
The history of the Twentieth (Light) Division
by Valentine Erskine Inglefield
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The last of Kitchener’s Second New Army divisions the 20th was, apart from the 36th Ulster and 38th Welsh, also the last division to have a title. It was formed in September 1914 and , as its title suggests, it was composed of battalions of Rifle and Light Infantry regiments, its brigades were numbered 59th, 60th and 61st. In January 1915 one of the battalions, 11th DLI, became the divisional pioneer battalion and its place in 61st Brigade was taken by 12th King’s (Liverpool), an army troops battalion attached to the division. The first GOC was Sir E.O.F Hamilton, a sixty year old who had reti...
Chapters (285)
- THE HISTORY OF THE TWENTIETH (LIGHT) DIVISION
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- MAPS
- Chapter I THE FORMATION OF THE DIVISION AND TRAINING IN ENGLAND 4th August 1914 to 19th July 1915
- Chapter II THE LAVENTIE SECTOR 20th July 1915 to 21st January 1916
- Chapter III THE YPRES SALIENT 22nd January to 26 July 1916
- Chapter IV THE SOMME 24th of July to 7th of September 1916
- Chapter V THE SOMME (Continued) 29th July to 13th October 1916
- Chapter VI WINTER IN THE SOMME AREA 9th October 1916 to 16th March 1917
- Chapter VII THE GERMAN RETREAT 17th March to 1st July 1917
- Chapter VIII THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES 2nd July to 18th October 1917
- Chapter IX THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI 1st October to 16th December 1917
- Chapter X THE MENIN ROAD SECTOR 12th December 1917 to 20th February 1918
- Chapter XI THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME 21st February to 25th March 1918
- Chapter XII THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE ON THE SOMME (Continued) 26th March to 28th April 1918
- Chapter XIII LENS AND AVION 2nd April to 8th October 1918.
- Chapter XIV THE FINAL ADVANCE 9th October to 11th November 1918
- INDEX
- FOOTNOTES:
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