The British 61st Division was a second-line Territorial Force

Territorial Force

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 division

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 raised in 1915 as a reserve for the first-line battalions of the 48th (South Midland) Division

British 48th (South Midland) Division

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. The division was sent to the Western Front

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 in May 1916 and served there for the duration of the First World War

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Formation

182nd (2nd Warwickshire) Brigade :

• 2/5th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (disbanded February 1918)
• 2/6th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 2/7th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 2/8th Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (disbanded February 1918)
• 2/8th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment
  Worcestershire Regiment
  The Worcestershire Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army, formed in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 29th Regiment of Foot and the 36th Regiment of Foot....
  
   (from 183rd Bde. February 1918)

183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade :

The brigade contained the following battalions until February 1918 when
most of them were disbanded.

• 2/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment
• 2/6th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment
• 2/7th Battalion, the Worcestershire Regiment
• 2/8th Battalion, the Worcesters (to 182nd Bde. February 1918)

Between February and June 1918 the Brigade contained the following
battalions.

• 1/9th (Highlanders) Battalion, the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
• 1/5th (Buchan and Formartin) Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders
• 1/8th (The Argyllshire) Battalion, the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

From May 1918 the following battalions joined the Brigade.

• 1st Battalion, the East Lancashire Regiment
  East Lancashire Regiment
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• 9th (Service) Battalion, the Northumberland Fusiliers
• 11th (Service) Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
  Suffolk Regiment
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184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade :

• 2/5th Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment
• 2/4th Battalion, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
• 2/1st Buckinghamshire
  Buckinghamshire
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   Battalion, the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (disbanded February 1918)
• 2/4th Battalion, the Royal Berkshire Regiment
  Royal Berkshire Regiment
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External links

• The British Army in the Great War: The 61st (2nd South Midland) Division