[2][3] On 4 October 1961, 1 AGRA was officially redesignated, but later dropped the '(Field)' title in 1967 following the 1966 Defence White Paper, becoming the 1st Artillery Brigade.

It gradually evolved from a command unit solely for the Corporal missile regiments to one for all GHQ field artillery within I (British) Corps.

Structure of the 1st Artillery Brigade in 1989:[26] Following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Options for Change paper was published in 1992, which reduced to the army by more than a third.

The brigade's operational role was expanded and by this point oversaw all artillery units administratively within the army.

The brigade's role was described "...will deliver both close support artillery and precision fires, as well as leading Air-Land Integration".

In addition to the removal of the regional basis, the brigade was reorganised, and placed under command of the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division.