33rd Division (United Kingdom)
33rd Division | |
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Active | July 1915 – 30 June 1919 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
Part of | K4 Army Group |
Engagements | First World War
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Commanders | |
Notable commanders | Herman Landon Reginald Pinney |
The 33rd Division was an
Formation history
The Division was one of the six created for the Fourth New Army on 10 December 1914.[1] It landed in France in November 1915.[1] Major-General Herman Landon took command of the division on its arrival.[2] It saw action at the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916 and, after Major General Reginald Pinney had taken command,[3] it also saw action at the Battle of Arras in April / May 1917 and the Battle of Passchendaele in autumn 1917.[1] It was disbanded in June 1919.[1]
Order of battle
The following units served with the Division:[1]
- 19th Brigade
(The brigade joined from the 2nd Division in November 1915, swapping with the 99th Brigade.)
- 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment (transferred to 98th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (transferred to 98th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 2nd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers(left February 1918)
- 1st Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
- 1/5th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (Territorial Force (TF)) (merged with 1/6th Battalion in May 1916 becoming 5th/6th Battalion)
- 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools)(transferred from 98th Brigade 27 November 1915 left 26 February 1916)
- 20th (Service) Battalion, (3rd Public Schools), Royal Fusiliers (transferred from 98th Brigade 27 November 1915 disbanded February 1918)
- 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)(transferred from 100th Brigade 14 February 1918)
- 19th Machine Gun Company (formed 24 February 1916, moved to 33rd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (M.G.C.) 19 February 1918)
- 19th Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 24 June 1916)
- 18th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Public Schools)(transferred to 19th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 19th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools)(left 28 February 1916)
- 20th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (3rd Public Schools)(to 19th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 21st (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (4th Public Schools)(left 28 February 1916)
- 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (transferred from 19th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (transferred from 19th Brigade 27 November 1915)
- 4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (Special Reserve(SR)) (joined February 1916)
- 1/4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (TF) (joined 28 February 1916 left February 1918)
- 98th Machine Gun Company (joined 28 April 1916, moved to 33rd Battalion M.G.C. 19 February 1918)
- 98th Trench Mortar Battery(formed by 30 June 1916)
(The brigade transferred to the 2nd Division in November 1915, swapping with the 19th Brigade.)
- 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire)
- 22nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Kensington)
- 23rd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (1st Sportsman's)
- 24th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (2nd Sportsman's)
- 13th (Service) Battalion, Essex Regiment (West Ham) (left 22 December 1915)
- 16th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Public Schools)(left 25 February 1916)
- 17th (Service) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (1st Football)(Left 8 December 1915)
- 16th (Service) Battalion, Church Lads' Brigade),
- 1st Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (joined 15 December 1915 transferred to 19th Brigade 14 February 1918)
- 2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (joined 20 December 1915)
- 1/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (TF) (joined and left February 1918)
- 1/9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders), Highland Light Infantry (TF) (joined 29 May 1916)
- 100th Machine Gun Company (joined 28 April 1916, moved to 33rd Battalion M.G.C. 19 February 1918)
- 100th Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 13 June 1916)
Divisional Troops
- 18th (Service) Battalion, (1st Public Works Pioneers), Middlesex Regiment (joined as Divisional Pioneer Battalion July 1915)
- 19th Motor Machine Gun Battery (joined November 1915 but left 6 February 1916)
- 248th Machine Gun Company (joined 21 July 1917, moved to 33rd Battalion M.G.C. 19 Feb 1918)
- 33rd Battalion M.G.C. (formed 19 February 1918 absorbing the brigade MG companies)
- Divisional Mounted Troops
- F Squadron, North Irish Horse (joined January 1915, redesignated B Sqn on 25 May 1916, left 19 April 1916)
- 33rd Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps (left 19 April 1916)
- 33rd Divisional Train Army Service Corps
- 225th, 226th, 227th and 228th Companies (transferred to 29th Division in March 1916)
- 170th, 171st, 172nd and 173rd Companies, (transferred from 28th Divisional Train on 13 November 1915. 172nd Company swapped with the 8th Company from 2nd Divisional Train in late November 1915)
- 43rd Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps
- 230th Divisional Employment Company (joined 1 June 1917)
33rd (Camberwell) Divisional Artillery
- CLVI (Camberwell) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (R.F.A.)
- CLXII (Camberwell) Brigade, R.F.A.
- CLXVI (Camberwell) Brigade, R.F.A. (broken up 12 September 1916)
- CLXVII (Camberwell) (Howitzer) Brigade, R.F.A. (broken up 12 September 1916)
- 126th (Camberwell) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (R.G.A.) (left for XXII Heavy Artillery Group on 2 May 1916)
- 33rd Divisional Ammunition Column R.F.A.
- 33rd Divisional Trench Mortar Brigade
- V.33 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, R.F.A. (formed by 29 May 1916; broken up February 1918)
- X.33, Y.33 and Z.33 Medium Mortar Batteries, R.F.A. (formed by 4 May 1916, February 1918, Z broken up redistributed to Z and Y batteries)
- 212th (Tottenham) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 222nd (Tottenham) Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 226th (Tottenham) Field Company, Royal Engineers (left for 2nd Division2 December 1915)
- 33rd (Tottenham) Divisional Signals Company, Royal Engineers
- 11th Field Company (joined from 2nd Division 2 December 1915)
- 99th Field Ambulance
- 100th Field Ambulance (left for 2nd Division late November 1915)
- 101st Field Ambulance
- 73rd Sanitary Section (left 31 March 1917)
- 19th Field Ambulance (joined from 2nd Division late November 1915)
Commanders
- Major-General Herman Landon November 1915 – September 1916
- Major-General Reginald John PinneySeptember 1916 – September 1917
- Brigadier-General Philip Richard Wood September 1917 – November 1917[4]
- Major-General Reginald John PinneyNovember 1917 – February 1919 (disbandment)
See also
- List of British divisions in World War I
References
- ^ a b c d e Baker, Chris. "33rd Division". The Long, Long Trail. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
- ^ Quarterly Army List for the quarter ending 30th June 1919. London: HMSO. 1919. pp. 32.
- ISBN 0-349-10635-5.
- ^ "Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria". Spink. 19 July 2012. p. 127. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
Bibliography
- Seton Hutchinson, G. (2004) [1921]. The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders 1915–1919 (facs. repr. Naval & Military Press, Uckfield ed.). London: Waterlow & Sons. ISBN 1-84342-995-0.