British 8Th Division (World War I)

Unit history

Formation

23rd Brigade :

• 2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
• 2nd Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (until February 1918)
• 1/6th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from March 1915 until June 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
• 1/7th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (from March 1915 until February 1916)

24th Brigade :

• 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
• 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
• 1/5th Battalion, the Black Watch (until October 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (to 25th Bde. February 1918)
• 1/4th Battalion, the Cameron Highlanders (from February 1915 until April 1915)

25th Brigade :

• 2nd Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
• 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
• 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment (from 24th Bde. February 1918)
• 1/8th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (from August 1915 until October 1915)
• 13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (until May 1915)
• 1/1st (City of London) Battalion, the London Regiment (from May 1915 until February 1916)

70th Brigade :

Battles

• Battle of Neuve Chapelle
• Battle of Aubers Ridge
• Battle of the Somme (1916)
• Third Battle of Ypres

External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 8th Division

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