1908 -Served with 32 Brigade, the Battery was one of the original
Batteries within
.........Regiment and had the QF 19 pdr FIELD GUN. Stationed in Kildare Ireland
1914 - Still with 32 Brigade but now stationed in Woolwich
Fought throught the Great War - see 27 Battery History for an idea of
where they fought.
1922 - Still with 32 Brigade but now stationed in Hyderabad India
1922 - As part of the post War reorganisation the Battery was redesignated 72 Battery
1947 - Redesignated 179 Battery
1923 - 16th Brigade Stationed in Quetta India
1924 - Stationed at Kirkee India
1922 - 32 Brigade redesignated to 16th Brigade
DUE TO RESEARCH BY MICK MORTIMOR OF THE OCA WE NOW HAVE FURTHER
INFORMATION REGARDING 179 BTY
179 BTY ACTUALLY SERVED WITH 181 REGIMENT OF WHICH A BOOK HAS BEEN
WRITTEN AND ALSO A WEBSITE
THE BOOK AND WEB SITE WAS INSTIGATED BY DON NEAL
BECAUSE HIS FATHER SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT DURING THE SECOND WAR
DON HAS KINDLY AGREED TO ALLOW A LINK TO HIS WEBSITE
AND IT CAN BE LOGGED ONTO HERE
181 REGIMENT ROYAL ARTILLERY
General Notes about 72 Battery from Distribution List Documents
March 1908
Battery served with 38 Brigade Stationed in Bradford along
with 24 & 34 Batteries.
July 1914
Battery served with 38 Brigade Stationed in Fermoy along
with 24 & 34 Batteries
There is no mention of 179 Battery in the Distribution lists
March 1908 to April 1924
Officers Serving with the Battery
According to the 1908 / 1914 & 1922
Royal Field Artillery Distribution list
135 BATTERY HISTORY
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