670:. Careful artillery preparation and support was an integral part of this success. Hill Child had nine brigades of field artillery under his command, including CCXXXI Brigade, and several brigades of corps heavy artillery were also firing on the division's front. The bombardment began on the night of 26/27 September with harassing fire and gas shells, followed with intense bombardment with high explosive shells until the morning of the assault. Every field gun was used in carefully timed barrages: 'creeping barrages' (including smoke shells) ahead of the attacking troops, with pauses at the end of each phase, including a 'standing barrage' of three hours to allow mopping-up of the first objectives to be carried out, and the second wave of troops to pass through and renew the attack behind the creeping barrage. The first of these creeping barrages actually progressed at twice the normal pace while the infantry rushed downhill to seize the canal crossings; it was described in the
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went in on 1 July their men emerged to receive the attack with heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. During the attack, the 18-pounders fired a covering barrage, which was lifted onto each enemy trench line in turn, but the infantry were unable to keep up with these lifts: artillery observation during the attack was difficult due to the smokescreen and confusion. 139 Brigade broke into the first German trench and some parties reached the second, but overall the attack was a bloody failure, as was the whole
Gommecourt action. Attempts to reinforce 139 Brigade during the afternoon broke down and the Germans retook the positions lost.
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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-attacks drove the battalion back to its start line.
550:. Over the first 10 days of the month, the divisional artillery took over the existing battery positions along this front and began digging additional ones. The sector was a quiet one, but on the night of 15/16 May there was a sudden German bombardment of the division's positions, apparently set off by the Germans detecting a wiring party of the adjacent
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War I patterns. However, the batteries only held four guns in peacetime. The guns and their first-line ammunition wagons were still horsedrawn and the battery staffs were mounted. Partial mechanisation was carried out from 1927, but the guns retained iron-tyred wheels until pneumatic tyres began to be introduced just before
1203:, serving directly under Corps and Army HQs as required, until the end of the year. The composition of AGRAs varied according to circumstances, and mainly comprised medium regiments, but 61st Field Regiment was usually included in 59th AGRA during the autumn of 1944, sometimes with 116th Field Regiment in addition.
1244:. It was a textbook operation, employing 21st Army Group's superior resources in airpower, engineering and artillery to overcome formidable minefields, anti-tank ditches and fortifications with low casualties. 59 AGRA was one of three AGRAs devoted to supporting the attack by a single infantry brigade (
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in the
Hoogboom area. 61 and 116 Field Regiments were absent from 59 AGRA in late October, then for most of November 59th AGRA only had 61st Field Rgt and one other under command, and was not given any targets. Then on 30 November news came that due to the acute shortage of infantry replacements, the
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Divisional Artillery rejoined its parent division on 27 August 1918. From 2 October until 11 November 1918, the division participated in the final advance in Artois and Flanders. On 2 October, 59th Division ordered two minor operations in which detachments advanced under cover of smoke and a
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Salient, squarely in the path of the German thrust. The situation soon became desperate, the forward brigades were almost totally destroyed, and the reserves moving up were swamped. The division's field guns in the forward zone were captured after firing over open sights at the advancing
Germans. The
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After Lens, the division was withdrawn into reserve, and did not engage in major operations again during 1917. On 13 March 1918 the brigadier-general, Royal
Artillery, (BGRA) of 46th Division was wounded, and Hill Child took over in an acting capacity. On 22 March Hill Child was confirmed as BGRA, a
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Although the 46th
Division remained in the line in front of Gommecourt until March 1917 (apart from a month's rest in November), it did not attack again. On 28 August 1916, the brigade's former D Battery returned, and was broken up to bring B and C Batteries up to six guns each. Similarly, A Battery
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In 1924 the RFA was subsumed into the Royal
Artillery (RA), and the word 'Field' was inserted into the titles of its brigades and batteries. The establishment of a TA divisional artillery brigade was four 6-gun batteries, three equipped with 18-pounders and one with 4.5-inch howitzers, all of World
