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32nd Division (United Kingdom)

32nd Division
British 32nd Division insignia.png
Active 1915–1919
Country  United Kingdom
Branch  British Army
Type Infantry
Size Division
Engagements

World War I

Battle of the Somme (1916)
Battle of Albert (1916)
Battle of Amiens (1918)
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Reginald Barnes

World War I

The 32nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during World War I. The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, that was originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the War Office in September 1915. It served in France and Belgium in the trenches of the Western Front for the duration of the war.

The division's insignia was four 'eights' arranged in an 'X' shape.

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The brigade moved to the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 14th Brigade.

The brigade joined from the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 95 Brigade.


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