14th (Light) Division

14th (Light) Division

Infobox Military Unit
unit_name= 14th (Light) Division


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dates= World War I
September 1914 - March 1919
country= United Kingdom
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type= Infantry
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battles=World War I
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anniversaries=The 14th (Light) Division was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener. It fought on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.

Unit History

Formation

The division comprised the following infantry brigades, which underwent major changes between February and June 1918.

; 41st Brigade :
*Before June 1918
**7th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
**8th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
**7th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
**8th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
**9th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
*After June 1918
**18th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
**29th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
**33rd Battalion, The London Regiment (Rifle Brigade)

; 42nd Brigade :
*Before June 1918
**5th Battalion, The Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
**5th Battalion, The King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
**9th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
*After June 1918
**6th (Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry) Battalion, The Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
**16th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment (1st City)
**14th Battalion, Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)

; 43rd Brigade :
*Before June 1918
**6th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's)
**6th Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
**6th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
**10th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry
*Early 1918
**9th Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
**7th Battalion, The King's Royal Rifle Corps
*After June 1918
**12th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (East Anglia)
**20th Battalion, The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
**10th Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry

; Pioneers :
*11th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment) ("until June 1918")
*15th Battalion The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ("after June 1918")

Battles

ee also

*List of British divisions in WWI

External links

* [http://www.1914-1918.net/14div.htm The British Army in the Great War: The 14th (Light) Division]


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