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For information for the period 1863-1911, refer [[Stations of Royal Artillery in India]]
===First World War===
[http://www.1914-1918.net/cra.htm The British artillery of 1914-1918] from "The Long, Long Trail The British Army in the Great War", which indicates there were some Regular Army Brigades in India throughout the War , examples being
*6 (Howitzer) Brigade (regular, VI (How))
:Comprising only number 77 Battery and based at Jhansi, this brigade came under command of the 7th (Meerut) Division of the Indian Army. It remained in India throughout the war, leaving the Division when it went to France. In 1915-6 it was under the 1st (Peshawar) Division.
*7 Brigade (regular, VII)
:Comprising numbers 4, 38 and 78 Batteries RFA plus 68 and 84 Companies RGA and 104 Battery RGA and based at Rawalpindi, this brigade came under command of the 2nd (Rawalpindi) Division of the Indian Army. It remained in India throughout the war.
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