The 1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, later 2nd North Midland Brigade, was a Volunteer unit of the Royal Artillery of the British Army recruiting primarily from Staffordshire. It fought on the W
Letterhead of the 4th Battery, Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, c1900
16 pdr RML Shropshire & Staffordshire Volunteer Artillery, 1897
18-pounder in action on the Somme
French De Bange 90 mm gun, issued to 2nd Line RFA units.
The 3rd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a volunteer unit of the British Territorial Force formed in 1908. It served in some of the bloodiest battles on the Western Front during World
1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
…was demobilised on 8 August 1919. The 2nd North Midland Bde RFA was reformed in 1920 with an additional battery (based at Stafford) from the former 3rd North Midland. On the reconstitution of the TF as the Territorial Army (TA), the 2nd was renumbered as 61st (North Midland) Bde RFA in 1921. The unit had the following…
Cap Badge of the Royal Artillery
Riding School Drill Hall today
15-pounder gun
18-pounder preserved at the Imperial War Museum