The battery was formed as 269 (West Riding) Observation Post Battery Royal Artillery (Volunteers) in April 1975 at
Leeds from a cadre of the
West Riding Regiment RA (Territorials). Its role was to provide observation teams to support
1st Armoured Division and
2nd Armoured Division in
Germany. In 1989, the battery re-roled to the
105 mm light gun and in 1993 it joined
19th Regiment Royal Artillery, a regular regiment in
24 Airmobile Brigade. In July 1999, the battery re-roled as an air defence battery equipped with the
Rapier surface-to-air missile system within
106th (Yeomanry) Regiment Royal Artillery. where it was given a
surveillance and target acquisition role. In February 2019, Sergeant Benjamin Boocock, the last surviving member of the
West Riding Artillery to have survived the
Second World War, was buried with full military honours at
St John the Baptist Church, Adel in a ceremony organised by the battery. Under
Army 2020, the battery re-roled to the
M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. ==References==