South Midland (Warwickshire) Royal Garrison Artillery
The South Midland (Warwickshire) Royal Garrison Artillery was a volunteer artillery unit of Britain's Territorial Force formed in 1908. It served in Home Defence and provided heavy artillery support to the armies on the Western Front and Italian Front in World War I. In the interwar years it became 204 (Warwickshire) Battery serving in various regiments and formations before being expanded into a full regiment. In World War II it served in the heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) role defending its home area of the West Midlands against German air attack, and then defended Calcutta against Japanese attacks. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army until 1955.
Cap Badge of the Royal Regiment of Artillery
4.7-inch gun on 'Woolwich' carriage, ca 1914
4.7-inch gun on the Somme, 1916
RGA manhandling a 60-pounder gun at Ypres, 1917
The Coventry Blitz was a series of bombing raids that took place on the British city of Coventry. The city was bombed many times during the Second World War by the German Air Force (Luftwaffe). The most devastating of these attacks occurred on the evening of 14 November 1940 and continued into the morning of 15 November.
Winston Churchill, the Mayor J. A. Moseley, the Bishop of Coventry M. G. Haigh, the Deputy Mayor A. R. Grindlay, and others visiting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral in September 1941
Broadgate, Coventry in 1917
Coventry Cathedral in ruins after the Luftwaffe air raid
The Holy Trinity Church rises above a scene of devastation.