The Long, Long Trail

This pre-war Division was used to supply garrison troops, filling the places left as Regular units were brought back to England. On or around 30 October 1914 most of the units of the Division were moved to India, whereupon some were sent further on to Burma and Aden. From the time of disembarkation, the Division ceased to function as such.

131st Brigade (Surrey Brigade)

1/4th Bn, the Queen's

1/5th Bn, the Queen's (left December 1915)

1/5th Bn, the East Surrey (left December 1917)

1/6th Bn, the East Surrey (left December 1917)

132nd Brigade (Middlesex Brigade)

1/7th Bn, the Middlesex (left August 1914 and moved to Gibraltar)

1/8th Bn, the Middlesex (left August 1914 and moved to Gibraltar)

1/9th Bn, the Middlesex (left November 1917)

1/10th Bn, the Middlesex

1/4th Bn, the Border (joined September 1914)

2/4th Bn, the Border (arrived in India March 1915)

1/4th Bn, the KSLI (joined September 1914; two companies left April 1915, the remainder December 1915)

1/1st Brecknockshire Bn, the South Wales Borderers (joined September 1914, left December 1914)

133rd Brigade (Kent Brigade)

1/4th Bn, the Buffs

1/5th Bn, the Buffs (left December 1915)

1/4th Bn, the Royal West Kents

1/5th Bn, the Royal West Kents (left December 1917)

Divisional Artillery

CCXX (I Home Counties) Brigade, RFA (left and joined III Corps in Mersopotamia between December 1915 and July 1916)(left again October 1917)

CCXXII (III Home Counties (Cinque Ports)) Brigade, RFA (left May 1916)

IV Home Counties (H) Brigade, RFA (did not move to India; moved to 63rd Division 9 June 1916)

Home Counties (Kent) Heavy Battery (did not move to India; joined XVI HA Brigade in France December 1915)

Engineer Units

1st (Home Counties) Field Coy RE (did not move to India; joined 8th Division February 1915)

2nd (Home Counties) Field Coy RE (did not move to India; joined 5th Division February 1915)

Home Counties Divisional Signal Company (did not move to India; joined 28th Division January 1915)

Field Ambulances

(all left October 1914 and joined 27th Division)

1st (Home Counties) Field Ambulance RAMC

2nd (Home Counties) Field Ambulance RAMC

3rd (Home Counties) Field Ambulance RAMC

Other units

Home Counties Divisional Transport and Supply Column (did not embark for India. Transport became 27th Divisional Train; on 1 January 1916 it transferred to 55th Division)