25th Regiment RA

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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
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. Jul - Nov 75: Northern Ireland - Belfast .
. Feb - Jun 77: Northern Ireland - Belfast .
1978.01 Germany: Barker Bks, Paderborn 35, 54 and 93 Fd Btys
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. 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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