British 24th Division

	dates	''' World War I '''<br> formed September 1914
	country	United Kingdom
	branch	New Army
	type	Infantry
	battles	Battle Of The Somme <br> Third Battle Of Ypres

The British 24th Division was a New Army Division that was sent to France between August and September, 1915 . It served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War .

UNIT HISTORY

FORMATION

; 17th Brigade (from October 11 1915 ) :

1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

3rd Battalion, the Rifle Brigade

12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (''from 73rd Bde. disbanded February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (''from 72nd Bde. February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment (''from 72nd Bde. disbanded February 1918'')

1/2nd (City of London ) Battalion, The London Regiment (''until February 1916'')

The brigade joined the division from the 6th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 71st Brigade.

; 71st Brigade (until October 11, 1915) :

9th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment

9th (Service) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment

8th (Service) Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment

11th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment

The brigade moved to the 6th Division in October 1915, swapping with the 17th brigade.

; 72nd Brigade :

8th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment (''to 17th Bde. February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent) Regiment (''to 17th Bde. October 1915'')

9th (Service) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment

8th (Service) Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment

1st Battalion, The Prince Of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment) (''from October 1915'')

; 73rd Brigade :

12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (''to 17th Bde. October 1915'')

9th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

7th (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment

13th (Service) Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Prince Of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) (''from 17th Bde. October 1915 until February 1918'')

BATTLES

Battle Of The Somme

Third Battle Of Ypres

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British 24th Division