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and the division was later reconstructed with garrison battalions. Until June, it was employed in digging rear defences, then it underwent training to enable it to hold a sector of the front line. On 25 July the reconstructed division went back into the line, and on 21 August it once more took part
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was launched to the east. On 6 August, the division's infantry forded the River Orne and then held off heavy counter-attacks, while its artillery supported it from across the river until bridges could be built. By 18 August, the division was pushing south as part of the northern pincer closing the
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from August 1915), which concentrated round Luton in
January 1915. At first, the 2nd Line recruits had to parade in civilian clothes and train with 'Quaker' guns – logs of wood mounted on cart wheels – but these shortages were slowly made up. Uniforms arrived in November 1914, but it was not until
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on 1 July as a diversion from the main attack further south. While the heavy guns were moved up and dug in, CCXXXI's 18-pounders were used on 22 May to bombard a suspected German machine gun position. On 18 June, the divisional artillery was allocated its tasks for wire-cutting and registration of
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The attack was a brilliant success, and by the afternoon the field artillery batteries were crossing the canal by the bridges that had been captured or thrown across, and were coming into action on the far side. Over succeeding weeks, the division took part in a succession of successive follow-up
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Although CCXXXI Brigade thought that its wirecutting was successful, the results of this bombardment were patchy. The
Germans reported that in this area their 'front trenches were levelled and the wire shot away' but their casualties had been few because of their deep dugouts, and when the attack
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in April. In May and June, the division carried out small-scale operations against Hill 65. 46th Division was now ordered to capture Lens itself, beginning on 28 June. Another divisional attack on 1 July aimed at capturing more houses and trenches. 137 Brigade attacked 'Aconite' trench behind a
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Later, the Worcester Volunteers left to join with the Warwickshires, and in 1880 the 1st Shropshire and Staffordshire Volunteer Artillery were consolidated into a single unit, with the Staffords providing Nos 5 to 8 Batteries. It was organised as a brigade of 'position artillery', equipped with
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preparatory to embarking for France. Before departure, the artillery underwent a further reorganisation, with A, B and C Batteries of CCXCVI each receiving a section from A, B and C Batteries of CCXCVII (formerly 2/III North Midland) Brigade, bringing them up to a strength of six guns each. In
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on 28 November. Fierce German counter-attacks began on 30 November. Two infantry assaults were made against 176th Brigade, but both attacks were easily broken up under British artillery fire. By 4 December the decision had been made to withdraw from the Bourlon Salient, and 59th Division held
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was that the two-battery organisation did not work: field regiments were intended to support an infantry brigade of three battalions. As a result, they were reorganised into three 8-gun batteries, but it was not until late 1940 that the RA had enough trained battery staffs to carry out the
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received a section from CCXXXII Brigade's D Battery. On 2 January 1917, C (H)/CCXXXII (former 512 (H) Battery) was broken up and a section joined D (H)/CCXXXI to bring it up to six 4.5-inch howitzers. For the remainder of the war, the brigade had the following organisation:
736:, which were fully equipped and could lend guns for training. Later, the 59th Divisional Artillery took over some 15-pounders (without sights) from a TF division that was proceeding to India. In July, the division moved out of overcrowded Luton, the artillery moving to
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headquarters despite the protests of the divisional commander, and there was not time for the artillery adequately to cut the enemy wire. The attack went in behind an artillery barrage moving at 100 yards in four minutes but although 'the assault was gallantly pressed'
1186:. The attack on the division's front was only partially successful, but after clearing up pockets of resistance it reached its objectives the next day. 59th division was then moved west of Caen and attacked again, on 15–18 July, as part of the holding operation before
980:. It moved to the coast to operate demobilisation centres at Dieppe, Dunkirk and Calais in early 1919, and to train drafts for continued service in Egypt and the Black Sea. 59th Divisional Artillery including CCXCVI Brigade, was demobilised on 8 August 1919.
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area, where the disbandment of 59th AGRA's remaining units began in December, with the first drafts of gunners transferring to the infantry in the United Kingdom. 116 Field Regiment was one of those placed in suspended animation on 31 January 1945.
