540:, two companies of 1/5th North Staffs led, the other two being in the second line, followed by bombing parties to clear enemy dugouts. The men of 1/5th Bn are recorded as shouting 'Forward the Potters' and 'Up the Potters' when they attacked. Things did not go according to plan: the British bombardment had been ineffective while the German artillery brought down a barrage on the division's jumping-off trenches. Charging towards 'Big Willie' trench on the flank of the Hohenzollern, the 1/5th North Staffs came under enfilade fire and lost 20 officers and 485 other ranks in the first few minutes of the attack, the highest casualty rate of any battalion in the 46th Division. The killed included the commanding officer, Lt-Col John Knight, who had been a Volunteer since 1883. Only a handful of the battalion got as far as Big Willie, and there they held on desperately against prompt German counter-attacks. The British attack was quickly called off.
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reserve line was being rolled up from the flank, and soon the remnants of the battalion were forced back to a communication trench west of
Bullecourt. Both here and in the defences further to the north west a few survivors fought on for some hours. A small party, which eventually succeeded in withdrawing, reported that it had fallen back from post to post, beating off many attacks, and that an officer was last seen at 16.00 still firing a Lewis gun, though with one hand smashed. Almost the whole battalion had been killed or captured, including the CO, Lt-Col H. Johnson (wounded and captured). Only one front-line officer of 176th Brigade made it back, and the survivors were collected that night two miles back, to hold a trench there.
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equipment for consolidating the anticipated captures. But the attack was another disaster, the first wave being cut down almost on the start line. The jumping-off and communication trenches were completely inadequate, and the following waves were badly delayed, completely mixed up, and suffering casualties from German shellfire. The brigadier tried to organise a second attack by 1/5th North Staffs and 1/5th South Staffs, but the 1/5th North Staffs now had only 200 men present, and their commanding officer was wounded. After several delays they were told to 'sit tight' and abandon an attack that the
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Brigade's attack on 'Aconite' trench, in two waves behind a creeping barrage beginning at 02.47. By 07.00 the two right companies held
Aconite, but the two left companies were held up in severe house-to-house fighting. A second push at 08.00 cleared the cellars round the church and caused heavy casualties to the defenders. But in the afternoon a German counter-attack drove the battalion back to its start line.
348:, Regular infantry battalions became linked in pairs assigned to particular counties or localities, and the county Militia and Volunteers were affiliated to them. The populous county of Staffordshire was divided into two under this scheme, and from 1873 the 1st Admin Bn was attached to 'Sub-District No 19', headquartered in Lichfield and associated with the
536:, and the division was moved down from Ypres on 1 October for the purpose. The Germans recaptured the Hohenzollern trench system on 3 October, and the new attack was aimed at this point, the actual objective for 1/5th being 'Big Willie' trench followed by 'The Dump' behind the Hohenzollern trenches. It went in at 14.00 on 13 October behind a
925:, the TA's AA units were mobilised on 23 September 1938, with units manning their emergency positions within 24 hours, even though many did not yet have their full complement of men or equipment. The emergency lasted three weeks, and they were stood down on 13 October. Afterwards, Britain's AA defences were further strengthened.
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in
February 1939. In June a partial mobilisation of TA units was begun in a process known as 'couverture', whereby each AA unit did a month's tour of duty in rotation to man selected AA and searchlight positions. On 24 August, ahead of the declaration of war, AA Command was fully mobilised at its war
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attacked, with 137th
Brigade providing a diversion using dummies representing an advancing battalion. On 14 June, two companies of 1/5th North Staffs raided 'Narwal' and 'Contact' trenches, occupying the position for 40 minutes before withdrawing with prisoners, having caused considerable casualties.
