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  2. 4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 4th Infantry Division was a regular infantry division of the British Army with a very long history, seeing active service in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, the Crimean and Boer Wars and both World Wars.

  3. Military formations within the British Empire were generally not static and were composed of a changing mix of units from across Britain, its colonies and the dominions. As a result military formations within the Empire and Commonwealth are not easily attributable to specific Imperial or national entities and naming conventions do not ...

  4. 3rd (UK) Division - Wikipedia

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    The 3rd (United Kingdom) Division, also known as The Iron Division, is a regular army division of the British Army.It was created in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, for service in the Peninsular War, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under Sir Thomas Picton during the Napoleonic Wars.

  5. List of wartime orders of battle for the British 3rd Division ...

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    The war establishment, the on-paper strength, of an infantry division in 1914 was 18,179 men, 5,594 horses, 18 motor vehicles, 76 pieces of artillery, and 24 machine guns. While there was a small change to the number of men and horses in a division in 1915, the main change was the decrease in artillery pieces to 48 and an increase in motor ...

  6. 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) - Wikipedia

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    The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012. It was raised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley for service in the Peninsular War (part of the Coalition Wars of the Napoleonic Wars) as the 2nd Division.

  7. List of British divisions in World War II - Wikipedia

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    British infantry on the move, alongside Universal Carriers, 1945. The infantry were the backbone of the British Army, and were intended to be mobile and with sufficient integrated artillery to be able to overcome opposing forces. [112] At the start of the war, the infantry were separated into two classes: infantry divisions and motor divisions ...

  8. List of British brigades of the Second World War - Wikipedia

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    List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (101–308 and named) List of British mobile brigades during the Second World War (includes armoured, cavalry, armoured reconnaissance, motor machine gun, support groups, and tank brigades) List of British special service brigades of the Second World War

  9. List of British infantry brigades of the Second World War (1 ...

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    The 72nd Infantry Brigade was formed, in British India, when the 72nd Indian Infantry Brigade was redesignated. The brigade ended the war in British India. [111] 73rd Infantry Brigade: 24 March 1941: 19 July 1943: UK did not see combat Regular Army N/A The brigade was formed to oversee training within Western Command's area of responsibility ...