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colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:63rd_(Naval)_division_WW1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg/150px-63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg/225px-63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg/300px-63rd_%28Naval%29_division_WW1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="411" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Formation badge of the division throughout its history</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">20 August 1914 – 19 July 1916 <small>(in Navy)</small><br />19 July 1916 – April 1919 <small>(in Army)</small></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="//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="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //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="/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 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the Frontiers">Frontiers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Lorraine" title="Battle of Lorraine">Lorraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ardennes" title="Battle of the Ardennes">Ardennes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Charleroi" title="Battle of Charleroi">Charleroi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Mons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Trou%C3%A9e_de_Charmes" title="Battle of the Trouée de Charmes">Trouée de Charmes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Retreat" title="Great Retreat">Great Retreat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Le_Cateau" title="Battle of Le Cateau">Le Cateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rearguard_Affair_of_%C3%89treux" title="Rearguard Affair of Étreux">Étreux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St._Quentin_(1914)" title="Battle of St. Quentin (1914)">1st St. Quentin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Maubeuge" title="Siege of Maubeuge">Maubeuge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Grand_Couronn%C3%A9" title="Battle of Grand Couronné">Grand Couronné</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Marne" title="First Battle of the Marne">1st Marne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="First Battle of the Aisne">1st Aisne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">Antwerp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Race_to_the_Sea" title="Race to the Sea">Race to the Sea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Yser" title="Battle of the Yser">Yser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">1st Ypres</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winter_operations_1914%E2%80%931915" title="Winter operations 1914–1915">Winter actions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Artois" title="First Battle of Artois">1st Artois</a></li></ul> <p><b>1915</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Champagne" title="First Battle of Champagne">1st Champagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hartmannswillerkopf" title="Battle of Hartmannswillerkopf">Hartmannswillerkopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Neuve_Chapelle" title="Battle of Neuve Chapelle">Neuve Chapelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Ypres" title="Second Battle of Ypres">2nd Ypres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Artois" title="Second Battle of Artois">2nd Artois</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_H%C3%A9buterne" title="Battle of Hébuterne">Hébuterne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Champagne" title="Second Battle of Champagne">2nd Champagne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Loos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Artois" title="Third Battle of Artois">3rd Artois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_phosgene_attack_(19_December_1915)" class="mw-redirect" title="German phosgene attack (19 December 1915)">Gas: Wieltje</a></li></ul> <p><b>1916</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Actions_of_the_Bluff,_1916" title="Actions of the Bluff, 1916">The Bluff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern_Redoubt_action,_2%E2%80%9318_March_1916" title="Hohenzollern Redoubt action, 2–18 March 1916">Hohenzollern Redoubt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Actions_of_St_Eloi_Craters" title="Actions of St Eloi Craters">St Eloi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_attacks_at_Hulluch" title="Gas attacks at Hulluch">Hulluch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gas_attacks_at_Wulverghem" title="Gas attacks at Wulverghem">Wulverghem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loss_of_the_Kink_Salient" title="Loss of the Kink Salient">Kink Salient</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/German_attack_on_Vimy_Ridge" title="German attack on Vimy Ridge">Vimy Ridge 1916</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mont_Sorrel" title="Battle of Mont Sorrel">Mont Sorrel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Verdun" title="Battle of Verdun">Verdun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Boar%27s_Head" title="Battle of the Boar's Head">Boar's Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">1st Somme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_at_Fromelles" title="Attack at Fromelles">Fromelles</a></li></ul> <p><b>1917</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January%E2%80%93March_1917" title="Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917">Ancre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Alberich" title="Operation Alberich"><i>Alberich</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nivelle_offensive" title="Nivelle offensive">Nivelle offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Arras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vimy_Ridge" title="Battle of Vimy Ridge">Vimy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="Second Battle of the Aisne">2nd Aisne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Hills" title="Battle of the