It was the last RHA unit to serve in India between December 1945 and April 1947, before being redesignated as 6th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery in Palestine in 1948.

It was reestablished in 1901 as VI Brigade,[a] RHA but was broken up at the outbreak of World War I as its constituent batteries were posted to other formations.

The Bengal Army of the Honourable East India Company formed its first battery of Horse Artillery, the Experimental Brigade, Bengal Horse Artillery on 4 December 1800 (still in existence as F Battery, RHA).

[3] By the time the Indian Rebellion of 1857 broke out, the Bengal Horse Artillery had grown to 13 batteries, organized as three brigades.

Henceforth, batteries were designated in a single alphabetical sequence in order of seniority from date of formation.

[22] K Battery was at Christchurch[20] and on 1 October was assigned to XV (later IV) Brigade, RHA[19] in 3rd Cavalry Division.

By October 1919, VI Brigade, RHA was reformed at Shorncliffe in the United Kingdom with[24] This new incarnation was short-lived, however.

On 8 January 1920, the Headquarters was absorbed into the HQ of 8th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.

[32] On 29 April 1947, the regiment departed Bombay (Mumbai) for Port Said, Egypt arriving on 8 May.

It was posted to the Canal Zone, serving there until October, before moving to Palestine on internal security duties.