3rd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
The 3rd North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery was a volunteer unit of the British Territorial Force formed in 1908. It served in some of the bloodiest battles on the Western Front during World War I Origin When the Territorial Force (TF) was created from the former Volunteer Force by the Haldane Reforms in 1908, it was organised into regional infantry divisions, each with a full establishment of Royal Field Artillery (RFA) brigades. Where there were no suitable artillery volunteer units in the region, these brigades had to be created from scratch. This was the case for the North Midland Division, for which a new III (or 3rd) Brigade was raised in Staffordshire with the following composition: III North Midland Brigade, RFA HQ at Riding School Drill Hall, Park Road East, Wolverhampton 4th Staffordshire Battery at Wolverhampton 5th Staffordshire Battery at Drill Hall, Carter's Green, West Bromwich 6th Staffordshire Battery at Friars' Walk Drill Hall, Stafford III North Midland Ammunition Column at Wolverhampton On the outbreak of World War I, the Commanding Officer (CO) was Lieutenant-Colonel C.C. Leveson-Gore, a retired Major in the Indian Army, appointed on 1 April 1909. World War I Mobilisation The order to mobilise was received