Hills">The Hills</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Messines_(1917)" title="Battle of Messines (1917)">Messines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Passchendaele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_La_Malmaison" title="Battle of La Malmaison">La Malmaison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1917)">Cambrai</a></li></ul> <p><b>1918</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">German spring offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Michael" title="Operation Michael"><i>Michael</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lys_(1918)" title="Battle of the Lys (1918)">The Lys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Aisne" title="Third Battle of the Aisne">3rd Aisne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belleau_Wood" title="Battle of Belleau Wood">Belleau Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Marne" title="Second Battle of the Marne">2nd Marne</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Soissons_(1918)" title="Battle of Soissons (1918)">Soissons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Amiens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ailette" title="Battle of the Ailette">Ailette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Second Battle of the Somme">2nd Somme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Saint-Mihiel" title="Battle of Saint-Mihiel">Saint-Mihiel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_St_Quentin_Canal" title="Battle of St Quentin Canal">St Quentin Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meuse%E2%80%93Argonne_offensive" title="Meuse–Argonne offensive">Meuse-Argonne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Battle_of_Ypres" title="Fifth Battle of Ypres">5th Ypres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1918)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1918)">2nd Cambrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Courtrai_(1918)" title="Battle of Courtrai (1918)">Courtrai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sambre_(1918)" title="Battle of the Sambre (1918)">Sambre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Lys_and_the_Escaut" title="Battle of the Lys and the Escaut">Lys and Escaut</a></li></ul> <hr /> <p><b>Associated articles</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Christmas_truce" title="Christmas truce">1914 Christmas truce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_French_Army_mutinies" title="1917 French Army mutinies">French Army mutinies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_tactics,_1917" title="Western Front tactics, 1917">Western Front tactics, 1917</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>63rd (Royal Naval) Division</b> was a <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> infantry <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the First World War. It was originally formed as the <b>Royal Naval Division</b> at the outbreak of the war, from <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine">Royal Marine</a> reservists and volunteers, who were not needed for service at sea. For RN personnel, the designation <a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_named_HMS_Victory" title="List of ships named HMS Victory">HMS <i>Victory IV</i></a> was used. The division fought at Antwerp in 1914 and at Gallipoli in 1915. In 1916, following many losses among the original naval volunteers, the division was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> as the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division, re-using the number from the disbanded second-line <a href="/wiki/63rd_(2nd_Northumbrian)_Division" title="63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division">63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division</a> <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a>. As an Army formation, it fought on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> for the remainder of the war. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Advanced_Base_Force">Advanced Base Force</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Advanced Base Force"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the war began, a <a href="/wiki/3rd_(Royal_Marine)_Brigade" title="3rd (Royal Marine) Brigade">Marine Brigade</a> of four infantry battalions was formed from men of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine Light Infantry">Royal Marine Light Infantry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine Artillery">Royal Marine Artillery</a>. The brigade was to be an Advanced Base Force, according to a pre-war plan to furnish the Admiralty with a means to take, fortify or defend temporary naval bases for fleet operations or the supply of army field forces. The recruits included regular marines and those mobilised from the Fleet Reserve; each battalion was drawn from one of the big naval depot ports—Chatham, Portsmouth, Plymouth and Deal—and named accordingly.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold19232–3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold19232–3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbett1920168–177_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbett1920168–177-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Royal_Naval_Division">Royal Naval Division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Royal Naval Division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 16 August, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> the <a href="/wiki/First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty" title="First Lord of the Admiralty">First Lord of the Admiralty</a>, decided to embody two more <a href="/wiki/Naval_brigade" title="Naval brigade">naval brigades</a> with surplus men of the Naval Reserve, to join with the Marine Brigade to produce a composite Royal Naval Division. A few <a href="/wiki/Petty_officer" title="Petty officer">petty officers</a> and ratings were transferred from the navy to provide a cadre and some officers were provided by the army but most of the recruits were reservists or men who had volunteered