British 4th Division (World War I)

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The British 4th Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. As a permanently established Regular Army division it was amongst the first to be sent to France as part of the British Expeditionary Force at the outbreak of the First World War. It served on the Western Front for the duration of the war.

Contents 1 Unit history 2 Formation 3 Battles 4 External links

Unit history

Formation

10th Brigade 

• 1st Battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders
• 1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Fusiliers (until August 1917)
• 1/7th Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (from January 1915 until March 1916)
• The Household Battalion (from November 1916 until February 1918)
• 3/10th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (from August 1917 until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (from 12th Bde. February 1918)

11th Brigade 

• 1st Battalion, the Somerset Light Infantry
• 1st Battalion, The Hampshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the Rifle Brigade
• 1/5th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (until May 1915)
• 1st Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from 12 Bde. July 1915 until May 1916)

12th Brigade 

• 1st Battalion, The King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers
• 2nd Battalion, The Essex Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (from January 1916 to 10th Bde. February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment (from March 1915, to 11th Bde. July 1915)
• 1/5th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment (from February 1915 until January 1916)
• 1/2nd Battalion, The Monmouthshire Regiment (until January 1916)

From early November 1915 until February 1916 the 12th Brigade was swapped with the 107th Brigade of the 36th (Ulster) Division.

Battles

External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 4th Division