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T Head Quarter Battery (SHAH SUJAH'S TROOP)
   

Major G Taylor RA
Battery Commander
WO2(BSM) Appleby
Battery Sergeant Major
   

T Headquarter Battery (Shah Sujah’s Troop) Royal Artillery was raised on 1st October 1838 at Delhi and Meerut. The troop was part of a 6000 strong force which invaded Afghanistan in support of the deposed Shah Sujah of Mook. The Horse Artillery of the Shah’s Army was a double Battery of ten 6-pounder Guns and two 12-pounder Howitzers – virtually two Batteries, it was commanded at this time by Captain W Anderson of the Bengal Artillery.