Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery
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The Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery was a unit of Britain's Territorial Force from 1908 to 1919. It served in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign during World War I. In World War II the battery fought in the Malayan Campaign and was captured at the Fall of Singapore.
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1st Northamptonshire Battery, RFA 336th (Northamptonshire) Battery, RA | |
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Active | 1908–1945 |
Disbanded | 1945 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Force |
Role | Field artillery |
Part of | IV East Anglian Brigade, RFA 135th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, RA |
Garrison/HQ | Peterborough |
Nickname(s) | The Peterborough Battery |
Engagements | WWI: Western Front Sinai and Palestine Campaign WWII: Malayan Campaign Fall of Singapore |
Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Hon George Wentworth-FitzWilliam William Cecil, 5th Marquess of Exeter |
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