14th (Light) Division

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unit_name14th (Light) Division
imageBritish 14th (Light) Division Insignia.png
captionInsignia of the division.
datesSeptember 1914 – March 1919
countryUKGBI
branch
typeInfantry
sizeDivision
battlesWorld War I
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The 14th (Light) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener during the First World War. All of its infantry regiments were originally of the fast marching rifle or light infantry regiments, hence the title "Light". It fought on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.

The division was disbanded by March 1919, and was not reformed in the Second World War.

Order of battle

The division comprised the following infantry brigades, which underwent major changes between February 1918 (the Army's brigade reorganisation from 4 to 3 infantry battalions) and June 1918 (rebuilt after the losses of the German spring offensive).

;41st Brigade:

; Divisional Troops :

Royal Artillery

  • XLVI Brigade Royal Field Artillery
  • XLVII Brigade RFA
  • XLVIII Brigade RFA (left January 1917)
  • XLIX (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (broken up October 1916)
  • V.14 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA (joined July 1916, left January 1918)
  • X.14, Y.14 and Z.14 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA (formed March 1916; Z broken up February 1918, redistributed to X and Y)
  • 14th Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (left 8 June 1915)

Royal Engineers

  • 61st, 62nd and 89th Field Companies
  • 14th Divisional Signals Company

Royal Army Medical Corps

  • 42nd, 43rd and 44th Field Ambulances
  • 25th Sanitary Section (left April 1917)

Battles

Second Battle of Ypres

Commander

  • Major-General Thomas Morland (7 September – 17 October 1914)
  • Brigadier-General Francis Alexander Fortescue (17–22 October 1914) acting
  • Major-General General Victor Arthur Couper (22 October – 30 December 1914)
  • Brigadier-General Francis Alexander Fortescue (30 December 1914 – 3 January 1915) acting
  • Major-General Victor Arthur Couper (3 January 1915 – 22 March 1918)
  • Major-General Walter Howarth Greenly (22–27 March 1918)
  • Major-General Sir Victor Arthur Couper (27–31 March 1918)
  • Major-General Percy Cyriac Burrell Skinner (31 March 1918)

References

References

  1. "The Long Long Trail".

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