- 32nd Division (United Kingdom)
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unit_name= 32nd Division
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dates=World War I
1915 - 1919
country= United Kingdom
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branch= New Army
type=Infantry
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battles=Battle of the Somme
oBattle of Albert Battle of Amiens
anniversaries=The British 32nd Division was a New Army division that was originally made up of battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the BritishWar Office in September1915 . It served inFrance on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.The division's insignia was four 'eights' arranged in an 'X' shape.
Unit history
"to be completed"
Formation
; 95th Brigade :
The brigade moved to the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 14th Brigade.
*14th (Service) Battalion,
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
*15th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
*16th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
*12th (Service) Battalion (Bristol),The Gloucestershire Regiment ; 96th Brigade :
*16th (Service) Battalion,
Northumberland Fusiliers
*15th (Service) Battalion (1st Salford),Lancashire Fusiliers
*16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers
*19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers ("to 14 Bde January 1916")
*2nd Battalion,Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ("from December 1915 until February 1918")
*2nd Battalion,The Manchester Regiment ("from 14 Bde February 1918"); 97th Brigade :
*11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale),
The Border Regiment ("until May 1918")
*1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, The Border Regiment ("from May 1918")
*15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow),Highland Light Infantry ("to 14 Bde January 1916")
*16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry ("to Pioneers February 1918")
*17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry ("disbanded February 1918")
*2nd Battalion,King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ("from December 1915")
*10th (Service) Battalion,Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders ("from February 1918"); 14th Brigade :
The brigade joined from the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 95 Brigade.
*1st Battalion,
The Dorsetshire Regiment
*19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers ("from 96 Bde January 1916 until July 1916")
*1/5th Battalion,The Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) ("from July 1916")
*15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry ("from 97 Bde January 1916")
*2nd Battalion, The Manchester Regiment ("to 14 Bde February 1918"); Pioneers :
*17th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers ("various times")
*1/12th Battalion TF (Pioneers),The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ("from November 1916 until January 1917")
*16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry ("from 97 Bde February 1918")Battles
*
Battle of the Somme (1916)
**Battle of Albert
*Battle of Amiens See also
*
List of British divisions in WWI External links
* [http://www.1914-1918.net/32div.htm The British Army in the Great War: The 32nd Division]
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