A related unit 8th Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery also had a brief existence post-World War II.

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

[10] Q Battery was at Sialkot with 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division[11] and on mobilization was assigned to the newly formed I Indian Brigade, RHA with 1st Indian Cavalry Division (attached to 2nd (Sialkot) Cavalry Brigade) and sailed for the Western Front in October 1914.

[8] By October 1919, VIII Brigade, RHA was reformed in the United Kingdom with[13] This new incarnation was short-lived, however.

[8] Post-World War II plans for the Royal Horse Artillery envisioned an 8th Regiment, RHA.

Initially formed in the British Army of the Rhine in October 1946, the decision was rescinded in March 1947 before the regiment was fully constituted.