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1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/WW1_British_7thDivision.svg/440px-WW1_British_7thDivision.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="744"/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisional_insignia_of_the_British_Army" title="Divisional insignia of the British Army">divisional insignia</a> during the First World War (1916 onwards)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1811 - 1814<br/>1900 - 1902<br/>1914 - 1919<br/>1938 - 1939</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> </span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406"/></span></span> </span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">The Mongrels (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>)<br/> The Immortal Seventh (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li{background:url("https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Treeview-grey-line.png")no-repeat 0 -2981px;padding-left:21px;text-indent:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .treeview li li:last-child{background-position:0 -5971px}.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>.mw-empty-elt:first-child+.emptyline,.mw-parser-output .treeview li.emptyline>ul>li:first-child{background-position:0 9px}</style><div class="treeview"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Napoleonic War">Napoleonic War</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsula_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Peninsula War">Peninsula War</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poplar_Grove" title="Battle of Poplar Grove">Battle of Poplar Grove</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Battle of Neuve Chapelle</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aubers_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Aubers Ridge">Battle of Aubers Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Festubert" title="Battle of Festubert">Battle of Festubert</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Battle of Loos</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vittorio_Veneto" title="Battle of Vittorio Veneto">Battle of Vittorio Veneto</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">Siege of Antwerp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>7th Infantry Division</b> was an <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the British Army, first established by <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">The Duke of Wellington</a> as part of the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Army" title="Anglo-Portuguese Army">Anglo-Portuguese Army</a> for service in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>, and was active also during the First World War from 1914 to 1919, and briefly in the Second World War in 1939. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Peninsular_War">Peninsular War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Peninsular War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>During the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a> and early in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>, the largest permanent organised structure within the British Army was the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigade</a>. The brigade, which consisted of two or more <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalions" class="mw-redirect" title="Battalions">battalions</a> grouped together under the command of a <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">major-general</a>, suited the small size of the army and the operations that it conducted. When needed, larger forces were organised on an <i>ad hoc</i> basis. This included multiple brigades grouped into '<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_(formation)" title="Line (formation)">lines</a>' or '<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_(formation)" title="Column (formation)">columns</a>'. As the army and its operations grew, it implemented <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a>—a <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_organization#Commands,_formations,_and_units" title="Military organization">single formation</a> of two or more brigades, usually commanded by a <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant general (United Kingdom)">lieutenant-general</a>. The division concept was not new and had been used by other European armies towards the end of the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Years%27_War" title="Seven Years' War">Seven Years' War</a> (1756–1763). On 18 June 1809, Lieutenant-General <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley</a>, commander of British forces in <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Spain_(1808%E2%80%931874)" title="History of Spain (1808–1874)">Spain</a> and <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Portugal" title="Kingdom of Portugal">Portugal</a> during the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>, reorganised his force into four divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaite2016The_Divisional_System_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaite2016The_Divisional_System-1">[1]</a></sup> The following year, with the further expansion of his force, Wellington created the 7th Division. It consisted of British, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">German</a>, Portuguese, and <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasseurs_Britanniques" title="Chasseurs Britanniques">French troops</a>. Due to the mixture of nationalities as well as line and light regiments, the division had a multitude of uniforms. This coined the nickname of <i>The Mongrels</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200464-2">[2]</a></sup> </p><p>The division was present at the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fuentes_de_O%C3%B1oro" title="Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro">Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro</a> the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria" title="Battle of Vitoria">Battle of Vitoria</a> the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyrenees" title="Battle of the Pyrenees">Battle of the Pyrenees</a> the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Nivelle" title="Battle of Nivelle">Battle of Nivelle</a> the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nive" title="Battle of the Nive">Battle of the Nive</a> and the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orthez" title="Battle of Orthez">Battle of Orthez</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_Boer_War">Second Boer War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Second Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The 7th Division was re-activated during the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>. The division took part in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Poplar_Grove" title="Battle of Poplar Grove">Battle of Poplar Grove</a> (March 1900) and the following occupation of <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloemfontein" title="Bloemfontein">Bloemfontein</a>, then took part in <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Roberts,_1st_Earl_Roberts" title="Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts">Lord Roberts</a>′ march to <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretoria" title="Pretoria">Pretoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="First_World_War">First World War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Battle_of_the_Somme,_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg/220px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg/330px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg/440px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1393.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="596"/></a><figcaption>Column of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a> marching to the trenches along the Becordel–Fricourt road, France, October 1916.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 7th Division was a <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">Regular Army</a> formation that was formed in September 1914 by combining units returning from garrison outposts in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> at the outbreak of the First World War the previous month.