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27th Division (Ottoman Empire)
27th Division or 27th Infantry Division may refer to: Infantry divisions * 27th Division (United Kingdom) * 27th Infantry Division (United States) *27th Division (German Empire) * 27th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 27th SS Volunteer Division Langemarck, Germany * 27th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division, Iran * 27th Infantry Division Sila, Italy * 27th Infantry Division Brescia, Italy * 27th Division (North Korea) * 27th Infantry Division (Ottoman Empire) * 27th Infantry Division (Poland) * 27th Home Army Infantry Division (Poland) *27th Infantry Division (Russian Empire) * 27th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) * 27th Guards Rifle Division, Soviet Union * 27th Infantry Division Savska, Yugoslavia * 27th Division (Yugoslav Partisans) Other divisions * 27th Armored Division (United States) * 27th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), Germany * 27th Air Division, United States See also * 27th Army (other) * 27th Battalion (disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
27th Division (United Kingdom)
The 27th Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised during the Great War, formed in late 1914 by combining various Regular Army 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. It carried out occupation duties in the Caucasus in the post-war before being withdrawn from the region in 1919. Order of battle The division was composed of the following units: ; 80th Brigade: * 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry * 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps * 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (''left June 1918'') * 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) * Princess Patricia's Canadian Light ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |