V Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery

E Brigade, RHA
V Brigade, RHA
Active19 February 1862 – 1 February 1871
31 March 1875 – 14 April 1877
1 March 1901 – October 1928
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeArtillery
SizeBattalion
Part of8th Division
Fourth Army
EngagementsWorld War I
Western Front

V Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery was a brigade[a] of the Royal Horse Artillery which existed in the early part of the 20th century. It served with 8th Division on the Western Front in World War I before becoming V Army Brigade, RHA in January 1917. It was reformed after the war but was disbanded in October 1928.

The successor unit, 5th Regiment, RHA, was formed in 1939 and still exists as 5th Regiment Royal Artillery.

The brigade had an earlier incarnation as E Brigade, RHA, formed from the Horse Artillery Brigade of the Honourable East India Company's Bombay Army in 1862 before being broken up in 1877.

  1. ^ "The Royal Artillery". Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom). Retrieved 22 May 2013.
  2. ^ Baker, Chris. "What was an artillery brigade?". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 22 May 2013.


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