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Col Sir
William Warrington Dobson, VD, TD, of Seighford Hall, chairman of Parkers Burslem Brewery, joined the 1st VB North Staffs in 1880 and rose to be its commanding officer 1900–08. He chaired the organising committee for the Staffordshire Territorial Association, and was appointed Hon Col of the
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for his gallantry. That night the rest of 176th
Brigade in Bourlon Wood were subjected to a violent bombardment of high explosive and gas shells, but the division was not directly attacked the following morning. By 4 December the decision had been made to withdraw from the Bourlon Salient, and 59th
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This time 1/5th North Staffs and 1/5th South Staffs were supporting the attack of 137th
Brigade, with bombing parties accompanying the 2nd, 3rd and 4th waves, while the rest of the battalions in the 5th–8th waves were to set off from the Support Line and further back, carrying heavy loads of trench
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of
December 1888 proposed a more comprehensive Mobilisation Scheme for Volunteer units, which would assemble in their own brigades at key points in case of war. In peacetime these brigades provided a structure for collective training. Under this scheme the Volunteer Battalions of the 'North Staffs'
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and covered by morning mist. The battalion repulsed the first attack on its front, but shortly afterwards was driven from its defences and forced back through the village. At 12.15, supported by heavy artillery firing from the rear, it was still clinging to the southern edge of
Bullecourt, but its
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After Lens, the division was withdrawn into reserve, and did not engage in major operations again during 1917. On 29–30 January 1918 the 1/5th North Staffs was broken up to provide replacements to other North Staffs battalions, some going to the 1/6th
Battalion in 137th Brigade, some to the 2/5th
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defences well beyond the Somme battlefields, but 46th Division was withdrawn from the pursuit on 17 March. It spent some time clearing the battlefield of 1 July 1916 and burying the dead who had been lying in No Man's Land for almost 10 months. The men buried in these small battlefield cemeteries
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The 2nd-Line battalion was formed on 1 November 1914 at Hanley from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, together with the many new recruits under training. Initially it was intended to provide drafts for the 1/5th Battalion in France, but this role was later taken over by the 3/5th
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of the 2/5th saw this counter-attack being prepared, and on his own initiative he and a comrade went out to reconnoitre the buildings at the western end of Fontaine. His comrade was hit almost immediately, but Thomas stayed out for three hours, shot several German snipers, and gathered valuable
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46th Division was now ordered to capture Lens itself, beginning on 28 June. 1/5th North Staffs was in Brigade Reserve for the attack, which gained its objectives with few casualties. Another divisional attack on 1 July aimed at capturing more houses and trenches. 1/5th North Staffs led 137th
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to train for deployment overseas. On 1 November a 2nd-Line TF battalion designated the 2/5th was formed at Hanley from the Home Service men and new recruits, the original battalion becoming the 1/5th. The North Midland Division began landing in France in late February 1915 and by 8 March had
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Early 1917 saw the 46th Division still holding the line in the same area. However, at the beginning of March, patrols found that the Germans were beginning to retreat from the Gommecourt defences. The division followed up slowly and cautiously, but on the night of 14 March an attack on
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on 28 November. Fierce German counter-attacks began on 30 November. Two infantry assaults were made against 176th Brigade, the second striking 2/5th North Staffs near Fontaine between 11.00 and 12.00. Both attacks were easily broken up under British artillery fire.
1075:. In 1941 the searchlight layout over the Midlands was reorganised, so that any hostile raid approaching the Gun Defended Areas (GDA) around the towns must cross more than one searchlight belt, and then within the GDAs the concentration of lights was increased.
1207:. Air defence of the crowded bridgehead was vital, and by day the Allies had almost total air superiority, but night raids were common. Communications between sites and operation rooms proved to be a headache, even though the regiment had been loaned the
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says 'would have been a mere waste of life'. Even though they had not been in the leading waves, the 1/5th North Staffs lost 219 officers and men out of a strength of about 600. The battalion's commander, Lt-Col W. Burnett, died of his wounds later, and
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Basil Thomas Fitzherbert, of Norbury and Swynnerton in Staffordshire (1836–1919) was commissioned as lieutenant of the 38th Staffs RVC on 17 September 1860, but became captain of the 40th Staffs RVC on 1 December the same year. He was the father of
1333:(8 May 1945) the regiment handed in its S/L equipment and began occupation duties in Germany – apart from a detachment sent to provide illumination for a British Army Exhibition in Paris. The regiment took over responsibility for the districts of
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The regiment later dropped the searchlight part of its designation. On 1 May 1961, P and R Batteries reverted to the infantry role and were amalgamated with 6th Bn North Staffs to form 5th/6th Bn, while a Troop of Q Battery joined 7th Bn
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was raised in Longton, near Stoke-on-Trent, on 30 September 1859, and was quickly followed by others. By May 1860, there were enough company-sized RVCs in the Stoke area to be formed into the 1st Staffordshire Administrative Battalion.
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killed 5 men (including 3 from 41 S/L) and wounded four men of 41 S/L. Lieutenant Gilbert Rabbetts of 41 S/L 'acted with great gallantry, rapidly removing wounded to hospital, though himself badly wounded' and was later awarded the
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In September the sudden Allied breakout from the Normandy bridgehead left the regiment behind, and it moved up behind the troops, coming under the command of 51 AA Defence HQ, and deploying in troop 'clumps' along the Rivers
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On the outbreak of war in August 1914, the battalion mobilised at Hanley and soon afterwards was invited to volunteer for foreign service. This was accepted by the majority of the men, and the North Midland Division moved to
1096:' targets to industrial cities in Northern England. On the nights of 27/28 and 29/30 July, there were heavy raids and 41 Rgt's searchlights were engaged in illuminating targets for the AA guns. Sergeant L. Cox shot down a
379:. It was formally designated as the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1883. Previously its uniform had been red with blue facings, but in 1886 it adopted the white facings of the North Staffs.
1357:. As demobilisation began, the regiment was kept up to strength for these duties into 1946 by absorbing cadres from other disbanded S/L and LAA regiments. The regiment was placed in suspended animation on 1 March 1946.
