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Army : Deployment

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions the (a) heavy and (b) light artillery regiments have been deployed in each of the last 10 years; and (i) to which locations and (ii) on which operations they were deployed. (252100)

The deployments of the heavy and light artillery regiments over the last 10 years are shown as follows:

Heavy artillery units

Unit

Operation name

Location

Date

1 Regt RHA

AS90 (Heavy)

Op Palatine

Bosnia

1998-99

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

1999

Op Palatine

Bosnia

12000

Op Palatine

Bosnia

12000

Op Palatine

Bosnia

12002

Op Telic 4

Iraq

2004

Op Tosca

Cyprus

2005

Op Telic 10

Iraq

2007

3 Regt RHA

AS90 (Heavy)

Op Palatine

Bosnia

11998-99

Op Resolute

Kosovo

12001

Op Telic 1

Iraq

2003

Op Tosca

Cyprus

2003-04

Op Telic 7

Iraq

2005-06

Op Telic 11

Iraq

12007-08

Op Herrick 8

Afghanistan

12008

Op Telic 12

Iraq

12008

4 Regt RA

AS90 (Heavy)

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

1999

Op Tosca

Cyprus

12001

Op Fresco

UK

2002-03

Op Banner

Northern Ireland

2003

Op Telic 5

Iraq

2004-05

Op Tosca

Cyprus

2006

Op Herrick 7

Afghanistan

2007-08

19 Regt RA

AS90 (Heavy)

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

11999

Op Palatine

Bosnia

2000

Op Fingal

Afghanistan

12002

Op Banner

Northern Ireland

12003

Op Telic 6

Iraq

2005

Op Herrick 6

Afghanistan

2007

26 Regt RA

AS90 (Heavy)

Op Agricola

Kosovo

1999-2000

Op Palatine

Bosnia

12000-01

Op Agricola

Kosovo

12000-01

Op Telic 1

Iraq

12003

Op Telic 3

Iraq

2003-04

Op Tosca

Cyprus

2004-05

Op Telic 8

Iraq

12006

Op Herrick 9

Afghanistan

12008-09

Op Telic 13

Iraq

12008-09

Light artillery units

Unit

Operation name

Location

Date

29 Cdo Regt RA

L118 (Light)

Op Silkman

Sierra Leone

2000

Op Jacana

Afghanistan

2001

Op Telic 1

Iraq

2003

Op Herrick 5

Afghanistan

2006-07

Op Herrick 9

Afghanistan

2008-09

40 Regt RA

L118 (Light)

Op Banner

Bosnia

1999

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

2001

Op Telic 1

Iraq

12003

Op Telic 2

Iraq

2003

Op Tosca

Cyprus

2004

Op Telic 9

Iraq

2006-07

7 Para RHA

L118 (Light)

Op Banner

Northern Ireland

1999-2000

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

1999

Op Silkman

Sierra Leone

12000

Op Agricola

Macedonia and Kosovo

12001

Op Jacana

Afghanistan

2001-02

Op Telic 1

Iraq

2003

Op Agricola

Kosovo

12004-05

Op Herrick 4

Afghanistan

2006

Op Herrick 8

Afghanistan

2008

1 Elements of regiment deployed

All deployments are at Regimental Scale of Effort unless otherwise specified.