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Revision as of 11:47, 20 February 2015
- Nationality: UK
- Service: British Army
- Type: Formation
- Infantry Division
- Regular/Territorial: Territorial
Contents
Name and Organisation Changes
- 1 April 1908: formed as North Midland Division
- 12 May 1915: renamed 46th (North Midland) Division, often abbreviated to 46th Division
- 1919: disembodied
Locations
Theatres
- Home: 1 April 1908-February 1915
- France and Flanders: February 1915-January 1916
- Egypt: January 1916-February 1916
- France and Flanders: February 1916-1919
Battles
(Incomplete list. These are the specific dates this formation took part in these battles, not necessarily dates of whole battle.)
- Neuve Chappelle: March 1915 (artillery only)
- Loos: 13 October 1915
- The Somme: 1 July 1916
- Hindenburg Line: 29 September 1918
Parents
(Incomplete list)
- VII Corps: 1 July 1916
- II Corps: March 1917-April 1917
- I Corps: April 1917-June 1918)
- XIII Corps: June 1918-November 1918
- IX Corps: November 1918
Children
(Sources: WO 95 and The Long Long Trail
- Headquarters and Staff:
- General Staff
- Adjutant and Quartermaster General
- Commander Royal Artillery
- Assistant Director Medical Services
- Commander Royal Engineers
- Deputy Assistant Director Ordnance Services
- Divisional Troops:
- B Squadron Yorkshire Hussars
- 46th Divisional Cyclist Company
- 230 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 231 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 232 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 233 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
- 7 Belgium Artillery Regiment
- Divisional Trench Mortar Batteries:
- V.46 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery
- X.46 Medium Mortar Battery, Royal Field Artillery
- Y.46 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
- Z.46 Battery, Royal Field Artillery
- 46th Divisional Ammunition Column
- 465th Field Company Royal Engineers
- 466th Field Company Royal Engineers
- 468th Field Company Royal Engineers
- 46th Divisional Signals Company
- 1st Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment
- 46 Battalion Machine Gun Corps
- 178th Machine Gun Company
- 1/1st North Midland Field Ambulance
- 1/2nd North Midland Field Ambulance
- 1/3rd North Midland Field Ambulance
- Divisional Field Ambulance Workshop Unit
- 17th Sanitary Section
- 1/1st North Midland Veterinary Section
- Divisional Train:
- 451 Company Army Service Corps
- 452 Company Army Service Corps
- 453 Company Army Service Corps
- 454 Company Army Service Corps
- 137th Infantry Brigade:
- Headquarters
- 1/5th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/6th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/5th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/6 Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment, British infantry
- 4th Battalion King's (Liverpool) Regiment, British infantry (November-December 1915)
- 1/4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, British infantry (November 1915 only)
- 1/4th Battalion London Regiment, British infantry (November 1915 only)
- 137th Machine Gun Company
- 137th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
- 138th Infantry Brigade:
- Headquarters
- 1/4th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/5th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/4th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry
- 1/5th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, British infantry
- 138th Machine Gun Company
- 138th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
- 139th Infantry Brigade:
- Headquarters
- 1/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, British infantry
- 1/6th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, British infantry
- 1/7th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, British infantry
- 1/8th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, British infantry
- 1/4th Battalion Black Watch, British infantry (November 1915 only)
- 1/3rd Battalion London Regiment, British infantry (November 1915 only)
- 139th Machine Gun Company
- 139th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
Sources
Personal Narratives
(See also descendant units. Personal narratives of Divisional HQ could go here.)
Related Media
Official Sources
War Diaries
- WO 95/2662-2695 (images can be downloaded from TNA for a fee)
(See descendants for more details. HQ and staff could be itemised here.)
Other Official Documents
Published Histories
- Raymond Edward Priestley, Breaking the Hindenburg Line : the story of the 46th (North Midland) Division (London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1919).
Other Publications
- Alan MacDonald, "A lack of offensive spirit?": the 46th (North Midland) Division at Gommecourt 1st July 1916 (Iona Books, 2008).
- Excerpts and background information available at gommecourt.co.uk