74th (East Africa) Field Battery, E.A.A.
The 62nd (E.A.) Field Battery, E.A.A. was redesignated on 1st June 1944 to become the 74th (East Africa) Field Battery, E.A.A. It was regimented with the 309th (E.A.) Field Regiment, E.A.A.; itself redesignated from the 301st (E.A.) Field Regiment, E.A.A. which had suffered a large loss of life when the ship carrying the 301st Regiment to Ceylon had been torpedoed in February 1944.[1]
The Regiment having moved from Athi River to Larkhill on 15th July 1944, it moved in stages to Gilgil with the 74th Battery moving on 23rd October 1944.[2]
On 12th July, the Regiment left Gilgil to join the 31st (E.A.) Infantry Brigade at the Brigade training camp at Yatta, arriving on 14th July. After conducting several exercises with the Brigade, the Regiment, less the 74th Field Battery left Yatta for Gilgil on 20th August, arriving on 21st August. The 74th Battery left Yatta on 28th August to reach Gilgil the next day.[3]
The 74th (E.A.) Field Battery, E.A.A. was disbanded with the Regiment by 15th October 1945.[4]
Summary history of the 74th (East Africa) Field Battery, E.A.A.
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