on the outbreak of war. The eight battalions were named after naval commanders, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Drake" title="Francis Drake">Drake</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Benbow" title="John Benbow">Benbow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Hawke,_1st_Baron_Hawke" title="Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke">Hawke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert_Collingwood,_1st_Baron_Collingwood" title="Cuthbert Collingwood, 1st Baron Collingwood">Collingwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Nelson,_1st_Viscount_Nelson" title="Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson">Nelson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Howe,_1st_Earl_Howe" title="Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe">Howe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Samuel_Hood,_1st_Viscount_Hood" title="Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood">Hood</a> and <a href="/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson" title="George Anson, 1st Baron Anson">Anson</a>, later being numbered from 1st to 8th. The division was not provided with medical, artillery or engineer units, consisting solely of lightly equipped infantry. Many of the trained men were then reclaimed for fleet service and recruits were taken over at the request of the War Office, from oversubscribed north country regiments. Training was slow, except for the Marine Brigade which had its own infrastructure, because resources were needed for the rapid expansion of the army and naval ratings were not issued with field equipment or khaki uniforms before being embarked for overseas service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold19236–7,_9_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold19236–7,_9-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 August, the Marine Brigade was sent to Ostend to reinforce the Belgian garrison, after German cavalry had appeared in the area. The brigade returned on 1 September after the scare subsided and on 3 September the Admiralty decided to train the two Naval Reserve brigades as infantry, to form an infantry division with the Marine Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold19233_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold19233-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rifles were drawn from Royal Navy stocks and only arrived at the end of September; these were older <a href="/wiki/Charger-Loading_Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Charger-Loading Lee–Enfield">Charger-Loading Lee–Enfields</a> rather than the modern <a href="/wiki/Short_Magazine_Lee%E2%80%93Enfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Short Magazine Lee–Enfield">Short Magazine Lee–Enfields</a> issued to the army.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1996_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1996-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Belgium">Belgium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Belgium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ostend">Ostend</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ostend"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg/170px-Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="266" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg/255px-Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg/340px-Royal_Naval_Division_recruiting_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="625" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Recruiting poster</div></figcaption></figure> <p>Following early Belgian and Entente defeats in the <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1914)">German invasion of Belgium</a> and cut off from the rest of the Allies by the German advance, the majority of the Belgian army fell back towards the fortified port of <a href="/wiki/Antwerp" title="Antwerp">Antwerp</a>, in late August 1914. Belgian troops were also withdrawn from ports along the Belgian coast. The <a href="/wiki/British_Admiralty" class="mw-redirect" title="British Admiralty">Admiralty</a> wanted to deny the Germans submarine bases in Belgian ports for operations in the English Channel. On 24 August, German cavalry patrols were reported near <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a> and it was decided to land a small naval detachment to secure the town. Further south, the French armies and the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF) conducted the <a href="/wiki/Retreat_from_Mons" class="mw-redirect" title="Retreat from Mons">Retreat from Mons</a>, with the German armies driving south-west after them, leaving very few units to guard <a href="/wiki/Lines_of_communication" class="mw-redirect" title="Lines of communication">lines of communication</a>. The Admiralty planned to use the Channel ports as a base to attack German land supply routes, with the Royal Marine Brigade forming the basis of a landing force.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbett192094–98_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbett192094–98-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Deal Battalion was still assembling, so only Chatham, Portsmouth and Plymouth battalions were sent to Flanders; two landing at Ostend in the early morning of 27 August and the other the next day. They were ordered to hold the town until Belgian troops who had retreated into France could be transferred and <span class="nowrap">4,000 Belgian</span> troops arrived on 30 August.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbett192094–98_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbett192094–98-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rapid Allied retreat led the <a href="/wiki/War_Office" title="War Office">War Office</a> to decide that supplies would have to be brought through ports in western France, as the existing arrangements in the <a href="/wiki/Pas_de_Calais" class="mw-redirect" title="Pas de Calais">Pas de Calais</a> ports were too exposed. This would be more demanding on naval escort ships, leaving too few to support the force at Ostend. The Marines were re-embarked on 31 September and returned to their ports.