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The Staffordshire Rangers was a volunteer unit of the British Army from the 'Potteries' area around Stoke-on-Trent. It fought on the Western Front in World War I as the 5th Battalion of the North Staf
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.
Officers of the 5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment, Bucquoy, March 1917. The battalion took part in the unsuccessful attack of 14 March on Bucquoy, which was evacuated by the Germans on 18 March.
90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
The 1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, later 2nd North Midland Brigade, was a Volunteer unit of the Royal Artillery of the British Army recruiting primarily from Staffordshire. It fought on the W
Staffordshire Rangers
…H Company (former M) at Trent Vale, Trentham At the same time, the men of J Company at Leek mainly transferred to a newly formed 2nd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the battalion mobilised at Hanley and soon afterwards was invited to volunteer for foreign…
Letterhead of the 4th Battery, Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, c1900
16 pdr RML Shropshire & Staffordshire Volunteer Artillery, 1897
18-pounder in action on the Somme
French De Bange 90 mm gun, issued to 2nd Line RFA units.