British 41st Division
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The British 41st Division is a New Army division
formed in September 1915 as part of the K5 Army. The division landed in France in May 1916 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front
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123rd Brigade :
124th Brigade :
Pioneers :
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...
formed in September 1915 as part of the K5 Army. The division landed in France in May 1916 and spent the duration of the First World War in action 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...
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Formation
122nd Brigade :- 12th (Service) Battalion (Bermondsey), The East Surrey Regiment
- 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth), The Hampshire Regiment
- 11th (Service) Battalion (Lewisham), The Royal West Kent Regiment (disbanded March 1918)
- 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts and Crafts), King's Royal Rifle CorpsKing's Royal Rifle CorpsThe King's Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army infantry regiment, originally raised in colonial North America as the Royal Americans, and recruited from American colonists. Later ranked as the 60th Regiment of Foot, the regiment served for more than 200 years throughout the British Empire...
123rd Brigade :
- 11th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
- 10th (Service) Battalion (Kent County), The Royal West Kent Regiment
- 23rd (Service) Battalion (2nd Football), The Middlesex Regiment
- 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light InfantryDurham Light InfantryThe Durham Light Infantry was an infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 to 1968. It was formed by the amalgamation of the 68th Regiment of Foot and the 106th Regiment of Foot along with the militia and rifle volunteers of County Durham...
(to 124 Bde March 1918)
124th Brigade :
- 10th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
- 26th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
- 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (disbanded March 1918)
- 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeomen Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps (disbanded March 1918)
- 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry (from 123 Bde March 1918)
Pioneers :
- 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Works Pioneers), The Middlesex Regiment
Battles
- Battle of the Somme (1916)Battle of the Somme (1916)The Battle of the Somme , also known as the Somme Offensive, took place during the First World War between 1 July and 14 November 1916 in the Somme department of France, on both banks of the river of the same name...
- Battle of Flers-CourceletteBattle of Flers-CourceletteThe Battle of Flers-Courcelette, was a battle within the Franco-British Somme Offensive which took place in the summer and autumn of 1916. Launched on the 15th of September 1916 the battle went on for one week. Flers-Courcelette began with the overall objective of cutting a hole in the German...
- Battle of Le TransloyBattle of Le TransloyThe Battle of Le Transloy was the final offensive mounted by the British Fourth Army during the 1916 Battle of the Somme.-Prelude:With the successful conclusion of the preceding Battle of Morval at the end of September, the Fourth Army of Lieutenant General Henry Rawlinson had finally captured the...
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette
- Battle of MessinesBattle of MessinesThe Battle of Messines was a battle of the Western front of the First World War. It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen in West Flanders, Belgium...
- Third Battle of Ypres