Welcome To L (Néry) OCAL(Néry Battery) & N Battery(The Eagle Troop)
Members Association(OCA) This cipher reflects the Old Comrades Association and is the one used when the two batteries were united in 1RHA prior to their redeployment to 1RHA (Néry) and 3RHA (Eagles)
 Secretary - George Foster 01642 644645 - 07951 241870(Mob)
The Old Comrades Association of L (Néry) Battery was formed in 1990 by Tom Jackson and for the past few years has embraced N Battery (The Eagle Troop). This union imitates the recent status of the serving battery in 1st Regiment RHA and also reflects the association the two batteries have experienced throughout their history's. We are an informal association with the main aim of holding an annual reunion every August bank holiday weekend in Barnard Castle. At our reunions we attract between sixty and eighty in number including wives, girlfriends and partners. In August 2012 we will be holding our twentythird reunion.
The strong bond between the former members of the two batteries is helped by Graham "Moose" Moore, ex Eagles, who has been coming to the reunions for a good number of years.
I joined L (Néry) Battery in 1962 and remained with them until 1976 when I moved to 49 Fd Regiment and in 1982 to 45 Fd Regiment. I have run the OCA since 1994/5 with the help of Robbie Ross and Andy Munn.
We also keep in touch with the serving battery through corespondence and visits to their base in Tidworth, although the last few visits had been to see the demise of the battery from a gun battery to a Tac Group.
We have a small number of ex L/N Battery items for sale on the shop page.
There have been a number of members of Néry showing an interest in a possible visit to the village of Néry in 2014 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of "The Affair at Néry".
In addition, following a small wreath laying ceremony this year a local teacher and historian has made contact via the web site to set up a line of communication with the aim of making the 100th anniversary a special event. It will rest with the serving battery to make arrangements for a formal visit to Néry, however it would be impossible to predict the commitments of the serving battery in 2014 and therefore it will probably be some time before anything substantial materialises. In the meantime I hope to get in touch with Old Comrades organisations of other units involved at Néry to guage any interest or plans of theirs. I have set up a Néry 2014 page on the web site. Any ideas or suggestions would be welcome.
Use the zoom + to locate Birch Road Barnard Castle
The 22nd reunion was a fantastic reunion with some ten new members joining us at Barnard Castle and we hope to see them and more next year. No visitors this year but we were grateful for recent updates from both Battery Commanders which gives us a good insight to what the serving battery's are doing. It also keeps the lines of communication open in particular with "Eagles" celebrating their 200th Anniversary of Foundation and Néry looking forward to 2014 and the 100th anniversary of "The Affair at Néry. We also gave money to charity this year in the form of £125 to Help 4 Heroes and £150 to the RAA Charitable Fund, both amounts from the generous donations of OCA members at the reunions through the raffle and auctions, together with some individual donations. The H4H donations were for Ivan Doherty completing the Coast to Coast walk with a Cleveland Fire and Rescue team and Charlie Alexander completing the Hadrians Wall walk with his dog "Gunner".
2012 - 23rd Annual Reunion
The dates for next years reunion will be friday and saturday 24 and 25th August 2012, the bank holiday weekend.For more information please make contact through the contact page and I will send out the information.
N Battery (The Eagle Troop) RHA celebrated their 200th anniversary in 2011 - The Eagle Troop had a low key Hyderabad Day; the Battery celebrated it on Friday 23 Mar 12 with a Battery breakfast. We also had a family’s day on Sat 24 Mar 12. We are also holding a 3 RHA reunion in September in Birmingham where there will be former and serving members of all of the Batteries. It would be fantastic if there could be an Eagles representation.
The information contained in this site has been obtained from a number of sources and therefore the accuracy cannot be confirmed. Some of the content is a matter of opinion and therefore should be judged against the site visitors own knowledge and experience. Late news items or items that may be of interest to members will be placed periodically on the news page.
If you want to contact me with ideas for the site or any OCA business my telephone number is : 07951241870
Many thanks, George Foster
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