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sector, suffering a steady trickle of casualties over the coming months. In May, however, it moved south to take part in the forthcoming offensive on the Somme. The division was ordered to assault the north side of the
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to control the increasing number of anti-aircraft (AA) units being created in the Midlands and North of England. At the same time, several of its infantry battalions were converted into searchlight battalions of the
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headquarters despite the protests of the divisional commander. The battalions had been on the training grounds practising for the attack when it was brought forward. Although 'the assault was gallantly pressed'
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41 (5 NSR) was the first full searchlight regiment to land in Normandy during Overlord, joining some independent batteries that had landed earlier, and until the autumn was the only such unit operating in
1500:, was commissioned into the 41st (5th North Staffs) AA Bn in 1938 and served on the staff during World War II. (There were two other Wedgwoods among the officers of 41 S/L Rgt on the eve of World War II.)
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By February 1945 the regiment was reporting no hostile activity, but it was frequently called upon to illuminate and identify friendly aircraft infringing the defence zone. It was also fitting out a
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The 59th Division took part in following the German Retreat to Hindenburg Line in March and April, but it was not until September that it was engaged in its first full-scale action, the phase of the
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What remained of 59th Division fought rearguard actions during the British Army's 'Great Retreat'. It was sent north to recuperate, but there the survivors were caught up in the second phase of the
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In December 1915 the division was ordered to Egypt, and 137th Brigade arrived there by 13 January. A week later the move was countermanded and the troops re-embarked for France, concentrating near
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Meanwhile, some 41 S/L Regiment personnel were attached 31 AA Brigade HQ for trials using 'Elsie' to track enemy mortar fire. On 18 November a premature explosion while firing a captured German
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in October 1915. In April 1916 it was redesignated the 5th Reserve Battalion, North Staffs, and in September absorbed the 6th Reserve Battalion (formerly the 3/6th Bn from
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and small arms fire: the regiment was credited with two 'kills'. Another heavy mid-level raid on 23 January resulted in more 'kills' shared with the LAA batteries.
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of 1940–41. The Heavy Anti-Aircraft (HAA) guns of the Derby AA Barrage fired for the first time on 19 August. In November, one of 363 Bty's LMG teams shot down a
259:, was appointed lieutenant-colonel to command the battalion. On 1 June 1880 the administrative battalion was consolidated as the new 2nd Staffordshire RVC, with
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Salient, with the 5th North Staffs in the thinly held 'Forward Zone', covering Bullecourt itself. This was where the heaviest German attack fell, following a
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to illuminate aircraft and shipping trying to supply the Germans besieged in the town. The regiment took up positions along the long vulnerable line of the
1013:(often abbreviated as '41 (5 NSR) S/L Rgt') and the companies were designated as batteries. By now the unit had reverted to 2 AA Division, forming part of
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Battalion. Mirroring its 1st-Line parent, the battalion formed part of 2nd Staffordshire Brigade in 2nd North Midland Division; these were later numbered
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took Cardwell's scheme a stage further, the linked battalions converting into single two-battalion regiments. However, while the 38th and 80th became the
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Division held covering positions while this was carried out. By 7 December the British were back on the line that they would hold for the coming winter.
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was forming in 4 AA Division, and 41 AA Battalion was to join it, but the orders to mobilise on 22 August 1939 were actually issued to the battalion by
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at Stoke. In 1949 it was redesignated as a (Mixed) Light Anti-Aircraft/Searchlight Regiment (the 'mixed' referring to the fact that members of the
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728:. This was a carefully prepared assault with massive artillery preparation, and most of the objectives were taken easily. The next phase, the
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attacking from the south, aimed at cutting off the salient, but was in fact a diversion for the main attack a few miles south that opened the
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700:– the troops of the 59th Division were the first TF units to serve in Ireland. After the suppression of the trouble, the division moved to
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with HQ and 362–364 AA Companies at Winton Terrace, Stoke, and 365 AA Company at the Drill Hall, Newcastle-under-Lyme. It formed part of
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cannon to the S/L detachments. Otherwise, training was started for the regiment to take over garrison duty in Germany at the war's end.
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On 15 April 1944 the regiment received orders to mobilise for overseas service, which was completed by 19 May. On 7 June (the day after
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41st AA Battalion spent the autumn of 1939 drawing searchlight equipment from stores, moving to its war stations, and digging in its AA
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in July. It remained in the United Kingdom as a training unit in the North Midland Reserve Brigade of the TF until the end of the war.
580:. During the preparations for this attack, the 1/5th North Staffs dug practice trenches behind the line for the division to rehearse.
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1211:(RCS) line section of 42 S/L Regt (which was waiting to deploy to Normandy) and had the assistance of 153 and 154 Line Sections RCS.
