The 32nd Division was an
infantry
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division
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Mathematics
*Division (mathematics), the inverse of multiplication
*Division algorithm, a method for computing the result of mathematical division
Military
*Division (military), a formation typically consisting ...
of the
British Army
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that was raised in 1914, during the
First World War
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. The division was raised from volunteers for
Lord Kitchener's
New Armies
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, made up of infantry '
Pals battalion
The Pals battalions of World War I were specially constituted battalions of the British Army comprising men who had enlisted together in local recruiting drives, with the promise that they would be able to serve alongside their friends, neighbour ...
s' and artillery brigades raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the
War Office
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in September 1915. It served in France and Belgium in the
trenches
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of the
Western Front for the duration of the war. It saw action at the
Battle of the Somme
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, the
Pursuit to the Hindenburg Line, the
Defence of Nieuport, the
German spring offensive, and the Allied
Hundred Days Offensive
The Hundred Days Offensive (8 August to 11 November 1918) was a series of massive Allies of World War I, Allied offensives that ended the First World War. Beginning with the Battle of Amiens (1918), Battle of Amiens (8–12 August) on the Wester ...
beginning at the
Battle of Amiens. After the
Armistice
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it marched into Germany as part of the Army of Occupation.
Formation history
The Division was one of those created for Kitchener's Fifth New Army ('K5') on 10 December 1914 and was originally numbered 38th until the six K4 divisions were converted into reserve units. It landed in France in November 1915.
[Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 21–9.] Major-General
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Reginald Barnes
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took command of the division for a short while in November 1916 before being replaced by the controversial Maj-Gen
Cameron Shute.
[Mitchell.]
The division's insignia was four 'eights' arranged in an 'X' shape.
Order of Battle
The following units and formations served with the division during the war:[
; 14th Brigade :
The brigade joined from the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 95th Brigade.
*1/9th ]Territorial Force
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(T.F.) Battalion Royal Scots
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(''left January 1916'')
*1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
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(''left January 1916'')
*1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (''left January 1916'')
*1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (DCLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 to 1959.
The regiment was created on 1 July 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms, by the merger of the 32nd (Cornwall Light ...
(''left January 1916'')
* 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (''joined December 1915 transferred to 96th Brigade February 1918'')
* 1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment
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(''joined 7 January 1916'')
* 19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers (''transferred from 96th Brigade January 1916 left July 1916'')
* 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry
The Highland Light Infantry (HLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army formed in 1881. It took part in the First and Second World Wars, until it was amalgamated with the Royal Scots Fusiliers in 1959 to form the Royal Highland Fusi ...
(''transferred from 97th Brigade January 1916'')
* 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Scots
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T.F. (''joined 29 July 1916'')
*4th Machine Gun Company (''joined February 1916, moved to 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps
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(M.G.C.) 21 February 1918'')
*14th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined March 1916'')
; 95th Brigade :
The brigade transferred to the 5th Division on 26 December 1915, swapping with the 14th Brigade.
* 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1st Birmingham)
* 15th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham)
* 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (3rd Birmingham)
* 12th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (Bristol's Own)
; 96th Brigade :
* 16th (Service) Battalion, (Newcastle), Northumberland Fusiliers
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(''disbanded February 1916'')
* 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers
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* 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers
* 19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers (''transferred to 14th Brigade 5 January 1916'')
* 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
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(''joined January 1916 left February 1918'')
* 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment
The Manchester Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1958. The regiment was created during the 1881 Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 63rd (West Suffolk) Regiment of Foot and the 96th ...
(''transferred from 14th Brigade February 1918'')
*96th Machine Gun Company (''joined 15 March 1916, moved to 32nd Battalion M.G.C. 21 February 1918'')
*96th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined March 1916'')
; 97th Brigade :
* 11th (Service) Battalion (Lonsdale), Border Regiment
The Border Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, which was formed in 1881 under the Childers Reforms by the amalgamation of the 34th (Cumberland) Regiment of Foot and the 55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot.
After service i ...
(''left May 1918'')
* 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry (''transferred to 14th Brigade January 1916'')
* 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry (''transferred to Divisional Pioneers February 1918'')
* 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry (''disbanded February 1918'')
* 2nd Battalion, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (''joined December 1915'')
* 10th (Service) Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
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Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...
(''joined February 1918'')
* 1/5th (Cumberland) Battalion, Border Regiment (''joined May 1918'')
*97th Machine Gun Company (''joined 15 March 1916, moved to 32nd Battalion M.G.C. 21 February 1918'')
*97th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined March 1916'')
;Mounted Troops
*F Sqn, North Irish Horse
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(''joined April left June 1916'')
*32nd Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps
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History Formation
Volunteer cyclist units had been formed as early as the 1880s, with the first complete bicy ...