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke-5">[5]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Trail_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trail-6">[6]</a></sup> During the war, the division fought in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Battle of Neuve Chapelle</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aubers_Ridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Aubers Ridge">Battle of Aubers Ridge</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Festubert" title="Battle of Festubert">Battle of Festubert</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Battle of Loos</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a>, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a>, and the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vittorio_Veneto" title="Battle of Vittorio Veneto">Battle of Vittorio Veneto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Trail_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trail-6">[6]</a></sup> </p><p>The division landed at <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeebrugge" title="Zeebrugge">Zeebrugge</a> in Belgium on 6 October 1914 in an attempt to support the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Land_Component" title="Belgian Land Component">Belgian Army</a>'s <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">defence of Antwerp</a>, but was soon forced to retreat south-west as that city fell a few days later. It then played a crucial part in the stabilisation of the front during the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a>, preventing a German breakthrough, although at a high cost in terms of casualties.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> A floating division, the 7th was the first British Division to enter Ypres on 14 October. It was ordered to hold the line, while Field Marshal French brought up his remaining six divisions and redeployed them from the Aisne to the sea. The division held an 8 mile front for two weeks, opposite some 340,000 Germans. Some 18,000 soldiers strong on 15 October, the 7th left the line on 31 October, with just 2,000 troops remaining, mostly transport and supply.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> </p><p>The 7th Division fought in most of the major battles on the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> through to 1917 before being sent to the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_front_(World_War_I)" title="Italian front (World War I)">Italian Front</a> for the remainder of the war. At the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">battle of Loos</a> in late 1915, the division's <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General Officer Commanding</a> (GOC), <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Capper" title="Thompson Capper">Thompson Capper</a>, was <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action">killed in action</a> at the height of the fighting. Unlike the first six regular divisions of the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF), a third of whose strength was made up of regular reservists, the 7th Division was originally composed entirely of serving regular soldiers, which gave rise to the division's nickname, 'The Immortal Seventh'.<sup id="cite_ref-Trail_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Trail-6">[6]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Arab_Revolt">Arab Revolt</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Arab Revolt"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>In 1936, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab Revolt</a> broke out in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate of Palestine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200621_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200621-9">[9]</a></sup> British troops were dispatched, ending the first phase of the war by the close of the year.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200626_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200626-10">[10]</a></sup> Fighting soon resumed and reached its zenith during the summer of 1938. With <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">rising tensions in Europe</a>, the British began to withdraw troops from Palestine for use elsewhere.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200627–32_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200627–32-11">[11]</a></sup> The conclusion of the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a>—on 30 September 1938—calmed the rising tensions in Europe and averted war, allowing the British to resume their military build-up in Palestine.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635-12">[12]</a></sup> </p><p>The 7th Division was reformed the following month, and placed under the command of Major-General <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor" title="Richard O'Connor">Richard O'Connor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-13">[13]</a></sup> The division was deployed to Palestine on internal security duties as part of a build-up of 18,500 men in the region.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635-12">[12]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351-14">[14]</a></sup> This force then began to suppress the revolt. Meanwhile, Palestinian guerrillas had overrun the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_City_of_Jerusalem" title="Old City of Jerusalem">Old City of Jerusalem</a>. O'Connor's men proceeded to sweep the area, declaring the Old City free of militants on 19 October. The same day, the division seized <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Acre</a> and by the end of the month were clearing <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a> of rebels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199631_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199631-15">[15]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635–36_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635–36-16">[16]</a></sup> Many Palestinians were detained and rebel activity significantly dropped off in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635–36_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200635–36-16">[16]</a></sup> In the north, the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th Infantry Division</a>, under Major-General <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a>, and <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Night_Squads" title="Special Night Squads">Special Night Squads</a> engaged in counter-terror operations, with O'Connor writing that one <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">brigadier</a> "always encouraged his men to be brutal". <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General Officer Commanding</a> (GOC) <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_Command" title="Palestine Command">British Forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan</a> <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Haining" title="Robert Haining">Robert Haining</a> wrote in late 1938 that "unnecessary violence, vindictiveness ..., [and] killing in cold blood" had to be curbed. O'Connor was likewise opposed to the measures in the north, and wrote "harshness and unnecessary violence on the part of our soldiers" had to be curbed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMarston201032_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMarston201032-17">[17]</a></sup> During the operation in Jerusalem, only four to nineteen guerrillas were killed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBar-On200636_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBar-On200636-18">[18]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESebag_Montefiore2011473_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESebag_Montefiore2011473-19">[19]</a></sup> In early 1939, the revolt finally came to an end.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">[a]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_World_War">Second World War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>On 31 August, just prior to the war beginning, the headquarters of the 7th Infantry Division relinquished command of all its troops. O'Connor and the divisional staff then left Jerusalem bound for <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Egypt" title="Kingdom of Egypt">Egypt</a>. From Cairo, the men moved forward to <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersa_Matruh" title="Mersa Matruh">Mersa Matruh</a> arriving on 7 September. The headquarters was then assigned all troops based there, with the exception of the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351-14">[14]</a></sup> The British <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Second_World_War" title="History of the Second World War">Official Historian</a>, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I._S._O._Playfair" title="I. S. O. Playfair">I. S. O. Playfair</a>, comments that this decision was undertaken to relieve the burden on <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Maitland_Wilson" title="Henry Maitland Wilson">Henry Maitland Wilson</a>, GOC <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Troops_in_Egypt" title="British Troops in Egypt">British Troops in Egypt</a>, of "direct control of operations which had been his in addition to the command of all troops in Egypt".