The 32nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was raised in 1914, during the First World War. The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, made up of infantry 'Pals battalions' and artillery brigades raised by public subscription or private patronage. The division was taken over by the War Office in September 1915. It served in France and Belgium in the trenches of the Western Front for the duration of the war. It saw action at the Battle of the Somme, the Pursuit to the Hindenburg Line, the Defence of Nieuport, the German spring offensive, and the Allied Hundred Days Offensive beginning at the Battle of Amiens. After the Armistice it marched into Germany as part of the Army of Occupation. Formation history The Division was one of those created for Kitchener's Fifth New Army ('K5') on 10 December 1914 and was originally numbered 38th until the six K4 divisions were converted into reserve units. It landed in France in November 1915. Major-General Reginald Barnes took command of the division for a short while in November 1916 before being replaced by the controversial Maj-Gen Cameron Shute. The division's insignia was four 'eights' arranged in an 'X' shape. Order of Battle The following units and formations served with the division during the war: 14th Brigade The brigade joined from the 5th Division in December 1915, swapping with the 95th Brigade. 1/9th Territorial Force (T.F.) Battalion Royal Scots (left January 1916) 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment (left January 1916) 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment (left January 1916) 1st Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (left January 1916) 2nd Battalion, Manchester Regiment (joined December 1915 transferred to 96th Brigade February 1918) 1st Battalion, Dorset Regiment (joined 7 January 1916) 19th (Service) Battalion (3rd Salford), Lancashire Fusiliers (transferred from 96th Brigade January 1916 left July 1916) 15th (Service) Battalion (1st Glasgow), Highland Light Infantry (transferred from 97th Brigade January 1916) 5th/6th Battalion, Royal Scots T.F. (joined 29 July 1916) 4th Machine Gun Company (joined February 1916, moved to 32nd Battalion Machine Gun Corps (M.G.C.) 21 February 1918) 14th Trench Mortar Battery (joined March 1916) 95th Brigade The brigade transferred to the 5th Division on 26 December 1915, swapping with the 14th Brigade. 14th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1st Birmingham) 15th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (2nd Birmingham) 16th (Service) Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (3rd Birmingham) 12th (Service)