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22nd Division (United Kingdom)

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Active
  
September 1914–1919

Branch
  
British Army

Size
  
Division

Country
  
United Kingdom

Type
  
Infantry

Engagements
  
World War I

The 22nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army during World War I, raised in September 1914, from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. The division moved to France in September 1915, but it was transferred to Greece only one month later. It served in the Balkans Campaign for the duration of the First World War.

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The 22nd Division's insignia was a solid black bar.

Unit history

to be completed

Formation

65th Brigade
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
  • 14th (Service) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (until July 1918)
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
  • 8th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers (from June 1918)
    • 66th Brigade
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
  • 8th (Service) Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
  • 13th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (until June 1918)
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (from February 1915)
    • 67th Brigade

    incomplete

    Battles

  • Battle of Horseshoe Hill
  • Battle of Machukovo
  • Battle of Doiran (1917)
  • Battle of Doiran (1918)

    • References

    22nd Division (United Kingdom) Wikipedia
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