20th (Light) Division
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The 20th 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 div
Ammunition column carts of the 20th (Light) Division, Estaires, August 1915
20th Division ambulance (the division sign is in front of the rear wheel), stuck in the mud near Guillemont, October 1916
Hindenburg defences, Quéant, 1917
Men of the 11th (Service) Battalion, Durham Light Infantry being taken forward by light railway near Elverdinghe, during the Third Battle of Ypres, 31 July 1917.
Battle of Mont Sorrel
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The Battle of Mont Sorrel was a local operation in World War I by three divisions of the German 4th Army and three divisions of the British Second Army in the Ypres Salient, near Ypres in Belgium, fro
20th (Light) Division
…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…
Destroyed dugouts and shelters; before the war, most of the terrain was wooded
German trenches demolished by artillery