In 1857, one detachment saw service against mutineers in Oudh and Bundlekand in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
The Second Afghan War (1878–80) saw the Derajat Mountain Battery serve with General Roberts throughout the war, and were present at the battles of Peiwar Kotal and Charasiab, the siege of the Sherpur Cantonment at Kabul, and then on the march to south Afghanistan and the Battle of Kandahar.
After the war, in addition to numerous minor Frontier campaigns, the 2nd took part in the 1895 Chitral Expedition.
To honour the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India, they took part in the Rawalpindi Parade 1905.
In World War II they were part of the force sent to the East African Campaign.