62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
Active	World War I 1914 - 1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	Territorial Force
Type	Infantry
Engagements	Battle of Arras Battle of Cambrai First Battle of the Somme (1916) Second Battle of the Marne Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Walter Braithwaite

The British 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was a Territorial Force division.

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. In the First Battle of the Somme (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.

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