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 The division was raised from volunteers for Lord Kitchener's New Armies, originally made up of infantry battalions raised by public subscription or private patronage.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.
Unit history
thumb|left|Troops of the 1st/5th Battalion, [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders crossing the River Lys at Halluin in captured German pontoons, 18 October 1918.]]
thumb|right|Members of the 34th Battalion, MGC, 1918.
The 34th Division was one of the six created for the Fourth New Army on 10 December 1914. The division was originally made up of Pals battalions, and two brigades of the Northumberland Fusiliers; the Tyneside Scottish and Tyneside Irish.
The division landed in France in January 1916. It went on to suffer further losses at the Battle of the Lys in April 1918.
Immediately after arrival in France, in the first half of June 1918, the American Expeditionary Force's 78th Infantry Division (less artillery) detrained at Marquise and moves to the Lumbres Training Area where it was affiliated with the 34th Division.
Order of Battle
The following units served with the division: