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1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
2nd North Midland Brigade, RFA
61st (North Midland) Field Rgt, RA
61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Rgt, RA
261 (North Midland) Locating Rgt, RA
Letterhead of the 4th Battery, Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, c1900
Active1860–1969
Country1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers United Kingdom
Branch Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
RoleGarrison artillery
Field artillery
Super-heavy artillery
Locating unit
Garrison/HQShelton, Staffordshire
EngagementsFirst World War
  • Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt
  • Battle of Gommecourt
  • Battle of the Menin Road Ridge
  • Battle of Polygon Wood
  • Battle of Cambrai
  • Battle of St Quentin
  • Battle of the St Quentin Canal

Second World War

  • Battle of Falaise
  • Operation Guildford
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet

The 1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, later 2nd North Midland Brigade, was a Volunteer unit of the Royal Artillery of the British Army recruiting primarily from Staffordshire. It fought on the Western Front during World War I and in the Normandy Campaign and Belgium, Holland, and Germany during World War II. Postwar, it was reformed as a specialist locating unit.

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