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where it practised laying out mobile searchlight sites and waterproofed its equipment ready for landing in Normandy. It embarked at
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Searchlight Control (SLC) Radar, known as 'Elsie', was introduced from 1941 and was in widespread use by 1942. In July 1942, the
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Graben (trench) by the 1/5th North Staffs and 1/6th South Staffs led to heavy casualties. The rushed attack had been ordered by
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SLC and cooperating with Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) batteries. There were frequent German raids in late December (during the
732:(26 September), was equally successful, with 176th Brigade advancing steadily behind its barrage onto the final objectives.
1446:(The Prince of Wales's). This battalion in turn was disbanded in 1999, with C Company becoming C (Stafford) Company of the
1112:, which reorganised its defences in January 1943. 41 S/L Regiment was ordered to take over searchlight sites defending the
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As a result of an invasion scare in 1859, Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) began to be organised throughout Great Britain. The
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was formed in 1938 and 33 AA Brigade was transferred to it, while all TA AA formations were brought under a newly created
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At the end of January 1918, the battalion absorbed a draft of men from the 1/5th Battalion, which was being broken up (
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E Company at Stoke-on-Trent (10th Staffs RVC formed 19 January 1860), with an affiliated Cadet Corps from 1875 to 1884.
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completed its concentration – the first complete TF formation to arrive on the Western Front. It was numbered the
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Lt-Col Joseph Knight, VD, former second-in-command of the 1st VB North Staffs, appointed 1888, until 1900.
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was disbanded and the number of air defence units reduced: 576 LAA/SL Regiment was amalgamated with 349 (
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in 39th Division. All these formations were training cadres, the 39th Division being engaged in training
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troops. On 6 November 1918 the battalion was demobilised and the remaining men drafted to other units.
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new 5th North Staffs on 26 May 1908, remaining Hon Col of the 41st S/L Rgt until his death in 1941.
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824:. When that division returned to the United Kingdom to be rebuilt, the 5th Bn transferred first to
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46th (North Midland) Division's memorial at Cité de Madagascar, site of the Hohenzollern Redoubt.
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In May 1918 the shattered 59th Division was temporarily disbanded and its battalions reduced to
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and resumed training. It returned to England in January 1917 and began final battle training at
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in April. Late in May, the division began small-scale operations against Hill 65. On 8 June,
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single-engined fighter-bombers across the Scheldt was engaged by 20 of 41 S/L's sites with
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of the Wedgwood pottery firm was the original lieutenant of the 36th Staffs RVC at Hanley.
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against Dunkirk, and on 25 April the Troop shelled the Germans with its new Polsten guns.
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in 1921). Once again it was in 137 (Staffordshire) Bde in 46th (North Midland) Division.
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with bombs, incendiaries and flares. In August 1943, 362 Bty moved from Pollington to
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on 8 August and by 11 August was deployed to defend the vital US Army supply port of
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bomber at Borton-in-the-Wolds, while in February 1941, 365's Bty HQ was strafed by a
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On 7 February 1920 the 5th North Staffs was reformed in the TF (reconstituted as the
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by mid-February. The only result of this move was an outbreak of infectious disease (
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At the same time, the men of J Company at Leek mainly transferred to a newly formed
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The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive
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The battalion was not involved in the 46th Division's first action (the German
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for the winter, adopting an 'extended canopy' layout, introducing new Mk VIII
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A memorial to the 59th (North Midland) Division and its units was erected in
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576 (5th Bn, The North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment RA (TA)
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was followed by an intense period of enemy air activity that culminated in
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In 1967 the 5/6th North Staffs and 7th Cheshire were both merged into the
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The following officers commanded 41 (5NSR) S/L Rgt during World War II:
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On 1 January 1947 the regiment was reformed in the Territorial Army as
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of the North Staffs, and the Staffordshire Brigade was assigned to the
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A Company at Longton (original 2nd Staffs RVC formed 30 September 1859)
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3297:
History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
3168:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1988/London: Brasseys, 1996,
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917
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picked up by the searchlights engaged two of the regiment's sites at
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On 1 August 1940 the AA battalions of the RE were transferred to the
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A reserve battalion, designated the 3/5th, was formed in May 1915 at
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660:) and 2/6th battalions serving in the 59th Division, and some to the
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, November–December 1944, TNA file WO 171/1203.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, September–October 1944, TNA file WO 171/1203.
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31st AA Brigade War Diary, April–August 1944, TNA file WO 171/1080.
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The following officers served as Honorary Colonel of the regiment:
1454:, with the Staffordshire lineage being continued by 3rd Battalion.
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90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft, displayed at Fort Nelson, Portsmouth
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on 30–31 July 1915), but was in the forefront of the attack on the
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F Company (former L) at The Armoury, Town Hall, High Street, Stone
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The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battle of Arras
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, August–November 1940, TNA file WO 166/3059.
1549:, Staffordshire, is dedicated to all the Staffordshire Regiments.
1163:. In February, RHQ and 363 Bty moved from Thorne to The Croft at
3213:, Samson Books 1978/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2001,
2994:
Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, February–March 1945, TNA file WO 171/5089.
