34th Division (United Kingdom)

34th Division
Formation patch of the 34th Division.[1]
Active	April 1915 – 1919
Country	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Division
Engagements	First World War

The 34th 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 The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.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.