British 11th (Northern) Division
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The British 11th (Northern) Division, was one of the Kitchener's Army divisions raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener, it fought at Gallipoli and the Western Front during the First World War. The division's insignia was an ankh or ankhus.
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Unit History
Landing at Suvla.
France.
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Formation
The division comprised the following infantry brigades:
- 32nd Brigade
- 9th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
- 6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
- 6th Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment
- 2nd Battalion Alexandra, Princess of Wales Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
- 33rd Brigade
- 6th Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
- 6th Battalion, The Border Regiment
- 7th Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment
- 9th Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters (Nottingham and Derbyshire Regiment)
- 34th Brigade
- 8th Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers
- 9th Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers
- 8th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
- 11th Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
- 5th Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment
- Pioneers
- 6th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment
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Battles
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