17th (Northern) Division

17th (Northern) Division
Active September 1914 – May 1919
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
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 
51st Brigade 
52nd Brigade 

Battles

Commander

See also

External links

Further reading

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