by the time the first world war broke out, the battery had been re-equipped with six quick-firing 13 pounders and was stationed at risalpur, india with the 1st (peshawar) division. on mobilization it was assigned to the 1st (risalpur) cavalry brigade. it remained in india throughout the war, the only rha battery to do so, seeing extensive service on the north-west frontier. between 1914 and 1917 it was reduced to four guns as it provided a section as reinforcements for the western front. in may 1919, it mobilized with the 1st (risalpur) cavalry brigade and took part in the third anglo-afghan war.