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1/1st North Midland Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery    1/1st North Midland (Staffordshire) Heavy Battery, was part of the 46th (North Midland) Division TF and was mobilised at the outbreak of war in August 1914 and underwent training in the area around Luton. The battery was equipped with four 4.7-inch guns and they proceeded to France in February 1915 being the first complete TF Division to arrive on the Western Front, spending the first few months of active service in the Ypres Salient. 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