485:, 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 artillery bombardment (by the field guns of 46th and
287:, with the first officers' commissions being issued on 18 December 1860. A second battery was formed by October 1863, a third on 16 October 1866 and a fourth on 10 May 1879. Initially, the 1st Staffordshire (along with the 1st Shropshire and
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targets ahead of the attack: CCXXXI and CCXXXII Brigades formed the Left group, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Hill Child of CCXXXI. This group supported the attack of 139 Brigade, which was made by two battalions (1/5th and
519:(231 Brigade), its batteries were lettered A–C, and a new D Battery was formed. D Battery was almost immediately exchanged for D (Howitzer) Battery from CCXXXIII Brigade (formerly A Battery of CLIV (Empire) Brigade, a unit from
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At the end of August, the 59th Division was broken up to provide drafts for other formations, due to a severe shortage of manpower in the British Army at the time. However, the divisional field artillery was kept together as
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In 1938 the RA modernised its nomenclature and a lieutenant-colonel's command was designated a 'regiment' rather than a 'brigade'; this applied to TA field brigades from 1 November 1938. The TA was doubled in size after the
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arrived for training. The division took over the requisitioned transport and second-hand horse harness when 46th Division was re-equipped and left for France. The divisional artillery were joined at Luton by the 1st Line
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The order to mobilise was received on 4 August 1914. Shortly afterwards, the men were invited to volunteer for overseas service, and the majority having accepted this liability, the North Midland Division concentrated at
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After the TF was formed, the other ranks of the Staffordshire Batteries wore brass shoulder titles with the lettering T above RFA above STAFFORD, while the Brigade Ammunition Column wore T above RFA above NORTH MIDLAND.
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At the beginning of March 1917, 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
504:, and some of the infantry had actually reached Egypt before the order was rescinded on 21 January 1916. The artillery returned from Marseilles and the whole division reassembled on the Western Front near
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Meanwhile, the men who had not volunteered for foreign service, together with the recruits who were coming forward, remained to form the 2/I North Midland Brigade, RFA, in the 2nd North Midland Division
295:. In 1869 it became part of a new 1st Shropshire Administrative Brigade (again with the 1st Shropshire and 1st Worcestershire), with William Field of the 1st Shropshire as lieutenant-colonel in command.
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creeping barrage; these determined that the enemy had retired, and so the division advanced against little opposition. On 16 October the division fought its way through the old defences of
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The 46th Division had been very unlucky during the war, the infantry in particular taking appalling casualties at the Hohenzollern Redoubt and Gommecourt, but it gained revenge at the
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1315:(originally North Midland Divisional RE). In 1969, the Staffordshire Yeomanry was reduced to a cadre, and when it was reformed two years later it was as a squadron of the
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being formed as a 2nd Line duplicate by 55th Division. The division served in various parts of the United Kingdom for the first part of the war, including a spell in
740:, where they spent the winter of 1915–16. In early 1916 the batteries were finally brought up to establishment in horses, and 18-pounders replaced the 15-pounders.
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joined the brigade as D Battery, but was exchanged in July for B (Howitzer) Battery of CCXCVIII (2/IV North Midland) Brigade. This battery, originally designated
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where it completed its war training. At the time of mobilisation, the three batteries of II North Midland Brigade were each equipped with four
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61st Field Regiment escaped disbandment and from 21 December 1944 was given a new role as a 'Super Heavy' regiment, equipped with US-built
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covering positions while this was carried out. On 7 December the British were back on the line that they would hold for the coming winter.
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shortly afterwards. Over the following months the artillery supported the division's infantry in routine trench warfare, particularly when
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1269:. It operated these guns supporting 21st Army Group until the end of the war. It was placed in suspended animation on 15 January 1946.
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reorganisation. 61st (NM) Field Rgt accordingly formed 443 Fd Bty on 15 February 1941 and 116th Fd Rgt formed 481 Fd Bty on 14 April.
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There are two memorials to the 46th (North Midland) Division on the battlefield of the Hohenzollern Redoubt: one on the road between
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formation was soon to be disbanded. Its last task was to fire in support of Operation Guildford on 3 December. This was an attack by
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When the Territorial Army was reformed in 1947, 116th (NM) Fd Rgt was disbanded, but 61st (NM) Super Hvy Rgt was reconstituted as
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following an invasion scare in 1859 saw the creation of many units composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular
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However, the Divisional Artillery (CCXCV and CCXCVI Brigades) remained in the Line, serving with various formations as required:
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59th Division, without its artillery, was back in the line on 14 April, when it was again in the path of a German offensive (the
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on 29 September 1918 when it performed one of the great feats of the First World War by crossing the canal and breaking open the
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In April 1916, the batteries were designated A, B and C, and later the brigade was numbered CCXCVI (296). At the end of May,
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The North Midland Division began embarking for France on 25 February 1915, and by 8 March had completed its concentration at
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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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59th Division began crossing to France on 17 February 1917 and completed its concentration around Mericourt by 3 March.
