139th (Sherwood Foresters) Brigade
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The 139th Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in the First World War with the 46th Division. Later designated the 139th Infantry Brigade, the brigade also saw service with the 46th Infantry Division in the Second World War.
Sherman tanks supporting infantrymen of the 2/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment, 46th Division, near Coldazzo on the Gothic Line, 30 August 1944.
46th (North Midland) Division
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The 46th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, that saw service in the First World War. At the outbreak of the war, the 46th Division was commanded by Major-General Hon. E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915.
A barbed wire gate in a trench system to form a block against raiders at Cambrin in trenches held by the 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 16 September 1917.
Brig-Gen J. V. Campbell on Riqueval Bridge addresses men of 137th Brigade after breaking the German's Hindenburg Line defences on 29 September 1918
The 46th (North Midland) Division memorial on the road between Vermelles and Hulluch
The memorial honouring the casualties of the 46th Division at the Hohenzollern Redoubt