The 28th Division , 1914-1918

83rd Brigade

This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 3 March and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 15th Brigade from that Division.

2nd Bn, the King's Own

1/5th Bn, the King's Own (joined March 1915, left October 1915)

2nd Bn, the East Yorkshires (joined December 1914)

1st Bn, the KOYLI (joined November 1914, left June 1918)

1st Bn, the York and Lancaster (joined December 1914)

1/3rd Bn, the Monmouthshire (joined March 1915, left September 1915. Absent May to August 1915 when amalgamated with its sister 1/1st and 1/2nd Bn following serious casualties at Ypres)

83rd Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 21 May 1916)

83rd Trench Mortar Battery (formed as No 4 TMB on 12 September 1916)

83rd Small Arms Ammunition Section Supply Column (from May 1916)

84th Brigade

This Brigade was temporarily under the command of 5th Division between 23 February and 7 April 1915, when it was replaced by 13th Brigade from that Division.

2nd Bn, the Northumberland Fusiliers (joined December 1914, left June 1918)

1st Bn, the Suffolks (joined November 1914)

2nd Bn, the Cheshires (joined December 1914)

1st Bn, the Welsh (joined December 1914)

1/6th (Glamorgan) Bn, the Welsh (joined July1915, left October 1915)

1/1st Bn, the Monmouthshire (joined February 1915, left September 1915)

1/12th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment (joined February 1915, left May 1915)

84th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 18 May 1916)

84th Trench Mortar Battery (joined 7 November 1916)

84th Small Arms Ammunition Section Supply Column (from May 1916)

85th Brigade

Brigade transferred temporarily to 3rd Division between 19 February 1915 and 6 April 1915. It was replaced by the 9th Brigade from that Division.

2nd Bn, the Buffs (joined December 1914)

3rd Bn, the Royal Fusiliers (joined December 1914, left July 1918)

2nd Bn, the East Surreys (joined December 1914)

3rd Bn, the Middlesex (joined December 1914)

1/8th Bn, the Middlesex (joined March 1915, left June 1915)

85th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 18 May 1916)

85th Trench Mortar Battery (formed as No 5 TMB in September 1916)

85th Small Arms Ammunition Section Supply Column (from May 1916)

228th Brigade

This Brigade was formed on 26 February 1917, as Army Troops, although it was always associated with this Division. It came under the command of the Greek Crete Division from 30 September 1918, and was broken up on 4 October 1918.

2nd (Garrison) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined August 1917)

2/5th Bn, the Durham Light Infantry(joined March 1917)

1st Garrison Bn, the Seaforth Highlanders (joined March 1917)

2nd Garrison Bn, the Royal Irish Fusiliers (joined March 1917, left August 1917)

22nd (Wessex & Welsh) Bn TF, the Rifle Brigade (joined November 1916)

277th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 11 September 1917, as 228th MG Coy)

228th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 17 September 1911)

228th Brigade Signal Section RE (formed 15 March 1917)

143rd Field Ambulance RAMC (formed 19 March 1917)

Divisional Troops

23rd (Service) Bn (Welsh Pioneers), the Welsh (joined August 1916)

Divisional Mounted Troops

B Squadron, 1/1st Surrey Yeomanry (joined 22 December 1914, left to join XVI Corps on 27 December 1916)

28th Cyclist Company (joined 29 December 1914, left to join XVI Corps on 8 December 1916)

Divisional Artillery

VIII (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (attached from 5th Division between 21 February and 23 June 1915)

CXXX (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA (joined September 1915)

III Brigade, RFA (joined from 1st (Peshawar) Division, December 1914)

XXXI Brigade, RFA (joined December 1914)

LIV Brigade, RFA (joined August 1917 from 10th Division)

CXLVI Brigade, RFA (joined December 1914, left August 1917)

7th Mountain Battery, RFA (attached between 30 December 1915 and 18 June 1916)

IV Highland Mountain Brigade, RFA (joined December 1916, left 10 September 1918)

III Mountain Brigade, RFA (joined 16 September 1918)

13 Heavy Battery RGA (raised for 13th Division, the Battery was ordered to France on 30 May 1915 as part of XVII Heavy Brigade. On 23 October 1915, it joined 28th Division and moved to Salonika. On 26 February, left Division and joined XXXVII Heavy Brigade.)

Heavy Artillery Brigade, RGA (71 and 121 Heavy Batteries) (joined 18 January 1915, left 6 April 1915)

28th Divisional Ammunition Column RFA

Engineer Units

17th Field Coy (joined Jun 15)

38th Field Coy (joined Apr 15)

1st (North Midland) Field Coy (joined Jan 15, left Apr 15)

1st (Northumbrian) Field Coy (joined Dec 1914, left Jun 1915, renamed 447th Field Coy Feb 1917)

2/1st (Northumbrian) Field Coy (joined Jul 15, renamed 449th Field Coy Feb 1917)

1st (North Midland) Field Coy (joined Jan 15, left Apr 15)

2/1st (North Midland) Field Coy (attached between 19 June andf 10 July 1915)

1/7th (Hants) Field Coy (joined Oct 15, renamed 506th Field Coy Feb 1917)

3rd (London) Field Coy (joined Dec 14, left Apr 15)

Home Counties Divisional Signals Company (joined Jan 1915)

Field Ambulances

84th (2nd London) (joined Dec 14)

85th (3rd London) (joined Dec 14)

86th (2nd Northumbrian) (joined Dec 14)

Other Divisional Troops

28th Divisional Train ASC (120, 121, 122, 123 Coys joined from 13th (Western) Division in November 1915)

819th Divisional Employment Company (Formed 14 September 1917)

17th Mobile Veterinary Section

No 15 (London) Sanitary Section ( joined December 1914)

28th Divisional Motor Ambulance Workshop ( joined 27 January 1915, remained in France when Division moved to Salonika)