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECorbett1920121–124_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECorbett1920121–124-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Antwerp">Antwerp</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Antwerp"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">Siege of Antwerp (1914)</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png/220px-Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="268" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png/330px-Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png/440px-Race_to_the_Sea_1914.png 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">The "Race to the Sea" in September–October 1914; the final position of the front-line is west of Ostend. Antwerp is marked by a circle on the right.</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The division participated in the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">Siege of Antwerp</a>. The Royal Marine Brigade arrived opposite <a href="/wiki/Lier,_Belgium" title="Lier, Belgium">Lier</a> in requisitioned <a href="/wiki/Buses_in_London" title="Buses in London">London buses</a> on 4 October and occupied a position around the northern fringe of Lier, which turned out to be sections of a shallow trench between hedgerows, with one strand of wire in front.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192542–43_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192542–43-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two naval brigades arrived early on 6 October to reinforce the Marine Brigade but were diverted to forts 1 to 8 of the inner ring, where the trenches were again found to be shallow and the ground cleared for 500 yards (460 m) in front, which made them easily visible to German artillery observers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192544–45_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192544–45-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the night of <span class="nowrap">6/7 October,</span> intervening trenches between forts 2 and 7 were occupied by the two naval brigades and the 4th and 7th Fortress regiments, with the Belgian 2nd Division and the Marine Brigade in reserve. The British forces under the command of Major-General <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Paris_(Royal_Marines_officer)" title="Archibald Paris (Royal Marines officer)">Archibald Paris</a> were ordered by Winston Churchill to continue the defence for as long as possible and to be ready to cross to the west bank (near The Netherlands frontier) rather than surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192546–48_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192546–48-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Belgian commanders decided to continue the defence of Antwerp with the garrison troops and move the 2nd Division and the British troops across the Scheldt; it was decided that if forts 1 and 2 were lost, the Royal Naval Division would withdraw at dusk. News arrived that the forts had fallen at <span class="nowrap">5:00 p.m.</span> and orders were sent to the 2nd Division and the British for a retirement, which began at <span class="nowrap">7:00 p.m.</span> but the orders failed to reach all of the <a href="/wiki/1st_Royal_Naval_Brigade" title="1st Royal Naval Brigade">1st Naval Brigade</a>, only one battalion of which withdrew. At <span class="nowrap">9:30 p.m.</span> the mistake was realised as the rest of the division began to cross the river from <span class="nowrap">10:00–11:30 p.m.</span> and moved west, parallel to the Netherlands frontier. The 1st Naval Brigade reached the Scheldt at midnight, only to find that the bridges were being demolished and under a German shrapnel bombardment. The troops crossed using barges and boats and set out for a rendezvous at <a href="/wiki/Zwijndrecht,_Belgium" title="Zwijndrecht, Belgium">Zwijndrecht</a>, which was reached at <span class="nowrap">4:00 a.m.</span> on 9 October. The British moved on to <a href="/wiki/Sint-Gillis-Waas" title="Sint-Gillis-Waas">Sint-Gillis-Waas</a>, where information arrived that the Germans had cut the railway at Moerbeke. The commander, Commodore Henderson, decided to head for the Dutch border to the north and at <span class="nowrap">10:00 p.m.</span> about <span class="nowrap">1,500 men,</span> half the original complement, were interned and about forty stragglers managed to sneak along the border and escape.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192556–61_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEdmonds192556–61-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The men were to spend the rest of the war at <a href="/wiki/Groningen" title="Groningen">Groningen</a>, where they were held in a camp they dubbed <a href="/wiki/Belgian_refugees_in_the_Netherlands_during_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian refugees in the Netherlands during World War I">HMS Timbertown</a>, a name inspired by the wooden huts where they were quartered.<sup id="cite_ref-Documentary_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Documentary-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallipoli">Gallipoli</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Gallipoli"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Landings">Landings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Landings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png/220px-Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png/330px-Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png/440px-Map_of_Turkish_forces_at_Gallipoli_April_1915.