(''left 31 May 1916'')
;Pioneers
* 17th (Service) Battalion ( North Eastern Railway Pioneers), Northumberland Fusiliers (''joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion June 1915, left October 1916, returned September 1917, finally left November 1917 '')
*1/12th T.F. Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
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(''joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion November 1916, left January 1917'')
*16th (Service) Battalion (Glasgow Boys Brigade), Highland Light Infantry (''joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion February 1918'')
;Machine Gun Corps
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*219th Machine Gun Company (''joined 25 March 1917, moved to 32nd Battalion M.G.C. 21 February 1918'')
*32nd Battalion M.G.C. (''formed 21 February 1918 absorbing brigade MG companies'')
;Royal Artillery
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2nd County Palatine Artillery
''Originally raised in Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
for 32nd Division by the Earl of Derby
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but did not accompany the division to France in November 1915. Later joined 31st Division.
* CLXV (2nd County Palatine) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
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(RFA)
* CLXIX (2nd County Palatine) Brigade, RFA
* CLXX (2nd County Palatine) Brigade, RFA
* CLXXI (2nd County Palatine) Howitzer Brigade, RFA
* 133rd (2nd County Palatine) Heavy Battery and Ammunition Column, Royal Garrison Artillery
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* 30th (2nd County Palatine) Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA
53rd (Welsh) Divisional Artillery
''Attached to 32nd Division in France between 22 November and 27 December 1915, later rejoining 53rd (Welsh) Division in Egypt
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''
* I Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA
* II Welsh Brigade, RFA
* Cheshire Brigade, RFA
* IV Welsh Brigade, RFA
* 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA
32nd Divisional Artillery
The 32nd Divisional Artillery (32nd DA) was a Royal Artillery force raised as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in early 1915. Recruited in Yorkshire, originally for the 31st Division (United Kingdom), 31st Division, the units served with the 'Pals batt ...
''Transferred from 31st Division, joining in France between 30 December 1915 and 3 January 1916''
* CLV (West Yorkshire) Brigade, RFA (''left 20 January 1917'')
* CVXI (Yorkshire) Brigade, RFA
* CLXIV (Rotherham) Howitzer Brigade, RFA (''broken up September 1916'')
* CLXVIII (Huddersfield) Brigade, RFA
* 32nd (Hull) Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA
* 32nd Divisional Trench Mortar Brigade[S.A. Cooper, 'Memories of V and W Batteries', in Whinyates, pp. 673–5.]
**32nd (Hull) Heavy Trench Mortar Battery (''formed in April 1916 from Divisional Ammunition Column, later redesignated V.32; became X.32 Medium Battery 12 February 1918'')
**W.32 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, R.F.A. (''temporarily formed for Battle of the Somme; broken up 28 December 1916'')
**A.32, B.32 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries (''temporarily formed for Battle of the Somme'')
**X.32, Y.32 and Z.32 Medium Mortar Batteries, R.F.A. (''formed May 1916; X and Z broken up 12 February 1918 and distributed among New X and Y batteries'')
;Royal Engineers
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*206th (Glasgow) Field Company
*218th (Glasgow) Field Company
*219th (Glasgow) Field Company
*32nd Divisional Signals Company
;Royal Army Medical Corps
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*96th Field Ambulance (''left November 1915'')
*97th Field Ambulance (''left November 1915'')
*98th Field Ambulance (''left November 1915'')
*90th Field Ambulance (''joined November 1915'')
*91st Field Ambulance (''joined November 1915'')
*92nd Field Ambulance (''joined November 1915'')
*72nd Sanitary Section (''left 17 April 1917'')
; Army Service Corps
*32nd Divisional Train Army Service Corps (A.S.C.)
**221st, 222nd, 223rd and 224th Companies A.S.C. (''remained in England in November 1915'')
**202nd, 203rd, 204th and 205th Companies A.S.C. (''joined in France'')
*42nd Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps
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*229th Divisional Employment Company (''joined 25 March 1917'')
Service
The division was engaged in the following major actions:[Becke, Pt 4, pp. 190–1.]
1916
* Battle of the Somme
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** Battle of Albert, 1–3 July
** Battle of Bazentin Ridge
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, 14–15 July
** Battle of the Ancre Heights (32nd Divisional Artillery only), 23 October–11 November
** Battle of the Ancre
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, 17–19 November
1917
* Operations on the Ancre, 11 January–15 February
** Capture of Ten Tree Trench (97th Bde only), 10 February
* German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 14 March–14 April
** Capture of Holnon
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Population
See also
*Communes of the Aisne department
The following is a list of the 799 communes in the French department of Aisne.
The communes ...
