later rejoining 53rd (Welsh) Division in Egypt I Welsh (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA II Welsh Brigade, RFA Cheshire Brigade, RFA IV Welsh Brigade, RFA 53rd (Welsh) Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA 32nd Divisional ArtilleryTransferred from 31st Division, joining in France between 30 December 1915 and 3 January 1916 CLV (West Yorkshire) Brigade, RFA (left 20 January 1917) CVXI (Yorkshire) Brigade, RFA CLXIV (Rotherham) Howitzer Brigade, RFA (broken up September 1916) CLXVIII (Huddersfield) Brigade, RFA 32nd (Hull) Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA 32nd Divisional Trench Mortar BrigadeJ.E. Prince, 'Reminiscences of "Tock-Emma" Days', in Whinyates, pp. 661–72. 32nd (Hull) Heavy Trench Mortar Battery (formed in April 1916 from Divisional Ammunition Column, later redesignated V.32; became X.32 Medium Battery 12 February 1918) W.32 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, R.F.A. (temporarily formed for Battle of the Somme; broken up 28 December 1916) A.32, B.32 Medium Trench Mortar Batteries (temporarily formed for Battle of the Somme) X.32, Y.32 and Z.32 Medium Mortar Batteries, R.F.A. (formed May 1916; X and Z broken up 12 February 1918 and distributed among New X and Y batteries) Royal Engineers 206th (Glasgow) Field Company 218th (Glasgow) Field Company 219th (Glasgow) Field Company 32nd Divisional Signals Company Royal Army Medical Corps 96th Field Ambulance (left November 1915) 97th Field Ambulance (left November 1915) 98th Field Ambulance (left November 1915) 90th Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 91st Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 92nd Field Ambulance (joined November 1915) 72nd Sanitary Section (left 17 April 1917) Army Service Corps 32nd Divisional Train Army Service Corps (A.S.C.) 221st, 222nd, 223rd and 224th Companies A.S.C. (remained in England in November 1915) 202nd, 203rd, 204th and 205th Companies A.S.C. (joined in France) 42nd Mobile Veterinary Section Army Veterinary Corps 229th Divisional Employment Company (joined 25 March 1917) Service The division was engaged in the following major actions:Becke, Pt 4, pp. 190–1. 1916 Battle of the Somme Battle of Albert, 1–3 July Battle of Bazentin Ridge, 14–15 July Battle of the Ancre Heights (32nd Divisional Artillery only), 23 October–11 November Battle of the Ancre, 17–19 November 1917 Operations on the Ancre, 11 January–15 February Capture of Ten Tree Trench (97th Bde only), 10 February German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, 14 March–14 April Capture of Holnon Wood, 1 April Capture of Fayet (14th and 97th Bdes), 14 April Battle of Messines (32nd Divisional Artillery only), 7 June Operations on the Flanders Coast, 20 June–7 October Defence of Nieuport, 10–11 July 1918