 | | | The British 23rd Division was a New Army division that was sent to France in August, 1915. During the First World War the division served on the Western Front until October 1917 when it moved to Italy. Following the outbreak of hostilities in the Great War the then British Secretary of State for War Horatio Kitchener, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, advised forming a volunteer army of a million men. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWI This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War I. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. ...
The British 24th Division was a New Army division that was sent to France between August and September, 1915. ...
Following the outbreak of hostilities in the Great War the then British Secretary of State for War Horatio Kitchener, Lord Kitchener of Khartoum, advised forming a volunteer army of a million men. ...
A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...
For most of World War I, Allied Forces, predominantly those of France and the United Kingdom, were stalled at trenches on the Western Front. ...
1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ...
Unit History
Formation - 68th Brigade
- 10th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
- 11th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers
- 12th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry
- 13th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (until September 1918)
- 69th Brigade
- 70th Brigade
Between October 1915 and July 1916 the brigade transferred to the British 8th Division, swapping with the 24th Brigade. THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS Nomenclature One of Englands premier county regiments, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers can trace its ancestory back to the year 1674. ...
The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own) (the 14th of Foot) amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (the 15th of Foot) in 1958 to form The Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire. ...
Official name The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Waless Own Yorkshire Regiment) Colonel-in-Chief HM King Harald V of Norway Nicknames Original nickname was the Green Howards. ...
Official name The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment (West Riding) Colonel-in-Chief Brigadier His Grace Arthur Valerian Wellesley KG LVO OBE MC BA DL, 8th Duke of Wellington Colonel-of-the-Regiment Major-General Sir Evelyn John Webb-Carter KCB Nicknames The Dukes, The Havercake Lads, The Pattern, The...
The British 8th Division was a Regular Army division that was formed by combining battalions returning from outposts in the British Empire at the outbreak of the France in November, 1914, following the First Battle of Ypres. ...
- 11th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (until September 1918)
- 8th (Service) Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
- 8th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
- 9th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
- 1/8th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (from October 1915 until February 1916)
- 24th Brigade
Between October 1915 and July 1916 the brigade joined from the British 8th Division, replacing the 70th Brigade. The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ...
The British 8th Division was a Regular Army division that was formed by combining battalions returning from outposts in the British Empire at the outbreak of the France in November, 1914, following the First Battle of Ypres. ...
- Pioneers
History The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) or Staffords was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of The South Staffordshire Regiment and the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales). The Staffords can trace their history back to 1705 when a regiment known as the 38th Foot was raised at Lichfield...
Battles The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. ...
First Day on the Somme Conflict First World War Date 1 July 1916 Place Somme, Picardy, France Result Decisive German victory The first day on the Somme, 1 July 1916, was the opening day of the British and French offensive that became the Battle of the Somme. ...
Battle of Bazentin Ridge Conflict First World War Date 14 July 1916 Place Somme, Picardy, France Result British victory The Battle of Bazentin Ridge, launched by the British Fourth Army at dawn on 14 July 1916, marked the start of the second phase of the Battle of the Somme. ...
The Battle of Pozières was a two week struggle for the French village of Pozières, and the ridge on which it stands, during the middle stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. ...
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette, which began on 15 September 1916 and lasted for one week, was the third and last of the large-scale offensives mounted by the British Army during the Battle of the Somme. ...
The Battle of Morval, which began on 25 September 1916, was an attack by the British Fourth Army on the German-held villages of Morval, Gueudecourt and Lesboeufs during the Battle of the Somme. ...
The Battle of Le Transloy was the final offensive mounted by the British Fourth Army during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. ...
The battle of Messines was launched on the 7 June 1917 by General Herbert Plumers second army. ...
Passchendaele village, before and after the Battle of Passchendaele The Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the Third Battle of Ypres, was one of the major battles of World War I, fought by British, ANZAC, and Canadian soldiers against the German army near Ypres (Ieper in Flemish) in West Flanders...
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought between 24 October and 3 November 1918, near Vittorio Veneto, during the Italian Campaign of World War I. It was the decisive battle, in which the Italian and Allied troops routed the Austrian army, conquering Trento and Trieste, and causing the Austrians to...
External links - The British Army in the Great War: The 23rd Division
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