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British 49th (West Riding) Division

49th (West Riding) Division Army Territorial Army Formed 1 April 1908 Demobilised British First World War divisions Previous Next 48th (South Midland) 50th (Northumbrian)

The British 49th (West Riding) Division was a Territorial Army division that was sent to France in April 1915 and served on the Western Front for the duration of the First World War.

See British 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division for the division's World War II history.

Unit history

Formation

146th (West Riding) Brigade 

• 1/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
• 1/5th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment) (until January 1918)
• 1/6th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)
• 1/7th Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

148th (3rd West Riding) Brigade 

• 1/4th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
• 1/5th Battalion, The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (until February 1918)
• 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (from August 1916)

Battles

• Battle of the Somme (1916)