The Wessex Division was a Territorial
Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war. The
Division and Brigades were not numbered until April 1915 previously
just named. The Division went to India in October 1914 and remained
there sending many drafts to fighting units in the Middle East.
Battles
and Engagements
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Did not take part in any major actions
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Infantry
Units
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130th
(Devon and Cornwall) Brigade.
1/4th Bn Devonshire Regt. 04 Aug
1914 - Dec 1914. To the 3rd
Lahore divisional area.
1/5th Bn Devonshire Regt. 04 Aug 1914 - Dec 1914. To the 3rd
Lahore divisional area.
1/6th Bn Devonshire Regt. 16 Sep 1914 - Dec 1914. To the 3rd
Lahore divisional area.
1/4th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry.
04 Aug 1914 - Nov 1914. To the 7th
Meerut divisional area.
1/5th Bn Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. 04 Aug 1914 - 16
Sep 1914. Left the Division, remaining in England until May
1916. The volunteers for overseas were posted to the 1/4th
Bn. The Battalion became the Pioneer Bn in the 61st
Division in Apr 1916.
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Attached
Troops.
1/6th Bn Devonshire Regt. 04 Aug
1914 - 16 Sep 1914. To the 130th Brigade.
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Artillery
Units
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Royal
Field Artillery
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1st
Wessex Brigade. Numbered CCXV 1916.
1/1st Hampshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914
- 1916. Became A Bty.
1/2nd Hampshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became B
Bty.
1/3rd Hampshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became C
Bty.
CCXV
Brigade. Left the Division Aug 1916 to Mesopotamia where
it eventually joined the 3rd (Indian) Division.
A Bty. 1916 - Aug 1916. With the
Brigade to the 3rd (Indian) Division.
B Bty. 1916 - Aug 1916. With the Brigade to the 3rd (Indian)
Division.
C Bty. 1916 - Aug 1916. With the Brigade to the 3rd (Indian)
Division.
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2nd
Wessex (Howitzer) Brigade. Renumbered CCXVI (H)
1916.
1/4th Hmapshire (Howitzer) Bty.
04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became A Bty. The Bty served in Aden Sep
1915 - Aug 1916, when it returned to the brigade it was re-equiped
with 18pdr guns (no longer a howitzer Bty).
1/5th Hampshire (Howitzer) Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - Early 1915. To
Mesopotamia where it joined the 6th (Indian) Division.
CCXVI
Brigade. Reorganized as a standard brigade Aug 1916 and
dropped the howitzer designation.
A Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the
1089th Bty.
1089th Bty. 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1097th Bty. Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1104th Bty. Apr 1917 - Jul 1918. To the CCXVIII
Brigade.
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3rd
Wessex Brigade. Numbered CCXVII 1916.
1/6th Hampshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914
- 1916. Became A Bty.
1/1st Dorsetshire Bty. 04 aug 1914 - 1916. Became B
Bty.
1/1st Wiltshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became C
Bty.
CCXVII
Brigade.
A Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the
1091st Bty.
B Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the 1092nd Bty.
C Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the 1093rd Bty.
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4th
Wessex Brigade. Numbered CCXVIII 1916.
1/1st Devonshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914
- 1916. Became A Bty.
1/2nd Devonshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became B
Bty.
1/3rd Devonshire Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - 1916. Became C
Bty.
CCXVIII
Brigade.
A Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the
1094th Bty.
B Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the 1095th Bty.
C Bty. 1916 - 1917. Became the 1096th Bty.
1094th Bty. 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1095th Bty. 1917 - 1917. Broken up and divided between the 1094th
and 1096th Btys.
1096th Bty. 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1104th Bty. Jul 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
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79th (Howitzer) Bty. Jul 1917
- 11 Nov 1918.
1091st Bty. 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
1092nd Bty. 1917 - 1917. Broken up and divided between the 1091st
and 1093rd Btys.
1093rd Bty. 1917 - 11 Nov 1918.
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Royal Garrison
Artillery
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Wessex (Hampshire) Heavy Bty. 04 Aug 1914 - Oct 1914. Left
the Division. Went to France Apr 1916 and joined the XLI
Heavy Artillery Group.
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