46th (North Midland) Division

North Midland Division 46th (North Midland) Division
Active	1908 – June 1919 1922–1935
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	Hohenzollern Redoubt Gommecourt Hill 70 St Quentin Canal Selle Sambre

The 46th (North Midland) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of the Territorial Force, that saw service in World War I. At the outbreak of the war, the 46th Division was commanded by Major-General Hon. E.J. Montagu-Stuart-Wortley. Originally called the North Midland Division, it was redesignated as the 46th Division in May 1915.

When the Territorial Force was formed in 1908 as a result of the Haldane Reforms, the North Midland Division was created by combining two existing Volunteer Infantry brigades, the Staffordshire Brigade and the North Midland Brigade. The Staffordshire Brigade was composed of battalions of the South Staffordshire Regiment and the Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment). The North Midland Brigade was split into two, one, the Lincoln and Leicester Brigade, composed of battalions of the Lincolnshire and Leicestershire Regiments, the other, the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Brigade, comprising the four TF battalions of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (later the Sherwood Foresters).Artillery, engineer, medical and other support services for the division either came from the Volunteers of these counties, or were newly raised in the TF.