24 missile regiment ra was amalgamated in february 1977 with 50 regiment, as the honest john was phased out. in the early 1980s it was part of the artillery division. still stationed at menden in 1991, it was placed in suspended animation in 1993. towards the end of its history the regiment gained the nickname of the "lincolnshire and humberside gunners" and started recruiting mainly from that area as a result, when it was disbanded no other regiment took its areas.