GUARDS DIVISION

Formed in France in August 1915 with the Guards Battalions from various other Divisions. Served in France and Flanders until the Armistice.

Battles and Engagements.

France and Flanders.

Battle of Loos. 25 Sep-8 Oct 1915.
Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. 13-19 Oct 1915.

Battle of Flers-Courcelette. 15-22 Sep 1916, including the capture of Martinpuich.
Battle of Morval. 25-28 Sep 1916, including the capture of Combles, Lesboeufs and Gueudecourt.

German retreat to the Hindenburg Line. 14 Mar-5 Apr 1917.
Battle of Pilkem. 31 Jul-2 Aug 1917.
Battle of the Menin Road. 20-25 Sep 1917.
Battle of Poelcappelle. 9 Oct 1917.
First Battle of Passchendaele. 12 Oct 1917.
Capture of Bourlon Wood. 23-28 Nov 1917.
German counter attacks. 30 Nov-3 Dec 1917.

Battle of St. Quentin. 21-23 Mar 1918.
First Battle of Bapaume. 24-25 Mar 1918.
First Battle of Arras. 28 Mar 1918.
Battle of Albert. 21-23 Aug 1918, including the capture of Chuignes.
Second Battle of Bapaume. 31 Aug-3 Sep 1918.
Battle of Havrincourt. 12 Sep 1918.
Battle of the Canal du Nord. 27 Sep-1 Oct 1918, including the capture of Bourlon Wood.
Battle of Cambrai. 8-9 Oct 1918, including the capture of Villers Outreaux and Cambrai.
The pursuit to the Selle. 9-12 Oct 1918.
Battle of the Selle. 17-25 Oct 1918.
Battle of the Sambre. 4 Nov 1918, including the passage of the Sambre-Oise canal and the capture of Le Quesnoy.

Infantry Units

1st (Guards) Brigade.

2nd Bn Grenadier Guards. 20 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
2nd Bn Coldstream Guards. 20 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
3rd Bn Coldstream Guards. 20 Aug 1915 - 08 Feb 1918. To the 31st Division.
1st Bn Irish Guards. 20 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.

2nd (Guards) Brigade.

3rd Bn Grenadier Guards. 19 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Coldstream Guards. 25 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Scots Guards. 25 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
2nd Bn Irish Guards. 19 Aug 1915 - 08 Feb 1918. To the 31st Division.

3rd (Guards) Brigade.

1st Bn Grenadier Guards. 05 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
4th Bn Grenadier Guards. 18 Aug 1915 - 08 Feb 1918. To the 31st Division.
2nd Bn Scots Guards. 09 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
1st Bn Welsh Guards. 20 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.

Pioneers.

4th Bn Coldstream Guards. 18 Aug 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.

 

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