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="488" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Map of Turkish forces at Gallipoli, April 1915: Bulair top right</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The division was shipped to <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a> and fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Gallipoli">Battle of Gallipoli</a> at <a href="/wiki/Anzac_Cove" class="mw-redirect" title="Anzac Cove">Anzac Cove</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cape_Helles" title="Cape Helles">Cape Helles</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold192358–71,_72–168_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold192358–71,_72–168-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Casualties before the campaign began included <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Brooke" title="Rupert Brooke">Rupert Brooke</a>, who died at sea from an infected mosquito bite on 23 April 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold192370,_78_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold192370,_78-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RND was one of two British divisions (the other being the regular <a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th Division</a>) at the Gallipoli landings. Eleven troopships and <i>Canopus</i>, <i>Dartmouth</i> and <i>Doris</i>, two destroyers and trawlers rendezvoused off Bulair before dawn and the warships began a day-long bombardment, just after daybreak. A destroyer made a close pass off the beach and later on, ships' boats were swung out from the troopships and lines of eight cutters pulled by a trawler made as if to land. In the late afternoon men began to embark on the boats, which headed for the shore just before dark and returned after night fell. During the night Lieutenant-Commander <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Freyberg,_1st_Baron_Freyberg" title="Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg">Bernard Freyberg</a> swam ashore and lit flares along the beach, crept inland and observed the Ottoman defences. Freyberg found that the defences were dummies and returned safely to report. Just after dawn, the decoy force sailed south to join the main landings, coming ashore on 30 April.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEAspinall-Oglander1929163–165_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEAspinall-Oglander1929163–165-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Western_Front">Western Front</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Western Front"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Battle_of_the_Ancre">Battle of the Ancre</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Battle of the Ancre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ancre" title="Battle of the Ancre">Battle of the Ancre</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Ridge_Redoubt" title="Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt">Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme,_1916.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg/220px-Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg/330px-Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg/440px-Map_of_the_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_1916.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="921" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Map of the Battle of the Somme, 1916</div></figcaption></figure> <p>After the evacuation of Gallipoli, the RND moved to France where it participated in the final phase of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme_(1916)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Somme (1916)">Battle of the Somme</a>, advancing along the River Ancre to capture Beaucourt. The division had four objectives during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ancre" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ancre">Battle of Ancre</a>, the Dotted Green Line, the German front trench, then the Green Line, the road to Beaucourt station. The road ran along a fortified ridge. The Yellow Line was a trench which lay beyond the road, around the remains of Beaucourt on its south-west edge and the final objective, the Red Line, was beyond Beaucourt, where the division was to consolidate.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson2001148_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson2001148-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The plan was for the battalions to leap-frog towards the final objective. The 1st RMLI, Howe, Hawke and Hood battalions were assigned the Dotted Green Line and the Yellow Line, the 2nd RMLI, Anson, Nelson and Drake battalions were to take the Green and Red lines. When the battle began in the early hours of 13 November, platoons from the 1st RMLI crawled across no-man's land towards the German line. A <a href="/wiki/Barrage_(artillery)" title="Barrage (artillery)">creeping barrage</a> was fired by the British artillery but many casualties were suffered in no-man's land, about 50 percent of the total casualties occurring before the first German trench had been captured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson2001149–151_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson2001149–151-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> German artillery-fire and machine-gun fire was so effective that all company commanders of 1st RMLI were killed before reaching the first objective.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923196–197_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923196–197-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The German trenches had been severely damaged by the British bombardment, the attackers lost direction and leap-frogging broke down. The commander and second-in-command of Drake Battalion were killed and Hawke battalion lost its commander and several company commanders.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESellers1995loc._3385–3902_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESellers1995loc._3385–3902-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Freyberg, having been promoted to temporary lieutenant-colonel and command of Hood Battalion, led it to the Green Line and pressed forward with the remaining men of Drake Battalion. The station road served as a landmark and allowed the attackers to orientate themselves and re-organise the attack. The next creeping barrage began on time at <span class="nowrap">7:30 a.m.,</span> and led the British towards the Yellow Line at Beaucourt Station.