History
Formed in England in December 1914 - January 1915 from regular arm battalions returning from India, Singapore and Egypt . In January 1915 the division moved to France and on to the Western Front.
The division took part in the 2nd Battle of Ypres where they suffered massive casualties and in the Battle of Loos . In October 1915 the 28th Division embarked from Marseilles to Egypt and in November 1915 on to Salonika where the division would remain for the rest of the war.
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