4th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers 4th West Lancashire Brigade, RFA 59th Medium Regiment, RA 359 Medium Regiment, RA West Lancashire Regiment, RA
19th Century waistbelt of the Lancashire Volunteer Artillery
Active
1859–1973
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Territorial Army
Role
Garrison artillery Heavy artillery Field artillery Medium artillery Anti-tank artillery
Size
1–3 Brigades/Regiments
Garrison/HQ
Liverpool
Nickname(s)
'The Old 4th Brigade'
Engagements
World War I:
Somme
Sinai and Palestine
World War II:
Dunkirk
Greece
Crete
Keren
Western Desert
Burma
Italy
North West Europe
Commanders
Notable commanders
Brig H.K. Dimoline Brig Sir Philip Toosey
Military unit
The 4th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, later renamed to the 4th West Lancashire Brigade, known as 'The Old 4th', was a part-time unit of the British Army's Royal Artillery founded in Liverpool in 1859. It served on the Western Front during World War I, one of its members winning the Victoria Cross at Cambrai. Between the world wars the unit pioneered mechanical traction methods. During World War II it formed three regiments that saw action at Dunkirk, in East Africa, on Crete, at Tobruk (where one of its regiments was captured), in Burma, and in the final campaigns in Italy and North West Europe. It continued in the post-war Territorial Army until 1973.
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