1244:. 362 Battery had three men killed by one of these V-1 attacks.
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41st (5th North Staffordshire Regiment) Searchlight Regiment, RA
708:, where there was a large purpose-built camp on the edge of the
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in October that year. This was an attempt to restart the failed
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searchlight regiment in Home Defence and was the first complete
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, April–August 1944, TNA file WO 166/14873.
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31st AA Brigade War Diary, February 1944, TNA file WO 171/1080.
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41 AA Bn War Diary, August–November 1939, TNA file WO 166/3059.
1279:), and on 1 January 1945 a low-level daylight raid by about 40
1124:, while 363 Bty and Regimental HQ moved to the Militia Camp at
3367:
The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, May–December 1945, TNA file WO 171/5089.
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31st AA Brigade War Diary, October 1944, TNA file WO 171/1080.
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365 S/L Bty War Diary, July–August 1940, TNA file WO 166/3208.
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respectively. Meanwhile, 'Bullseye' exercises continued with
419:. There were minor changes to the battalion's organisation:
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31st AA Brigade War Diary, July 1944, TNA file WO 171/1080.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, February 1944, TNA file WO 166/14873.
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365 S/L Bty War Diary, February 1941, TNA file WO 166/3208.
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In late November the regiment moved north of Antwerp under
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training area, before embarking for France on 17 February.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, December 1944, TNA file WO 171/1203.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, January 1943, TNA file WO 166/11502.
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41 AA Bn War Diary, May–August 1940, TNA file WO 166/3059.
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where they formed 541st S/L Bty with recruits mainly from
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respectively. Training was carried out at Luton and later
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9th (Service) Battalion, which was serving as Pioneers in
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of the Manchester Regiment was appointed CO in his place.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, January 1945, TNA file WO 171/5089.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, August 1944, TNA file WO 166/14873.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, August 1943, TNA file WO 166/11502.
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, January 1942, TNA file WO 166/7792.
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773:). Henceforth the 2/5th became simply the 5th Battalion.
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K Company at Hanley (36th Staffs RVC formed 18 June 1860)
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, March 1943, TNA file WO 166/11502.
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were later re-interred in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery.
3333:, London: Royal Artillery Institution/Brassey's, 1994,
3051:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, April 1945, TNA file WO 171/5089.
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GZ, while 365 Company was guarding vital points around
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on 1 July 1916. The operation, in conjunction with the
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, July 1942, TNA file WO 166/7792.
900:(RE). The 5th North Staffs was one of these, becoming
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Battleground Europe: Loos –1915: Hohenzollern Redoubt
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41 S/L Rgt War Diary, May 1941, TNA file WO 166/3059.
1964:
Accounts of attack on Bucquoy at Buxton War Memorials
1450:. In 2007 the West Midlands Regiment was merged into
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were integrated into the regiment). On 10 March 1955
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Lt-Col Marcus Jelley, OBE, from 9 June 1940 to VE Day
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area to be employed in the 'Anti-Diver' role against
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The Germans eventually retreated as far as their new
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Under the scheme of 'localisation' introduced by the
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Cherry, pp. 247–8, 257–8, 266–7, 271, 286–92, 296–7.
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to former pupils who served in the 5th North Staffs.
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in May, when the Staffordshire Brigade was numbered
3229:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
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965:(LMG) positions. Battalion HQ moved from Stoke to
740:59th Division was next moved south to join in the
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3480:Military units and formations established in 1859
3030:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
3015:The 46th (North Midland) Division at Lens in 1917
1506:Francis Fitzherbert-Stafford, 12th Baron Stafford
1151:By 1944, 41 S/L Rgt had come under the orders of
991:68th (North Midland) AA Regiment, Royal Artillery
563:The 46th Division went back into the line in the
226:(previously the Territorial Army) as part of the
3353:The Territorial Force in Staffordshire 1908–1915
3087:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries
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2545:Ellis, Vol. I, Appendix IV; Vol II, Appendix IV.
2410:89 S/L Rgt War Diary 1941, TNA file WO 166/3109.
1369:Lt-Col J.O. Doyle, OBE, TD, appointed 2 May 1936
1056:, and fought in the North West Europe campaign.