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlayfairStittMolonyToomer200497_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPlayfairStittMolonyToomer200497-22">[21]</a></sup> Due to the logistical problems in maintaining substantial forces across the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libyan_Desert" title="Libyan Desert">Western Desert</a> and on the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>–Egypt border, Mersa Matruh was the forward British base of operations and supplied by rail. Positioned 200 miles (320 km) west of <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a> and 120 miles (190 km) from the border, the location had been chosen to shield forward <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> (RAF) landing strips behind it and to defend the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Delta" title="Nile Delta">Nile Delta</a>. Mersa Matruh also offered the British the strategy of drawing <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Italian</a> or other forces forward to them, to allow a counter-attack after they ran into supply difficulties.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPlayfairStittMolonyToomer20044_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPlayfairStittMolonyToomer20044-23">[22]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGrehanMace20156_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGrehanMace20156-24">[23]</a></sup> On 3 November, the division was renamed the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="6th (United Kingdom) Division">6th Infantry Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351-14">[14]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="General_officers_commanding">General officers commanding</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: General officers commanding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033289096">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General officer commanding</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: left; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <caption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">General officer commanding</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%" scope="col">Appointment date </th> <th width="20%" scope="col">Rank </th> <th width="20%" scope="col">General officer commanding </th> <th width="40%" scope="col">Notes </th> <th class="unsortable" width="10%" scope="col">Source(s) </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001811-03-05-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">5 March 1811</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Houston, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_William_Houston,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir William Houston, 1st Baronet">William Houston</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was formed in Portugal, for service in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200464-2">[2]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001811-08-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">1 August 1811</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Sontag, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Salomon_Balthasar_Sontag" title="John Salomon Balthasar Sontag">John Sontag</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Temporary commander; relinquished position due to ill health in October </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham2017272_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham2017272-25">[24]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001811-10-01-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">October 1811</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="von Alten, Carl"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Count_Alten" title="Charles, Count Alten">Carl von Alten</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200464-2">[2]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001812-05-02-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">2 May 1812</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Hope, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hope_(British_Army_officer,_born_1765)" title="John Hope (British Army officer, born 1765)">John Hope</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200465_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200465-26">[25]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001812-09-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">23 September 1812</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="de Bernewitz, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_de_Bernewitz" title="John de Bernewitz">John de Bernewitz</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham201748_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham201748-27">[26]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001812-10-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 October 1812</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Ramsay, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ramsay,_9th_Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie">George Ramsay</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200465_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200465-26">[25]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001813-10-09-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">9 October 1813</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Lecor, Carlos"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Frederico_Lecor,_Viscount_of_Laguna" title="Carlos Frederico Lecor, Viscount of Laguna">Carlos Lecor</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200466_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200466-28">[27]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="000000001813-11-18-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">18 November 1813</span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Walker, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_George_Walker,_1st_Baronet" title="Sir George Walker, 1st Baronet">George Walker</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Temporary commander; relinquished position on 27 February 1814 </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200466_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200466-28">[27]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham2017300_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham2017300-29">[28]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">February/March 1814 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Ramsay, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Ramsay,_9th_Earl_of_Dalhousie" title="George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie">George Ramsay</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>At the conclusion of the Peninsular War, in 1814, the division was disbanded in France. The final troops departed in June. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200466Oman1930513_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200466Oman1930513-30">[29]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">24 August 1815 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Brisbane, Sir Thomas"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brisbane" title="Thomas Brisbane">Sir Thomas Brisbane</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was merged into the Army of Occupation in France on 30 November. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham201764_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcGuiganBurnham201764-31">[30]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">December 1899 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Tucker, Charles"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Tucker_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Tucker (British Army officer)">Charles Tucker</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was mobilized in the United Kingdom for service in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>. Tucker maintained command through to the end of 1900 when, while still in southern Africa, the division was broken-up. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">[31]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECreswicke1900b194Creswicke1901138_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECreswicke1900b194Creswicke1901138-33">[32]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">23 June 1902 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Morton, Gerald"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Morton" title="Gerald Morton">Gerald Morton</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was reformed in <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">Ireland</a>. Morton died in office </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">[33]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">30 April 1906 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Plumer, Herbert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Plumer,_1st_Viscount_Plumer" title="Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer">Herbert Plumer</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>In 1907, the division was renumbered as the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th Division</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35">[34]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200334_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200334-36">[35]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">[36]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">27 August 1914 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Capper, Thompson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Capper" title="Thompson Capper">Thompson Capper</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was formed in <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndhurst,_Hampshire" title="Lyndhurst, Hampshire">Lyndhurst, Hampshire</a>, for service in the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>. Capper was wounded in action on 1 April 1915. