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3 unusual facts about 20 Battery Royal Artillery


20 Battery Royal Artillery

The now renamed 20 Battery RA has been deployed on Operation Telic (Iraq) being the first United Kingdom unit to deploy using the Counter RAM system and after the move of the regiment to St George's Barracks, North Luffenham, deployed to the Falkland Islands.

This new commander launched an expedition to establish a land route to the Indian Ocean via Basra.

For this and his earlier endeavours Chesney was one of the first recipients of the Royal Geographical Society Gold Medal.



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