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to form a 2nd Line unit designated the 2/II North Midland Brigade, after which the parent unit became the 1/II Brigade.
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guns in November 1915. In April and May 1916 the BEF's artillery was reorganised: II North Midland Brigade became
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to seize the Avesnes road, aided by concentrations of fire from CCXXXI Brigade on the main points of resistance.
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Morris C8 Quad tractor towing a 25-pdr and limber over a pontoon bridge during exercises in Northern Ireland.
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In December 1936, the 46th (North Midland) Division was disbanded, and its headquarters was reconstituted as
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In the late 1870s, the other ranks wore a standard artillery volunteers' brass helmet plate comprising the
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defences well beyond the Somme battlefields, but 46th Division was withdrawn from the pursuit on 17 March.
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with two companies. As late as 1906, they were still using the 16 Pounders in their annual camp at Bare,
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1358:. A scroll above the gun read FIRST, and the scroll beneath read STAFFORDSHIRE ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.
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924:(17–18 April). By now, 59th Division's infantry had been almost destroyed. The units were reduced to
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489:, backed by heavy batteries) began at 12.00 on 13 October and the infantry went in at 14.00 behind a
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While 59th Division was withdrawn, its artillery remained in the front line, under the command of
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After rest and training, the 46th Division returned to the line in the coal-mining sector around
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in Belgium – the first complete TF division to deploy to the Western Front. It was numbered the
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367:). Together, the RGA at Shelton and the infantry at Leek were formed into a brigade of the
3053:, Welwyn: Hertfordshire Yeomanry and Artillery Trust/Hart Books, 1999, ISBN 0-948527-05-6.
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working in No-Man's Land. CCXXXI's batteries returned the fire from their position behind
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88 AGRA was disbanded on 31 October 1956 and 261 Rgt was reduced to battery strength as
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Letterhead of the 4th Battery, Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, c1900
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The memorial honouring the casualties of the 46th Division at the Hohenzollern Redoubt
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694:. On 8 November 1918, in its last operation of the war, 46th Division pushed forward
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633:) it was a complete failure. The Germans eventually retreated as far as their new
2649:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1935/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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in September 1939, both regiments were in the process of transferring to the new
311:. When the Lancashire Division was abolished in 1889 the unit transferred to the
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The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive
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Henry Mapleson, VD, appointed 15 December 1883 (1st Shropshire & Staffs RGA)
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3011:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2009,
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2730:, London: Fisher Unwin, 1919/Raleigh, NC:Poacher Books/Lulu Publishing, 2011,
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18-pounder battery in action in the open during the German Spring Offensive.
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2825:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1962/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004,
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2977:, Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1948/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2014,
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line was held by rear details, including the gunners using rifles and
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782:). The final organisation of the brigade was therefore as follows:
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advancing steadily behind its barrage onto the final objectives.
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On 23 December, the 46th (NM) Division was ordered to embark for
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Riflemen Form: A study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908
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in April, the division was sent to Ireland. Once the trouble in
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The 46th (North Midland) Division memorial on the road between
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on 11 November found the division astride the Schelde north of
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led to heavy casualties. The rushed attack had been ordered by
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William S. Roden, appointed 15 May 1869 (Shropshire Admin Bde)
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Preparations were under way for the 46th and 56th Divisions'
542:
On 1 May 1916, the division was ordered into the line facing
327:. The brigade's headquarters was at Etruria, later moving to
307:, with the Shropshire and Staffordshire unit attached to the
1292:. The battery HQ was at Hanley until 1961, when it moved to
1142:
The division moved back to England on 22 March 1943 to join
404:, a local Staffordshire landowner and former officer in the
3112:
2892:, Shrewsbury: Kingswood/Shropshire Regimental Museum, 2006.
1211:
In early October, 59th AGRA moved up to 'The Island', near
315:. In 1899 all the artillery volunteers became part of the
1281:
at Stoke, forming part of 88 (Field) AGRA. It was renamed
843:. The division entered the recently captured line between
701:
CCXXXI Brigade was placed in suspended animation in 1919.
