The British 6th Division was a Regular Army division that was sent to France on 10 September 1914. It served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War, fighting in the Battle of the Somme (1916), the Battle of Cambrai and the Battle of Epehy. Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... Combatants British Empire Australia Canada New Zealand Newfoundland South Africa United Kingdom France German Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Ferdinand Foch Max von Gallwitz Fritz von Below Strength 13 British & 11 French divisions (initial) 51 British and 48 French divisions (final) 10. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Newfoundland German Empire Commanders Julian Byng Georg von der Marwitz Strength 2 Corps 1 Corps Casualties 45,000 killed 9,000 prisoners 100 tanks destroyed 45,000 killed 11,000 prisoners The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a... Combatants United Kingdom Australia Germany Commanders Henry Rawlinson Unknown Strength 12 divisions Unknown Casualties Total: unknown Australian: 1,260 men Total: unknown Captured: 9,000 men The Battle of Epéhy was a World War I battle fought on 18 September 1918, involving the British Fourth Army (under the command... Symbol of the Polish 1st Legions Infantry Division in NATO code A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire France Italy Russian Empire United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria Germany Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nicholas II Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar Potiorek İsmail Enver Ferdinand I Casualties Military dead: 5,520... Combatants British Empire Australia Canada New Zealand Newfoundland South Africa United Kingdom France German Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Ferdinand Foch Max von Gallwitz Fritz von Below Strength 13 British & 11 French divisions (initial) 51 British and 48 French divisions (final) 10. ... Combatants United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Newfoundland German Empire Commanders Julian Byng Georg von der Marwitz Strength 2 Corps 1 Corps Casualties 45,000 killed 9,000 prisoners 100 tanks destroyed 45,000 killed 11,000 prisoners The Battle of Cambrai (November 20 - December 3, 1917) was a... Combatants United Kingdom Australia Germany Commanders Henry Rawlinson Unknown Strength 12 divisions Unknown Casualties Total: unknown Australian: 1,260 men Total: unknown Captured: 9,000 men The Battle of Epéhy was a World War I battle fought on 18 September 1918, involving the British Fourth Army (under the command...

During the Second World War the division did not fight as a complete formation. On 3 November 1939 it was formed in Egypt by the redesignation of the British 7th Infantry Division, under the command of Maj-Gen.R.N.O'Connor. On 17 June 1940 Divisional H.Q. became H.Q. Western Desert Force . The Division effectively ceased to exist. The Division reformed in Egypt on 17 February 1941, under the command of Maj-Gen. J.F.Evetts. From 7 to 19 April it was temporarily under command of Brig.C.E.N.Lomax. On 29 September 1941 Major General Evetts left and Brig.G.N.C.Martin took acting command. Eleven days later on 10 October that year it was redesignated the 70th Infantry Division, and Major General R.MacK. Scobie assumed command. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The British 7th Infantry Division was a World War II division. ... General Sir Richard Nugent OConnor , KT , GCB , GBE , DSO , MC , ADC (August 21, 1889 – June 17, 1981) was a British Army general who commanded the Western Desert Force (WDF) in the early years of World War II. OConnor was the field commander for Operation Compass, in which he... The Western Desert Force, during World War II, was a British Commonwealth Army unit stationed in Egypt. ... // History This formation had a brief history during the Second World War. ... Sir Ronald MacKenzie Scobie KBE, CBE, CB, MC was a British Army officer. ...

World War I Composition

16th Brigade 

• 1st Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry
• 2nd Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (from 71st Bde. November 1915, disbanded February 1918)
• 1st Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment (to 71st Bde. November 1915)
• 1/5th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (from February 1915 to June 1915)

17th Brigade (until October 14, 1915) 

• 1st Battalion, the Royal Fusiliers
• 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
• 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
• 3rd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
• 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (from February 1915)

The brigade transferred to the 24th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 71st Brigade. The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. ... The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) had a history dating back to 1572 and was one of the oldest regiments in the British Army being the 3rd Regiment of Foot. ... The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry is a former regiment of the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 53rd Regiment of Foot and the 85th (Kings Light Infantry) Regiment of Foot. ... The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The 17th Infantry Brigade was a Second World War British Army unit that was composed, largely, of Regular Army battalions. ... The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a regiment in the British Army. ... The Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales) or Staffords is an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales Division. ... The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consorts Own) was a regiment of the British Army. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. ... The British 24th Division was a New Army division that was sent to France between August and September, 1915. ...

