North Midland (Staffordshire) Royal Garrison Artillery
The North Midland (Staffordshire) Heavy Battery was a Territorial Force (TF) unit of the Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) formed in Staffordshire in 1908. It fought on the Western Front during World War I. Converted to medium artillery in the 1920s, the unit took part in the Battle of France and Dunkirk Evacuation in the early part of World War II, before returning to action in North Africa and Italy, and finally in North West Europe.
5.5-inch guns of 240th Battery, 51st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, at Ellesmere Port in Cheshire, 7 July 1941 (IWM H11489)
46th (North Midland) Division
The 46th Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, that saw service in the First World War. At the outbreak of the war, the 46th Division was commanded by Major-General Hon. E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915.
A barbed wire gate in a trench system to form a block against raiders at Cambrin in trenches held by the 1/7th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), 16 September 1917.
Brig-Gen J. V. Campbell on Riqueval Bridge addresses men of 137th Brigade after breaking the German's Hindenburg Line defences on 29 September 1918
The 46th (North Midland) Division memorial on the road between Vermelles and Hulluch
The memorial honouring the casualties of the 46th Division at the Hohenzollern Redoubt
