22nd Division (United Kingdom)

22nd Division
Active	September 1914 – 1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War I

The British 22nd Division was a New Army division raised in September 1914. 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 World War I.

The 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

External links

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