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

  • 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
    • 137th Machine Gun Company
    • 137th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
  • 138th Infantry Brigade:
  • 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
    • 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

(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).