The regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA), dating from 1793, are part of the Royal Regiment of Artillery(commonly termed Royal Artillery) of the British Army. Horses are still in service for ceremonial purposes but were phased out from operational deployment during the 1930s.
Almost all the batteries of the Royal Horse Artillery have served continuously since the French Revolutionary Wars or Napoleonic Wars, except the King's Troop which has existed since 1946 and M Battery which was 'reanimated' in 1993.
At the outbreak of World War I the regular RHA comprised twenty-five batteries, eleven of those serving in India with the Indian Army.[6] They were equipped with the Ordnance QF 13 pounder.
In the 1920s, development of trucks and track vehicles brought an end to operational use of horses. By 1927, medium artillery was drawn by tractors instead of heavy draught horses. By 1937, nine field brigades had been mechanised as well as a brigade of RHA.[2]:p 104 The last battery to be mechanised was K Battery, in 1939.
At the onset of World War II, recruits were instructed that "the role of the Royal Artilleryman is, as it has ever been, to fight his gun, forgetful of self, to the last round in support of other arms
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