17th (Northern) Division

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Country United Kingdom Type Infantry		Branch British Army
Active September 1914 – May 1919 Engagements World War I Battle of the Somme (1916) Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Épehy

The British 17th (Northern) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.

Order of Battle

50th Brigade

10th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)

7th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment

7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (disbanded February 1918)

6th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (from March 1915)

7th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (until March 1915)

51st Brigade

7th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

7th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment

10th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters

8th (Service) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (disbanded February 1918)

3/4th Battalion Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (from June 1917 to 52nd Bde August 1917)

52nd Brigade

10th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers

12th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

9th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (until August 1917)

3/4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (from 51st Bde August 1917, disbanded February 1918)

Battles

Battle of the Somme (1916)

Third Battle of Ypres

Battle of Épehy

Commander

Major-General Thomas David Pilcher January 1915 — 13 July 1916

Major-General Philip Rynd Robertson 13. July 1916 - 1919

References

17th (Northern) Division Wikipedia

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Order of Battle

Battles

Commander

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