8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) - First World War Composition

First World War Composition

23rd Brigade

• 2nd Battalion, The Devonshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
• 2nd Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (until February 1918)
• 1/6th Battalion, the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (from March 1915 until June 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment
• 1/7th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (from March 1915 until February 1916)

24th Brigade

• 1st Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters
• 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment
• 1/5th Battalion, the Black Watch (until October 1915)
• 2nd Battalion, The East Lancashire Regiment (to 25th Bde. February 1918)
• 1/4th Battalion, The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (from February 1915 until April 1915)

Between October 1915 and July 1916, the brigade swapped with the 70th Brigade from the 23rd Division.

25th Brigade

• 2nd Battalion, The Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
• 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade
• 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles (until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (until February 1918)
• 2nd Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment (from 24th Bde. February 1918)
• 1/8th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment (from August 1915 until October 1915)
• 13th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (until May 1915)
• 1/1st (City of London) Battalion, the London Regiment (from May 1915 until February 1916)

70th Brigade

The brigade was from the 23rd Division and was attached to the 7th Division between October 18, 1915 and July 15, 1916, swapping with the 24th Brigade.