22nd Division (United Kingdom)
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Active | September 1914 – 1919 |
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Type | Infantry |
Engagements | World War I |
The British 22nd Division was a New Army division raised in September 1914. The division moved to France in September 1915, but it was transferred to Greece only one month later. It served in the Balkans Campaign for the duration of World War I.
The division's insignia was a solid black bar.
Unit history
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Formation
- 9th (Service) Battalion, King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
- 14th (Service) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment)
- 12th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (until July 1918)
- 9th (Service) Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment
- 8th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers (from June 1918)
- 66th Brigade
- 9th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment
- 9th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment)
- 8th (Service) Battalion, King's (Shropshire Light Infantry)
- 13th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (until June 1918)
- 12th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (from February 1915)
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Battles
- Battle of Horseshoe Hill
- Battle of Machukovo
- Battle of Doiran (1917)
- Battle of Doiran (1918)