| The 30th Division |  |
The crest of Lord Derby |
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| A New Army Division | ||||||||||
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| Summary history of the division | ||||||||||
This Division was originally part of the Fifth New Army, and was numbered 37th. However, the Fourth New Army was broken up in April 1915, and the Division was renumbered 30th, part of K4. It was formed of many units that had been raised by public subscription and private projects, and was only taken over by the War Office on 27th August 1915. The Division moved to France in November 1915. It served on the Western Front with distinction throughout the war. November 1914 : moved to Knowsley Park, Liverpool 30 April 1915 : moved to Belton Park, Grantham 27 August 1915 : taken over by the War Office September 1915 : moved to Larkhill The Battle of Albert (first phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916) In the above action, the Division captured Montauban The Battle of Le Transloy (eighth phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916) The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line The First Battle of the Scarpe (first phase of the Arras Offensive) The Second Battle of the Scarpe (second phase of the Arras Offensive) The Battle of Pilckem (first phase of Third Battle of Ypres) The Battle of St Quentin (first phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918) The Actions at the Somme Crossings (first phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918) The Battle of Rosieres (third phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918) The First Battle of Kemmel (fifth phase of the Battles of the Lys) (89th Brigade) The Second Battle of Kemmel (seventh phase of the Battles of the Lys) (89th Brigade) The Division was demobilised between May and September 1919, having suffered 35,000 casualties during the war. |
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21st Brigade 19 December 1915 : Brigade transferred from 7th Division 18th (Service) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined December 1915, left February 1918) 2/5th Bn, the Lincolns (joined May 1918, left June 1918) 7th (South Irish Horse) Bn, the Royal Irish (joined July 1918) 2nd Bn, the Yorkshire (joined December 1915, left May 1918) 1/6th Bn, the Cheshires (joined July 1918) 2nd Bn, the Wiltshires (joined December 1915, left May 1918 ) 17th (Service) Bn (2nd City), the Manchesters (joined February 1918, left as a cadre June 1918) 19th (Service) Bn (4th City), the Manchesters (joined December 1915, disbanded February 1918) 2/23rd (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment(joined July 1918) 21st Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed by 8 March 1916, moved into 30 MG Bn 1 March 1918) 21st
Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 5 July 1916) 89th Brigade 17th (Service) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined April 1915, left June 1918) 18th (Service) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined April 1915, left December 1915, rejoined February 1918, left again June 1918) 19th (Service) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined April 1915, left June 1918) 20th (Service) Bn, the King's (Liverpool) (joined April 1915, disbanded February 1918) 2nd Bn, the Bedfords (joined December 1915, left February 1918) 7th (Service) Bn, the Bedfords (joined May 1918 as a cadre, left June 1918) 7/8th (Service) Bn, the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (joined July 1918) 2nd Bn, the South Lancashire (joined June 1918) 2/17th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment (joined July 1918) 89th Brigade Machine Gun Company (joined 13 March 1916, moved into 30 MG Bn 1 March 1918) 89th
Trench Mortar Battery (joined by 16 June 1916) 90th Brigade 2nd Bn, the Bedfords (joined February 1918, left May 1918) 2nd Bn, the Royal Scots Fusiliers (joined December 1915, left April 1918) 16th (Service) Bn (1st City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left as a cadre June 1918) 17th (Service) Bn (2nd City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left February 1918) 18th (Service) Bn (3rd City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, disbanded February 1918) 19th (Service) Bn (4th City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left December 1915) 14th (Service) Bn, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (joined April 1918, left June 1918) 2/14th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment(joined July 1918) 2/15th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment(joined July 1918) 2/16th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment(joined July 1918) 90th Brigade Machine Gun Company (joined on 13 March 1916, moved into 30 MG Bn 1 March 1918) 90th
Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 16 June 1916) 91st Brigade 20 December 1915 : Brigade transferred to 7th Division 20th (Service) Bn (5th City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left December 1915) 21st (Service) Bn (6th City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left December 1915) 22nd (Service) Bn (7th City), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left December 1915) 24th (Service) Bn (Oldham), the Manchesters (joined April 1915, left December 1915) Divisional Troops 13th (Service) Bn, the Yorkshire (joined and left as a cadre, June 1918) 6th (Service) Bn (Pioneers), the South Wales Borderers (joined July 1918) 11th (Service) Bn (St.Helens Pioneers), the South Lancashire (joined May 1915, left as a cadre June 1918) 7th (Robin Hood) Bn, the Sherwood Foresters (joinedas a cadre May 1918, left June 1918) 226th Machine Gun Company (joined 19 July 1917, moved into 30 MGBn 1 March 1918) No 30 Machine Gun Battalion (created 1 March 1918, reduced to cadre 13 May 1918 (540 men moved to No 31 Bn), being replaced on 29 June 1918 by "A" Bn, MGC which was then redesignated) 19th Motor Machine Gun Battery (joined 110 February 1916, left 6 June 1916) Divisional Mounted Troops D Squadron, 1/1st Lancashire Hussars (joined 29 October 1915, left 10 May 1916) Divisional Artillery CXLVIII Brigade, RFA (joined by 13 August 1915) CXLIX Brigade, RFA (joined by 13 August 1915) CL Brigade, RFA (joined by 13 August 1915, left 2 January 1917) CLI (H)Brigade, RFA (joined by 13 August 1915, broken up 26 August 1916) 30th (County Palatine) Divisional Ammunition Column (joined August 1915) 11 (Hull) Heavy Battery, RGA (joined from 11th Division June 1915, left March 1916) 125 Heavy Battery, RGA (raised with the Division but moved to France independently 29 April 1916) 30th Divisional Ammunition Column V.30 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery RFA (joined by 7 October 1916, left by 11 February 1918) X.30, Y.30 and Z.30 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA (joined by 16 April 1916; by 11February 1918, Z broken up and batteries reorganised to have 6 x 6-inch weapons each) Engineer Units 201st (County Palatine) Field Company (joined Jan 1915) 202nd (County Palatine) Field Company (joined Jan 1915) 203rd (County Palatine) Field Company (joined Jan 1915) 30th Divisional Signal Company (joined Jan 1915) Field Ambulances 96th Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 97th Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 98th Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 111th Field Ambulance (joined October 1914, left September 1915) 112th Field Ambulance (joined October 1914, left September 1915) 113th Field Ambulance (joined October 1914, left September 1915) 30th Divisional Train ASC (22nd Divisional Train (186, 187, 188 and 189 Coys) joined in France in November 1915) 227th Divisional Employment Company (joined 24 May 1917) 40th Mobile Veterinary Section (joined by April 1915) 70th Sanitary Section ( left 2 April 1917) 30th Divisional Motor Ambulance Workshop (joined 14 November 1915, merged into Divisional workshops 7 April 1916) |
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