British 27th Division

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The British 27th Division was a First World War infantry division of the British Army that saw significant action on the Western Front, including during the Second Battle of Ypres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army division ⓘ
First World War military unit ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
alliance Allied Powers ⓘ
battle Battle of Loos ⓘ
Battle of St Eloi ⓘ
Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
belligerent United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
branch infantry ⓘ
composition 80th Brigade ⓘ
81st Brigade ⓘ
82nd Brigade ⓘ
conflict First World War ⓘ
linked to: World War I
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded post-First World War ⓘ
engagementType trench warfare ⓘ
era 1914–1918 ⓘ
formed late 1914 ⓘ
front Ypres salient ⓘ
garrisonOrMobilizationArea United Kingdom ⓘ
higherCommand British Expeditionary Force ⓘ
includedUnit 1/1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment ⓘ
1/4th Battalion, King’s (Liverpool Regiment) ⓘ
1/4th Battalion, King’s Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) ⓘ
1/4th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment ⓘ
1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment ⓘ
2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Royal Scots ⓘ
divisional artillery ⓘ
divisional engineers ⓘ
divisional medical units ⓘ
divisional signals company ⓘ
divisional train, Army Service Corps ⓘ
notableCommander Major-General G. F. Milne ⓘ
Major-General T. D’Oyly Snow ⓘ
notableEngagement defence against German gas attacks at Second Battle of Ypres ⓘ
notableFor heavy casualties on the Western Front ⓘ
opposedForce German Empire ⓘ
partOf British Army ⓘ
raisedFrom Regular Army battalions returned from overseas garrisons ⓘ
role front-line infantry operations ⓘ
size division ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Western Front ⓘ

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Battle of Frezenberg → involves → British 27th Division ⓘ