British Army units from 1945 on - 850 - 870 Batteries 1947-67

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850 - 870 Batteries 1947-67

Dates	Unit	Higher Formation/Remarks
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.	850 Mountain Battery RA (TA)	.
22.2.50	Formed by reorganisation of part of 677 Mountain Regiment RA (Lovat Scouts)(TA)	.
5.4.54	Disbanded (personnel to 532 Regiment)	.
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.	851 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed from 108 (M) AA C & R Troop	.
5.4.54	Absd pers of 64 & 66 AA FC Troops on disbandment.	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 141 C & R Sec.	.
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.	851 (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Independent Field Battery RA (TA)	.
1.5.61(LG 1.1.61)	Formed from 251 Regiment, the late Q Battery of which reorganised with BHQ at Carlisle and detachment at Maryport	.
??	Redesignated 851 (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Field Battery RA (TA)	.
TAVR	B (Westmorland and Cumberland Yeomanry) Coy, 4th (T) Bn, The Border Regiment.	.
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.	852 (Devon) Tractor Battery RA (TA)	.
1.1.47	Formed	.
9.47	Disbanded (pers to RASC (TA))	.
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.	852 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed by amalgamation of 112, 113, 114 & 115 (M) AA C & R Troops	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 143 C & R Section	.
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.	853 AA FC Battery RA (TA)	.
1.1.47	Formed	.
1.2.50	Reorganised as 87 AA FC Troop	.
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.	853 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed by amalgamation of 117 & 118 (M) AA C & R Troops	.
1.8.55	Amalgamated with 116 AA C & R Troop to form 144 C & R Section; det at Belfast disbanded	.
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.	854 Tractor Battery RA (Cinque Ports)(TA)	.
1.1.47	Proposed but not formed	.
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.	854 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed by amalgamation of 120, 122 &123 (M) AA C & R Troops	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 145 C & R Section; dets at Manchester & Stoke-an-Trent disbanded	.
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.	855 AA FC Battery RA (Essex Fortress)(TA)	.
1.1.47	Formed	.
1.8.55	Disbanded	.
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.	855 AA Rep Battery RA (TA)	.
1.4.59	Formed at Chelmsford.	.
1.5.61(LG 30.3.61)	a) Technical trained pers to 470 Regiment	.
.	b) Remainder to 287 Regiment	.
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.	856 Movement Light Battery RA (Devon and Cornwall Fortress Engineers)(TA)	.
1.1 .47	Formed	.
by 1950	Redesignated 856 Movement Light Battery RA (TA)	.
31.10.56	Amalgamated with 40C & with 115 Construction Regiment RE, the late 856 bty amalgamated with 571 Construction Sqn RE	.
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.	857 Tractor Battery RA (Dorset Fortress)(TA)	.
1.1.47	Proposed but not formed	.
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.	857 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed by amalgamation of 124, 126 & 127 (M) AA FC Troops	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 146 C & R Section	.
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.	858 Movement Lt Battery RA (Carmarthenshire Fortress)(TA)	.
1.1.47	First proposed as a tractor Battery but changed when RASC assumed that role	.
31.10.56	Amalgamated with 108 Fd Engineer Regiment RE (as 108 Fd Engr Regiment RE).	.
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.	859 AA FC Battery RA (TA)	.
1.1.47	Formed	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 49 AA FC Troop, part of 351 AA FC Battery: a regular unit.	.
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.	860 (M) AA C & R Battery RA (TA)	.
22.4.52	Formed from 110 (M) AA C & R Troop	.
1.8.55	Reorganised as 142 C & R Section	.
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.	861 (Independent) LAA Battery RA (Orkney and Zetland)(TA)	.
24.10.56 (wef 31.10.56)	Formed by reorganisation of 431 Coast Regiment RA (Orkney and Zetland)(TA)	.
by 1961	Redesignated 861 (Orkney and Zetland) Independent LAA Battery RA (TA)	.
1.5.61	Amalgamated with 540 Regiment (less dets) (as 540 Regiment), the late 861 forming Q (Orkney and Zetland) Battery of 540 Regiment	.
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.	862 Locating Battery RA (TA)	.
1.2.52	Formed by amalgamation of 886 Bty and 362 Regiment as 862 Bty	.
1.5.61	Amalgamated with 275 Regiment (less R Battery), 276 Regiment (less P Battery) and 51 Inf Div CB Staff Troop as 400 Regiment	.
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.	863 (County of Lincoln) Movement Light Battery RA (TA)	.
1.7.55	Formed by reorganisation of 539 Regiment	.
1.5.61	Absd pers of 147 (Lincoln) Inf Wksp REME (TA) on its disbandment; reorganised as 863 (County of Lincoln) Independent Movement Light Squadron RE	.
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.	864 not formed.	.
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.	865 AA FC Battery RA (TA)	.
1.8.55	Formed by reorganisation of 65 AA FC Troop	.
30.9.57	Reorganised to incorporate 69 C & R Troop at Leeds.	.
1.5.61 (LG 25.2.61)	Amalgamated with R Battery of 271 Regiment, and with Hallamshire Bn, The York and Lancaster Regiment (as latter bn), the late 865 forming D (Rotherham) Coy	.
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.	866 not formed.	.
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.	867 not formed.	.
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.	868 AA FC Battery RA (TA)	.
1.8.55	Formed at Bloxwich	.
30.9.57	Reorganised to incorporate 80 C & R Troop at Sutton Coldfield	.
1 .5.61	a) A Troop amalgamated with a Battery of 282 Regiment, and with 638 Regiment (as 638 Regiment)	.
.	b) Bty (less ATroop) amalgamated with R Bty of 442, R Bty of 639, and with 444 (as 444).	.
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.	869 not formed.	.
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.	870 not formed.	.
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