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581,_86_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581,_86-38">[37]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">6 April 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Lawford, Sydney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Turing_Barlow_Lawford" title="Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford">Sydney Lawford</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Acting commander </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 April 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Gough, Hubert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Gough" title="Hubert Gough">Hubert Gough</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">14 July 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Lawford, Sydney"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Turing_Barlow_Lawford" title="Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford">Sydney Lawford</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Acting commander </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">19 July 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Capper, Thompson"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Capper" title="Thompson Capper">Thompson Capper</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Capper died of his wounds on 27 September 1915 </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">26 September 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Watts, Herbert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Watts" title="Herbert Watts">Herbert Watts</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Acting commander </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">27 September 1915 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Watts, Herbert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Watts" title="Herbert Watts">Herbert Watts</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">7 January 1917 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Barrow, George"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barrow_(Indian_Army_officer)" title="George Barrow (Indian Army officer)">George Barrow</a></span></span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">1 April 1917 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Shoubridge, Herbert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Shoubridge" title="Herbert Shoubridge">Herbert Shoubridge</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Left division on sick leave on 9 February 1918 </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">9 February 1918 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Steele, Julian"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_Steele_(British_Army_officer)" title="Julian Steele (British Army officer)">Julian Steele</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>Acting commander </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581_39-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581-39">[38]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">22 March 1918 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Shoubridge, Herbert"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Shoubridge" title="Herbert Shoubridge">Herbert Shoubridge</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division demobilised in Italy, following the conclusion of hostilities in 1919. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193581LordWatson200339_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193581LordWatson200339-40">[39]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">29 September 1938 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="O'Connor, Richard"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor" title="Richard O'Connor">Richard O'Connor</a></span></span></span> </td> <td>The division was reformed in <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_mandate_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="British mandate of Palestine">Palestine</a>, for service during the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%931939_Arab_revolt_in_Palestine" title="1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine">Arab revolt</a>. The division was renumbered as the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="6th (United Kingdom) Division">6th Infantry Division</a> on 3 November 1939. </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-The_Times_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Times-13">[13]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200351-14">[14]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">[40]</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Victoria_Cross_recipients">Victoria Cross recipients</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Victoria Cross recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1033289096"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: left; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th width="10%" scope="col">Date of action </th> <th width="10%" scope="col">Rank </th> <th width="25%" scope="col">Name </th> <th width="25%" scope="col">Unit </th> <th width="10%" scope="col">Place of action </th> <th width="10%" scope="col">Country of action </th> <th class="unsortable" width="10%" scope="col">Sources <p>+<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><span class="sr-only">Victoria Cross recipients</span> </p> </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">23 October 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummer_(military)" title="Drummer (military)">Drummer</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Kenny, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kenny_(VC)" title="William Kenny (VC)">William Kenny</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypres" title="Ypres">Ypres</a> </td> <td>Belgium </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">[42]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">29 October 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant" title="Lieutenant">Lieutenant</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Brooke, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Anson_Otho_Brooke" title="James Anson Otho Brooke">James Brooke</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gheluvelt" class="mw-redirect" title="Gheluvelt">Gheluvelt</a> </td> <td>Belgium </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Feb1915Gazette_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Feb1915Gazette-44">[43]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">7 November 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Vallentin, John"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vallentin" title="John Vallentin">John Vallentin</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="South Staffordshire Regiment">South Staffordshire Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zillebeke" title="Zillebeke">Zillebeke</a> </td> <td>Belgium </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Feb1915Gazette_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Feb1915Gazette-44">[43]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">19 December 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="MacKenzie, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_MacKenzie_(VC)" title="James MacKenzie (VC)">James MacKenzie</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rouges_Bancs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rouges Bancs (page does not exist)">Rouges Bancs</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Feb1915Gazette_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Feb1915Gazette-44">[43]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">21 December 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Acton, Abraham"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Acton" title="Abraham Acton">Abraham Acton</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rouges_Bancs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rouges Bancs (page does not exist)">Rouges Bancs</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Feb1915Gazette_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Feb1915Gazette-44">[43]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">21 December 1914 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Smith, James"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Alexander_Smith" title="James Alexander Smith">James Smith</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rouges_Bancs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rouges