The Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.

Gallipoli

July 1915 : embarked at Liverpool, for Mudros

10 August 1915 : landed at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli

December 1915 : withdrawn from Gallipoli, moved to Egypt, and eventually into Palestine

Palestine

After gradual demobilisation, the Division was disbanded in Egypt in September 1919, and was reformed at home in 1920.

• 161st Brigade (Essex)

  • 1/4th Bn, the Essex (joined August 1914)

  • 1/5th Bn, the Essex (joined August 1914)

  • 1/6th Bn, the Essex (joined August 1914)

  • 1/7th Bn, the Essex (joined August 1914)

  • 161st Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 23 April 1916, moved into 54 MG Bn 19 April 1918)

  • 161st Trench Mortar Battery (formed 17 May 1917)

• 162nd Brigade (East Midland)

  • 1/5th Bn, the Bedfords (joined August 1914)

  • 1/4th Bn, the Northamptonshire (joined August 1914)

  • 1/1st Bn, the Cambridgeshire (joined August 1914, left February 1915)

  • 2/1st Bn, the Cambridgeshire (joined February 1915, left April 1915)

  • 1/1st Bn, the Hertfordshire (joined August 1914, left November 1914)

  • 1/10th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment (joined April 1915)

  • 1/11th (County of London) Bn, the London Regiment (joined April 1915)

  • 162nd Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 26 April 1916, moved into 54 MG Bn 19 April 1918)

  • 162ndTrench Mortar Battery (formed 5 May 1917)

• 163rd Brigade (Norfolk and Suffolk)

  • 1/4th Bn, the Norfolks (joined August 1914)

  • 1/5th Bn, the Norfolks (joined August 1914)

  • 1/4th Bn, the Suffolks (joined August 1914, left November 1914)

  • 1/5th Bn, the Suffolks (joined August1914)

  • 1/8th (Isle of Wight) Bn, the Hampshire (joined April 1915)

  • 163rd Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 1 May 1916, moved into 54 MG Bn 19 April 1918)

  • 163rd Trench Mortar Battery (formed 4 May 1917)

• 1/1st Eastern Mounted Brigade

  • In September 1915, became dismounted and moved to ANZAC bridgehead on Gallipoli, from 1st Mounted Division.

  • 1/1st Welsh Horse (joined early 1915)

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• Divisional Troops

  • No 54 Machine Gun Battalion (created 19 April 1918)

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• Divisional Mounted Troops

  • A Squadron , the 1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry (joined 20 March 1916, left 26 August 1917)

  • 54th (East Anglian) Divisional Cyclist Company (Formed after mobilisation in 1914)

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• Divisional Artillery

  • The Divisional Artillery remained in England when the Division moved to Gallipoli. It moved independently to France in November 1915 coming under the command of 33rd Division. Officers and men were attached to the Divisional Artillery of the 2nd, 7th and 12th Divisions. It moved to Egypt and rejoined the Division in Egypt in February 1916.

  • CCLXX (I East Anglian) Brigade, RFA (redesignated CCLXXII December 1916)

  • CCLXXI (II East Anglian) Brigade, RFA

  • CCLXXII (III East Anglian) (H) Brigade, RFA (broken up December 1916)

  • CCLXXIII (IV East Anglian) Brigade, RFA (redesignated CCLXX December 1916)

  • 54th (East Anglian) Divisional Ammunition Column

  • X.54, Y.54 and Z.54 Medium Mortar Batteries RFA (joined 3 October 1917; disbanded 2 March 1918 when Corps took over TM responsibilities)

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• Engineer Units, RE

  • 1st (East Anglian) Field Coy (left December 1914)

  • 484th Field Company (joined Aug 1914, renamed from 2nd (East Anglian) Field Coy)

  • 486th Field Company (joined Sep 1914, renamed from 2/1st (East Anglian) Field Coy)

  • 495th Field Company (joined July 1916, renamed from 1st (East Kent) Field Coy)

  • 54th Divisional Signal Company (renamed from 1st East Anglian Divisional Signal Company)

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• Field Ambulances, RAMC

  • 1st (East Anglian) Field Ambulance (left January 1915)

  • 2nd (East Anglian) Field Ambulance

  • 3rd (East Anglian) Field Ambulance

  • 2/1st (East Anglian) Field Ambulance (joined late 1914)

  • 3rd (Welsh) Field Ambulance (attached for 1 week in August 1915)

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54th Divisional Train ASC (The original Divisional Train, composed of 483, 484, 485 and 486 Companies ASC, did not embark for Gallipoli, and was transferred to 27th Division in February 1916. A new Train joined in Egypt by 24 February 1917, consisting of 428, 429, 430 and 431 Companies.)

54th (East Anglian) Mobile Veterinary Section (joined April April 1916)

53rd Sanitary Section

Detachement Francais de Palestine et Syrie, less their cavalry, attached 12 to 28 September 1918.