14th (Light) Division

14th (Light) Division
Active September 1914 - March 1919
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Engagements World War I
Memorial to the 14th (Light) Division at Hill 60 (Ypres) in Belgium

The 14th (Light) Division was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener. All of its infantry regiments were originally of the fast marching rifle or light infantry regiments, hence the title "Light". It fought on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.
The division was disbanded by March 1919, and was not reformed in the Second World War.

Order of Battle

The division comprised the following infantry brigades, which underwent major changes between February 1918 (the Army's brigade reorganisation from 4 to 3 infantry battalions) and June 1918 (rebuilt after the losses of from the German Spring Offensive).[1]

41st Brigade
42nd Brigade 
43rd Brigade 
Divisional Troops 

Artillery

Engineers

Royal Army Medical Corps

Battles

Second Battle of Ypres

Battle of the Somme

Battle of Arras (1917)

Third Battle of Ypres

First Battles of the Somme 1918

Hundred Days Offensive

Commander

See also

References

  1. Baker, Chris. "The Long Long Trail". Retrieved 28 February 2015.

External links

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