19th (WESTERN) DIVISION

Formed at Bulford in September 1914 as part of the Second New Army. Arrived in France in July 1915. Served in France and Flanders until the Armistice.

Battles and Engagements.

France and Flanders.

Battle of Loos. 25 Sep-8 Oct 1915.

Battle of Albert. 1-13 Jul 1916, including the capture of Montauban, Mametz, Fricourt, Contalmaison and La Boisselle.
Attacks on High Wood. 20-25 Jul 1916.
Battle of Pozieres. 23 Jul 1916, including the fighting for Mouquet Farm.
Battle of the Ancre Heights. 1-11 Oct 1916, including the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt, Stuff Redoubt and the Regina Trench.
Battle of the Ancre. 13-18 Nov 1916, including the capture of Beaumont Hamel.

Battle of Messines. 7-14 Jun 1917, including the capture of Wytschaete.
Battle of the Menin Road. 20-25 Sep 1917.
Battle of Polygon Wood. 26 Sep-3 Oct 1917.
Battle of Broodside. 4 Oct 1917.
Battle of Poelcappelle. 9 Oct 1917.
First Battle of Passchendaele. 12 Oct 1917.
Second Battle of Passchendaele. 26 Oct-10 Nov 1917.

Battle of St. Quentin. 21-23 Mar 1918.
First Battle of Bapaume. 24-25 Mar 1918.
Battle of Messines. 10-11 Apr 1918.
Battle of Bailleul. 13-15 Apr 1918, including the defence of Neuve Eglise.
First Battle of Kemmel. 17-19 Apr 1918.
Battle of the Aisne. 27 May-7 Jun 1918, including the attack on Bligny and Bois des Buttes.
Advance in Flanders. 18 Aug-6 Sep 1918.
Battle of the Selle. 17-25 Oct 1918.
Battle of Valenciennes. 1-2 Nov 1918, including the capture of Mont Houy.
Battle of the Sambre. 4 Nov 1918, including the passage of the Sambre-Oise canal and the capture of Le Quesnoy.
Passage of the Grande Honelle. 5-7 Nov 1918.

Infantry Units

56th Brigade.

7th Bn King’s Own. Sep 1914 - 22 Feb 1918. Disbanded, personnel to the 1/4th and 1/5th Bns.
4th Bn King’s. 03 Dec 1915 - 19 Dec 1915. To the 58th Brigade.
9th Bn Cheshire Regt. 07 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
7th Bn East Lancashire Regt. Sep 1914 - 22 Feb 1918. Disbanded.
7th Bn South Lancashire Regt. Sep 1914 - 22 Feb 1918. Disbanded, personnel (23 officers and 640 men) to the 6th Entrenching Bn.
7th Bn Loyal North Lancashire Regt. Sep 1914 - 10 Feb 1918. Disbanded, personnel to the 1st and 2/5th Bns.
1/4th Bn King’s Shropshire Light Infantry. 04 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
8th Bn North Staffordshire Regt. 07 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.

57th Brigade.

10th Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt. Sep 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
8th Bn Gloucestershire Regt. Sep 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
3rd Bn Worcestershire Regt. 22 Jun 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
10th Bn Worcestershire Regt. Sep 1914 - 22 Jun 1918. Reduced to Training Cadre on 22 Jun 1918. Surplus personnel to the 3rd Bn, Cadre to the 25th Division.
8th Bn North Staffordshire Regt. 18 Sep 1914 - 07 Feb 1918. To the 56th Brigade.

58th Brigade.

4th Bn King’s. 19 Dec 1915 - 25 Feb 1916. To the 33rd Division.
9th Bn Cheshire Regt. 13 Sep 1914 - 07 Feb 1918. To the 56th Brigade.
9th Bn Royal Welsh Fusiliers. 09 Sep 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
5th Bn South Wales Borderers. Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1914. Became the Pioneer Bn.
9th Bn Welsh Regt. Sep 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
2nd Bn Wiltshire Regt. 13 May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
6th Bn Wiltshire Regt. 29 Dec 1914 - 13 May 1918. Reduced to Training Cadre on 13 May 1918. Surplus personnel (20 officers and 509 men) to the 2nd Bn. Cadre to the 30th Division.

Pioneers.

5th Bn South Wales Borderers. 29 Dec 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.

Attached Troops.

6th Bn Wiltshire Regt. Sep 1914 - 29 Dec 1914. To the 58th Brigade.
22nd Bn Durham Light Infantry. 17 Jun 1916 - 02 Jul 1916. To the 8th Division.

 

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