426:B Company (former B & K) at the Drill Hall,
411:in 1908, the 1st Volunteer Battalion became the
395:, whose place of assembly in case of war was at
369:Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire) Regiment
354:80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot
3490:Military units and formations in Stoke-on-Trent
3198:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
2747:414–443 Regiments at British Army units 1947 on
2692:564–591 Regiments at British Army units 1947 on
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1263:, leaving two Troops of 362 Bty deployed round
439:E Company at the Drill Hall, Hill Street, Stoke
436:D Company at The Armoury, Bath Street, Tunstall
3485:Military units and formations in Staffordshire
3183:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984,
2348:2 AA Division 1940 at British Military History
2257:4 AA Division 1939 at British Military History
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1040:of experienced men to 235 S/L Training Rgt at
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3227:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
3196:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
3181:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
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1531:A World War I memorial plaque was erected at
1310:In April, the regiment moved up first to the
789:), 59th Division was holding the line of the
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2246:AA Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files
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448:H Company (former M) at Trent Vale, Trentham
3365:Graham E. Watson & Richard A. Rinaldi,
2210:2nd AA Division at British Military History
41:5th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
3284:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983,
3008:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
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1153:31st (North Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
993:. At the same time, Battalion HQ moved to
222:. Its successors continue to serve in the
43:41st Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery
3495:1859 establishments in the United Kingdom
3437:Imperial War Museum War Memorials Archive
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1029:with 365 Bty, while 363 Bty moved to the
1025:, near Nottingham; now it moved again to
696:to help quell disturbances following the
377:98th (Prince of Wales's) Regiment of Foot
373:64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
350:38th (1st Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot
301:(13th Staffs RVC formed 26 February 1860)
277:(3rd Staffs RVC formed 27 September 1859)
3277:, London: Allen Lane 1971/Fontana, 1975.
3068:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
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1496:Arthur's nephew and Clement's grandson,
692:In April 1916 the battalion was sent to
393:Staffordshire Volunteer Infantry Brigade
329:(40th Staffs RVC formed 1 December 1860)
310:the Old Barracks at Newcastle-under-Lyme
284:(6th Staffs RVC formed 28 December 1859)
3275:The First Day on the Somme, 1 July 1916
2769:1st Mercian Volunteers at Regiments.org
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3362:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
2200:Watson & Rinaldi, pp. 109–10, 113.
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433:C Company at Newcastle Street, Burslem
371:(the 'North Staffs'), formed from the
319:(28th Staffs RVC formed 26 April 1860)
291:(9th Staffs RVC formed 4 January 1860)
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3405:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
3403:In Flanders Fields: the 1917 Campaign
832:on 17 June, then to 117th Brigade of
7:
3247:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1015:32nd (Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade
921:As tensions rose at the time of the
2736:AGRAs at British Army 1945 onwards.
1411:2nd Army Group Royal Artillery (AA)
1048:. This battery then formed part of
679:176th (2/1st Staffordshire) Brigade
423:A Company at Portland Road, Longton
3432:Commonwealth War Graves Commission
3262:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2996:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
2791:West Midland Regt at Regiments.org
2780:3rd Staffordshire at Regiments.org
1132:. On the night of 9 March 1943, a
906:33rd (Western) Anti-Aircraft Group
872:in March 1917 and to the coast at
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3442:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3384:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2802:Mercian Regiment at Regiments.org
2758:6th North Staffs at Regiments.org
2283:41 AA Bn War Diary, August 1939,
2169:5th North Staffs at Regiments.org
2109:, Vol I, pp. 387–8, 441–5, 530–1.
1984:Gommecourt New Wood CWGC Cemetery
1324:1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade
1052:, which was later converted into
1036:In early 1941, 41 S/L Rgt sent a
683:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
247:Major Coote Manningham Buller, a
2285:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
2003:Campbell-Johnson, pp. 19, 24–30.
1775:North Staffs at Long, Long Trail
1092:transferred its attention from '
761:information. He was awarded the
263:permitted as an official title:
251:officer who had served with the
76:
60:
3417:British Army units from 1945 on
3081:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
3062:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1896:, pp. 171, 193, and Appendix 3.
1426:R (5th North Staffords) Battery
1417:P (5th North Staffords) Battery
943:34th (South Midland) AA Brigade
3318:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003,
3013:Lt P. S. C. Campbell-Johnson,
2726:Routledge, Table LXXV, p. 442.
1498:Sir John Wedgwood, 2nd Baronet
1017:responsible for defending the
826:103rd (Tyneside Irish) Brigade
726:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
391:and 'South Staffs' formed the
332:M Company was formed later at
1:
2096:, pp. 232–4, 321, Appendix 8.
1009:(RA), with the unit becoming
937:On the outbreak of war a new
866:North Midland Reserve Brigade
785:opened on 21 March 1918 (the
489:137th (Staffordshire) Brigade
485:46th (North Midland) Division
386:garrison in case of war. The
340:Localisation and mobilisation
220:D-Day landings of 6 June 1944
3382:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
2392:Routledge Table LXV, p. 396.
1994:Campbell-Johnson, pp. 10–19.
1812:MacDonald, pp. 50–52, 106–7.
1349:, dealing with thousands of
574:56th (1/1st London) Division
522:flamethrower attack at Hooge
365:South Staffordshire Regiment
200:North Staffordshire Regiment
198:as the 5th Battalion of the
3347:, London: War Office, 1950.
3329:Brigadier N. W. Routledge,
2274:Routledge Table LX, p. 378.
1685:Training Depots, 1873–1881.
