V Brigade , Royal Horse Artillery V Brigade , Royal Horse Artillery was a brigade 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 . E Brigade , RHA . The Bombay Army of the Honourable East India Company was the last of the Presidency armies to form Horse Artillery , only forming the " 1st Troop , Bombay Horse Artillery " on 11 November 1811 ( still in existence as N Battery , RHA ) . By the time the Indian Rebellion of 1857 broke out , the Bombay Horse Artillery had grown to four batteries , organized as the " Horse Brigade , Bombay Artillery " . Although the Bombay Army was almost completely unaffected by the Rebellion , the British Crown took direct control of India from the East India Company on 1 November 1858 under the provisions of the Government of India Act 1858 . The Presidency armies transferred to the direct authority of the British Crown and its European units were transferred to the British Army . Henceforth artillery , the mutineers most effective arm , was to be the sole preserve of the British Army ( with the exception of certain Mountain Artillery batteries ) . On 19 February 1862 , the Bombay Horse Artillery transferred to the Royal Artillery as its 4th Horse Brigade . On transfer , 4th Horse Brigade , Royal Artillery comprised : The 1st Brigade with 10 batteries was much larger than the other four ( with four to seven batteries each ) . A reorganization of the Horse Artillery on 13 April 1864 saw 1st Brigade split as A and B Brigades , 2nd Brigade become C Brigade , 3rd become D Brigade , 4th become E Horse Brigade , Royal Artillery , and 5th become F Brigade . As battery designations were tied to the brigade the battery was assigned to , the batteries were also redesignated , the first of a bewildering series of redesignations . E Horse Brigade , RA now comprised : From 1866 , the term " Royal Horse Artillery " appeared in Army List hence the brigade was designated E Brigade , Royal Horse Artillery from about this time . The brigade was broken up on 1 February 1871 and the batteries were transferred to C and D Brigades . It was reformed on 31 March 1875 with five batteries . Another reorganization on 14 April 1877 saw the number of brigades reduced to three ( of 10 batteries each ) and E Brigade was broken up again . Its batteries were transferred to C Brigade and redesignated again , for example , A / E Battery becoming A Battery , C Brigade . The number of brigades was further reduced to two ( of 13 batteries each ) in 1882 . The brigade system was finally abolished in 1889 . Henceforth , batteries were designated in a single alphabetical sequence in order of seniority from date of formation . V Brigade , RHA . Formation . The brigade system was revived in 1901 . Each brigade now commanded just two batteries and a small staff ( a Lieutenant - Colonel in command , an adjutant and a brigade sergeant major ) . Initially , batteries were not assigned to brigades in any particular order , but in 1906 , at the insistence of Edward VII , brigades were redesignated so that batteries were roughly in order of seniority ( hence I Brigade commanded A Battery and B Battery ) . V Brigade , RHA was formed on 1 March 1901 as the XI Brigade - Division , RHA with G Battery and O Battery . In 1903 it was redesignated as XI Brigade , RHA and was stationed at Ambala . On 1 October 1906 , it was redesignated as V Brigade , RHA . World War I . At the outbreak of World War I , the brigade was at Ipswich attached to 5th Cavalry Brigade , still commanding G and O Batteries . On 9 October 1914 , the newly - reformed Z Battery , RHA joined the brigade . It joined 8th Division at Winchester on formation . With 8th Division , it crossed to France on 4 and 5 November 1914 ( landing at Le Havre on 6 and 7 November ) and served with the division on the Western Front until January 1917 . While with the division , it saw action at the battles of Neuve - Chapelle ( Moated Grange Attack , 18 December 1914 ) , Neuve Chapelle again ( 10 – 13 March 1915 ) , Aubers Ridge ( 9 May 1915 ) , Bois - Grenier ( 25 September 1915 ) , and of the Somme ( Battle of Albert on 1 July 1916 and Battle of Le Transloy on 23 – 30 October ) . On 24 November 1914 , G Battery was transferred to XV ( later IV ) Brigade , RHA in 3rd Cavalry Division . O and Z batteries exchanged their 13 pounder s for 18 pounder s on 8 June 1915 . It remained as a two - battery brigade until 8 May 1916 when D ( H ) Battery joined ( designated D ( H ) / V Battery and armed with four 4 . 5 " howitzers ) . This was formed from one section of 55th ( H ) Battery and one section of 57th ( H ) Battery , both of CXXVIII ( H ) Brigade , RFA . D ( H ) / V Battery was broken up on 13 January 1917 and the sections returned to their parent batteries . Army brigade . On 13 January 1917 , the brigade left 8th Division and became V Army Brigade , RHA . On the same day , B Battery of CLXXXVIII Brigade , RFA ( B / CLXXXVIII Battery ) joined and was renamed as A / V Battery . A / V Battery was redesignated as 402nd Battery on 1 June . On 9 April 1918 , G and N Batteries , RHA joined from XVII Army Brigade , RHA and 402nd Battery transferred to XIV Brigade , RFA as 141st Battery , RFA . At the Armistice , the brigade was serving as Army Troops with the Fourth Army with G , N , O and Z Batteries RHA ( twenty four 18 pounder s ) . Post - war reorganisation . The brigade took part in the Victory Parade in Paris in July 1919 . It returned to Aldershot from Germany in October 1919 . At this point , N Battery was then transferred to IX Brigade , RHA and Z Battery to VIII Brigade , RHA ; E Battery , RHA joined from III Brigade , RHA . The brigade survived the immediate post - war reductions in the strength of the RHA , serving on as the junior - most brigade , but was broken up at Meerut in October 1928 . 5th Regiment , RHA . The successor unit , 5th Regiment , RHA , was formed on 25 November 1939 at Wotton - under - Edge , Gloucestershire with G Battery , RHA and K Battery , RHA . For its subsequent history , see 5th Regiment Royal Artillery .