Leicester Town Rifles
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The Leicester Town Rifles was an early unit of the British Volunteer Force raised in 1859. It went on to become the parent unit of the Territorial Army battalions of the Leicestershire Regiment, which
46th Division memorial at Vermelles, starting point for the division's attack on 13 October 1915
46th (North Midland) Division's memorial at Cité de Madagascar, site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
Men of 4th Leicesters firing at German snipers and machine gunners on the edge of Riqueval Wood near Bohain, 10 October 1918
Bofors gun and crew, summer 1944
The 10th Anti-Aircraft Division was an air defence formation of the British Army during the early years of the Second World War. It defended Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire during The Blitz and th
troops of 9th Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment, helping to clear bomb damage in Hull.
Spotter and predictor operators at a 4.5-inch HAA gun site in Leeds, 20 March 1941.
3.7-inch HAA gun preserved at Fort Paull in the Hull GDA (Photo: Andy Beecroft).
Blitz devastation in Sheffield city centre