255:. Postwar, it was reformed as a specialist locating unit.
3122:
2975:
The History of the Fifteenth Scottish Division 1939–1945
969:
was approached, but this was crossed in early November.
713:
French De Bange 90 mm gun, issued to 2nd Line RFA units.
2764:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
389:
3rd Staffordshire Battery, Alma Street, Belle Vue, Leek
3036:
Battleground Europe: Loos – 1915: Hohenzollern Redoubt
1017:
243rd (Leek) Field Bty (Howitzers) at Drill Hall, Leek
889:, during the rest of the Battle of St Quentin and the
477:
The 46th Division's first offensive operation was the
2897:
A History of the Shropshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
1903:
Accounts of attack on Bucquoy at Buxton War Memorials
353:
1st Volunteer Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
3159:
Military units and formations disestablished in 1969
2800:
26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory
1341:, and president of the Staffordshire TA Association)
1166:
On 8 July, 59th Division took part in a large-scale
18:
61st (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
2914:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
1309:
Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment)
1004:in 1921. The unit had the following composition:
392:
II North Midland Brigade Ammunition Column, Shelton
194:
189:
127:
117:
101:
82:
64:
56:
31:
839:59th Division was next moved south to join in the
3154:Military units and formations established in 1860
2743:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
2728:The 46th (North Midland) Division at Lens in 1917
2261:Western Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files
1232:to take the Germans' last bridgehead west of the
558:, and the exchange went on for about 50 minutes.
359:. This company had originally been raised as the
321:1st Shropshire and Staffordshire RGA (Volunteers)
2572:
2570:
2219:
2217:
2120:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 419–23, 543–5.
363:on 28 April 1860 (the rest of the 1st VB became
2863:, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986,
2490:
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1723:
3144:Military units and formations in Staffordshire
1616:
1445:
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1107:61st and 116th (North Midland) Field Regiments
459:139th (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire) Brigade
3149:Artillery Volunteer Corps of the British Army
2912:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
2883:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2876:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978
2694:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1918,
2177:"2nd AA Division at British Military History"
1614:
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1606:
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1600:
1598:
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827:(26 September), was equally successful, with
807:The 59th Division took part in following the
751:had been suppressed, the troops moved out to
8:
2403:"59 Div 1944–45 at British Military History"
481:. This was an attempt to restart the failed
408:, was appointed commanding officer in 1910.
339:When the RGA (V) were incorporated into the
1998:59th (2nd NM) Division at Long, Long Trail.
1686:
1684:
1682:
1036:. 61st (NM) Field Bde was then attached to
654:position he held until the end of the war.
319:(RGA) and in 1902 the unit was renamed the
301:16 Pounder Rifled Muzzle Loading field guns
281:1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteer Corps
2992:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983,
2890:Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery 1908–1920
2721:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage,
2084:Middlebrook, pp. 192–3, 232–4, 254–5, 270.
1957:
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1008:HQ at Drill Hall, Victoria Square, Shelton
585:could not be seen by artillery observers.
426:. In November, it moved to the area round
45:
2549:
2547:
2460:59 AGRA War Diary, August–December 1944,
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2302:
2300:
2273:"59 Div 1939 at British Military History"
2150:
2148:
2111:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 408–13.
1988:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 519–20.
1499:
1497:
1459:
1457:
1455:
1299:In 1967, the unit was transferred to the
996:. On the reconstitution of the TF as the
900:, with which it fought at the Battles of
730:4th Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA
2781:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele)
2245:
2243:
2102:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 126–7.
1511:
1509:
1352:Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom
1069:Regimental Headquarters (RHQ) at Shelton
1038:55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division
361:28th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps
38:61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Rgt, RA
2597:118–432 Rgts RE at British Army 1945 on
2586:Staffordshire Yeomanry at Regiments.org
2554:235–265 Rgts RA at British Army 1945 on
2319:"59th (Staffordshire) Division in WWII"
2231:
2229:
1419:
1380:
1319:and the artillery lineage disappeared.
511:46th Divisional Artillery rearmed with
371:(RFA) with the following organisation:
3060:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927.
