27th Division (United Kingdom)

The British 27th Division was a First World War regular army infantry division formed in late 1914 by combining various units that had been acting as garrisons about the British Empire. The division spent most of 1915 on the Western Front in France before moving to Salonika where it remained with the British Salonika Army for the duration of the war. In 1916 its commander Hurdis Ravenshaw was captured by an Austrian submarine whilst sailing to England. In 1918 in Salonika the division took part in the Battle of Doiran .

Unit history

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry battalion served with the brigade from November 1914 until joining the Canadian 3rd Division in November 1915.

The following battalions also served with the brigade for periods in 1915:

2nd Battalion, the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
1st Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment (until November 1916)
2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish Fusiliers (until November 1916)
1st Battalion, the Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (until November 1916)
2nd Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (from 81st Bde. November 1916)
10th (Service) Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment (from November 1916)
1/1st Battalion, the Cambridgeshire Regiment (from February 1915 to November 1915)
10th (Lovat's Scouts) Battalion TF, the Cameron Highlanders (from October 1916 to June 1918)

The brigade joined the division in May 1915 from the 6th Division before joining the 2nd Division in August.