97 Battery (Lawson's Company) Royal Artillery

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97 Battery (Lawson's Company) Royal Artillery
Active	1803 – present
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Artillery
Role	Field Artillery
Size	Artillery battery
Part of	4th Regiment Royal Artillery
Garrison/HQ	Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe
Nickname(s)	Lawson's
Patron	Saint Barbara
Colors	Green & Gold
Anniversaries	13 September (Formation) 21 June (Battle of Vitoria)
Engagements	Peninsular War -Battle of Roliça -Battle of Vimiera -Capture of Porto -Battle of Talavera -Battle of Bussaco -Torres Vedras -Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro -Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo -Battle of Salamanca -Siege of Burgos -Battle of Vittoria -Siege of San Sebastián -Battle of the Bidassoa -Battle of Nivelle Boer War (South Africa) First World War Second World War Operation Musketeer (Suez Crisis) Operation Claret (Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation) Operation Banner (Northern Ireland) Operation Corporate(Falklands War) Operation Tosca (Cyprus) Operation Telic (Iraq) Operation Herrick (Afghanistan)
Battle honours	Battle of Vitoria (the title given is Lawson's Company for its commander at the time)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Captain Robert Lawson RA

97 Battery (Lawson's Company) Royal Artillery was formed on 13 September 1803 as Captain H. Douglas's Company, 8th Battalion Royal Artillery and is currently a tac battery within 4th Regiment Royal Artillery based in Alanbrooke Barracks, Topcliffe, North Yorkshire. The battery was until recently a gun battery but was reduced to a tactical or tac battery in 2013 following its last operational tour of Afghanistan. It is now one of three tac batteries that call in artillery fire from 4th Regiment Royal Artillery's two remaining gun batteries. The battery has been known by a variety of names during its existence and moved between different Royal Artillery Regiments or Battalions due to reorganisations of the Royal Regiment of Artillery and changes in role. In the First World War it fought as 87th (Howitzer) Battery, Royal Field Artillery.