The 7th London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a new unit formed when Britain's Territorial Force was created in 1908. Its origin lay in Artillery Volunteer Corps formed in West London in the 1860s
Royal Artillery cap badge (pre-1953)
Drill Hall built at Wood Lane, Shepherd's Bush, in 1898 for some of the batteries of the 1st City London Artillery, later used by the 7th London Brigade
Entrance to the former drill hall of the 7th County of London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, 86 Fulham Road, in 2012 (now demolished)
BLC 15-pounder gun issued to TF field brigades
The 47th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed during the Second World War and remained in the United Kingdom until the end of the war. In March 1939, after th
Men of the division construct a pontoon bridge over the River Thames.
Soldiers at the division's battle school; bomb-damaged houses are being used to provide a realistic training environment for fighting in built-up areas.
Infantry training at the 47th Division School of Battle Drill at Lymington near Southampton, Hampshire, 11 March 1942.
Infantry training at the division's battle school. The troops are seen advancing between the backs of houses along a railway line.