22nd Division (United Kingdom)

22nd Division
Division formation sign, a strip of black cloth on the shoulder strap.[1]
Active	September 1914–1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	World War I

The 22nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army during World War I, raised in September 1914, from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. 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 the First World War.

The 22nd Division's insignia was a solid black bar.

Unit history

to be completed

Formation

65th Brigade

• 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)

67th Brigade

incomplete

Battles

• Battle of Horseshoe Hill
• Battle of Machukovo
• Battle of Doiran (1917)
• Battle of Doiran (1918)

See also

• List of British divisions in World War I

Notes

Bibliography

• Chappel M 1986 British Battle Insignia (1). 1914-18 Osprey Publishing ISBN 9780850457278

External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 22nd Division