8th Division, British Army

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8th Division, British Army
Years active:	unknown – unknown
Country:	United Kingdom
Service:	British Army
Branch:	Regular Army
Type:	Formation
Specific type:	Infantry division
Full size:	19,000
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Created:	unknown.
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Name1:	8th Division
Name1 Start:	unknown
Name1 End:	unknown
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Disbanded:	unknown.
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For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.

Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	23rd Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/11/1914
End date:	30/04/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	24th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/08/1914
End date:	30/04/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	25th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	01/08/1914
End date:	30/04/1919
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Mounted Troops, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Artillery, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Machine Gun Units, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Medical Services, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Veterinary Services, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type:	Tactical
Subordinate unit:	Divisional Train, 8th Division, UK
Subordinate level:	Brigade
Start date:	unknown
End date:	unknown
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Theatre of war
Theatre name:	France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered:	01/08/1914
Date left:	31/05/1919
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References

This page contains data imported from the UK National Archives Discovery catalogue, licensed under Open Government Licence v2.0.