The 8th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was active in the First World War . Disbanded after service in the Second Boer War in 1902, the division was reformed in October 1914, consisting mainly of soldiers of the Regular Army drawn from overseas garrisons of the Empire. The division served on the Western Front throughout the war, sustaining a high number of casualties, before being disbanded in 1919. The men of the division would win 12 Victoria Crosses.