northern, army, home, forces, northern, army, home, service, formation, british, army, during, first, world, responsible, defence, east, anglia, formed, april, 1916, under, command, bruce, hamilton, with, headquarters, mundford, army, composed, cyclist, divisi. Northern Army was a home service formation of the British Army during the First World War responsible for the defence of East Anglia It was formed on 11 April 1916 1 under the command of Sir Bruce Hamilton with headquarters at Mundford The Army was composed of 1st Cyclist Division 62nd 2nd West Riding Division 64th 2nd Highland Division and four provisional brigades 3rd 4th 5th and 6th with 68th 2nd Welsh Division attached for training purposes 2 The Army was disbanded on 16 February 1918 1 References Edit a b The British Armies of 1914 1918 Accessed 7 June 2017 K Mitchinson Defending Albion Britain s Home Army 1908 1919 2005 p 126 nbsp This article about a specific British military unit is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Northern Army Home Forces amp oldid 1144508439, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
