Formed in July 1938 as 11 Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (TA) with two batteries, re-organised from 11 (HAC & City of London Yeomanry) Brigade RHA(TA). A third battery was formed in November 1940. 11 Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company) (TA) went in to suspended animation in December 1945 and was reconstituted as 1 Regiment HAC RHA (TA) in January 1947.
Illustrations of the formation badges under which a unit served or supported are given. This is no guarantee that the unit used this formations badge.
3 Sep 39 | London District | Finsbury, London, UK | |
Sep 39 | London District | Elstree, Hertfordshire, UK Guarding vulnerable points in London |
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May 40 | Home Forces | Swanage, Dorset, UK | |
Jul 40 | 1 Support Group | Corfe Castle, Dorset, UK A Battery attached 1 Royal Horse Artillery until Aug 40 |
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Aug 40 | 1 Support Group | Loxwood, Sussex, UK | |
Oct 40 | 1 Support Group | Shere, Surrey, UK | |
Jun 41 | 1 Support Group | Hungerford, Berkshire, UK | |
Dec 41 | 1 Support Group | Tobruk, Libya | |
Jan 42 | Jock columns | El Agheila area, Libya | |
Mar 42 | 2 Armoured Brigade Group | Gazala, Libya | |
Jun 42 | 2 Armoured Brigade Group | Knightsbridge Box, Libya | |
Jun 42 | 2 Armoured Brigade Group | Acroma Ridge, Libya | |
Aug 42 | 8 Armoured Division | Sollum, Egypt | |
Aug 42 | 1 Armoured Division | Mersa Matruh, Egypt | |
Oct 42 | 1 Armoured Division Attached 50 Division – 6 guns only |
Alamein, Egypt | |
Jul 43 | 8 Army | Sicily B Battery only |
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May 44 | 1 Armoured Division | Italy | |
Sep 44 | 8 Army | Italy |
Batteries
3 Sep 39 | A, B |
Nov 40 | A, B, E |
Equipment
Jun 42 | 25 pdr & Quads – Stuart Observation Post Tanks |
Sep 42 – Nov 44 | M7 105 mm Self Propelled Priest |