1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers

1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers
2nd North Midland Brigade, RFA
61st (North Midland) Field Rgt, RA
61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Rgt, RA
261 (North Midland) Locating Rgt, RA
1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers; 2nd North Midland Brigade, RFA; 61st (North Midland) Field Rgt, RA; 61st (North Midland) Super Heavy Rgt, RA; 261 (North Midland) Locating Rgt, RA
	Letterhead of the 4th Battery, Shropshire and Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, c1900
Active	1860–1969
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Volunteer Force/Territorial Army
Role	Garrison artillery; Field artillery; Super-heavy artillery; Locating unit
Garrison/HQ	Shelton, Staffordshire
Engagements	First World War Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt; Battle of Gommecourt; Battle of the Menin Road Ridge; Battle of Polygon Wood; Battle of Cambrai; Battle of St Quentin; Battle of the St Quentin Canal; Second World War Battle of Falaise; Operation Guildford;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Sir Smith Hill Child, 2nd Baronet

The 1st Staffordshire Artillery Volunteers, later 2nd North Midland Brigade, was a Volunteer unit of the Royal Artillery of the British Army recruiting primarily from Staffordshire. It fought on the Western Front during World War I and in the Normandy Campaign and Belgium, Holland, and Germany during World War II. Postwar, it was reformed as a specialist locating unit.

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