2943:Norman Litchfield & Ray Westlake,
1117:59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division
213:1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
32:1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
28:
3082:, London: Longmans, 1959/Corgi, 1966.
3080:In Flanders Fields: the 1917 Campaign
2456:
2454:
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1961:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 103.
1475:
1473:
1471:
1469:
7:
2947:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1982,
2932:, Nottingham: Sherwood Press, 1992,
1337:1 March 1930 (former officer in the
1134:One of the lessons learned from the
40:261 (North Midland) Locating Rgt, RA
2888:Derek Harrison with Peter Duckers,
1279:261 (North Midland) Observation Rgt
1064:61st (North Midland) Field Regiment
546:in preparation for the forthcoming
293:1st Cheshire Administrative Brigade
283:(AVC) was one such unit, formed at
2962:, West Wickham: Iona Books, 2008,
2679:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982,
1463:Litchfield & Westlake, p. 154.
936:(15–24 April and 17 May–19 June),
674:as 'one of the finest ever seen'.
479:Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
386:2nd Staffordshire Battery, Shelton
383:1st Staffordshire Battery, Shelton
365:5th Battalion North Staffordshires
137:Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
36:61st (North Midland) Field Rgt, RA
25:
3169:1969 disestablishments in England
3118:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files
3067:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010,
2223:Sainsbury, pp. 17–20; Appendix 2.
1354:surmounting the gun badge of the
1283:261 (North Midland) Locating Regt
1230:15th (Scottish) Infantry Division
950:61st (2nd South Midland) Division
876:), 59th Division was holding the
764:2/2nd Derbyshire Howitzer Battery
760:2/1st Essex Royal Horse Artillery
720:59th (2nd North Midland) Division
565:18-pounder in action on the Somme
402:Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet
201:Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet
3098:British Artillery in World War 2
3030:, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1919.
2518:British Artillery of World War 2
2505:"61 Super Heavy Rgt at RA 39–45"
2462:The National Archives (TNA), Kew
1931:Campbell-Johnson, pp. 19, 24–30.
1516:Shropshire RHA: Outline History.
1402:
1383:
1335:John Ryder, 5th Earl of Harrowby
1000:(TA), the 2nd was renumbered as
920:) and remnants took part in the
396:The brigade was assigned to the
349:Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery
86:
69:
3093:British Army units from 1945 on
2775:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
2008:Bradbridge, pp. 8, 86–9, 115–7.
1201:59th Army Group Royal Artillery
934:62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
898:42nd (East Lancashire) Division
3164:1860 establishments in England
3038:, Barnsley: Leo Cooper, 2003,
2705:Lt-Col E.U. Bradbridge (ed.),
1075:242 (North Stafford) Field Bty
1072:241 (North Stafford) Field Bty
821:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
664:Battle of the St Quentin Canal
380:HQ at Victoria Square, Shelton
167:Battle of the St Quentin Canal
147:Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
34:2nd North Midland Brigade, RFA
1:
2899:, Spink & Son Ltd, 2015,
2142:Frederick, pp. 489, 517, 529.
1747:MacDonald, pp. 69, 80, 89–90.
1305:B (887 Locating Bty) Squadron
773:training area on the edge of
680:Battle of the Beaurevoir Line
622:137th (Staffordshire) Brigade
455:46th (North Midland) Division
375:II North Midland Brigade, RFA
249:Belgium, Holland, and Germany
3065:Tracing the Rifle Volunteers
2726:Lt P.S.C. Campbell-Johnson,
1922:Campbell-Johnson, pp. 10–19.
1317:Queen's Own Mercian Yeomanry
1002:61st (North Midland) Bde RFA
872:began on 21 March 1918 (the
463:flamethrower attack at Hooge
3123:The Royal Artillery 1939–45
2707:The 59th Division 1915–1918
1176:Army Groups Royal Artillery
1123:(June 1942 to March 1943).
692:Battle of the Sambre (1918)
3185:
2745:, Solihull: Helion, 2005,
1217:US 101st Airborne Division
1034:2nd Anti-Aircraft Division
922:1st Battle of Kemmel Ridge
445:1/II North Midland Brigade
231:recruiting primarily from
2473:Ellis, Vol II, pp. 160–1.
2155:Titles & designations
1970:Priestley, pp. 41, 46–50.
