In the movie, the male protagonist said several times which unit he came from, such as:
Lance Corporal Schofield, sir, 8th.
No, sir. I'm from the 8th.
From the subtitle information alone, it is difficult to know whether this is the 8th Company, the 8th Regiment, the 8th Battalion, or the 8th Army.
This must be judged in conjunction with the actual establishment of the British army in World War I.
The correct answer is that the male protagonist is from the 8th Division, and its commander is a Major-general. Meet the situation in the movie.
Let’s take a look at how the 8th Division was organized during World War I. Notice that the "2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment" (2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment) appeared under the 23rd Brigade .
This is also in line with the plot of the movie.
But I really can’t remember how the male lead’s unit was translated in the release version of "1917". Are there any translation errors?
The division had the following organisation during World War I:
23rd Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ( until February 1918 )
- 1/6th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) ( from March 1915 until June 1915 )
- 2nd Battalion, Middlesex Regiment
- 1/7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment ( from March 1915 until February 1916 )
24th Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, Sherwood Foresters
- 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment
- 1/5th Battalion, the Black Watch ( until October 1915 )
- 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment ( to 25th Bde. February 1918 )
- 1/4th Battalion, Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders ( from February 1915 until April 1915 )
Between October 1915 and July 1916, the 24th Brigade swapped with the 70th Brigade from the 23rd Division .
25th Brigade
- 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
- 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade
- 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles ( until February 1918 )
- 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment ( until February 1918 )
- 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment ( from 24th Bde. February 1918 )
- 1/8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment ( from August 1915 until October 1915 )
- 1/13th (Princess Louise) Kensington Battalion, London Regiment ( until May 1915 )
- 1/1st (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment ( from May 1915 until February 1916 )
70th Brigade
The 70th Brigade was from the 23rd Division and was attached to the 8th Division between 18 October 1915, and 15 July 1916, swapping with the 24th Brigade.
Artillery
- V Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery ( left 13 January 1917 )
- XXXIII Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- XLV Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
- VIII Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery ( left 5 March 1915 )
Engineers
- 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 15th Field Company, Royal Engineers
- 1/1st Home Counties Field Company , Royal Engineers ( from 2 February 1915; became 490th (Home Counties) Field Company February 1917 )
Pioneers
- 22nd (Service) Bn (3rd County Pioneers) Durham Light Infantry ( joined 2 July 1916, until 3 July 1918 )
- 1/7th Bn, Durham Light Infantry ( joined from 50th (Northumbrian) Division 20 June 1918; absorbed 22nd Bn DLI 3 July 1918)
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