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74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) is based at Roberts Barracks, Larkhill, Wiltshire primarily supporting two flying regiments; 32nd Regiment Royal Artillery and 47th Regiment Royal Artillery. In addition to this, multivariate support is also provided under the direction of 1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade, wider LAND components and Defence partners such as the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. ==History== Initially raised at Kilkenny on 1 April 1801 from the recently disbanded Royal Irish Artillery the 'Unit' formed the 7th Company of 7 Battalion was commanded by Captain Viney (late Major General Viney) and was subsequently billeted to Halifax, Nova Scotia during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1808 the Halifax Brigade was requested to support a British amphibious operation to capture the French held island of Martinique during the West Indies Campaign 1804–10. Like her sister island Guadeloupe, the island of Martinique was of critical importance to the French warships based there, allowing considerable disruption to British trade ships and naval warships throughout the Caribbean. The threat posed by French naval vessels when combined with the potential for large scale operations in the region was sufficient to warrant a British assault to rest control of the Island from the French. In the autumn of 1808 the Admiralty authorised the release of a British squadron to remove the French threat on Martinique and the wider West Indies. * * * ''Formed from Irish Artillery at the Union, commanded by the late Major General (then Captain) Viney. February 1808 ordered to Halifax, Nova Scotia, December 1808 ordered on expedition for the purpose of taking Martinique. 7th Fusiliers, 8th Kings Own and 23rd Welsh Fusiliers, with this Company under General Provost, arrived at Barbados on 8th December 1808; landed at Martinique on 30th January 1809.'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「74 Battery (The Battle Axe Company) Royal Artillery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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