23rd Division (United Kingdom)
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For the similarly numbered formation in the Second World War, see 23rd (Northumbrian) Division.
The 23rd Division was an infantry division of the British Army raised in 1914 in the Great War as part of Kitchener's Army. The division was sent to France in August 1915 under the command of Major-General Sir James Melville Babington C.B. C.M.G. During the war the division fought on the Western Front until October 1917 when it moved to the Italian Front. It remained in Italy and was disbanded by March 1919.
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23rd Division | |
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Active | September 1914 – March 1919 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Branch | British Army |
Type | Infantry |
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