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The '''Rocket Troop Madras Horse Artillery''' was the 1st Troop formed in 1805. It became ''''C' Troop Madras Horse Artillery''' in 1825, served in the [[1st China War]] in 1840 and was awarded the honorific title "Dragon Troop". Its modern descendant is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P_Battery_(The_Dragon_Troop)_RA P Battery (The Dragon Troop) 5th Regiment Royal Artillery].
In 1862 the Madras Horse Artillery was taken into the British Army [[Royal Horse Artillery]] as the 3rd Royal Horse Artillery Brigade.<ref>[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=J-ERAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA606 "The New Artillery Amalgamation"], pages 606-607 (December 1861) from ''Colburn’s United Service Magazine, Volume 97, 1861 Part 3'' Google Books</ref>
==Also see==
*[[Madras Artillery]]
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