Date:2nd of October 1918
Description:This colourised images shows the 137th (Staffordshire) Brigade (46th North Midland Division) being addressed by Brigadier JV Campbell from the Riqueval Bridge over the St Quentin Canal, having carried out a brilliant assault on the Hindenburg Line on 29th September 1918. Through its history the Staffordshire Regiment has been involved in many campaigns and wars and has been stationed in many parts of the world. Formerly called the North and South Staffordshire Regiments, the two were amalgamated in January 1959. The Regiment is based at Whittington Barracks, near Lichfield. (Photograph courtesy of the Imperial War Museum, London, negative number Q9534)
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