17th (Northern) Division - Formation

Formation

50th Brigade
  • 10th (Service) Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (disbanded February 1918)
  • 6th (Service) Battalion, The Dorsetshire Regiment (from March 1915)
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, The York and Lancaster Regiment (until March 1915)
51st Brigade
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment
  • 7th (Service) Battalion, The Border Regiment
  • 10th (Service) Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
  • 8th (Service) Battalion, The South Staffordshire Regiment (disbanded February 1918)
  • 3/4th Battalion Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (from June 1917 to 52nd Bde August 1917)
52nd Brigade
  • 10th (Service) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
  • 12th (Service) Battalion, The Manchester Regiment
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
  • 9th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (until August 1917)
  • 3/4th Battalion, The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (from 51st Bde August 1917, disbanded February 1918)

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