1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery III South Midland Brigade, RFA 68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, RA Warwickshire Regiment, RA | |
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Active | 30 May 1900–1 April 1971 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | Territorial Army |
Role | Field artillery |
Size | 2–4 Batteries |
Part of | 48th (South Midland) Division |
Garrison/HQ | Birmingham |
Nickname(s) | 'The Balsall Heath Artillery' 'The Stoney Lane Boys'[1] |
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The 1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery, or 'Balsall Heath Artillery', was a part-time unit of Britain's Royal Artillery recruited from Birmingham. It served on the Western Front during the First World War, including the Battles of the Somme, Vimy Ridge, Messines, Ypres, the German Spring Offensive and the final victorious Hundred Days Offensive. During the Second World War it fought in the Battle of France and was evacuated from Dunkirk. Later in served in the Italian campaign. It continued in the postwar Territorial Army, through a series of mergers, until 1971.