Wood, 1 April
** Capture of Fayet (14th and 97th Bdes), 14 April
* Battle of Messines (32nd Divisional Artillery only), 7 June
* Operations on the Flanders Coast, 20 June–7 October
** Defence of Nieuport, 10–11 July
1918
* German spring offensive
** Battle of Arras (97th Bde only), 28 March
** Capture of Ayette
Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
A farming village located 9 miles (14 km) south of Arras at the junction of the D7 and D919 roads.
Population
Sights
* L'Église Sainte-Libaire, rebuilt a ...
(14th and 96th Bdes), 3 April
** Battle of the Ancre
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, 5 April
* Hundred Days Offensive
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** Battle of Amiens, 10–11 August
** Second Battle of the Somme
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*** Battle of Albert, 21–23 August
*** Second Battle of Bapaume
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, 31 August–3 September
** Battles of the Hindenburg Line
The Hindenburg Line (German: , Siegfried Position) was a German defensive position built during the winter of 1916–1917 on the Western Front during the First World War. The line ran from Arras to Laffaux, near Soissons on the Aisne. In 191 ...
*** Battle of the St Quentin Canal
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, 29 September–3 October
*** Battle of the Beaurevoir Line, 3–4 October
** Battle of the Selle
The Battle of the Selle (17–25 October 1918) was a battle between Allied forces and the German Army, fought during the Hundred Days Offensive of World War I.
Prelude
After the Second Battle of Cambrai, the Allies advanced almost and liber ...
(32nd Divisional Artillery only), 17–25 October
** Battle of the Sambre
*** Attack on the Happegarbes Spur (96th Bde only), 2 November
*** Crossing of the Sambre–Oise Canal, 4 November
Postwar
32nd Division was occupying Avesnes
Avesnes () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
The commune is a very small village situated some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D 129 E 1.
Population
See also
*Communes of ...
when the Armistice with Germany
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came into effect on 11 November. Two days later it was informed that it would take part in the advance to the Rhine
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, which began on 19 November. However, the division was halted on the Meuse
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between Dinant
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and Namur
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Namu ...
, to act as reserve for the British Army of the Rhine
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(BAOR). On 28 January 1919 the division began entraining for Bonn
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and on 3 February it took over the southern sector of the Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...
bridgehead while demobilisation of individuals continued. On 15 March the division was renamed the Lancashire Division in BAOR, and war-raised units were progressively replaced by Regulars during 1919. During the war the division lost 34,226 killed, wounded and missing.[
]
General Officers commanding
The following served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the division during the war:[
* Maj-Gen William Henry Rycroft, 29 June 1915 to 22 November 1916
* Maj-Gen ]Reginald Barnes
Major-General Sir Reginald Walter Ralph Barnes (13 April 1871 – 19 December 1946) was a cavalry officer in the British Army. He served in several regiments, and commanded a battalion of the Imperial Yeomanry, the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own) ...
, 22 November 1916; sick 9–16 and 29 January 1917
* Brig-Gen James Tyler, Commander Royal Artillery (CRA), acting 9–16 January and 29 January–19 February 1917
* Maj-Gen Cameron Shute, 19 February to 24 May 1917 and 20 June 1917 to 27 April 1918
* Maj-Gen Hon Richard Montagu-Stuart-Wortley, temporary 24 May to 20 June 1917
* Brig-Gen James Tyler, CRA, acting 27 April 1918
* Maj-Gen J. Campbell, 27 April to 6 May 1918
* Brig-Gen Frederick Lumsden
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, VC, GOC 14th Bde, acting 6 May 1918
* Maj-Gen R.J. Bridgford, 7 to 31 May 1918
* Maj-Gen Thomas Stanton Lambert
Major-General Thomas Stanton Lambert (1870/71 – 20 June 1921) was a British Army officer of the First World War era. He joined the East Lancashire Regiment in 1891 and held a succession of regimental and staff positions in the pre-war period. ...
, 31 May 1918 to 1919
See also
* List of British divisions in World War I
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in the First World War
This page is a list of British divisions that existed in the First World War. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. Divisions were categorised as bei ...
Notes
References
* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, .
* Maj A.F. Becke,''History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 4: The Army Council, GHQs, Armies, and Corps 1914–1918'', London: HM Stationery Office, 1944/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, .
Stuart Bruce Taylor Mitchell, ''An Inter-Disciplinary Study of Learning in the 32nd Division on the Western Front, 1916–1918'', University of Birmingham PhD thesis, 2013.
* ''Instructions Issued by The War Office During July, 1915'', London: HM Stationery Office.
* R. Whinyates (ed), ''Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories: 32nd Division'', 32nd Divisional (RA) Trench Mortar Association, 1932/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 2004, .
External links
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