27th Division (United Kingdom)
| 27th Division | |
|---|---|
 Formation sign of the 27th Division, a strip of yellow cloth on the shoulder strap.[1] | |
| Active | October 1914 – 1919 |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Branch |  British Army |
| Type | Infantry |
| Engagements | World War I |
The 27th Division was an
Salonika the division took part in the Battle of Doiran. It carried out occupation duties in the Caucasus in the post-war before being withdrawn from the region in 1919.[2]
Order of battle
The division was composed of the following units:[3][4]
- 2nd Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry
- 3rd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps
- 4th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps (left June 1918)
- 4th Battalion, Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own)
- Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (left November 1915, joining 3rd Canadian Division)
- 80th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (joined 16 May 1916)
- 80th Trench Mortar Battery (joined 2 September 1916)
- 80th SAA Section Ammunition Column (joined 28 September 1916)
- 1st Battalion, Royal Scots
- 2nd Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (left November 1916)
- 1st Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
- 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (to 82nd Brigade November 1916)
- 13th (Scottish Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) (from October 1916)
- 81st Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (joined 16 May 1916)
- 81st Trench Mortar Battery (joined 2 October 1916)
The following battalions also served with the brigade a time in 1915:
- 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, Royal Scots (February to November)
- 1/9th (The Dumbartonshire) Battalion, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (February to May)
- 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
- 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment(left November 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (left November 1916)
- 1st Battalion, Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment(left November 1916)
- 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (joined from 81st Brigade. November 1916)
- 10th (Service) Battalion, Hampshire Regiment(joined November 1916)
- 82nd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (joined 16 May 1916)
- 82nd Trench Mortar Battery (joined 2 October 1916)
The following battalions also served with the brigade a time in 1915:
- 1/1st (T.F.) Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment (February to November)
- 10th (Lovat Scouts) (T.F.) Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (October to June)
- 19th Brigade
The brigade joined the division in May 1915 from the
6th Division leaving for the 2nd Division
in August.
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Division Troops
- 26th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, pioneers (joined August 1916)
- 27th Divisional Train A.S.C.
- 95th, 96th, 97th and 98th Companies A.S.C. (left November 1915 for 55th Division)
- 483rd, 484th, 485th and 486th Companies (joined 16 January 1916)
- 16th Mobile Veterinary Section A.V.C.
- 818th Divisional Employment Company (formed 14 September 1917)
- Divisional Mounted Troops
- A Squadron Surrey Yeomanry (left 27 December 1916)
- D Squadron Derbyshire Yeomanry (joined 26 March 1916, left June 1916)
- 27th Divisional Cyclist Company Army Cyclist Corps (left 7 December 1917)
- I Brigade, R.F.A
- XIX Brigade, R.F.A.
- XX Brigade, R.F.A.
- CXXIX Brigade (Howitzer), R.F.A.
- IV Home Counties (Howitzer) Brigade (T.F.) ( formed into the 27th Divisional Ammunition Column in December 1914)
- Attached units
- 130th Howitzer Battery, R.F.A. (from 8 January to 21 February 1915)
- 61st Howitzer Battery, R.F.A. (from 21 February to June 1915)
- 2nd Mountain Battery R.G.A. (from 17 to 24 July 1916)
- Bute Mountain Battery from IV Highland (Mountain) Brigade R.G.A. ( from 22 July to 8 September and 23 to 25 September 1918)
- Wessex Division, on 20 November 1914)
- 1/2nd Wessex Field Company, (T.F.) R.E. – (joined from the Wessex Division on 20 November 1914)
- 1/1st South Midland Field Company, (T.F.) R.E. – (joined from the South Midland Division, on 4 December 1914; left 17 March 1915)
- 17th Field Company, R.E. – (transferred from 5th Divisionon 24 March 1915)
- 1st Wessex Divisional Signal Company, (T.F.) R.E. – (joined from the Wessex Division on 20 November 1914)
- 81st (1st Home Counties) Field Ambulance (T.F.) R.A.M.C.
- 82nd (2nd Home Counties) Field Ambulance (T.F.) R.A.M.C.
- 83rd (3rd Home Counties) Field Ambulance (T.F.) R.A.M.C.
- 7th Sanitary Section R.A.M.C. (joined 9 January 1915 left 16 April 1917)
Commanders
During its existence, 27th Division had the following commanders:[5]
- 19 November 1914 Major-General T.D'O. Snow
- 16 July 1915 Major-General G.F. Milne
- 13 January 1916 Brig.-General S.W. Hare (acting)
- 7 February 1916 Major-General W.R. Marshall
- 14 September 1916 Brig.-General H.D. White-Thomson (acting)
- 15 September 1916 Major-General H.S.L. Ravenshaw
- 30 November 1916 Brig.-General G.A. Weir (acting)
- 22 December 1916 Major-General G.T. Forestier-Walker (invalided, 9 March 1919)
- 10 March 1919 Major-General W.M. Thomson(temporary)
- 10 May 1919 Major-General G.N. Cory
See also
- List of British divisions in World War I
References
- ^ Chappell p. 16
- ^ On the withdrawal, see Richard G. Hovannisian, The Republic of Armenia, Vol. II: From Versailles to London, 1919-1920. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982, pp. 109-39.
- ^ Becke, pp. 97–103.
- ^ "27th Division". The Long Long Trail. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ Becke 1935, p. 97
Bibliography
- Becke, Major A.F. (1935). Order of Battle of Divisions Part 1. The Regular British Divisions. London: His Majesty's Stationery Office. ISBN 1-871167-09-4.
- Chappell, Mike (1986). British Battle Insignia (1). 1914-18. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9780850457278.
External links
- The British Army in the Great War, The 27th Division