British 1st Division (world War I)

	dates	''' World War I '''
	country	United Kingdom
	branch	Regular Army
	type	Infantry
	battles	Battle Of Mons <br> First Battle Of The Marne <br> Battle Of The Aisne <br> First Battle Of Ypres <br> Battle Of Aubers Ridge <br> Battle Of Loos <br> Battle Of The Somme (1916) <br>o Battle Of Pozières <br> Third Battle Of Ypres <br> Battle Of Epehy

The British 1st Division was a permanently established Regular Army Division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the First World War . It served on the Western Front for the duration of the war After the war the division was part of the occupation force stationed at Bonn .

The division's insignia was the signal flag for the 'Number 1'.

UNIT HISTORY

FORMATION

The division comprised the following Infantry Brigade s:

; 1st Brigade :

1st Battalion, the Black Watch

1st Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

1/14th (County of London ) Battalion, The London Regiment (''until February 1916'')

10th (Service) Battalion, The Gloucester Regiment (''until February 1918'')

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

1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (''from 2nd Brigade - February 1918'')

Originally called the '1st (Guards) Brigade' because it contained the 1st Battalions of the Coldstream Guards and the Scots Guards . When the Guards Division was formed in August 1915 and these two battalions departed, the brigade was redesignated.

; 2nd Brigade :

2nd Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

1st Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (''to 1st Brigade - February 1918'')

1st Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment

2nd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps

Also attached to the 2nd Brigade for periods during 1915 :

1/5th Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)

1/9th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, The Royal Sussex Regiment

; 3rd Brigade :

1st Battalion, The South Wales Borderers

1st Battalion, The Gloucester Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment

2nd Battalion, The Royal Munster Fusiliers (''until February 1918'')

Also attached to the 3rd Brigade were:

1/6th ( Glamorgan ) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment (''October 1915 to May 1916'')

1/4th ( Denbighshire ) Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers (''November 1914 to September 1915'')

1/9th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (''November 1915 to January 1916'')

BATTLES

Battle Of Mons

First Battle Of The Marne

Battle Of The Aisne

First Battle Of Ypres

Battle Of Aubers Ridge

Battle Of Loos

Battle Of The Somme (1916)

--- Battle Of Pozières

Third Battle Of Ypres

Battle Of Epehy

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