Difference between revisions of "46th Division, British Army"

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• Nationality: UK
• Service: British Army
• Type: Formation
  • Infantry Division
• Regular/Territorial: Territorial

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