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British 41st Division




  dates ''' World War I '''<br> formed September 1915
  country United Kingdom
  branch New Army
  type Infantry
  command Structure K5 Army
  battles Battle Of The Somme <br> Battle Of Flers-Courcelette <br> Battle Of Le Transloy <br> Battle Of Messines <br> Third Battle Of Ypres


The British 41st Division is a New Army Division formed in September 1915 as part of the K5 Army. The division landed in France in May 1916 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front .


UNIT HISTORY


FORMATION


; 122nd Brigade :


; 123rd Brigade :


; 124th Brigade :

  • 10th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

  • 26th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

  • 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (''disbanded March 1918'')

  • 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeomen Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps (''disbanded March 1918'')

  • 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry (''from 123 Bde March 1918'')


; Pioneers :

  • 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Works Pioneers), The Middlesex Regiment



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