page_title: 47th (1/2nd London) Division
section_title: Order of battle
hierarchical_section_title: 47th (1/2nd London) Division / Order of battle
caption_attribution_description: English: The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 235th Brigade (47th Divisional Artillery) water their horses near Flesquieres, 24 November 1917. The cavalry&amp;#146;s scope for movement was circumscribed by the availability of water for the horses.
context_page_description: The 47th (1/2nd London) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, raised in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force.
context_section_description: The composition of the division was as follows:
  140th (4th London) Brigade
  Pre-war the brigade comprised the following battalions:
  13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensington)
  14th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)
  15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles)
  16th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's Westminsters)
  After it landed in France it had the following composition:
  1/6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)
  1/7th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment
  1/8th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
  1/15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles)
  1/4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) (from 15 November 1915 until 9 February 1916)
  140th Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 13 December 1915 until 1 March 1918)
  140th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery (from 12 June 1916)
  From February 1918, the brigade comprised the following battalions:
  1/15th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment
  1/17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (from 141 Brigade)
  1/21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) (from 142 Bde)
  140th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery
  141st (5th London) Brigade
  1/17th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (to 140 Bde February 1918)
  1/18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)
  1/19th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (St Pancras)
  1/20th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich)
  141st Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 12 December 1915 until 1 March 1918)
  141st Brigade Trench Mortar Battery (from 12 June 1916)
  142nd (6th London) Brigade
  1/21st (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (First Surrey Rifles) (to 140 Brigade February 1918)
  1/22nd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's)
  1/23rd (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment
  1/24th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Queen's)
  1/4th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) (from 16 November 1915 until 9 February 1916)
  142nd Brigade Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 10 December 1915 until 1 March 1918)
  142nd Brigade Trench Mortar Battery (from 12 June 1916)
  Pioneers
  1/4th (Denbighshire) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers (joined 1 September 1915)
  Machine Guns
  239th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 17 July until 1 October 1917)
  255th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (from 19 November 1917 until 1 March 1918)
  No. 47 Battalion, Machine Gun Corps (from 1 March 1918)
  140th, 141st, 142nd, 255th Machine Gun Companies
  Mounted Troops
  C Squadron 1st King Edward's Horse (from 25 April 1915 until 1 June 1916)
  2nd London Divisional Cyclist Company (until 1 June 1916)
  Royal Artillery
  1/V London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (later CCXXXV Brigade)
  1/VI London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (later CCXXXVI Brigade)
  1/VII London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (later CCXXXVII Brigade) (broken up among the other brigades 29 November 1916)
  1/VIII London (Howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (later CCXXXVIII Brigade) (until 27 November 1916)
  2nd London Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (until 31 March 1915)
  2nd London Divisional Ammunition Column
  No 7 (later X.47) Medium Trench Mortar Company (from 17 November 1915)
  No 8 (later Y.47) Medium Trench Mortar Company (from 17 November 1915)
  Z.47 Medium Trench Mortar Company (from April 1916)
  V.47 Heavy Trench Mortar Company (from 6 November 1916 to 16 February 1918)
  (1st London Divisional Artillery also served with the division in January and February 1916)
  47th (1/2nd London) Divisional Engineers
  1/3rd London Field Company, Royal Engineers (517th (1/3rd London) from 1 February 1917)
  1/4th London Field Company, Royal Engineers (518th (1/4th London) from 1 February 1917)
  2/3rd London Field Company, Royal Engineers (joined 25 June 1915; 520th (2/3rd London) from 1 February 1917)
  2nd Lond
caption: Drivers from CCXXXV Brigade RFA water their horses near Flesquières 24 November 1917 during the Battle of Cambrai.
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