1257:61st Super Heavy Regiment
1182:and heavy bombers of the
552:56t (1st London) Division
461:was caught in the German
217:2nd North Midland Brigade
44:
3103:British Military History
2928:Norman E.H. Litchfield,
2723:100th Edn, London, 1953.
1690:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 17–23.
1094:244 (Stafford) Field Bty
780:11th (Northern) Division
684:Battle of Cambrai (1918)
317:Royal Garrison Artillery
3049:Lt-Col J.D. Sainsbury,
2910:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
2564:Litchfield, Appendix 5.
1884:Campbell-Johnson, p. 9.
1831:MacDonald, pp. 358–417.
1738:MacDonald, pp. 86, 108.
1644:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 61–7.
1503:Harrison & Duckers.
1435:Beckett, Appendix VIII.
1215:, supporting first the
1111:On the outbreak of the
870:German spring offensive
289:1st Worcestershire AVCs
271:The enthusiasm for the
2823:The Battle of Normandy
2532:, Appendix IV, p. 384.
2250:116 Fd Rgt at RA 39–45
2066:Miles, pp. 226, 262–7.
1866:MacDonald, pp. 418–63.
1809:MacDonald, pp. 455–57.
1656:: 'Child of Newfield'.
1563:Beckett, Appendix VII.
1449:Frederick, pp. 668–71.
1339:Staffordshire Yeomanry
1225:3rd Canadian Divisions
1154:invasion of Normandy (
1131:
1060:
929:in active operations.
865:
825:Battle of Polygon Wood
755:to continue training.
723:March 1915 that a few
714:
705:2/II North Midland Bde
566:
528:36th (Ulster) Division
398:North Midland Division
329:Shelton, Staffordshire
285:Etruria, Staffordshire
268:
152:Battle of Polygon Wood
122:Shelton, Staffordshire
3009:The Battle of Cambrai
2842:The Defeat of Germany
2331:Farndale, pp. 99–100.
2236:61 Fd Rgt at RA 39–45
1940:Priestley, pp. 39–41.
1913:MacDonald, pp. 559–6.
1875:MacDonald, pp. 556–7.
1774:MacDonald, pp. 214–5.
1765:MacDonald, pp. 165–8.
1572:Westlake, pp. 217–21.
1178:(AGRAs), guns of the
1129:
1058:
863:
734:Wessex Heavy Bty, RGA
712:
571:assault on Gommecourt
564:
369:Royal Field Artillery
279:in time of need. The
266:
111:Super-heavy artillery
3113:The Long, Long Trail
3003:Capt Wilfred Miles,
2988:Martin Middlebrook,
2973:Lt-Gen H.G. Martin,
2415:on 23 September 2015
2285:on 23 September 2015
2189:on 23 September 2015
2166:Sainsbury, pp. 15–7.
2048:Miles, pp. 167, 213.
1949:Farndale, pp. 298–9.
1699:MacDonald, pp. 32–5.
1590:MacDonald, pp. 8–10.
1301:Royal Armoured Corps
1294:Newcastle-under-Lyme
1290:887 Locating Battery
1091:243 (Leek) Field Bty
1080:116th Field Regiment
874:Battle of St Quentin
530:) equipped with 4 x
473:Hohenzollern Redoubt
469:on 30–31 July 1915.
162:Battle of St Quentin
142:Battle of Gommecourt
2836:Major L. F. Ellis,
2576:Frederick, p. 1033.
2482:Martin, pp. 214–20.
1708:Cherry, pp. 269–97.
1620:Litchfield, p. 210.
1172:Operation Charnwood
1150:, training for the
940:(24 April–17 May),
904:(28 March) and the
817:3rd Ypres Offensive
688:Battle of the Selle
620:Graben (trench) by
576:1/7th (Robin Hoods)
500:. It entrained for
309:Lancashire Division
235:. It fought on the
183:Operation Guildford
2881:J.B.M. Frederick,
2874:J.B.M. Frederick,
2690:Gregory Blaxland,
2675:Ian F.W. Beckett,
2602:2015-02-10 at the
2541:Frederick, p. 998.
2494:Frederick, p. 561.
1756:MacDonald, p. 107.
1729:Frederick, p. 692.
1717:Rawson, pp. 120–8.
