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24th Division (United Kingdom)

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The Division was one of the six created for the Third New Army on 13 September 1914. It moved to France in August 1915 and it saw action at the
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The brigade transferred from the division from the 6th Division on 18 October 1915, swapping with the 71st Brigade.
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in 1917 and the Final Advance in Picardy in 1918. From its arrival in France to May 1917, it was commanded by
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joined by 30 April 1916, Z.24 broken up in February 1918 and X and Y expanded to 6 x 6-inch mortars each
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3A: New Army Divisions (9–26)
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X.24, Y.24 and Z,24 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries R.F.A. (4 x 6-inch mortars) (
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Brig-Gen. E. S. Hoare Nairne: 12 September 1917 – 15 September 1917 (Temporary)
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between August and September 1915. It served in Belgium and France in the
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2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
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2nd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
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1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment)
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Brig-Gen. H. C. Sheppard: 12 May 1917 – 18 May 1917 (Temporary)
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8th (Service) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
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Maj-Gen. Sir J. G. Ramsay: 19 September 1914 – 3 October 1915
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The 24th Division was constituted as follows during the war:
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Maj-Gen. A. C. Daly: 15 September 1917 – 31 December 1918
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1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment)
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Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I
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Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians)
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The British Army in the Great War: The 24th Division
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8th (Service) Battalion, Buffs (East Kent Regiment)
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Index


United Kingdom
British Army
Infantry
Division
First World War
Western Front
Battle of Loos
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Messines
Battle of Passchendaele
Battle of Cambrai
infantry
division
British Army
Lord Kitchener
New Armies
First World War
Western Front
trenches
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Passchendaele
Major-General
John Capper

24th Division War Memorial
Battersea Park
Eric Kennington
71st Brigade

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