Dates: 1914 - 1919
The British 20th (Light) Division was a New Army division formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division landed in France July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front.
Formation
59th Brigade
10th (Service) Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps (disbanded February 1918)
11th (Service) Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
10th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade (disbanded February 1918)
11th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
2nd Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from February 1918)
60th Brigade
6th (Service) Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ( disbanded February 1918)
6th (Service) Battalion, The King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
12th (Service) Battalion, The King’s Royal Rifle Corps
12th (Service) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
61st Brigade
7th (Service) Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry
7th (Service) Battalion, The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
7th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry ( disbanded February 1918)
11th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (to pioneers January 1915)
12th (Service) Battalion, The King’s (Liverpool Regiment) (from January 1915)
Pioneers
11th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry (from 61 Bde January 1915).
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving Light Division
" Hi James, here they are: The Great British Band Show, Volume one. Birmingham International Tattoo 1990. Got this from Amazon. Also got: The massed bands and bugles of the Light Division - wow! Bit fast paced for me. It is sad to see the old bandstands falling down and not used. Shows the narrow minds of the councils. "
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" I wouldn’t be surprised if the SCLI association, are not the only ones in hot water before long. I have no doubt that others, namely, the Durham, Yorkshire and Shropshire Light Infantry associations will close ranks and join them. As an ex member of The Durham Light Infanty and a current ..."
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" Quoting: Richard Elwell And Patricia I suggest you read what you put on the site about DLB. You say that he was GOC Wales from 85-90. GOC Wales is as it says on the tin a General Officer Commanding. That means he must have been at minimum a Major General. Major Generals dont command Brigades. ..."
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" I was at the Light Division Junior Soldier’s Depot in Shrewsbury with Dave Weaver in 1983/4. I went to 3RGJ, he went off to one of the three Light Infantry battalions. I’ve always wanted to get in touch with him but never managed to find him on here or Friends Reunited. I think Dave was from ..."
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" A Photo/Light Division Music Clip of the Light Infantry Reunion at Copthorne Barracks Shrewsbury, June 2009. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NB8RppAxOv8 Last edited by Micky Miles"
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