50th Missile Regiment Royal Artillery
50th Regiment Royal Artillery | |
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Active | 1 April 1947 – 31 March 1993 |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Artillery |
Garrison/HQ | Northumberland Barracks, Menden (1959-c.1993) |
50 Missile Regiment Royal Artillery (sometimes nicknamed '50 Miserable'[1]) was an artillery regiment of the British Army. From the late 1950s it was stationed with the British Army of the Rhine in Germany, at Northumberland Barracks, Menden, equipped with 8-inch towed howitzers, the Honest John, and, from 1976, the MGM-52 Lance surface to surface missile.
History
On 1 April 1947 RHQ 4th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA was redesignated RHQ 50th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment RA. It was located at Stoneleigh Park Camp, Coventry.[2]
In April 1952 while stationed at
24 Missile Regiment RA was amalgamated in February 1977 with 50 Regiment, as the Honest John was phased out.
References
- ^ Beevor, Inside the British Army, Corgi Books, 1991, p. 372.
- ^ a b c "British Army units from 1945 on - 50th Regiment RA". British-army-units1945on.co.uk. 1993-03-31. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ISBN 0-9720296-9-9.
- ^ ISBN 9780972029698.
- ^ Isby and Kamps, Armies of NATO's Central Front, Jane's Publishing Company, 1985.
- ^ "Regiments (Hansard, 11 July 1991)". Api.parliament.uk. 1991-07-11. Retrieved 2018-12-22.
- ^ Louis Vieuxbill. British Army of the Rhine 1989 (PDF). p. 12.
- ^ Vieuxbill, BAOR 1989, p14.