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23rd DIVISION
Diisional Headquarters : 1 name.
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24th BRIGADE 283 names Transferred to the 8th Division on the 15th July 1916 |
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1st Worcestershire 68 names |
2nd East Lancashire 64 names |
1st Sherwood Foresters 89 names |
2nd Northamptonshire 59 names |
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24th Machine Gun Company 3 names |
24th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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68th BRIGADE 636 names |
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10th Northumberland Fus. 136 names |
11th Northumberland Fus. 154 names |
12th Durham Light Infantry 195 names |
13th Durham Light Infantry 145 names |
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68th Machine Gun Company 6 names |
68th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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69th BRIGADE 765 names |
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11th West Yorkshire 164 names |
8th Yorkshire 192 names |
9th Yorkshire 205 names |
10th Duke of Wellington's 182 names |
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69th Machine Gun Company 22 names |
69th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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70th BRIGADE 274 names (transferred from the 8th Division on the 16th July 1916) |
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11th Sherwood Foresters 85 names |
8th K.O.Y.L.I. 90 names |
8th York and Lancaster 40 names |
9th York and Lancaster 50 names |
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70th Machine Gun Company 10 names |
70th Trench Mortar Battery No fatal casualties |
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PIONEERS
9th South Staffordshire
32 names
ARTILLERY
107 names
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Field Artillery 96 names |
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20 names
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37 names
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28 names
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13 names Broken up early September |
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A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery (Howitzers from Sept.) D (Howitzers) Battery |
A Battery B Battery C Battery D (Howitzers) Battery |
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Trench Mortar Batteries 5 names |
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Heavy |
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1 name |
Z23 No fatal casualties |
1 name |
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23rd Divisional Ammunition Column 7 names |
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ROYAL ENGINEERS
10 names
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2 names |
1 name |
5 names |
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23rd Divisional Signal Company 2 names |
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ARMY SERVICE CORPS
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23rd Divisional Train |
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190th H.T. Coy |
191st H.T. Coy |
192nd H.T. Coy |
193rd H.T. Coy |
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
12 names
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9 names |
3 names |
71st Field Ambulance No fatal casualty |
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40th Sanitary Section |
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ARMY VETERINARY CORPS
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35th Mobile Veterinary Section |
OPERATIONS OF THE 23rd DIVISION - SOMME 1916
3rd-11th July : Operations in front of Contalmaison. Capture of Contalmaison on the 10th July.
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26th July-8th August : Operations between Bazentin-le-Petit and Pozieres.
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19th September-9th October : Operations in front of Le Sars. Taking of Destremont Farm on the 30th September. Capture of Le Sars on the 7th October.
