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Encyclopedia > British 20th (Light) Division


20th (Light) Division
Army New Army
Formed September 1914
Demobilised May 1919
British First World War divisions
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The British 20th (Light) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division landed in France July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.

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Unit history

Formation

59th Brigade 
  • 10th (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps (disbanded February 1918)
  • 11th (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • 10th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (disbanded February 1918)
  • 11th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
  • 2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from February 1918)
60th Brigade 
  • 6th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ( disbanded February 1918)
  • 6th (Service) Battalion, The King's Shropshire Light Infantry
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
61st Brigade 
Pioneers 
  • 11th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (from 61 Bde January 1915)

Battles

External links

  • The British Army in the Great War: The 20th (Light) Division (http://www.1914-1918.net/20div.htm)



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