| The 46th (North Midland) Division | ||||||||||||
| A Territorial Force Division | ||||||||||||
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| Summary history of the division | ||||||||||||
The Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908. It moved to France 23rd-28th February 1915. Action of the Hohenzollern Redoubt The Division suffered large numbers of casualties during the above, which was its first large-scale action. 23 December 1915: ordered to proceed to Egypt, leaving the Divisional Ammunition Column (for the 55th Division), the Divisional Train (with the 56th Division) and the Mobile Veterinary Section. Most units reached Egypt via Marseilles by 13 January 1916. 21 January 1916 : the move of the Division was countermanded and the units were returned to France, whereupon the DAC, Train and Vets rejoined. The Attack on the Gommecourt Salient (first phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916) The Division again suffered large numbers of casualties during the above, which was a 2-Division diversionary attack. The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line The Battle of the St Quentin Canal (fourth phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line) The 137th Brigade completed one of the finest feats of arms in British military history, when it forced the crossing of the St Quentin Canal at Riqueval. The Battle of Beaurevoir (fifth phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line) The Battle of Cambrai 1918 (sixth phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line)
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| Order of Battle | ||||||||||||
137th Brigade (Staffordshire) 4th (Extra Reserve) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined November 1915, left December 1915) 1/5th Bn, the South Staffordshire (joined August 1914) 1/6th Bn, the South Staffordshire (joined August 1914) 1/5th Bn, the North Staffords(joined August 1914, left January 1918) 1/5th Bn, the North Staffords(joined August 1914) 1/4th (Ross Highland) Bn, the Seaforth Highlanders (joined and left November 1915) 1/4th (City of London) Bn, the London Regiment(joined and left November 1915) 137th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 7 March 1916, moved into 46 MG Bn 28 February 1918) 137th Trench Mortar Battery (joined from 2 March 1916) 138th Brigade (Lincoln and Leicester) 1/4th Bn, the Lincolns (joined August 1914, left January 1918) 1/5th Bn, the Lincolns (joined August 1914) 1/4th Bn, the Leicesters (joined August 1914) 1/5th Bn, the Leicesters (joined August 1914) 138th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 22 February 1916, moved into 46 MG Bn 28 February 1918) 138th Trench Mortar Battery (joined from 2 March 1916) 139th Brigade (Notts. & Derby) 1/4th Bn, the Black Watch (joined and left November 1915) 1/5th Bn, the Sherwood Foresters (joined August 1914) 1/6th Bn, the Sherwood Foresters (joined August 1914) 1/7th (Robin Hood) Bn, the Sherwood Foresters (joined August 1914, left January 1918) 1/8th Bn, the Sherwood Foresters (joined August 1914) 1/3rd (City of London) Bn, the London Regiment (joined and left November 1915) 139th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 16 February 1916, moved into 46 MG Bn 28 February 1918) 139th Trench Mortar Battery (joined from 9 March 1916) Divisional Troops 1/1st Bn, the Monmouthshire (joined as Pioneer Bn September 1915) 178th Machine Gun Company (joined 28 March 1917, joined Divisional MG Battalion 28 February 1918) No 46 Machine Gun Battalion (created 28 February 1918) No 100 (Warwicks and South Notts Yeomanry) Machine Gun Battalion (joined 26 September 1918, left 1 October 1918) Divisional Mounted Troops B Squadron, 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars (left 5/5/1916) North Midland Cyclist Company (joined 11/11/1914, left 9/5/1916) CCXXX Brigade, RFA CCXXXI Brigade, RFA CCXXXII Brigade, RFA (left January 1917) CCXXXIII (H) Brigade, RFA (broken up August 1916) North Midland (Staffordshire) Heavy Battery, RGA (a Battery of 4 4.7-inch guns which left the Division, joining XIII HA Brigade, RGA on 18/4/1915, having been in action in France with the Division) 46th (North Midland) Divisional Ammunition Column V.46 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA (joined 20 June 1916, left 3 February 1918, part joining I Corps) X.46, Y.46 and Z.46 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA (joined 9-17 March 1916; on 3 February 1918, Z broken up and batteries reorganised to have 6 x 6-inch weapons each) Engineer Units, RE 57th Field Company (joined Apr, left July 1915) 465th Field Company (joined Aug 14, left Jan 15, rejoined Apr 15, renamed from 1st (North Midland) Field Coy) 466th Field Company (joined Aug 14, renamed from 2nd (North Midland) Field Coy) 468th Field Company (formed Aug 14, renamed from 2/1st (North Midland) Field Coy) 46th Divisional Signal Company (renamed from North Midland Divisional Signals Company) Field Ambulances 1st (North Midland) Field Ambulance (joined August 1914) 2nd (North Midland) Field Ambulance (joined August 1914) 3rd (North Midland) Field Ambulance (joined August 1914) 46th Divisional Train ASC (redesignated from the North Midland Divisional Train - itself made from the North Midland Transport and Supply Column. Composed of 451, 452, 453 and 454 Companies ASC) 240th Divisional Employment Company (joined 25 June 1917) 1st North Midland Mobile Veterinary Section 17th Sanitary Section ( joined 4 March 1915, left 21 March 1917, to V Corps) 46th Divisional Ambulance Workshop ( joined 1 March 1915, left 6 April 1916, absorbed by Divisional Train) |
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