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart2005511–517_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart2005511–517-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nelson, Hawke and Howe battalions had suffered many casualties; Lieutenant-Colonel Burge, Commanding Officer of Nelson Battalion, was killed whilst attacking a fortified section of the Dotted Green Line and <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Wilson_(politician)" title="Leslie Wilson (politician)">Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson DSO</a>, Commanding Officer of Hawke Battalion, was severely wounded attacking the same objective. Lieutenant-Colonel Saunders, Commanding Officer of Anson Battalion, was killed early in the battle<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but Anson Battalion still managed to capture the Green Line and advance to the Yellow Line, after making contact with the 51st Highland Division to its left.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923194–195_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923194–195-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By <span class="nowrap">10:30 p.m.</span> Beaucourt had been captured.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart2005511–517_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart2005511–517-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 October, just before the Battle of the Ancre, Paris was wounded and replaced by Major-General <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Shute" title="Cameron Shute">Cameron Shute</a>. Shute was appalled by the un-military "nautical" traditions of the division and made numerous unpopular attempts to stamp out negligent hygiene practices and failures to ensure that weapons were kept clean.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923185–187_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923185–187-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following a particularly critical inspection of the trenches, Sub-Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/A._P._Herbert" title="A. P. Herbert">A. P. Herbert</a> (later a humorist, legal satirist and <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Parliament">Member of Parliament</a>), wrote </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CameronShute.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/CameronShute.jpg/220px-CameronShute.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="296" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/CameronShute.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="404" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">"... that shit Shute."</div></figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><div class="poem"> <p>The General inspecting the trenches<br /> Exclaimed with a horrified shout<br /> "I refuse to command a division<br /> Which leaves its excreta about".<br /> <br /> But nobody took any notice<br /> No one was prepared to refute,<br /> That the presence of shit was congenial<br /> Compared to the presence of Shute.<br /> <br /> And certain responsible critics<br /> Made haste to reply to his words<br /> Observing that his staff advisors<br /> Consisted entirely of turds.<br /> <br /> For shit may be shot at odd corners<br /> And paper supplied there to suit,<br /> But a shit would be shot without mourners<br /> If somebody shot that shit Shute.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGilbert2006218_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGilbert2006218-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions_of_Miraumont">Actions of Miraumont</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Actions of Miraumont"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January%E2%80%93March_1917" title="Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917">Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917</a></div> <p>On the north bank of the Ancre, the 63rd Division attacked on 17 February, with the <a href="/wiki/188th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="188th Brigade (United Kingdom)">188th Brigade</a> and two battalions of the 189th Brigade, to capture 700 yards (640 m) of the road north from Baillescourt Farm towards Puisieux, to gain observation over Miraumont and form a defensive flank on the left, back to the existing front line. Two battalions attacked with a third battalion ready on the right flank, to reinforce them or to co-operate with the 18th Division between the Ancre and the Miraumont road. On the northern flank two infantry companies, engineers and pioneers were placed to establish the defensive flank on the left. The divisional artillery and an army field brigade with <span class="nowrap">54 × 18-pounder field</span> guns and <span class="nowrap">18 × 4.5-inch howitzers</span> provided covering fire, with three field batteries from the 62nd Division further north, to place a protective barrage along the northern flank. The darkness, fog and mud were as bad as on the south bank but the German defence was far less effective. The creeping barrage moved at 100 yards (91 m) in four minutes, slower than the rate on the south bank and the Germans in a small number of strong-points were quickly overcome. The objective was reached by <span class="nowrap">6:40 a.m.</span> and the defensive flank established, the last German strong-point being captured at <span class="nowrap">10:50 a.m.</span> A German counter-attack the next day was stopped by artillery-fire. The 63rd Division lost <span class="nowrap">549 casualties</span> and the three attacking divisions took <span class="nowrap">599 prisoners.</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFalls194081–82_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFalls194081–82-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele">Second Battle of Passchendaele</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Second Battle of Passchendaele"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Second Battle of Passchendaele">Second Battle of Passchendaele</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg/220px-Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="236" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg/330px-Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg/440px-Front_line_22_October_-_6_November.jpg 2x" data-file-width="863" data-file-height="925" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;">Allied advances, 22 October – 6 November</div></figcaption></figure> <p>The division arrived at Ypres just before the Second Battle of Passchendaele (26 October – 10 November).