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  2. 34th Division (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 34th Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War. The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener 's New Armies , originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.

  3. List of British divisions in the First World War - Wikipedia

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    List of military divisions — List of British divisions in the First World War This page is a list of British divisions that existed in the First World War . Divisions were either infantry or cavalry .

  4. List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in the Somme

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    The memorial is said to be located where the Divisional HQ stood in 1916. The division's units are listed on the side panels; infantry on the left and artillery and engineers on the right. The inscription commemorates the 34th Division (which included the Tyneside Scottish & Irish Brigades referred to earlier, see the Tyneside Memorial Seat).

  5. Tyneside Scottish - Wikipedia

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    They formed the 102nd (Tyneside Scottish) Brigade, part of the 34th Division. [1] The 29th (Reserve) Battalion and the 33rd (Reserve) Battalion were formed from the depot companies of the Tyneside Scottish battalions. [1] The Brigade's first major action was the Battle of the Somme where it sustained a large number of casualties.

  6. Kitchener's Army - Wikipedia

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    Alfred Leete's recruitment poster for Kitchener's Army.. The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, as Kitchener's Mob, [a] was an (initially) all-volunteer portion of the British Army formed in the United Kingdom from 1914 onwards following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War in late July 1914.

  7. British infantry brigades of the First World War - Wikipedia

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    Three infantry brigades served with a division, mostly the same one throughout the war, but some did serve for short periods with another division. At the start of the war, four infantry battalions along with a small headquarters formed a brigade; but, by 1918, with the number of casualties mounting, the brigade was reduced to three battalions.

  8. 34th Division - Wikipedia

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  9. 34th Infantry Division (United States) - Wikipedia

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    The 34th Infantry Division is an infantry division of the United States Army, part of the National Guard, that participated in World War I, World War II and multiple current conflicts. It was the first American division deployed to Europe in World War II, where it fought with great distinction in the Italian Campaign. [3]