25th Regiment RA
Dates | Locations | Batteries - Equipment |
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. | 25th Field Regiment Royal Artillery | . |
1947.04.01 | RHQ 27th Field Regiment RA at Gunclub Bks, Kowloon, Hong Kong was retitled 25th Field Regiment RA, with 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys redesignated from 24 Bty of 21/24 Fld Bty, 21 Bty of 21/24 Fld Bty and 37 Bty of 37/47 Fld Bty, respectively | . |
1947.04 | Hong Kong: Gun Club Hill Barracks | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys 25pdr |
. | Sep 50 - Jul 51: Malaya (54 Bty) | . |
1955.04 | Malaya: Old Convent, Taiping, Perak | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys 25pdr |
1956.05 | England: Beacon Bks later Kiwi/Gordon Bks, Bulford | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys 25pdr |
1958.10 | Cyprus: Based in the Panhandle, RHQ at Boghaz, 35 Bty at Lefkoniko, 54 Bty at Dhavlos, 93 Bty at Akrades Camp, near Yialoussa. Served as infantry on internal security duties with no guns. | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys |
1959.04 | England: C Camp, Barton Stacey | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys 25pdr: 1 Guards Brigade |
1961.06 | Germany: Campbell Bks, Hohne | . |
. | Jun 61: Converted to a Med Regt (Sp), retitled 25th Medium Regiment RA | 35, 54 and 93 Med Btys M44 SP Gun |
1965.12 | England: Roberts Bks, Larkhill (Support Regiment) | . |
. | 3 Dec 65: Retitled 25th Field Regiment RA | 35, 54 and 93 Fld Btys Equipped by RSA |
1968.08 | England: Westdown Camp, Larkhill | . |
. | 4 Sep 68: Re-titled 25th Light Regiment RA | 35, 54 and 93 Lt Btys 105mm Pack Howitzer |
1969.02 | Hong Kong: Borneo Lines, Sek Kong Camp | 35, 54 Lt and 93 Med Btys 105mm Pack Howitzer & 5.5" Gun (93 bty) |
1971.02 | England: Barford Camp, Barnard Castle | 35, 54 and 93 Lt Btys 105mm Pack Howitzer |
. | 25 Jul - 27 Oct 71: Northern Ireland: Lisburn/Andersonstown | . |
1971.11 | England: Bourlon Bks, Catterick | 35, 54 and 93 Lt Btys 105mm Pack Howitzer |
. | 18 Oct 72 - 24 Feb 73: Northern Ireland, Londonderry | . |
1974.02 | Germany: Dennis Bks, Munsterlager | . |
. | Feb 74: All Btys became field and retitled 25th Field Regiment RA | 35, 54 and 93 Fd Btys Abbot |
. | Jul - Nov 75: Northern Ireland - Belfast | . |
. | Feb - Jun 77: Northern Ireland - Belfast | . |
1978.01 | Germany: Barker Bks, Paderborn | 35, 54 and 93 Fd Btys Abbot |
. | Jan 78: 5 Bty joined the Regt from 19 Regt | 5, 35, 54 and 93 Fd Btys |
. | Sep 79 - Jan 80: Northern Ireland | . |
. | Mar 82: 5 Bty moved to 32 Regt | 35, 54 and 93 Fd Btys |
. | 1 Apr 1984: Regiment placed into Suspended Animation. 35, 54 & 93 Btys placed into suspended animation | . |
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