The Birmingham Rifles was a volunteer unit of the British Army founded in Birmingham in 1859. As the 5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, it served as infantry on the Western Front and in Italy during World War I. Its successor units served in air defence during the early part of World War II, and later as anti-tank gunners in the Burma Campaign.
Thorp Street drill hall, now a car park
90 cm 'Projector Anti-Aircraft', displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
11th AA Divisional sign
A Bofors gun featuring the 'Stiffkey Sight'.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years. The regiment saw service in many conflicts and wars, including the Second Boer War and both the First and Second World Wars. On 1 May 1963, the regiment was re-titled, for the final time, as the Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers and became part of the Fusilier Brigade.
Royal Warwickshire Regiment Cap Badge
Siege of Namur, 1695; the regiment's first battle honour
Battle of Almansa, 1707
Soldier of 6th regiment, ca 1742