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The 25th Division of the British Army was raised for Kitchener's Third New Army (K3) during September 1914. It served on the Western Front for most of the First World War. The component units were assembled around Salisbury and moved to Aldershot in May 1915 to complete their training. The division was formed by Major-General Francis Ventris and crossed to France on 25–30 September 1915 under the command of Major-General Beauchamp Doran. The division originally comprised the 74th, 75th and 76th Infantry Brigades, but the 76th Brigade was posted away on 15 October 1915 and replaced by the 7th Infantry Brigade. In June 1916 Major-General E G T Bainbridge took command and the Division went on to fight at the Battle of the Somme, at the Battle of Messines, at the Battle of Passchendaele, in the German offensive of March/April 1918 and at the Battle of Aisne. The 25th was uniquely unlucky during the 1918 German Spring Offensives. It was on the northern flank defences during Operation Michael in March 1918 and was moved north to refit. There it lost more men in the Battle of the Lys attacks in April. Moved south to another quiet area, it was attacked for a third time in the Third Battle of the Aisne. After suffering severe casualties in June 1918, it underwent a major refit and reorganisation, with infantry from divisions then serving in Italy. The reformed division moving back to France in September 1918. This Division played a major role in the final few weeks of the war its most noted success was the Capture of the village of Beaurevoir on the 5/6th of October 1918. The division was demobilised by the end of March 1919, having suffered 48,300 casualties during the war. ==Order of Battle== The following units served in the division. ;74th Brigade *11th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (''disbanded August 1918'') *13th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (''disbanded August 1918'') *8th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment (''left November 1914'') *8th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (''left October 1915'') *9th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (''left June 1918'') *2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (joined October 1915, left November 1917'') *3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (''joined November 1917, left June 1918'') *74th Machine Gun Company (''joined March 1916, left to move into 25th MG battalion March 1918'') *74th Trench Mortar Battery (''formed June 1917'') During reconstruction in mid 1918 *2/7th Battalion, Lanchashire Fusiliers (''joined june 1918, disbanded July 1918'') *21st Battalion, Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment) (''joined and left June 1918'') *9th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (''joined September 1918'') *11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) (''joined September 1918'') *13th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (''joined September 1918'') (the last three battalions joined from the brigades of 23rd Division serving in Italy) *74th Trench Mortar Battery ;75th Brigade *10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (''left October 1915'') *11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (''left June 1918'') *8th Battalion, Border Regiment (''left June 1918'') *8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) (''disbanded February 1918'') *2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment) (''joined October 1915, left June 1918'') *75th Machine Gun Company (''joined on 15 March 1916, moved into 25 MG Battalion March 1918'') *75th Trench Mortar Battery (''formed June 1916'') During reconstruction in mid 1918 *1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (''joined May 1918, left July 1918'') *17th Battalion, King's (Liverpool Regiment) (''joined June 1918'') *11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (''joined June 1918'') *6th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (''joined June 1918'') *13th Battalion, Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment) (''joined June 1918'') (''On 9 September 1918, the Brigade was renumbered as 236th Brigade and was placed under orders for service in North Russia. It left the 25th Division at this point.'') A new 75th Brigade was formed in September 1918 *1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment *1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment *1/8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (''these battalions joined from the brigades of 48th (South Midland) Division serving in Italy'') *75th Trench Mortar Battery ;76th Brigade 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「25th Division (United Kingdom)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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