20th (Light) Division

20th (Light) Division
20th (Light) Division
	20th (Light) Division sign, used on notice boards and signs.
Active	September 1914 – May 1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Engagements	World War I Battle of Loos Battle of Mont Sorrel Battle of the Somme (1916) Battle of Guillemont Battle of Flers-Courcelette Battle of Morval Battle of Le Transloy Third Battle of Ypres Battle of Langemarck (1917) Battle of Cambrai (1917) First Battle of the Somme (1918)

The 20th (Light) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, part of Kitchener's Army, raised in the First World War. The division was formed in September 1914 as part of the K2 Army Group. The division landed in France July 1915 and spent the duration of the First World War in action on the Western Front. The division was disbanded after the end of the war in early 1919.

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