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The General himself [Grogan], his brigade staff officers, [Capt.] Smythe the G.S.O.3, 8th Division; Major Cope of the 2/ Devonshire; Lieut.-Colonel Moore of the 1/ Sherwood Foresters, the only infantry C.O. of the division not already a casualty; two colonels of the 50th Division without a single man of the units they once commanded; a knot of ...
The 8th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was active in both the First and Second World Wars.The division was first formed in October 1914 during the First World War, initially consisting mainly of soldiers of the Regular Army and served on the Western Front throughout the war, sustaining many casualties, before disbandment in 1919.
The 8th Infantry Division, ("Pathfinder" [1]) was an infantry division of the United States Army during the 20th century. The division served in World War I, World War II, and Operation Desert Storm. Initially activated in January 1918, the unit did not see combat during World War I and returned to the United States.
Near the end of 1914, when regular army battalions returned to Europe from serving around the British Empire, they formed the 7th and 8th Division, with the 20th–25th brigades. [3] As the war progressed, three more regular army divisions were formed the 27th , 28th and 29th , with their brigades being numbered from 80th–88th.
7th Division ("Hourglass Division") 6 December 1917 10 October 1918 Brig. Gen. Charles H. Barth Maj. Gen. Edmund Wittenmyer: Meuse–Argonne: 8th Division ("Golden Arrow Division"; "Pathfinder Division") 17 December 1917 15 August 1918 Brig. Gen. Joseph D. Leitch Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison Maj. Gen. William S. Graves Maj. Gen. Eli A. Helmick ...
8th Infantry Division (Greece) 8th (Lucknow) Division, a unit of the British Indian Army before and during World War I; 8th Infantry Division (India) 8th Najaf Ashraf Division, Iran; 8th Division (Iraq) 8th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) 8th Division (Japan) 8th Division (North Korea) 8th Infantry Division (Pakistan), part of XXX Corps
The 8th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that saw active service in both the First and the Second World Wars, before being disbanded and reactivated in the 1960s. The brigade was finally being disbanded in 2006. It was formed before the First World War as part of the 3rd Division.
The Division remained in India on internal security duties during World War I, [2] [3] though the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade was transferred to the 1st Indian Cavalry Division and served in France on the Western Front, [4] and the 22nd Lucknow Infantry Brigade served as part of the 11th Indian Division in Egypt. [5]