North Midland Divisional Engineers 46th (North Midland) Divisional Engineers 59th (2nd North Midland) Divisional Engineers
Active
1908–2014
Country
United Kingdom
Branch
Territorial Army
Type
Field Engineer
Role
Divisional Engineers Corps Troops
Part of
46th (North Midland) Division 59th (2nd North Midland) Division 75 Engineer Regiment
Engagements
World War I:
Hohenzollern Redoubt
Gommecourt
Ypres
Cambrai
German spring offensive
Hundred Days Offensive
St Quentin Canal
World War II:
Battle of France
Greece
Tunisia
Italy
Normandy
Operation Plunder
Commanders
Notable commanders
Lt-Col W.E. Harrison Brig-Gen Cecil Wingfield-Stratford Lt-Col Henry Morshead
Military unit
The North Midland Divisional Engineers was a Territorial Force unit of the British Royal Engineers created in 1908 by conversion of a volunteer infantry battalion from Staffordshire. It saw action in World War I at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, Gommecourt, Ypres, Cambrai, the German spring offensive and the Hundred Days Offensive, culminating in the assault crossings of the St Quentin Canal, the Selle and the Sambre. During World War II its component units saw action in the Battle of France, in Greece, Tunisia, Italy, Normandy and the Rhine crossing.
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Global Information
United Kingdom
Territorial Army