1547:National Memorial Arboretum
1533:Newcastle-under-Lyme School
1261:105th Anti-Aircraft Brigade
1078:May 1941 saw RHQ moving to
308:(16th Staffs RVC formed at
3511:
3369:, Tiger Lily Books, 2018,
3032:, Solihull: Helion, 2005,
2383:Farndale, Annex D, p. 258.
2308:Farndale, Annex M, p. 339.
1540:St Mary's Church, Stafford
1155:, which was earmarked for
977:Gun Zone (GZ), 364 in the
893:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
836:on 27 June and finally to
26:
3459:The Territorial Army 1947
3452:Royal Artillery 1939–1945
3243:Norman E. H. Litchfield,
3211:British Regiments 1914–18
2373:2 AA Division at RA 39–45
2262:23 September 2015 at the
2236:Routledge, pp. 65–6, 371.
2215:23 September 2015 at the
454:2nd North Midland Brigade
261:The Staffordshire Rangers
3422:British Military History
3010:100th Edn, London, 1953.
2188:Frederick, pp. 859, 866.
2135:15 November 2009 at the
2021:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 17–23.
1847:, Vol I, pp. 252–9, 308.
1698:Beckett, pp. 135, 185–6.
1545:A grove of trees at the
1484:Clement Francis Wedgwood
1391:Women's Royal Army Corps
1059:The quiet period of the
407:On the formation of the
27:Not to be confused with
3343:Brigadier A. P. Sayer,
3295:Captain Wilfred Miles,
3225:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
2702:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
2670:41 S/L Rgt War Diaries.
2148:Titles and Designations
2130:Training Bns at Warpath
2119:North Staffs at Warpath
1945:Campbell-Johnson, p. 9.
1723:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 61–7.
803:German spring offensive
783:German spring offensive
150:German spring offensive
3475:Staffordshire Regiment
3109:The Battle of Normandy
2362:41 S/L Rgt at RA 39–45
2070:Miles, pp. 226, 262–7.
1659:Beckett, Appendix VII.
1448:West Midlands Regiment
1444:Staffordshire Regiment
1209:Royal Corps of Signals
958:
730:Battle of Polygon Wood
517:
509:
417:North Midland Division
3301:The Battle of Cambrai
3141:Captain Cyril Falls,
3128:The Defeat of Germany
2827:Who Was Who 1941–1950
1974:MacDonald, pp. 559–6.
1936:MacDonald, pp. 556-7.
1918:MacDonald, pp. 496–8/
1883:MacDonald pp. 338–41.
1874:MacDonald pp. 229–33.
1675:Westlake, pp. 217–22.
1491:Arthur Felix Wedgwood
1420:Q (Wirral) Battery –
1353:('DP's) and released
1161:Browning machine guns
1100:with his site's LMG.
956:
931:Anti-Aircraft Command
822:16th (Irish) Division
795:hurricane bombardment
617:Arthur Felix Wedgwood
515:
507:
458:Royal Field Artillery
304:G and H Companies at
240:2nd Staffordshire RVC
172:Staffordshire Rangers
39:Staffordshire Rangers
29:Stafford Rangers F.C.
3427:Buxton War Memorials
3280:Martin Middlebrook,
3273:Martin Middlebrook,
2227:Routledge, pp. 62–3.
2083:, Vol I, pp. 228–32.
2061:Miles, pp. 167, 213.
2043:, Vol II, pp. 288–9.
1909:, Vol I, pp. 465–70.
1865:MacDonald pp. 293–4.
1821:MacDonald pp. 57–65.
1803:MacDonald, pp. 41–4.
1542:, after World War I.
1385:. It formed part of
1281:Messerschmitt Bf 109
1173:No. 264 Squadron RAF
787:Battle of St Quentin
530:Hohenzollern Redoubt
500:Hohenzollern Redoubt
312:on 24 February 1860)
306:Newcastle-under-Lyme
267:HQ at Stoke-on-Trent
216:North-Western Europe
3122:Major L. F. Ellis,
2992:Ian F. W. Beckett,
2859:, 22 November 1938.
2682:Frederick, p. 1023.
2320:Litchfield, p. 215.
1732:MacDonald, pp. 8–9.
1635:, 30 December 1856.
1589:Frederick, pp. 312.
1407:441 LAA/SL Regiment
1399:Lancashire Yeomanry
1361:Commanding Officers
1277:Battle of the Bulge
1120:, 364 Bty going to
1116:, 362 Bty going to
1084:83 S/L Regiment, RA
722:3rd Ypres Offensive
591:Major A.E.F. Fawcus
578:Battle of the Somme
388:Stanhope Memorandum
190:. It fought on the
3194:J.B.M. Frederick,
3179:J.B.M. Frederick,
2437:Routledge, p. 399.
2401:Frederick, p. 861.
1856:MacDonald, p. 109.
1794:Rawson, pp. 122–4.
1440:Mercian Volunteers
1329:Immediately after
1296:Landing Craft Tank
1157:Operation Overlord
959:
908:in 2 AA Division.