1581:Frederick, p. 679.
1554:Frederick, p. 674.
1480:Monthly Army Lists
1246:44th (Lowland) Bde
1188:Operation Goodwood
1156:Operation Overlord
1132:
1061:
992:) from the former
956:Advance to Victory
944:(23 June–1 July),
918:Battle of Bailleul
866:
811:'s retreat to the
715:
583:wire entanglements
579:Sherwood Foresters
567:
532:4.5-inch howitzers
428:Bishop's Stortford
343:in 1908 under the
273:Volunteer movement
269:
105:Garrison artillery
3073:978-1-84884-211-3
3023:Raymond Priestley
3017:978-1-84574-724-4
2983:978-1-78331-085-2
2968:978-0-9558119-0-6
2953:978-0-9508205-0-7
2921:978-1-84342-474-1
2905:978-1-907427-39-8
2808:978-1-870423-06-9
2736:978-1-4457-9613-0
2715:978-1-84342-994-4
2093:Farndale, p. 265.
2057:Farndale, p. 255.
2017:Wolff, pp. 191–5.
1979:Priestley, p. 73.
1893:Falls, pp. 108–9.
1491:Harrison, p. 313.
1323:Honorary colonels
994:3rd North Midland
948:(1–8 August) and
891:Battle of Bapaume
841:Battle of Cambrai
725:90 mm French guns
341:Territorial Force
335:Territorial Force
313:Southern Division
245:Normandy Campaign
206:
205:
179:Battle of Falaise
157:Battle of Cambrai
16:(Redirected from
3176:
2958:Alan MacDonald,
2925:
2895:Derek Harrison,
2758:James E. Edmonds
2660:Maj A. F. Becke,
2645:Maj A. F. Becke,
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998:Territorial Army
856:Spring Offensive
672:Official History
658:St Quentin Canal
631:Official History
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2815:L. F. Ellis
1842:Robin Hoods
1267:8-inch guns
1240:, opposite
1219:, then the
1207:Netherlands
942:XVIII Corps
908:(5 April).
809:German Army
753:The Curragh
696:138 Brigade
451:Ploegsteert
412:World War I
400:of the TF.
243:and in the
241:World War I
128:Engagements
118:Garrison/HQ
3138:Categories
2840:, Vol II:
2779:, Vol II,
2624:References
2207:Farndale,
1234:River Maas
1180:Royal Navy
883:Lewis guns
878:Bullecourt
743:After the
544:Gommecourt
538:Gommecourt
513:18-pounder
502:Marseilles
432:15-pounder
197:commanders
190:Commanders
2821:, Vol I:
2798:, Vol V,
2437:, p. 453.
2392:, p. 445.
2379:, p. 408.
2366:, p. 334.
2026:Edmonds,
1853:Edmonds,
1818:Edmonds,
1800:, p. 461.
1796:Edmonds,
1783:Edmonds,
1392:Vermelles
1372:Vermelles
1366:Memorials
1285:in 1951.
1144:XII Corps
974:Armistice
868:When the
803:3rd Ypres
678:attacks:
491:gas cloud
325:Morecambe
221:Volunteer
60:1860–1969
2855:Gen Sir
2600:Archived
2435:Normandy
2390:Normandy
2377:Normandy
2364:Normandy
2351:Normandy
1426:Beckett.
1346:Insignia
1250:Zwevegem
1213:Nijmegen
1162:Normandy
990:Stafford
984:Interwar
845:Cantaing
525:New Army
219:, was a
215:, later
2530:Germany
2528:Ellis,
2433:Ellis,
2419:25 July
2388:Ellis,
2375:Ellis,
2362:Ellis,
2349:Ellis,
2211:, p. 9.
1396:Hulluch
1376:Hulluch
1307:of the
1273:Postwar
1238:Blerick
1085:RHQ at
978:Tournai
626:V Corps
618:Bucquoy
611:Bucquoy
521:Croydon
465:in the
251:during
239:during
227:of the
195:Notable
65:Country
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1840:Anon,
1152:Allied
1087:Hanley
1050:troops
771:Fovant
749:Dublin
732:, and
506:Amiens
83:Branch
74:
57:Active
2615:Burke
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1654:Burke
1415:Notes
1242:Venlo
1236:, at
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