62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
Active	1914–1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	First World War Battle of Arras (1917) Battle of Cambrai (1917) Operation Michael (Somme, 1918) Second Battle of the Marne Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Walter Braithwaite

The British 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was a Territorial Force division during the First World War.

History

During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bullecourt in the Battle of Arras and Havrincourt in the Battle of Cambrai. During Operation Michael, in 1918, they were in the line near Arras and in the Second Battle of the Marne, in the Ardre Valley. At the opening of Second Battle of the Somme (1918), they fought the Battle of Havrincourt and continued across the Saint Quentin Canal at Marcoing, before beginning the fighting advance to Maubeuge on the Sambre.

Component units

185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade

2/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left August 1918)
2/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
2/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left June 1918)
2/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left February 1918)
1/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined January 1918)
1/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (joined June 1918)
2/20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (joined August 1918)

186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade

2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, disbanded January 1918)
2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left as a cadre June 1918)
5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined January 1918)
2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (joined June 1918)

187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade

2/4th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915, absorbed February 1918)
2/4th Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster (joined March 1915, disbanded February 1918)
5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined February 1918)

General Officer Commanding

Major-General Walter Braithwaite January 1917 - August 1918
Major-General Robert Dundas Whigham August 1918 - 1919

References

Bibliography

Wyrall, E. (1924). The Story of the 62nd (West Riding) Division, 1914–1919 I. London: The Bodley Head. OCLC 6256569. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
Wyrall, E. (2003) [1928]. The Story of the 62nd (West Riding) Division, 1914–1919 II (Naval & Military Press ed.). London: The Bodley Head. ISBN 1-84342-582-3.

External links

Divisions of the British Army

Active

1st (United Kingdom) Division 3rd Division (United Kingdom)

Second World War (list)

Airborne	1st Airborne 6th Airborne

Armoured	Guards 1st 2nd 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 42nd 79th

Infantry	Guards 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th (Highland) 12th (Eastern) 15th (Scottish) 18th 23rd (Northumbrian) 36th 38th (Welsh) 42nd (East Lancashire) 43rd (Wessex) 44th (Home Counties) 45th 46th 47th (London) 48th (South Midland) 49th (West Riding) 50th (Northumbrian) 51st (Highland) 52nd (Lowland) 53rd (Welsh) 54th (East Anglian) 55th (West Lancashire) 56th (London) 59th (Staffordshire) 61st 66th 70th 76th 77th 78th 80th

Anti-Invasion	Devon and Cornwall Dorset Durham and North Riding Essex Hampshire Lincolnshire Norfolk Northumberland West Sussex Yorkshire

Anti-Aircraft	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Deception	See British deception formations in World War II

Colonial	1st Burma 1st (African) 2nd (African) 11th (African) 11th (East Africa) 12th (SDF) 81st (West Africa) 82nd (West Africa)

Other	1st Cavalry Beauman Division Royal Marines Y Division

First World War (list)

Regular Army

New Army

1st New Army	9th (Scottish) 10th (Irish) 11th (Northern) 12th (Eastern) 13th (Western) 14th (Light)

2nd New Army	15th (Scottish) 16th (Irish) 17th (Northern) 18th (Eastern) 19th (Western) 20th (Light)

3rd New Army	21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th

4th New Army	30th 31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th

5th New Army	36th (Ulster) 37th 38th (Welsh) 39th 40th 41st

Territorial Force

1st Line	42nd (East Lancashire) 43rd (Wessex) 44th (Home Counties) 46th (North Midland) 47th (1/2nd London) 48th (South Midland) 49th (West Riding) 50th (Northumbrian) 51st (Highland) 52nd (Lowland) 53rd (Welsh) 54th (East Anglian) 55th (West Lancashire) 56th (1/1st London)

2nd Line	45th (2nd Wessex) 57th (2nd West Lancashire) 58th (2/1st London) 59th (2nd North Midland) 60th (2/2nd London) 61st (2nd South Midland) 62nd (2nd West Riding) 63rd (2nd Northumbrian) 64th (2nd Highland) 65th (2nd Lowland) 66th (2nd East Lancashire) 67th (2nd Home Counties) 68th (2nd Welsh) 69th (2nd East Anglian)

Other

Cavalry

Cavalry	1st 2nd 3rd

Mounted	1st 2nd 2/2nd (later 3rd) 4th Yeomanry

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