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Established by the Northern Command, September 1914, as part of K2. Early days were somewhat chaotic, the new volunteers having very few trained officers and NCOs to command them, no organised billets or equipment. In the early Summer of 1915, the Division was considered to be ready for France.

12-17 July 1915 : landed in France; the Division served with distinction on the Western Front for the remainder of the war, taking part in most of the significant actions.

The Divisions spent its initial period of trench familiarisation and then holding the front lines in the southern area of the Ypres salient.

Actions of the Bluff

The Battle of Albert (first phase of the Battle of the Somme 1916)

In the above action, the Division captured Fricourt, after suffering heavy losses.

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 Capture of Roeux (fourth phase of the Arras Offensive)

The First Battle of Passchendaele (seventh phase of the Third Battle of Ypres)

The Second Battle of Passchendaele (eighth phase of the Third Battle of Ypres)

The Battle of St Quentin (first phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918)

The First Battle of Bapaume (second phase of the First Battles of the Somme 1918)

The Battle of Amiens

The Battle of Albert (first phase of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918)

The Battle of Bapaume (second phase of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918)

The Battle of Havrincourt (first phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line)

The Battle of Epehy (second phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line)

The Battle of Cambrai 1918 (sixth phase of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line)

The Pursuit to the Selle

The Battle of the Selle

The Battle of the Sambre

In total, the Division suffered more than 40,200 casualties during the Great War. Demobilisation was completed by May 1919.

From the Long trail home web site

Thank you

This page gives war battles by date:-

http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/all.htm

Kath. x

Finally found my dad's Uncle Ben as he calls him, G B Goddard died14 Sept 1917 buried in Talana Farm Cemetery he was born 1894. Does anyone know what battle he would have fought in when he got killed or where I could find any records of the account of the battle.