British 27th Division
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWI
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| 27th Division |
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| Army | Regular Army |
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| Formed | October, 1914 |
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| Demobilised | ?? |
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The British 27th Division was a World War I regular army infantry division formed in late 1914 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. The division spent most of 1915 on the Western Front in France before moving to Salonika.
Unit History
Formation
; 80th Brigade :
- 2nd Battalion, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 4th Battalion, the King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 4th Battalion, the Rifle Brigade
The Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion served with the brigade from November 1914 until joining the Canadian 3rd Division in November 1915.
; 81st Brigade :
The following battalions also served with the brigade for periods in 1915:
- 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, the Royal Scots Regiment
- 1/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
; 82nd Brigade :
- 2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment (until November 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish Fusiliers (until November 1916)
- 1st Battalion, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (until November 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (from 81st Bde. November 1916)
- 10th (Service) Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment (from November 1916)
- 1/1st Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment (from February 1915 to November 1915)
- 10th (Lovat's Scouts) Battalion TF, the Cameron Highlanders (from October 1916 to June 1918)
; 19th Brigade (May 31 1915 to August 19 1915) :
- 2nd Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1/5th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1st Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
The brigade joined the division in May 1915 from the 6th Division before joining the 2nd Division in August.
Battles
External Links
The British Army in the Great War: The 27th Division
Referenced By
27th Division | British 6th Division | British 6th Infantry Division | List of British divisions in WWI | List of military divisions by number
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