807:Battles of the Lys
570:Gommecourt Salient
518:
510:
480:Bishop's Stortford
3390:978-1-84884-211-3
3351:Andrew Thornton,
3309:978-1-84574-724-4
3268:978-0-9558119-0-6
3236:978-1-84342-474-1
3219:978-1-84342-197-9
3209:Brig E.A. James,
3155:978-1-84574-722-0
3101:Major L. F. Ellis
3023:978-1-4457-9613-0
2942:IWM WMA Ref 61975
2931:IWM WMA Ref 51092
2920:IWM WMA Ref 38452
2909:IWM WMA Ref 38344
2898:IWM WMA Ref 13648
2873:25 September 1860
2287:file WO 166/3059.
2030:Wolff, pp. 191–5.
1954:Falls, pp. 108–9.
1927:MacDonald p. 555.
1707:Dunlop, pp. 60–1.
1633:Edinburgh Gazette
1478:Prominent Members
1433:Cheshire Regiment
1351:displaced persons
1285:Focke-Wulf Fw 190
1273:centimetric radar
1232:and moved to the
1193:Southampton Docks
1054:133rdLight AA Rgt
963:Light machine gun
864:) and joined the
862:Burton-upon-Trent
742:Battle of Cambrai
549:Paratyphoid fever
409:Territorial Force
403:Territorial Force
165:
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160:North West Europe
51:30 September 1859
16:(Redirected from
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3258:Alan MacDonald,
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3045:James E. Edmonds
2977:Maj A. F. Becke,
2962:Maj A. F. Becke,
2959:(various dates).
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180:British Army
178:unit of the
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3396:Who Was Who
3299:, Vol III,
1649:4 May 1860.
1513:John Thomas
1134:Dornier 217
874:Mablethorpe
758:John Thomas
464:World War I
257:Crimean War
255:during the
212:searchlight
196:World War I
120:Engagements
115:The Potters
112:Nickname(s)
102:Garrison/HQ
96:Air Defence
3469:Categories
3345:Army Radar
3126:, Vol II:
3066:, Vol II,
2950:References
1620:Army Lists
1401:) LAA and
1395:AA Command
1339:Marienberg
1335:Hildesheim
1312:River Waal
1148:aircraft.
1142:North Cave
1122:Scunthorpe
1118:Pollington
1110:5 AA Group
1061:Phoney War
987:Ironbridge
983:Nottingham
975:Birmingham
934:stations.
791:Bullecourt
662:'New Army'
559:Gommecourt
553:Diphtheria
384:Portsmouth
218:after the
182:from the '
3160:Gen. Sir
3145:, Vol I,
3107:, Vol I:
3085:, Vol I,
2957:Army List
2105:Edmonds,
2079:Edmonds,
2039:Edmonds,
1905:Edmonds,
1843:Edmonds,
1520:Memorials
1489:His son,
1197:Cherbourg
1138:Yokefleet
1130:Doncaster
1089:Luftwaffe
1065:the Blitz
1031:Sheffield
1001:The Blitz
997:, Derby.
854:Catterick
781:When the
771:see above
716:3rd Ypres
687:St Albans
658:see below
538:gas cloud
359:The 1881
299:Kidsgrove
184:Potteries
176:volunteer
142:3rd Ypres
2712:Watson,
2260:Archived
2213:Archived
2133:Archived
1834:, p. 73.
1554:Dilhorne
1316:Nijmegen
1289:Bren gun
1234:Brussels
1179:Normandy
971:Redditch
858:Grantham
746:Cantaing
334:Trentham
289:Tunstall
249:half-pay
92:Infantry
2844:Burke's
2714:TA 1947
1403:493 HAA
1377:Postwar
1306:Germany
1265:Dunkirk
1242:Antwerp
1128:, near
1046:Glasgow
969:, near
870:Lincoln
842:US Army
608:V Corps
604:Bucquoy
597:Bucquoy
524:in the
428:Shelton
282:Burslem
234:Origins
146:Cambrai
134:Bucquoy
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1189:Sussex
1126:Thorne
1027:Oakham
706:Fovant
694:Dublin
545:Amiens
275:Hanley
245:Brevet
174:was a
73:Branch
48:Active
1894:Somme
1832:Somme
1561:Notes
1527:Stone
1343:Peine
1320:Rhine
1226:Somme
1222:Seine
1185:D-Day
1165:Selby
1042:Troon
1038:cadre
979:Derby
476:Luton
327:Stone
202:. In
156:Blitz
153:WWII:
130:Somme
3386:ISBN
3371:ISBN
3335:ISBN
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2107:1918
2081:1918
2041:1917
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1845:1916
1341:and
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1167:and
1033:GZ.
981:and
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681:and
641:Lens
635:Lens
565:Vimy
551:and
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317:Leek
170:The
138:Lens
126:Loos
123:WWI:
88:Role
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