Home > British 41st Division

The British 41st Division was a New Army division formed in September 1915 as part of the K5 Army. The division landed in France in May 1916 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.

1 Unit history

2 Formation

122nd Brigade

• 12th (Service) Battalion (Bermondsey), The East Surrey Regiment
• 15th (Service) Battalion (2nd Portsmouth), The Hampshire Regiment
• 11th (Service) Battalion (Lewisham), The Royal West Kent Regiment (disbanded March 1918)
• 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts and Crafts), King's Royal Rifle Corps

123rd Brigade

• 11th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
• 10th (Service) Battalion (Kent County), The Royal West Kent Regiment
• 23rd (Service) Battalion (2nd Football), The Middlesex Regiment
• 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry (to 124 Bde March 1918)

124th Brigade

• 10th (Service) Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
• 26th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
• 32nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (disbanded March 1918)
• 21st (Service) Battalion (Yeomen Rifles), King's Royal Rifle Corps (disbanded March 1918)
• 20th (Service) Battalion (Wearside), Durham Light Infantry (from 123 Bde March 1918)

Pioneers

• 19th (Service) Battalion (2nd Public Works Pioneers), The Middlesex Regiment

3 Battles

• Battle of the Somme (1916)
  • Battle of Flers-Courcelette
  • Battle of Le Transloy
• Battle of Messines
• Third Battle of Ypres

4 External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 41st Division