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The 28th Division was a regular British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 formation in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 .

Component units


This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 3 March and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 15th Brigade
British 15th Infantry Brigade

The 15th Infantry Brigade is a British Army brigade. Part of the regular British 5th Infantry Division during the Second World War, it is now part of the British 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom and has specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber....
 from that Division.















This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 23 February and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 13th Brigade
British 13th Infantry Brigade

The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation during the Second World War....
 from that Division.

















Brigade transferred temporarily to 3rd Division
British 3rd Division

British 3rd Division can refer to:* 3rd Infantry Division * 3rd Cavalry Division ...
 between 19 February 1915 and 6 April 1915.






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The 28th Division was a regular British Army
British Army

The British Army is the Army branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdoms of Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707....
 formation in World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
 .

History


Formed in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 in December 1914 - January 1915 from regular arm battalions returning from India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
 , Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
 and Egypt
Egypt

Egypt is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Western Asia. Covering an area of about , Egypt borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south and Libya to the west....
 . In January 1915 the division moved to France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 and on to the Western Front
Western Front

Western Front was a term used during the World War I and World War II world war to describe the "contested armed frontier" between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West....
.

The division took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres
Second Battle of Ypres

The Second Battle of Ypres was the first time Germany used chemical weapons on a large scale on the Western Front in World War I and the first time a former colonial force pushed back a major European power on European soil, which occurred in the battle of St....
 where they suffered massive casualties and in the Battle of Loos
Battle of Loos

The Battle of Loos was one of the major United Kingdom offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used Poison gas in World War I during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of new army or "Kitchener's Army" units....
 . In October 1915 the 28th Division embarked from Marseilles to Egypt and in November 1915 on to Salonika where the division would remain for the rest of the war.

Component units


  • 83rd Brigade


This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 3 March and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 15th Brigade
British 15th Infantry Brigade

The 15th Infantry Brigade is a British Army brigade. Part of the regular British 5th Infantry Division during the Second World War, it is now part of the British 2nd Infantry Division in the north of the United Kingdom and has specific responsibility for the areas of North East England and Yorkshire and the Humber....
 from that Division.

  • 2nd Bn, The King's Own Regiment (Lancaster)


  • 1/5th Bn, The King's Own Regiment (Lancaster) (joined March 1915, left October 1915)


  • 2nd Bn, The East Yorkshire Regiment (joined December 1914)


  • 1st Bn, The KOYLI
    King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

    The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry was a regiment of the British Army. It officially existed from 1881 to 1968, but its predecessors go back to 1755....
     (joined November 1914, left June 1918)


  • 1st Bn
    1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment

    The 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment was formed in 1881 from the 65th Regiment of Foot ....
    , the York and Lancaster
    York and Lancaster Regiment

    The York and Lancaster Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army....
     (joined December 1914)


  • 1/3rd Bn, The Monmouthshire (joined March 1915, left September 1915. Absent May to August 1915 when amalgamated with its sister 1/1st and 1/2nd Bn following serious casualties at Ypres)


  • 84th Brigade


This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 23 February and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 13th Brigade
British 13th Infantry Brigade

The 13th Infantry Brigade was a regular British Army formation during the Second World War....
 from that Division.

  • 2nd Bn, The Northumberland Fusiliers (joined December 1914, left June 1918)


  • 1st Bn, The Suffolk Regiment (joined November 1914)


  • 2nd Bn, The Cheshire Regiment (joined December 1914)


  • 1st Bn, The Welsh Regiment (joined December 1914)


  • 1/6th (Glamorgan) Bn, The Welsh (joined July1915, left October 1915)


  • 1/1st Bn, The Monmouthshire Regiment (joined February 1915, left September 1915)


  • 1/12th (County of London) Bn, The London Regiment (joined February 1915, left May 1915)


  • 85th Brigade


Brigade transferred temporarily to 3rd Division
British 3rd Division

British 3rd Division can refer to:* 3rd Infantry Division * 3rd Cavalry Division ...
 between 19 February 1915 and 6 April 1915. It was replaced by the 9th Brigade from that Division.

  • 2nd Bn, The Buffs (joined December 1914)


  • 3rd Bn, The Royal Fusiliers (joined December 1914, left July 1918)


  • 2nd Bn, The East Surrey Regiment (joined December 1914)


  • 3rd Bn, The Middlesex Regiment (joined December 1914)


  • 1/8th Bn, The Middlesex (joined March 1915, left June 1915)


  • 228th Brigade


This Brigade was formed on 26 February 1917, as Army Troops, although it was always associated with this Division. It came under the command of the Greek
Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , is a country in southeastern Europe, situated on the southern end of the Balkans. It has borders with Albania, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the north, and Turkey to the east....
 Crete
Crete

Crete is the largest of the Greek islands and the List of islands in the Mediterranean largest island in the Mediterranean Sea at 8,336 km? ....
 Division from 30 September 1918, and was broken up on 4 October 1918.

  • 2nd (Garrison) Bn, The King's (Liverpool) Regiment (joined August 1917)


  • 2/5th Bn, Durham Light Infantry
    Durham Light Infantry

    The Durham Light Infantry was formed in 1881 from the 68th Regiment of Foot which had originally been raised in County Durham by General John Lambton in 1758, and the 106th Regiment of Foot ....
     (joined March 1917)


  • 1st Garrison Bn, The Seaforth Highlanders (joined March 1917)


  • 2nd Garrison Bn, The Royal Irish Fusiliers (joined March 1917, left August 1917)


  • 22nd (Wessex & Welsh) Bn TF, The Rifle Brigade (joined November 1916)

Divisional Troops


23rd (Service) Bn (Welsh Pioneers), The Welsh (joined August 1916)

Divisional Mounted Troops


B Squadron, 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry
Surrey Yeomanry

The Surrey Yeomanry were formed in 1794, when King George III, was on the throne, William Pitt the Younger was the Prime Minister of Great Britain, and across the English Channel, Britain was faced by a French nation that had recently guillotined its King and possessed a revolutionary army numbering half a million men....
 (joined 22 December 1914, left to join XVI Corps on 27 December 1916)

28th Cyclist Company (joined 29 December 1914, left to join XVI Corps on 8 December 1916)

Commanders

  • Maj-Gen. E. Bulfin (17/12/1914) Sick
  • Maj-Gen. C. Briggs (12/10/1915)
  • Maj-Gen. H. Croker (21/5/1916)
  • Brig-Gen. E. Morris (Acting, 27/1/1917)
  • Maj-Gen. H. Croker (8/3/1917)


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