6. At the end of October it took over the Messines sector.
1916.
1. The 117th Division occupied the Messines front until the beginning of March, 1916.
2. Rest at Courtrai; instruction and training at the Beverloo Camp (March-April and May).
Ypres.
3. At the beginning of June the division went into line to the east of Ypres (near the road from Ypres to Menin, and until July 20).
Somme.
4. On July 23 it went to the Somme (Pozieres); it was engaged from the end of July to the middle of August.
5. On August 17 the division entrained for the Eastern Front.