CXIX Brigade was a Royal Field Artillery unit raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' during World War I. Initially recruited in Wales as part of 38th Division, it served on the Western Front and saw act
Royal Artillery cap badge
18-Pounder field gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
4.5-inch Howitzer at the Royal Artillery Museum.
An 18-pounder in action on the Somme.
50th (Northumbrian) Division
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The Northumbrian Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force with units drawn from the north-east of England, notably Northumberland, Durham
Division sign as used on signboards.
The Northumbrian Division's first battles.
First areas to be held by the division. (Mt Sorrel just S.E. of Zillebeke.)
Troops of the 1/5th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers cheering after the attack on Le Sars. Near Albert, 7 October 1916.