Bancs (page does not exist)">Rouges Bancs</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Feb1915Gazette_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Feb1915Gazette-44">[43]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 March 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)" title="Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)">Captain</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Foss, Charles"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Calveley_Foss" title="Charles Calveley Foss">Charles Foss</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Bedfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chapelle</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">[44]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 March 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporal" title="Corporal">Corporal</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Anderson, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Anderson_(VC)" title="William Anderson (VC)">William Anderson</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">Green Howards</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chapelle</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">[45]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 March 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Barber, Edward"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Barber_(VC)" title="Edward Barber (VC)">Edward Barber</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chapelle</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Apr1915Gazette_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Apr1915Gazette-47">[46]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 March 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_corporal" title="Lance corporal">Lance-Corporal</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Fuller, Wilfred"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_Dolby_Fuller" title="Wilfred Dolby Fuller">Wilfred Fuller</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chapelle</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16Apr1915Gazette_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16Apr1915Gazette-47">[46]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">12 June 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance_corporal" title="Lance corporal">Lance-Corporal</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Angus, William"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Angus_(VC)" title="William Angus (VC)">William Angus</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Light_Infantry" title="Highland Light Infantry">Highland Light Infantry</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Givenchy" title="Givenchy">Givenchy</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">[b]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">16 May 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_sergeant_major" title="Company sergeant major">Company Sergeant-Major</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Barter, Frederick"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Barter" title="Frederick Barter">Frederick Barter</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welsh_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Welsh Fusiliers">Royal Welsh Fusiliers</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festubert" title="Festubert">Festubert</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29Jun1915Gazette_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29Jun1915Gazette-48">[47]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">25 September 1915 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Vickers, Arthur"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Vickers_(VC)" title="Arthur Vickers (VC)">Arthur Vickers</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hulloch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hulloch (page does not exist)">Hulloch</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50">[48]</a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">20 July 1916 </th> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> </td> <td align="center"><span data-sort-value="Veale, Theodore"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Veale" title="Theodore Veale">Theodore Veale</a></span></span></span> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devonshire_Regiment" title="Devonshire Regiment">Devonshire Regiment</a> </td> <td><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Wood" class="mw-redirect" title="High Wood">High Wood</a> </td> <td>France </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514_42-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAtkinson1927514-42">[41]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">[49]</a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Orders_of_battle">Orders of battle</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Orders of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Peninsular_War_2">Peninsular War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Peninsular War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>During this period, brigades were referred to by their commander's names. Due to changes in command, the brigade names fluctuated frequently. </p><p>7th Division (1811–1814)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464–66_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200464–66-52">[50]</a></sup> </p><p>Division's first brigade: </p> <ul><li>1st Light Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_German_Legion" title="King's German Legion">King's German Legion</a> (until 6 December 1812)</li> <li>2nd Light Battalion, King's German Legion (until 6 December 1812)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Brunswickers" title="Black Brunswickers">Brunswick Oels</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">6th (1st Warwickshire) Regiment</a> (from 6 December 1812)</li> <li>3rd Provisional Battalion (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">2nd Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot</a> and <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="Northamptonshire Regiment">2nd Battalion, 58th Regiment of Foot</a> Regiments of Foot) (from December 1812)</li></ul> <p>Division's second brigade: </p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(2nd_Yorkshire_West_Riding)_Regiment_of_Foot" title="51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot">51st (2nd Yorkshire West Riding) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/85th_Regiment_of_Foot_(Bucks_Volunteers)" title="85th Regiment of Foot (Bucks Volunteers)">85th (Bucks Volunteers) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</a> (until October 1811)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_(Durham)_Regiment_of_Foot_(Light_Infantry)" title="68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)">68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry)</a> (from 19 July 1811)</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Regiment_of_Foot_(Prince_of_Wales%27s_Volunteers)" title="82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)">82nd Regiment of Foot (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)</a> (from 28 November 1812)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasseurs_Britanniques" title="Chasseurs Britanniques">Chasseurs Britanniques</a></li></ul> <p>Portuguese brigade (attached): </p> <ul><li>7th Line Regiment</li> <li>19th Line Regiment</li> <li>2nd <i><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca%C3%A7adores" title="Caçadores">Caçadores</a></i></li></ul> <p><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militia_(United_Kingdom)" title="Militia (United Kingdom)">Militia</a> brigade (attached 1814, but arrived after the Peninsular War had drawn to a close)<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">[c]</a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1st Provisional Battalion</li> <li>2nd Provisional Battalion</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Provisional_Battalion_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Provisional Battalion (United Kingdom)">3rd Provisional Battalion</a></li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Second_Boer_War_2">Second Boer War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Second Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>7th Division (1899–1900)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECreswicke1900a38Maurice1906437,_486War_in_South_Africa1908531_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECreswicke1900a38Maurice1906437,_486War_in_South_Africa1908531-55">[52]</a></sup> </p><p>14th Brigade </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk Regiment">Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincolnshire Regiment">Lincolnshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Own_Scottish_Borderers" title="King's Own Scottish Borderers">King's Own Scottish Borderers</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="Hampshire Regiment">Hampshire Regiment</a></li> <li>26th Transport Company, Army Service Corps (partial)</li> <li>14th Brigade Bearer Company</li> <li>14th Brigade Field Hospital</li></ul> <p>15th Brigade </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Wales_Borderers" title="South Wales Borderers">South Wales Borderers</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Lancashire_Regiment" title="East Lancashire Regiment">East Lancashire Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="North Staffordshire Regiment">North Staffordshire Regiment</a></li> <li>26th Transport Company, Army Service Corps (partial)</li> <li>15th Brigade Bearer Company</li> <li>15th Brigade Field Hospital</li></ul> <p>Divisional artillery, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a> </p> <ul><li>18th Field Battery</li> <li>62nd Field Battery</li> <li>75th Field Battery</li> <li>Ammunition column</li> <li>83rd Field Battery (during the course of 1900, the above three batteries were replaced by these three)</li> <li>84th Field Battery</li> <li>85th Field Battery</li></ul> <p>Divisional Cavalry </p> <ul><li>1st Company, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London_Imperial_Volunteers" title="City of London Imperial Volunteers">City of London Imperial volunteers Mounted Infantry</a> (by April 1900)</li></ul> <p><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_Parachute_Squadron_RE" title="9 Parachute Squadron RE">9th Field Company</a> (left before April 1900)</li> <li>26th Field Company (by April 1900)</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="First_World_War_2">First World War</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>7th Division (1914–1918)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193583–85_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193583–85-56">[53]</a></sup> </p><p>20th Brigade </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a> (until 4 August 1915)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a> (until 8 August 1915)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Highlanders" title="Gordon Highlanders">Gordon Highlanders</a></li> <li>1/6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (from 5 December 1914, until 5 January 1916)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_(Service)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment</a> (from 4 August 1915)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_(Service)_Battalion,_Devonshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment">9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment</a> (from 8 August 1915, until 13 September 1918)</li> <li>6th Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheshire_Regiment" title="Cheshire Regiment">Cheshire Regiment</a> (joined 9 January 1916, until 25 February 1916)</li> <li>20th Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 10 February 1916, until 1 April 1918)</li> <li>20th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 February 1916)</li></ul> <p>21st Brigade (until 19 December 1915) </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">Green Howards</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">Royal Scots Fusiliers</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiltshire_Regiment" title="Wiltshire Regiment">Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)</a></li> <li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Cameron_Highlanders" title="Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders">Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders</a> (from 8 April 1915)</li></ul> <p>22nd Brigade </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Royal_Regiment_(West_Surrey)" title="Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)">The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment</a> (left December 1915)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Welch_Fusiliers" title="Royal Welch Fusiliers">Royal Welch Fusiliers</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="South Staffordshire Regiment">South Staffordshire Regiment</a> (left December 1915)</li> <li>1/8th Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Scots" title="Royal Scots">Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)</a> (from 12 November 1914, until 19 August 1915)</li> <li>1/7th Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="King's Regiment (Liverpool)">King's (Liverpool Regiment)</a> (from 11 November 1915, until 7 January 1916)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Pals" title="Manchester Pals">20th (Service) Battalion (5th City), Manchester Regiment</a> (from 20 December 1915, until 13 September 1918)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)">The Royal Irish Regiment</a> (from 22 May 1916, until 14 October 1916)</li> <li>22nd Brigade Machine Gun Company (formed 24 February 1916, until 1 April 1918)</li> <li>22nd Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 April 1916)</li> <li>24th (Service) Battalion (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldham" title="Oldham">Oldham</a>), Manchester Regiment (from 20 December 1915, until 22 May 1916)</li> <li>2/1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a> (from 6 October 1916)</li></ul> <p>91st Brigade (from 20 December 1915) </p> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)</li> <li>1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Pals" title="Manchester Pals">21st (Service) Battalion (6th City), Manchester Regiment</a> (until 13 September 1918)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_Pals" title="Manchester Pals">22nd (Service) Battalion (7th City), Manchester Regiment</a></li> <li>91st Brigade Machine Gun Company (from 14 March 1916, until 1 April 1918)</li> <li>91st Trench Mortar Battery (joined May 1916)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Mounted Troops </p> <ul><li>1st <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland_Hussars" title="Northumberland Hussars">Northumberland Hussars</a> (On 12 April 1915, two of the three squadrons were transferred to other formations leaving the 7th Division with just A Squadron. A Squadron left on 13 May 1916)</li> <li>7th Cyclist Company (until 11 May 1916)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Artillery </p> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XIV_Brigade,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" title="XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery">XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery</a> (left 10 February 1917) <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="C Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">C Battery</a> (until 19 October 1914)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="F Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">F Battery</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_Battery,_Royal_Horse_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="T Battery, Royal Horse Artillery">T Battery</a> (from 21 December 1914)</li> <li>XIV RHA Brigade Ammunition Column</li> <li>D (Howitzer) Battery, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a> (RFA) (from 24 June 1915, until 20 December 1915)</li> <li>509th (Howitzer) Battery, RFA (from 7 October 1916, until 13 February 1917)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_Brigade_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="22nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery">XXII Brigade, RFA</a> <ul><li>104th Battery</li> <li>105th Battery</li> <li>106th Battery</li> <li>XXII Brigade Ammunition Column</li> <li>35th (Howitzer) Battery (from 17 May 1916)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Brigade_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="35th Brigade Royal Field Artillery">XXXV Brigade, RFA</a> <ul><li>12th Battery</li> <li>25th Battery</li> <li>58th Battery</li> <li>XXXV Brigade Ammunition Column</li> <li>31st (Howitzer) Battery (from 17 May 1916)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_(Howitzer)_Brigade_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="37th (Howitzer) Brigade Royal Field Artillery">XXXVII (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA</a> (from 24 June 1915, broken up 17 May 1916) <ul><li>31st (Howitzer) Battery</li> <li>35th (Howitzer) Battery</li> <li>XXVII (Howitzer) Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>III Heavy Brigade, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="Royal Garrison Artillery">Royal Garrison Artillery</a> (until 4 March 1915) <ul><li>111 Heavy Battery</li> <li>112 Heavy Battery</li> <li>Heavy Battery ammunition columns</li></ul></li> <li>7th divisional ammunition column (until 16 May 1916)</li> <li>No. 7 <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom" title="QF 1-pounder pom-pom">Pom-Pom</a> Section (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">A.–A.