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62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

Former artillery division of the British Army

Field	Value
unit_name	2nd West Riding Division
62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
image	62nd div WW1.jpg
caption	Division insignia
dates	1914–1919
country	United Kingdom
branch
type	Infantry
size	Division
battles	World War I
* Battle of Arras (1917)
* Battle of Cambrai (1917)
* Operation Michael (Somme, 1918)
* Second Battle of the Marne
* Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
notable_commanders	Walter Braithwaite

Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
Operation Michael (Somme, 1918)
Second Battle of the Marne
Second Battle of the Somme (1918) The 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw active service on the Western Front during the First World War.

History

During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bullecourt in the Battle of Arras and Havrincourt in the Battle of Cambrai. During Operation Michael, in 1918, they were in the line near Arras and in the Second Battle of the Marne, in the Ardre Valley. At the opening of Second Battle of the Somme (1918), they fought the Battle of Havrincourt and continued across the Saint Quentin Canal at Marcoing, before beginning the fighting advance to Maubeuge on the Sambre.

Order of Battle

The order of battle was as follows:

185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade

Main article: 185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade

2/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left August 1918)
2/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
2/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left June 1918)
2/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left February 1918)
1/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined January 1918)
1/5th (Prince of Wales's) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (joined June 1918)
2/20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (joined August 1918)

186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade

Main article: 186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade

2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, disbanded January 1918)
2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left as a cadre June 1918)
5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined January 1918)
2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (joined June 1918)

187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade

Main article: 187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade

2/4th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915, absorbed 1/5th Bn and became simply 5th Bn February 1918)
2/4th Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (joined March 1915, disbanded February 1918)

62nd (2nd West Riding) Divisional Artillery

Main article: 62nd (2nd West Riding) Divisional Artillery

2/I West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (RFA) (became CCCX Brigade May 1916)
2/II West Riding Brigade, RFA (became CCCXI Brigade May 1916; left as independent Army Field Artillery Brigade January 1917)
2/III West Riding Brigade, RFA (became CCCXII Brigade May 1916)
2/IV West Riding (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (broken up May 1916)

General Officer Commanding

Major General Sir James Trotter February 1915 – December 1915
Major-General Walter Braithwaite December 1915 – August 1918
Major-General Robert Whigham August 1918 – 1919

References

Bibliography

References

"62nd (2nd West Riding) Division". The Long, Long Trail.

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