62nd (2nd West Riding) Division

62nd (2nd West Riding) Division
Active	1914–1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	First World War 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

The British 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was a Territorial Force division during the First World War.

History

During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bullecourt 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.

2/5th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left August 1918)
2/6th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left January 1918)
2/7th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left June 1918)
2/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined March 1915, left February 1918)
1/8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (joined January 1918)
1/5th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (joined June 1918)
2/20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (joined August 1918)

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)

2/4th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined March 1915, absorbed February 1918)
2/4th Hallamshire Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (joined March 1915)
2/5th Battalion, York and Lancaster (joined March 1915, disbanded February 1918)
5th Battalion, King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) (joined February 1918)