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K (Hondeghem) Battery Royal Artillery

Index K (Hondeghem) Battery Royal Artillery

K (Hondeghem) Battery is a battery of 5th Regiment Royal Artillery in the Royal Artillery. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 29 relations: ARTHUR, Artillery, Artillery battery, Battle of Dunkirk, Battle of France, Bengal Army, British Army, British Expeditionary Force (World War II), Catterick Garrison, Counter-battery radar, Distinguished Service Order, East India Company, Hondeghem, List of Royal Artillery batteries, Mentioned in dispatches, Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Omnipresence, QF 18-pounder gun, Royal Artillery, Royal Horse Artillery, St John's Wood, Surveillance and target acquisition, World War I, World War II, 2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery, 5th Regiment Royal Artillery, 6th Panzer Division, 7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom), 8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom).

  2. 1809 establishments in British India
  3. Military units and formations established in 1809
  4. Royal Artillery batteries

ARTHUR

ARTHUR (an acronym for "artillery hunting radar") is a counter-battery radar system originally developed jointly for and in close co-operation with the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces by Ericsson Microwave Systems in both Sweden and Norway.

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Artillery

Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms.

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Artillery battery

In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.

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Battle of Dunkirk

The Battle of Dunkirk (Bataille de Dunkerque) was fought around the French port of Dunkirk (Dunkerque) during the Second World War, between the Allies and Nazi Germany.

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Battle of France

The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.

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Bengal Army

The Bengal Army was the army of the Bengal Presidency, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)

The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War.

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Catterick Garrison

Catterick Garrison is a major garrison and military town south of Richmond, North Yorkshire, England.

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Counter-battery radar

A counter-battery radar or weapon tracking radar is a radar system that detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars or rocket launchers and, from their trajectories, locates the position on the ground of the weapon that fired it.

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Distinguished Service Order

The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.

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East India Company

The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.

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Hondeghem

Hondeghem (from Flemish; Hondegem in modern Dutch spelling) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

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List of Royal Artillery batteries

The Royal Regiment of Artillery is an Arm of the British Army. K (Hondeghem) Battery Royal Artillery and List of Royal Artillery batteries are Royal Artillery batteries.

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Mentioned in dispatches

To be mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) describes a member of the armed forces whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which their gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.

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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)

The Ministry of Defence (MOD or MoD) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.

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Omnipresence

Omnipresence or ubiquity is the property of being present anywhere and everywhere.

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QF 18-pounder gun

The Ordnance QF 18-pounder,British military traditionally denoted smaller ordnance by the weight of its standard projectile, in this case approximately or simply 18-pounder gun, was the standard British Empire field gun of the First World War-era.

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Royal Artillery

The Royal Regiment of Artillery, commonly referred to as the Royal Artillery (RA) and colloquially known as "The Gunners", is one of two regiments that make up the artillery arm of the British Army. The Royal Regiment of Artillery comprises thirteen Regular Army regiments, the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery and five Army Reserve regiments.

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Royal Horse Artillery

The Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) was formed in 1793 as a distinct arm of the Royal Regiment of Artillery (commonly termed Royal Artillery) to provide horse artillery support to the cavalry units of the British Army.

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St John's Wood

St John's Wood is a district in the City of Westminster, London, England, about 2.5 miles (4 km) northwest of Charing Cross.

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Surveillance and target acquisition

Surveillance and target acquisition (STA) is a military role assigned to units and/or their equipment.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery

The 2nd Searchlight Regiment, was an air defence unit of Britain's Royal Artillery formed just before World War II.

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5th Regiment Royal Artillery

5th Regiment Royal Artillery is a regiment of the Royal Artillery in the British Army.

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6th Panzer Division

The 6th Panzer Division (6th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II, established in October 1939.

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7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

The 7th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army.

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8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)

The 8th Armoured Division was an armoured division of the British Army during the Second World War.

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See also

1809 establishments in British India

Military units and formations established in 1809

Royal Artillery batteries

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_(Hondeghem)_Battery_Royal_Artillery

Also known as 2nd Troop, Bengal Horse Artillery, K (Hondeghem) Battery RA, K (Hondeghem) Battery Royal Horse Artillery, K Battery Royal Artillery, K Battery Royal Horse Artillery, K Battery, Royal Artillery, K Battery, Royal Horse Artillery.