The 39th Divisional Artillery was a Royal Artillery force raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in early 1915. Recruited in Deptford, South London, the units served with the 'Pals battalions' of the 39
Royal Artillery cap badge
Deptford Town Hall, used as a recruiting office.
18-pounder field gun preserved at the Imperial War Museum.
4.5-inch Howitzer at the Royal Artillery Museum.
The 3rd West Lancashire Artillery was a volunteer unit of Britain's Territorial Force recruited from Liverpool that saw action during the First World War, distinguishing itself at the Battle of the Av
39th (Deptford) Divisional Artillery
…January 1917 when CLXXIX Bde was broken up: C (H) Bty was split to make up the other brigades' D (H) Btys to six howitzers each. A/CLXXIX Battery joined CCLXXVII Brigade, RFA, a Lancashire Territorial Force unit operating as an Army Field Artillery (AFA) brigade; it saw extensive service on the Western Front, supporting a…
Waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery, post-1891
BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades