The British 24th Division was a New Army division

Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions typically make up a corps...

 that was sent to France between August and September, 1915. It served on the Western Front

Western Front (World War I)

Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...

 for the duration of the First World War

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

. From its arrival in France to May 1917, it was commanded by Major-General John Capper

John Capper

Major-General Sir John Edward Capper KCB KCVO was a senior officer of the British Army during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century who served on the North-West Frontier of British India, in South Africa and during the First World War, where he was instrumental in the development of the...

.

Formation

17th Brigade (from October 11, 1915) :

• 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
• 3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade
• 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (from 73rd Bde. disbanded February 1918)
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (from 72nd Bde. February 1918)
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment (from 72nd Bde. disbanded February 1918)
• 1/2nd (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (until February 1916)

The brigade joined the division from the 6th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 71st Brigade.

71st Brigade (until October 11, 1915) :

• 9th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment
• 9th (Service) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment
• 11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment

The brigade moved to the 6th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 17th brigade.

72nd Brigade :

• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (to 17th Bde. February 1918)
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment (to 17th Bde. October 1915)
• 9th (Service) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment
• 8th (Service) Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
  The Staffordshire Regiment
  The Staffordshire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The regiment was formed in 1959 by the amalgamation of The South Staffordshire Regiment and The North Staffordshire Regiment...
  
   (from October 1915)

73rd Brigade :

• 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (to 17th Bde. October 1915)
• 9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment
• 7th (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
• 13th (Service) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) (from 17th Bde. October 1915 until February 1918)

External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 24th Division