</a>) (from 25 September 1914, until 20 December 1914)</li> <li>5th Mountain Battery (from 26 March 1915, until 20 April 1915)</li> <li>Medium Trench Mortars, Royal Field Artillery <ul><li>X Battery (formed 25 February 1916)</li> <li>Y Battery (formed March 1916)</li> <li>Z Battery (formed March 1916, until 22 February 1918 when it was dispersed to X and Y batteries)</li></ul></li> <li>Heavy Trench Mortars, Royal Field Artillery <ul><li>V Battery (formed June 1916, disbanded 12 November 1917)</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Divisional Engineers, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> </p> <ul><li>54th Field Company</li> <li>55th Field Company (until 1 September 1915)</li> <li>95th Field Company (from 30 August 1915)</li> <li>2nd Highland Field Company (from 17 January 1915, until 24 January 1916)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Durham_Engineers" title="1st Durham Engineers">3rd Durham Field Company</a> (from 30 January 1916; later renumbered 528th (3rd Durham) Field Company, and then 528th Field Company)</li> <li>7th Divisional Signal Company</li></ul> <p>Pioneers </p> <ul><li>24th (Service) Battalion, Manchester Regiment (from 22 May 1916)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Machine Guns </p> <ul><li>220th Machine Gun Company (from 25 March 1917)</li> <li>No. 7 Battery, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> (formed on 1 April 1918 by merger of brigade and the 220th Machine Gun Companies)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Medical Services, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> </p> <ul><li>21st Field Ambulance</li> <li>22nd Field Ambulance</li> <li>23rd Field Ambulance</li></ul> <p>Divisional Veterinary Services, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="Royal Army Veterinary Corps">Army Veterinary Corps</a> </p> <ul><li>12th Mobile Veterinary Section (from 16 September 1914, although did not move to France until 7 October 1914)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Services </p> <ul><li>7th Divisional Train, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">Army Service Corps</a> <ul><li>39th Company</li> <li>40th Company</li> <li>42nd Company</li> <li>86th Company</li></ul></li> <li>12th Divisional Employment Company, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Pioneer_Corps" title="Royal Pioneer Corps">Labour Corps</a> (from 21 May 1917, renumbered 210th in June 1917)</li></ul> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Arab_Revolt_2">Arab Revolt</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch</a></li></ul> <p>19th Infantry Brigade </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffs_(Royal_East_Kent_Regiment)" title="Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)">Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">Royal Northumberland Fusiliers</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Light_Infantry" title="Highland Light Infantry">Highland Light Infantry</a></li></ul> <p>Divisional troops </p> <ul><li>3rd Battalion, <a 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The 2nd Battalion drew from the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_West_Middlesex_Militia" title="Royal West Middlesex Militia">Royal West Middlesex Militia</a>, and the third from the <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Denbigh_Rifles" title="Royal Denbigh Rifles">Royal Denbigh Rifles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHolden1887143–146_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHolden1887143–146-53">[51]</a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1217336898"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaite2016The_Divisional_System-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHaythornthwaite2016The_Divisional_System_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHaythornthwaite2016">Haythornthwaite 2016</a>, The Divisional System.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEReid200464-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReid200464_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFReid2004">Reid 2004</a>, p. 64.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1215172403">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//web.archive.org/web/20240608000052im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#2C882D;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{color:#f8a397}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911F}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/https://www.britishbattles.com/peninsular-war/battle-of-orthez/">"Battle of Orthez"</a>. 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London: H. F. Deane & Sons. <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/253141714">253141714</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Defeat+of+Austria+as+seen+by+the+7th+Division%3A+Being+a+Narrative+of+the+Fortunes+of+the+7th+Division+from+the+time+it+left+the+Asiago+Plateau+in+August+1918+till+the+conclusion+of+the+armistice+with+Austria+on+November+4%2C+1918&rft.place=London&rft.pub=H.+F.+Deane+%26+Sons&rft.date=1919&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F253141714&rft.aulast=Crosse&rft.aufirst=Ernest+Courtenay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fdefeatofaustriaa00cros%2Fpage%2Fn7%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A7th+Infantry+Division+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite class="citation book cs1">Forbes, Helen Emily (1920). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/https://archive.org/details/sagaofseventhdiv00forb/page/n5/mode/2up"><i>The Saga of the Seventh Division</i></a>. London: John Lake. <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/162944266">162944266</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Saga+of+the+Seventh+Division&rft.place=London&rft.pub=John+Lake&rft.date=1920&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F162944266&rft.aulast=Forbes&rft.aufirst=Helen+Emily&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fsagaofseventhdiv00forb%2Fpage%2Fn5%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A7th+Infantry+Division+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span> (poem)</li></ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="External_sources">External sources</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: External sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1054258005"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/http://www.1914-1918.net/">The British Army in the Great War: The Long, Long Trail</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/https://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/docs-middle-east-1930-1947-palestine-trans-jordan-1930-1947/">BritishMilitaryHistory, Palestine & Trans-Jordan 1930 - 1948</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1215172403"><cite id="CITEREFHughes2014" class="citation thesis cs1">Hughes, Richard M. (2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240608000052/http://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/ma-dissertations/tommy-capper-s-immortals-how-effective-was-the-7th-division-at-the-1st-battle-of-ypres/"><i>Tommy Capper's "Immortals": How effective was the 7th Division at the 1st Battle of Ypres?</i></a> (Masters thesis). Birmingham: University of Birmingham.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Tommy+Capper%27s+%22Immortals%22%3A+How+effective+was+the+7th+Division+at+the+1st+Battle+of+Ypres%3F&rft.degree=Masters&rft.inst=University+of+Birmingham&rft.date=2014&rft.aulast=Hughes&rft.aufirst=Richard+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernfrontassociation.com%2Fworld-war-i-articles%2Fma-dissertations%2Ftommy-capper-s-immortals-how-effective-was-the-7th-division-at-the-1st-battle-of-ypres%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A7th+Infantry+Division+%28United+Kingdom%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output 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<li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd (United Kingdom) Division</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="6th (United Kingdom) Division">6th (United Kingdom) Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Post-Cold_War_period" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-Cold War period</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish,_Welsh_and_Irish_Division" title="Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division">Scottish, Welsh and Irish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (UK) Armoured</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cold_War" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cold War</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">16th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armoured</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="56th (London) Infantry Division">56th (London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="13th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st</a>/<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd</a> (Scottish)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Artillery_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West">Artillery Division</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Gurkha_Division" title="17th Gurkha Division">17th Gurkha Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second World War (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of British divisions in World War II">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Armoured_formations_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British