23rd Division (United Kingdom)

23rd Division (United Kingdom)


British Army Infantry Divisions (1914–present)
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The British 23rd Division was a New Army division that was sent to France in August, 1915, under the command of Major-General Sir James Melville Babington. During the First World War the division served on the Western Front until October 1917 when it moved to Italy.

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