British 18th (eastern) Division

	dates	''' World War I '''<br> September 1914 - 20 March 1919
	country	United Kingdom
	branch	New Army
	type	Infantry
	command Structure	K2 Army Group
	battles	Battle Of The Somme (1916) <br> Third Battle Of Ypres <br> Battle Of Epehy

The British 18th (Eastern) Division was a New Army Division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division landed in France on 25 May 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front , becoming one of the elite divisions of the British Army.

UNIT HISTORY

FORMATION

; 53rd Brigade :

10th (Service) Battalion, The Essex Regiment

8th (Service) Battalion, The Norfolk Regiment (''until February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (''until February 1918'')

6th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (''until February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) (''from February 1918'')

7th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (''from 55th Bde February 1918'')

; 54th Brigade :

11th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

6th (Service) Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment

12th (Service) Battalion, The Duke Of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (''until February 1918'')

8th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment (''to pioneers February 1915'')

7th (Service) Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (''from February 1915 until May 1918'')

2nd Battalion, The Bedfordshire Regiment (''from May 1918'')

; 55th Brigade :

7th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

7th (Service) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

8th (Service) Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment

7th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (''to 53rd Bde February 1918'')

; Pioneers :

8th (Service) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment (''from 54th Bde February 1915'')

BATTLES

Battle Of The Somme (1916)

Third Battle Of Ypres

Battle Of Epehy

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