The 39th Division was an infantry formation of the British Army, raised as part of Kitchener's New Armies during World War I. It did not have a regional title, but was composed primarily of recruits f
Alfred Leete's recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.
Machine gunners of the U.S. 77th Division during training under the 39th Battalion, MGC, of British 39th Division, near Moulle, France, 22 May 1918.
The 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment was a Territorial Force unit of the British Army. Formed in 1908 from Volunteer units recruited in Cheshire since 1859, it was one of the first TF units to go to t
The Stockport Armoury was built in 1862 as the drill hall of the 4th Administrative Brigade of Cheshire RVCs, later the 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Cheshire Regiment cap badge.
Aerial photograph of the Schwaben Redoubt (upper right) taken before the Battle of the Somme.
The Schwaben Redoubt, painted after the battle by Sir William Orpen.