17th (Northern) Division

17th (Northern) Division
Active	September 1914 – May 1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War I Battle of the Somme (1916) Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Épehy

The British 17th (Northern) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division moved to France in July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.

Order of Battle

50th Brigade

• 10th (Service) Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
• 7th (Service) Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment
• 7th (Service) Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (disbanded February 1918)
• 6th (Service) Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment (from March 1915)
• 7th (Service) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (until March 1915)

51st Brigade

• 7th (Service) Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment
• 7th (Service) Battalion, Border Regiment
• 10th (Service) Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
• 8th (Service) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (disbanded February 1918)
• 3/4th Battalion Battalion, 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, Manchester Regiment
• 9th (Service) Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
• 9th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers (until August 1917)
• 3/4th Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) (from 51st Bde August 1917, disbanded February 1918)

Battles

• Battle of the Somme (1916)
• Third Battle of Ypres
• Battle of Épehy

See also

• List of British divisions in World War I

External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 17th (Northern) Division

Further reading

• Atteridge, A.H. (1929). The History of the 17th (Northern) Division. Glasgow: Robert Maclehose & Co.