59 (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment RA (TA) was re-designated from 59 Medium Brigade with two batteries in November 1938. It served in France with the BEF in 1939. After 4 years training in the UK, it went to France in June 1944 as part of 3 Army Group RA. The Regiment was placed in suspended animation in March 1946. 59 (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment RA (TA) was reconstituted as 359 (4th West Lancashire) Medium Regiment RA (TA) in January 1947.
Illustrations of the formation badges under which a unit served or supported are given. This is no guarantee that the unit used this formations badge.
| Nov 38 |  |
Western Command | Liverpool, Merseyside, UK |
| Aug 39 | |
Western Command | Tarporley, Cheshire, UK |
| Oct 39 |  |
2 Corps | Lille, France |
| May 40 | |
2 Corps | Templeuve-en-Pévèle, France |
| May 40 |  |
1 Infantry Division | Dunkirk, France |
| Jun 40 | Home Forces | Wimborne, Dorset, UK | |
| Jul 40 |  |
Eastern Command RHQ & 235 Battery 236 Battery |
Great Dunmow, Essex, UK Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, UK |
| Sep 40 | |
Eastern Command | Leiston, Suffolk, UK |
| Jan 41 | |
Eastern Command | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK |
| Mar 41 |  |
4 Corps | Battle, Sussex, UK |
| Oct 41 | |
4 Corps | Moreton in Marsh, Gloucestershire, UK |
| Dec 41 |  |
Northern Command | Beamish Hall, Co. Durham, UK |
| Jun 42 | |
Northern Command | Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, UK |
| Aug 42 | |
Northern Command | Selby, Yorkshire, UK |
| May 43 |  |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Hildenborough, Kent, UK |
| May 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Ainmouth, Northumberland, UK |
| Jun 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Lantheuil, France |
| Jul 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Colleville, France |
| Sep 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Antwerp, Belgium |
| Sep 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | St Oedernrode, Holland |
| Oct 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Nijmegen, Holland |
| Dec 44 | |
21 Army Group, 3 Army Group RA | Louvain, Belgium |
| Jan 45 |  |
1 Canadian Army, 4 Army Group RA | Sittard, Holland |
| Feb 45 | |
1 Canadian Army, 4 Army Group RA | Reichswald, Germany |
| Feb 45 | |
2 Canadian AGRA | Bedburg, Germany |
| Mar 45 | |
21 Army Group | Xanten, Germany |
| Apr 45 |  |
2 Army, 9 Army Group RA | Bochum, Germany |
Batteries
| Nov 38 | 235, 236 (West Lancashire) |
Equipment
| May 39 | 16 x 6 inch Howitzers (iron wheels), Scammell Tractors |
| Mar 40 | Iron wheels replaced by pneumatic tyres |
| 1 Jun 40 | Guns spiked at Dunkirk |
| Jan 41 | 4 x 6 inch Howitzers on loan |
| Mar 41 | 5 x 60 pdr Guns Mk1, 1x 75 mm Gun |
| Oct 41 | 4.5 inch Howitzers, Quad Tractors |
| Dec 42 | 5.5 inch Guns |
| May 43 | M3 Half-Track Observation Posts |
| Jan 46 | Guns handed in |