The 22nd Division was an

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of the

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, raised in September 1914, from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener's

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. The division moved to

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in September 1915, but it was transferred to

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only one month later. It served in the Balkans Campaign for the duration of the

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

Unit history

The Division was one of the six created for the Third New Army on 13 September 1914. It moved to France in early September 1915 and then to

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in October 1915 seeing action in the Retreat from

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in December 1915, the

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in August 1916, the

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in September 1916 and the Battle of Doiran in April / May 1917. The Division was disbanded by 31 March 1919.

Order of Battle

The following units served with the division:
65th Brigade *9th (Service) Battalion,

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*14th (Service) Battalion,

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(''left 11 June 1918'') *12th (Service) Battalion,

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(''left 2 July 1918'') *9th (Service) Battalion,

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*8th (Service) Battalion,

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(''joined June 1918'') *65th Machine Gun Company (''joined 14 July 1916'') *65th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined 3 November 1916'') 66th Brigade *9th (Service) Battalion,

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 ...

(''left February 1915'') *9th (Service) Battalion,

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*8th (Service) Battalion,

King's (Shropshire Light Infantry) The King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI) was a light infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in the Childers Reforms of 1881, but with antecedents dating back to 1755. It served in the Second Boer War, World War I and World War II. In 196 ...

*13th (Service) 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 ...

(''left 28 June 1918'') *12th (Service) Battalion,

Cheshire Regiment The Cheshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, part of the Prince of Wales' Division. The 22nd Regiment of Foot was raised by the Duke of Norfolk in 1689 and was able to boast an independent existence of over 300 years. T ...

(''joined February 1915'') *66th Machine Gun Company (''joined 14 July 1916'') *66th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined 5 November 1916'') 67th Brigade *11th (Service) Battalion,

Royal Welsh Fusiliers The Royal Welch Fusiliers ( cy, Ffiwsilwyr Brenhinol Cymreig) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, and part of the Prince of Wales' Division, that was founded in 1689; shortly after the Glorious Revolution. In 1702, it was designated ...

*7th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers *8th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers (''left 30 June 1918'') *11th (Service) Battalion,

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*67th Machine Gun Company (''joined 14 July 1916'') *67th Trench Mortar Battery (''joined 4 November 1916'') Divisional Troops *12th (Service) Battalion, Cheshire regiment (''left February 1915'') *10th (Service) Battalion,

Loyal North Lancashire Regiment The Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire) (until 1921 known as the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was in existence from 1881 to 1970. In 1970, the regiment was amalgamated with the Lancashire Reg ...

(''left April 1915'') *9th (Service) Battalion,

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(''left April 1915'') *9th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment (''joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion in February 1915'') *10th (Service) Battalion,

Hampshire Regiment The Hampshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army, created as part of the Childers Reforms in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot and the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot. The regi ...

(''joined January 1919, left February 1919'') * 2nd Battalion, the QVO Rajput Light Infantry (''attached January to February 1919'') *10th (Service) Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment (''joined January 1919, left February 1919'') *1/10th Battalion,

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(''attached January to February 1919'') *Divisional Mounted Troops **D Sqn, Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry (''joined July 1915, left 29 November 1916'') **22nd Divisional Cyclist Company,

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(''joined February 1915, left November 1916'') *22nd Divisional Train Army Service Corps **186th, 187th, 188th and 189th Companies (''transferred to 0th Division in October 1915'') **108th, 109th, 110th and 111th Companies (''joined from 10th (Irish) Division in late 1915'') *34th Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps *816th Divisional Employment Company (''formed 10 October 1917'') Royal Artillery *XCVIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A.) *XCIX Brigade, RFA *C Brigade, R.F.A. *CI Brigade, R.F.A. *22nd Divisional Ammunition Column RFA (''transferred to

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January 1915'') *22nd Heavy Battery,

Royal Garrison Artillery The Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) was formed in 1899 as a distinct arm of the British Army's Royal Regiment of Artillery serving alongside the other two arms of the Regiment, the Royal Field Artillery (RFA) and the Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) ...

(R.G.A.) (''joined XXIII Heavy Artillery Brigade on 31 August 1915'')

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*87th Field Company (''left February 1915'') *88th Field Company (''left February 1915'') *99th Field Company (''joined February 1915'') *100th Field Company (''joined February 1915'') *127th Field Company (''joined by June 1915'') *22nd Divisional Signals Company

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*66th Field Ambulance *67th Field Ambulance *68th Field Ambulance *39th Sanitary Section

General officers commanding

General Officers commanding were as follows:

Notes

Bibliography

* *Chappel M 1986 ''British Battle Insignia (1). 1914-18'' Osprey Publishing

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