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A 2nd-Line Territorial Force Division
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Summary history of the division
 

January 1915 : this Second-Line Division was formed in Scotland.

January 1917 : moved to Ireland.

March 1918 : Division broken up.


Order of Battle 
 

194th Brigade

2/7th Bn, the Royal Scots (joined November 1915, disbanded March 1918)

2/8th Bn, the Royal Scots (joined November 1915, disbanded Summer 1917)

2/4th (The Border) Bn, the King's Own Scottish Borderers (joined January 1915, merged into 2/5th January 1916)

2/5th (Dumfries and Galloway) Bn, the King's Own Scottish Borderers (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)

2/5th (Cumberland) Bn, the Border (joined as No 13 Bn - an amalgam with 2/4th and 2/5th Bns, the Royal Scots Fusiliers - November 1915, left January 1916)

195th Brigade

2/4th (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles) Bn, the Royal Scots (joined November 1915, disbanded August 1917)

2/9th (Highlanders) Bn, the Royal Scots (joined November 1915, disbanded March 1918)

2/5th Bn, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)

2/6th Bn, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)

2/7th Bn, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (joined January 1915, absorbed January 1916)

2/8th Bn, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (joined January 1915, absorbed January 1916)

196th Brigade (2nd Highland Light Infantry)

2/5th Bn (City of Glasgow), the Highland Light Infantry (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)

2/6th Bn (City of Glasgow), the Highland Light Infantry (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)

2/7th Bn (Blythswood), the Highland Light Infantry (joined January 1915, disbanded by December 1917)

2/9th Bn (Glasgow Highlanders), the Highland Light Infantry (joined January 1915, disbanded May 1918)


65th Divisional Train ASC (537, 538, 539 and 540 Companies ASC)


Divisional command  
 
 
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