The 26th Division was an
infantrydivision of the
British Army during World War I. The division was created in September 1914 from men volunteering for
Lord Kitchener's
New Armies and was the last division to be raised under the K3 enlistment scheme. Although the 26th Division began to assemble in September 1914, it was not fully deployed on the
Western Front until the following year. In November 1915, the division was redeployed to the
Macedonian Front, where it remained until the end of the war.
Unit history
The Division was one of the six created for the Third New Army on 13 September 1914. It moved to France in September 1915 and then transferred to
Salonika in November 1915. It saw action at the
Battle of Horseshoe Hill in August 1916, the
Battles of Doiran in April / May 1917, and the
Third Battle of Doiran as well as the Pursuit to the Strumica Valley in September 1918. Demobilization began in February 1919, and the division was formally disbanded on 10 May 1919.[2]