1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery

1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery
III South Midland Brigade, RFA
68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, RA
Warwickshire Regiment, RA
1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery; III South Midland Brigade, RFA; 68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, RA; Warwickshire Regiment, RA
	Royal Artillery cap badge
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'
Engagements	First world War: Battle of the Somme; Battle of Fromelles; Battle of Vimy Ridge; Battle of Messines; Third Battle of Ypres; German Spring Offensive; Hundred Days Offensive; ; Second World War: Battle of France; Italian campaign; ;

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.

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