18th Brigade 

• 1st Battalion, The West Yorkshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment (until November 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry
• 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment (from 71st Bde. October 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters (to 71st Bde. October 1915)
• 14th (Service) Battalion, the Durham Light Infantry (from November 1915, disbanded February 1918)
• 1/16th (County of London) Battalion, the London Regiment (until February 1916

19th Brigade (until May 31, 1915) 

• 2nd Battalion, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers
• 1st Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
• 1/5th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
• 1st Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

Originally an independent brigade before being attached to the division, the 19th Brigade moved to the 27th Division in May, 1915 and was not replaced, reducing the division to the standard three infantry brigades. The 18th Infantry Brigade was a British Army brigade during the Second World War. ... 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. ... The Durham Light Infantry (DLI) was formed in 1881 from the 68th Regiment of Foot which had originally been raised in County Durham by General John Lambton in 1758. ... The Essex Regiemnt was an infantry regiment of the British Army. ... The 19th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation at the beginning of World War II . ... Official name The Royal Welch Fusiliers Colonel-in-Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Colonel Major-General Brian Peter Plummer CBE Nicknames Motto Nec Aspera Terrent Anniversaries St. ... The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry. ... Official name Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louises) Colonel_in_Chief HM Queen Elizabeth II Nicknames Motto Sans Peur Ne Obliviscaris Anniversaries Balaklava (25 October) Marches Quick: The Highland Laddie Quick: The Campbells Are Coming Charge: Monymusk Funerals: Lochaber No More Mascot A Shetland Pony called Cruachan Description Infantry regiment Creation... The British 27th Division was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in late 1914 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. ...

71st Brigade (from October 11 1915) 

• 9th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment
• 9th (Service) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (disbanded February 1918)
• 8th (Service) Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment (to 16th Bde. November 1915)
• 1st Battalion, the Leicestershire Regiment (from 16th Bde. November 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (from 18th Bde. October 1915)

The brigade joined from the 24th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 17th Brigade. The Royal Norfolk Regiment, originally formed as the Norfolk Regiment, was a regiment of the British Army. ... The British 24th Division was a New Army division that was sent to France between August and September, 1915. ...

World War II Composition

• 6th Divisional Signals - 9th Oct.1941
• The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) - 25th March 1940-30th May 1940 (Cavalry)
• 45th Recce.Battalion - 21st Oct.1942-16th Sept.1943

The Scots Greys was the unofficial and later official name of a dragoon regiment of the British Army from 1678 until 1971, when they amalgamated to form The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys). ...

Engineers

• 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers
• 219th Field Company, Royal Engineers

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...

Artillery

• 8th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 51st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 60th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 50th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery
• 69th Light Anti-Aircraft/ Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery

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British 22nd Infantry Brigade

3rd Nov.1939 - 11th March 1940 & 10th June 1940 - 17th June 1940

British 14th Infantry Brigade

29th March 1940 - 30th May 1940 & 10th July 1941 - 11th May 1943 & History At the start of the Second World War this unit was made up of regular army battalions based in the Middle East garrisons. ...

British 16th Infantry Brigade

28th March 1940 - 27th June 1940 & 19th Feb.1941 - 17th May 1941 & 19th June 1941 - 19th Sept.1941 & 22nd Oct.1941 - 26th Feb. 1942 & The British 16th Infantry Brigade was a British Army formation based in Palestine at the beginning of the Second World War as part of the British 8th Infantry Division. ...

British 23rd Infantry Brigade

29th June 1941 - 22nd April 1943 & The British 23rd Infantry Brigade is a Second World War brigade eventually became a Chindit formation during the Burma Campaign, before this it was part of the British 70th Infantry Division and saw service in North Africa. ...

External links/See also

• List of British divisions in WWI
• The British Army in the Great War: The 6th Division