1 May 47: Pers to RHQ 17th Field Regiment RA with 24, 40 and 41 Btys – presumably reorganised. | | |
| 1948.07 | Germany: Dorset Bks, Kiel | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| 1951 | England: Brancepeth Camp, Durham | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| | 1951: Renamed 29th Medium Regiment Royal Artillery | | |
| 1951.11 | Cyprus: (?) | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| 1952.01 | Egypt: Geneifa, Fayid, Suez | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr: Part of 3rd Infantry Div |
| 1954.09 | Germany: Caernarvon Bks, Dusseldorf | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| 1957 | England: Chiseldon Camp, Swindon | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| 1957.05 | Cyprus: Karaolos Camp | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | Internal security operations |
| Mar 59: Reverted to its role as a gunner regiment and was re-equipped with 25 pounders | | 25pdr
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| Feb 60: Advance party of the regiment left Cyprus | | |
| | 26 May 60: Main body sailed on 'Devonshire' for UK | | |
| 1960.06 | England: Royal Citadel, Plymouth | 8, 79 and 145 Fld Btys | 25pdr |
| 1 Jan 62: Reorganised as 29th Commando Light Regiment RA. 8 Bty to S/A (to 95th Commando Regt RA), 20 Bty resuscitated ex 21st Medium Regiment. | | |
| May 1962: Re-equipped with 105mm Pack Howitzer | | 105mm Pack Howitzer |
| 1962 – 1963: Aden & Kuwait (Before May) | 20, 79 and 145 Cdo Btys | |
| Apr 1963 - Singapore / Borneo | | |
| 1 May 71: 20 Bty into suspended animation, personnel to 95th Commando FOU. 7 (Sphinx) and 8 (Alma) Btys joined from 95 Regt | 7, 8, 79 and 145 Cdo Btys
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| 1974: Re-equipped with 105mm Light Gun | | 105mm Light Gun |
| Jan 1975: 7 Bty moved to RM Condor, Arbroath. | | |
| ? 1975: Northern Ireland (79 Bty) | | |
| April 77: 145 Bty into suspended animation. 148 (Meiktila) Bty joined from 95 Regt, remained at Poole. | 7(Arbroath), 8, 79 Cdo Btys and 148(Poole) FO Bty | |
| Sep 1977: Renamed 29th Commando Regiment Royal Artillery | | |
| ? 1982: Falklands War | | |
| ? 1990: Belize (7 Bty) | | |
| May 1991: Iraq | | |
| Nov 1991: Northern Ireland (79 Bty) | | |
| ? 1993 - Bosnia (148 Bty) | | |
| Mar 93: 23 Bty joined as HQ bty from 27 Regt
| 7(Arbroath), 8, 23/HQ, 79 Cdo Btys and 148(Poole) FO Bty | |
| May 1993 - Belize (7 Bty) | | |
| Oct 1994 - Kuwait (7 Bty) | | |
| Jan - Jun 95: Cyprus UN | | July 96 - Freedom of City of Plymouth |
| Jun 1997 - Bosnia (79 Bty) | | |
| Sep 1998 - Northern Ireland (7 Bty) | | |
| May 2000 - Sierra Leone (8 Bty) 'Op Silkman' | | |
| Sep 2000 - Kosovo (7 Bty) | | |
| Dec 2001 - Afghanistan (7 Bty) 'Op Jacana' | | |
| Jan 2003 - Iraq 'Op Telic 1' | | |
| 2006-07: Afghanistan 'Op Herrick 5' | | |
| 2008-09: Afghanistan 'Op Herrick 9' | | |
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