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The 9th (Scottish) Division, was one of the Kitchener's Army divisionss raised from volunteers by Lord Kitchener to serve on the Western Front during the Great War.
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The division comprised the following brigades:
;26th Brigade :
Formation
;27th Brigade :
;28th Brigade [6] :
;28th (South African) Brigade [8] :
- 1st Battalion, South African Infantry [9]
- 2nd Battalion, South African Infantry [9]
- 3rd Battalion, South African Infantry
- 4th Battalion, South African Infantry [9]
- 9th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (Rosshire Buffs, The Duke of St. Albany's)
Commanders
- Major-General C. Mackenzie 27th August, 1914
- Brigadier-General S. Scrase-Dickens (Acting) 11th October, 1914
- Lieutenant-General. Sir Charles Fergusson 26th October, 1914
- Brigadier-General S. Scrase-Dickens (Acting) 31st December, 1914
- Major-General H. Landon 21st January, 1915
- Major-General George Thesiger 9th September, 1915 Killed in action
- Major-General E. Bulfin (Temporary) 27th September, 1915
- Major-General W. Furse 28th September, 1915
- Major-General H. Lakin 2nd December 1916
- Brigadier-General H. Tudor (Acting) 4th March, 1918
- Major-General C. Blacklock 13th March, 1918
- Brigadier-General H. Tudor (Acting) 16th March 1918
- Major-General H. Tudor 28th March, 1918
Unit History
In the Battle of Loos, notable for being the first battle in which British forces used poison gas, the 9th (Scottish) Division assaulted the Hohenzollern Redoubt, the 5th Camerons suffered horrific casualties, and Corporal J. D. Pollock gained a Victoria Cross for his actions.
The 9th (Scottish) Divison took part in major fighting during the Somme offensive. Notably it relieved the 30th Division at Montauban and later attacked German positions at Bernafay Wood, where it succeeded in capturing vital objectives and forcing a German withdrawl.
The British Army in the Great War: The 9th (Scottish) DivisionBattles
Notes
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