Northern Army was a home service formation of the British Army during the First World War, responsible for the defence of

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. It was formed on 11 April 1916 under the command of Sir Bruce Hamilton, with headquarters at

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. The Army was composed of

1st Cyclist Division The 1st Mounted Division was a Yeomanry Division of the British Army active during World War I. It was formed in August 1914 for the home defence of the United Kingdom from four existing mounted brigades of the Territorial Force, each of t ...

62nd (2nd West Riding) Division The 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw active service on the Western Front during the First World War. History During the First World War the division fought on the Western Front at Bulleco ...

, 64th (2nd Highland) Division and four provisional brigades ( 3rd, 4th,

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and

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), with

68th (2nd Welsh) Division The 2nd Welsh Division was a 2nd Line Territorial Force division of the British Army in the First World War. The division was formed as a duplicate of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in January 1915. As the name suggests, the division recruited in Wa ...

attached for training purposes.K. Mitchinson, ''Defending Albion: Britain's Home Army 1908-1919'' (2005
p. 126
The Army was disbanded on 16 February 1918.The British Armies of 1914-1918
Accessed 7 June 2017.

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