Battery
Either:
A sub unit of a Regiment of The Royal Artillery, often abbreviated to Bty
or
A black box or green tube full of electricty.
Or should have been full, but isn't ....
A list of Battery birth/ Foundation/ Formation/ Special days. Please edit if there are anymore out there (or PM goatbagthedruid and he will do it).
The Royal Horse Artillery
A Battery (The Chestnut Troop) Formation Day (1793) 1st February
B Battery Sahagun Day 21st December
C Battery Balaclava Day 25th October
D Battery Waterloo Day 18th June
E Battery Salamanca Day 22nd July
Foundation Day (1794) 1st November
F (Sphinx) Battery Ahmed Khel Day 19th April
G Battery (Mercer's Troop) Waterloo Day 18th June
I Battery (Bull's Troop) Drivers Day 5th May
J (Sidi Rezegh) Battery Sidi Rezegh Day 21st November
The King's Troop Troop Day 24th October
The Royal Regiment of Artillery (less the Royal Horse Artillery)
St Barbara's Day 4th December
Royal Artillery Day 26th May
H Battery (Ramsay's Troop) Waterloo Day 18th June
K (Hondeghem) Battery Hondeghem Day 27th May
L (Néry) Battery Néry Day 1st September
N Battery (The Eagle Troop) Hyderabad Day 24th March
O Battery (The Rocket Troop) Leipzig Day 16th October
P Battery (The Dragon Troop) Chin-Kiang Day 21st July
Q (Sanna's Post) Battery Sanna's Post Day 31st March
T Battery (Shah Shuja's Troop) Battery Day 8th May
1 Battery Keren Day 27th March
2 Battery Formation Day (1759) 1st November
3 Battery Myogee Day 22nd March
4 (Sphinx) Battery Alexandria Day 1st July
5 (Gibraltar) Battery Pontavert Day 27th May
6 Battery Formation Day (1743) 15th September
7 (Sphinx) Battery Formation Day (1748) 17th June
8 (Alma) Battery Alma Day 20th September
9 (Plassey) Battery Plassey Day 23rd June
10 (Assaye) BUtery Assaye Day 23rd September
11 (Sphinx) Battery Alexandria Day 10th June
12 (Minden) Battery Minden Day 1st August
13 (Martinique) Battery Martinique Day 24th February
14 (Cole's Kop) Battery Cole's Kop Day 12th January
15 Battery Formation Day (1757) 1st April
16 Battery (Sandham's Company) Waterloo Day 18th June
17(Corunna) Battery Corruna Day 16th January
18 (Quebec) Battery Quebec Day 13th September
19 (Gibraltar) Battery Gibraltar Day 13th September
21 (Gibraltar) Battery Gibraltar Day 27th November
22 (Gibraltar) Battery Gibraltar Day 27th November
23 (Gibraltar) Battery Gibraltar Day 27th November
24 (Irish) Battery St. Patrick's Day 17th March
25 Battery Formation Day (1758) 19th September
27 (Strange's) Battery Doadpore Day 20th October
28 Battery Formation Day (1755) 1st March
29 (Corunna) Battery Corunna Day 16th January
30 Battery (Rogers's Company) Waterloo Day 18th June
31 Battery Manila Day 6th October
32 (Minden) Battery Minden Day 1st August
33 Battery Formation Day (1759) 10th September
34 (Seringapatam) Battery Seringapatam Day 4th May
35 Battery Ulu Tiram Day 10th December
36 (Arcot) Battery Arcot Day 14th November
38 (Seringapatam) Battery Seringapatam Day 4th May
43 Battery(Lloyd's Company) Waterloo Day 18th June
46 (Talavera) Battery Talavera Day 28th July
49 (Inkerman) Battery Inkerman Day 5th November
51 (Kabul) Battery Kabul Day 27th November
52 (Niagara) Battery Niagara Day 19th December
53 (Louisberg) Battery Louisberg Day 27th July
54 (Maharajpore) Battery Maharajpore Day 29th December
55 (The Residency) Battery Lucknow Day 30th June
56 (Olpherts) Battery Lucknow Day 25th September
57 (Bhurtpore) Battery Bhurtpore Day 18th January
58 (Eyre's) Battery Arrah Day 2nd August
59 (Asten) Battery Asten Day 29th October
73 (Sphinx) Battery Alexandria Day 10th June
74 Bty (The Battle Axe Company) Battle Axe Day 24th February
76 (Maude's) Battery Lucknow Day 25th September
79 (Kirkee) Battery Kirkee Day 5th November
88 (Arracan) Battery Arracan Day 27th March
93 (Le Cateau) Battery Le Cateau Day 26th August
94 (New Zealand) Battery Rangiriri Day 20th November
97 Battery (Lawson's Company) Formation Day (1803) 13th September
111 (Dragon) Battery China Day 15th September
127 (Dragon) Battery Chin-Kiang Day 21st July
129 (Dragon) Battery Sidi Rezegh Day 21st November
132 Bty(The Bengal Rocket Troop)Le Cateau Day 26th August
137 (Java) Battery Java Day 26th August
143 (Tombs's Troop) Battery Tombs's Day 9th July
145 (Maiwand) Battery Maiwand Day 27th July
148 (Meiktila) Battery Meiktila Day 3rd March
156 (Inkerman) Battery Inkerman Day 5th November
159 (Colenso) Battery Colenso Day 15th December
170 (Imjin) Battery Imjin Day 23rd April
171 (The Broken Wheel) Battery Broken Wheel Day 13th September
176 (Abu Klea) Battery Abu Klea Day 17th January