Armoured formations of World War II">Armoured</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Invasion <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_County_Divisions" title="British County Divisions">"County Divisions"</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_and_Cornwall_County_Division" title="Devon and Cornwall County Division">Devon and Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorset_County_Division" title="Dorset County Division">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_and_North_Riding_County_Division" title="Durham and North Riding County Division">Durham and North Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_County_Division" title="Essex County Division">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hampshire_County_Division" title="Hampshire County Division">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk_County_Division" title="Norfolk County Division">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northumberland_County_Division" title="Northumberland County Division">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Division" title="West Sussex County Division">West Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Division" title="Yorkshire County Division">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">12th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deception</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>See <a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_deception_formations_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British deception formations in World War II">British deception formations in World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">African</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_(African)_Division" title="1st (African) Division">1st (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_(African)_Division" title="2nd (African) Division">2nd (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_(African)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (African) Division">11th (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_(East_Africa)_Division" title="11th (East Africa) Division">11th (East Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=12th_Division_(SDF)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Division (SDF) (page does not exist)">12th (SDF)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/81st_(West_Africa)_Division" title="81st (West Africa) Division">81st (West Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_(West_Africa)_Division" title="82nd (West Africa) Division">82nd (West Africa)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauman_Division" title="Beauman Division">Beauman Division</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Y Division (United Kingdom)">Y Division</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Indian_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of Indian divisions in World War II">British Army in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First World War (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British divisions in World War I">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)_in_the_First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9th_(Scottish)_Division" title="9th (Scottish) Division">9th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_(Irish)_Division" title="10th (Irish) Division">10th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_(Light)_Division" title="14th (Light) Division">14th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_(Northern)_Division" title="17th (Northern) Division">17th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_(Eastern)_Division" title="18th (Eastern) Division">18th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20th_(Light)_Division" title="20th (Light) Division">20th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="21st Division (United Kingdom)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Division (United Kingdom)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Division (United Kingdom)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Division (United Kingdom)">26th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="30th Division (United Kingdom)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Division (United Kingdom)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="34th Division (United Kingdom)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/35th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="35th Division (United Kingdom)">35th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/36th_(Ulster)_Division" title="36th (Ulster) Division">36th (Ulster)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/39th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="39th Division (United Kingdom)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="41st Division (United Kingdom)">41st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territorial Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47th_(1/2nd_London)_Division" title="47th (1/2nd London) Division">47th (1/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (1/1st London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_(2nd_Wessex)_Division" title="45th (2nd Wessex) Division">45th (2nd Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_(2nd_West_Lancashire)_Division" title="57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division">57th (2nd West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58th_(2/1st_London)_Division" title="58th (2/1st London) Division">58th (2/1st London)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/59th_(2nd_North_Midland)_Division" title="59th (2nd North Midland) Division">59th (2nd North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60th_(2/2nd_London)_Division" title="60th (2/2nd London) Division">60th (2/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62nd_(2nd_West_Riding)_Division" title="62nd (2nd West Riding) Division">62nd (2nd West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_(2nd_Northumbrian)_Division" title="63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division">63rd (2nd Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64th_(2nd_Highland)_Division" title="64th (2nd Highland) Division">64th (2nd Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/65th_(2nd_Lowland)_Division" title="65th (2nd Lowland) Division">65th (2nd Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th_(2nd_East_Lancashire)_Division" title="66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division">66th (2nd East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/67th_(2nd_Home_Counties)_Division" title="67th (2nd Home Counties) Division">67th (2nd Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_(2nd_Welsh)_Division" title="68th (2nd Welsh) Division">68th (2nd Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69th_(2nd_East_Anglian)_Division" title="69th (2nd East Anglian) Division">69th (2nd East Anglian)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division" title="63rd (Royal Naval) Division">63rd (Royal Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/71st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="71st Division (United Kingdom)">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/72nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="72nd Division (United Kingdom)">72nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/73rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="73rd Division (United Kingdom)">73rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_(Yeomanry)_Division" title="74th (Yeomanry) Division">74th (Yeomanry)</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="75th Division (United Kingdom)">75th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Mounted_Division" title="1st Mounted Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Mounted_Division" title="2nd Mounted Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Mounted_Division" title="3rd Mounted Division">2/2nd</a> (later 3rd)</li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Mounted_Division" title="4th Mounted Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeomanry_Mounted_Division" title="Yeomanry Mounted Division">Yeomanry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_Boer_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second Boer War (<a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_Army_formations_during_the_Second_Boer_War" title="List of British Army formations during the Second Boer War">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_between_1809%E2%80%931909" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=9th_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=10th_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10th Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=11th_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="11th Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20240608000052/https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" 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