62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

The 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw active service on the Western Front during the First World War.

2nd West Riding Division
62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
Division insignia
Active1914–1919
Country United Kingdom
Branch British Army
TypeInfantry
SizeDivision
EngagementsWorld War I
* Battle of Arras (1917)
* Battle of Cambrai (1917)
* Operation Michael (Somme, 1918)
* Second Battle of the Marne
* Second Battle of the Somme (1918)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Walter Braithwaite

History

During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bullecourt[1] in the Battle of Arras and Havrincourt in the Battle of Cambrai. During Operation Michael, in 1918, they were in the line near Arras and in the Second Battle of the Marne, in the Ardre Valley. At the opening of Second Battle of the Somme (1918), they fought the Battle of Havrincourt and continued across the Saint Quentin Canal at Marcoing, before beginning the fighting advance to Maubeuge on the Sambre.[2]

Order of Battle

The order of battle was as follows:[3]

185th (2/1st West Riding) Brigade
186th (2/2nd West Riding) Brigade
  • 2/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915)
  • 2/5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
  • 2/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, disbanded January 1918)
  • 2/7th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined March 1915, left as a cadre June 1918)
  • 5th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (joined January 1918)
  • 2/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment (joined June 1918)
187th (2/3rd West Riding) Brigade

General Officer Commanding

See also

References

  1. Anderson 1920, p. 15.
  2. Anderson 1920, p. 102.
  3. "62nd (2nd West Riding) Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. Wyrall, Everard (1924). The History of the 62nd (West Riding) Division.

Bibliography

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