22nd Division (United Kingdom)
The 22nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army during World War I, raised in September 1914, from men volunteering for Lord Kitchener's New Armies. The division moved to France in September 1915, but it was transferred to Greece only one month later. It served in the Balkans Campaign for the duration of the First World War.
The 22nd Division's insignia was a solid black bar.Unit history
The Division was one of the six created for the Third New Army on 13 September 1914. It moved to France in early September 1915 and then to Salonika in October 1915 seeing action in the Retreat from Serbia in December 1915, the Battle of Horseshoe Hill in August 1916, the Battle of Machukovo in September 1916 and the Battle of Doiran in April / May 1917. The Division was disbanded by 31 March 1919.Order of Battle
The following units served with the division:
65th Brigade
66th Brigade
67th Brigade
Divisional Troops
- 12th Battalion, Cheshire regiment
- 10th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment
- 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment
- 9th Battalion, Border Regiment
- 10th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, the QVO Rajput Light Infantry
- 10th Battalion, the Hampshire Regiment
- 1/10th Battalion, Jat Regiment
- 95th Russell's Infantry
- Divisional Mounted Troops
- *D Sqn, Lothians and Border Horse Yeomanry
- *22nd Divisional Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps
- 22nd Divisional Train Army Service Corps
- *186th, 187th, 188th and 189th Companies
- *108th, 109th, 110th and 111th Companies
- 34th Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps
- 816th Divisional Employment Company
Royal Artillery
Royal Engineers
- 87th Field Company
- 88th Field Company
- 99th Field Company
- 100th Field Company
- 127th Field Company
- 22nd Divisional Signals Company
Royal Army Medical Corps
- 66th Field Ambulance
- 67th Field Ambulance
- 68th Field Ambulance
- 39th Sanitary Section
