| 9 (Plassey) Battery Royal Artillery | |
|---|---|
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| Active | 17 June 1748 – present |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Allegiance | _Battery_Royal_Artillery&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Flag_of_the_British_East_India_Company_(1801).svg){kind=small} Hon East India Coy (till 1858) United Kingdom (post 1858) |
| Branch |  British Indian Army British Army |
| Type | Artillery |
| Role | Anti-aircraft |
| Size | Battery |
| Part of | 12th Regiment Royal Artillery |
| Garrison/HQ | Baker Barracks, Thorney Island, West Sussex |
| Anniversaries | Plassey Day 23 June |
| Equipment | SP HVM (Starstreak mounted on Stormer) |
| Engagements | Battle of Plassey Third Burma War Second Boer War First World War Second World War Falklands War Gulf War Kosovo |
| Battle honours | Ubique |
9 (Plassey) Battery Royal Artillery is an air defence battery of the Royal Artillery that serves with the British Army's 12th Regiment Royal Artillery. It is stationed at Baker Barracks, Thorney Island, West Sussex.
The battery was originally formed as the first unit of the Bengal Artillery, raised in 1749 as part of the Honourable East India Company's Army. Its original name was 1 Company, Bengal Artillery, and it was stationed in Fort William in Calcutta. It was still manning the fort when the Nawab of Bengal attacked it. The majority of the battery subsequently died as prisoners of the Nawab in the now infamous Black Hole of Calcutta incident. Soon after the battery saw action in the Battle of Plassey as part of the force led by Sir Clive of India on 23 June 1757. It was the battery's heroic actions at this battle which later earned it the honour title 'Plassey'.
On 19 February 1862 all the artillery of the East India Company was transferred to the Royal Artillery, and the battery became 1 Battery, 24 Brigade. In 1876 the battery moved to England and suffered an eclectic 6 years, changing its role and name many times. In 1882 it returned to what it knew and was posted to Burma, fighting in the Third Burma War.[1]
In 1889 it finally settled as 2 Mountain Battery, a title it would retain for the next fifty years. It finally became 9 (Plassey) Battery on 19 March 1947.[2]
- ^ "Third Burma War". Regiments.org. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
- ^ "War Office: Army Council: Instructions". The National Archive. Retrieved 31 October 2016.