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEThompson2001159–163_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEThompson2001159–163-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 October, Immediately to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Canadian_Corps" title="Canadian Corps">Canadian Corps</a>, the supporting attack by XVIII Corps involved one brigade each from the 63rd and <a href="/wiki/58th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="58th Division (United Kingdom)">58th divisions</a>. The 188th Brigade, of the 63rd Division quickly captured Varlet Farm and Banff House. The centre of the attack was held up on the road between Bray Farm and the village of Wallemolen and the troops dug-in near Source Trench. As dark fell, Banff House was abandoned and the line reformed at Berks House, leaving Banff House and Source Trench the only part of the first objective not occupied.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcCarthy1995128–129_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcCarthy1995128–129-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 30 October, the 63rd Division infantry were caught by German artillery fire at their jumping-off line and made only slight progress in deep mud against German machine-gun fire. The infantry were unable to reach their rendezvous with the Canadians, leaving their troops at Source Farm and Vapour Farm in precarious positions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENicholson1962323_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENicholson1962323-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two companies later advanced through the Canadian sector to capture Source Trench but were only able to reinforce the Canadian outpost at Source Farm, then form a defensive flank to Vapour Farm. The 63rd Division had <span class="nowrap">3,126 casualties</span> from <span class="nowrap">26–31 October.</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923258_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923258-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division was able to close up to the Paddebeek by attacking at night from <span class="nowrap">1/2–4/5 November,</span> a method which took more ground than its attacks in October, for a loss of <span class="nowrap">14 killed</span> and <span class="nowrap">148 wounded.</span><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923263_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold1923263-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_of_battle">Orders of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Orders of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="">Gallipoli | France </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <dl><dd>Organisation details are taken from <i>The British Army in the Great War</i> unless otherwise noted.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1996_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1996-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division initially comprised eight naval battalions, named after British naval commanders (Anson, Benbow, Collingwood, Drake, Hawke, Hood, Howe and Nelson), plus the Royal Marine Brigade of four battalions from the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marine" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marine">Royal Marine</a> dépôts at the ports of <a href="/wiki/Deal,_Kent" title="Deal, Kent">Deal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chatham,_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham, England">Chatham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Portsmouth" title="Portsmouth">Portsmouth</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJerrold19236–7_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJerrold19236–7-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other than a small detachment of Royal Engineers, it had no supporting elements during 1914. It developed a more complex structure before being sent to the Mediterranean and during the Gallipoli campaign, losses forced extensive reorganisation of the brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1996_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1996-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="3"> <dl><dt>Organisation at Gallipoli, April 1915</dt></dl> <p>Organisation in April 1915, prior to landing at Gallipoli. Note that the division did not contain any artillery units at this point. </p> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1st_(Royal_Naval)_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (Royal Naval) Brigade">1st (Royal Naval) Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>1st (Drake) Battalion</li> <li>2nd (Hawke) Battalion</li> <li>3rd (Benbow) Battalion</li> <li>4th (Collingwood) Battalion</li> <li>12th (Deal) Battalion</li></ul> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_(Royal_Naval)_Brigade" title="2nd (Royal Naval) Brigade">2nd (Royal Naval) Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>5th (Nelson) Battalion</li> <li>6th (Howe) Battalion</li> <li>7th (Hood) Battalion</li> <li>8th (Anson) Battalion</li></ul> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/3rd_(Royal_Marine)_Brigade" title="3rd (Royal Marine) Brigade">3rd (Royal Marine) Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>9th (Chatham) Battalion</li> <li>10th (Portsmouth) Battalion</li> <li>11th (Plymouth) Battalion</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b>Royal Engineers</b> <ul><li>No. 1 Company</li> <li>No. 2 Company</li> <li>No. 3 Company</li> <li>Divisional Signal Company</li></ul> </td> <td><b>Royal Army Medical Corps</b> <ul><li>No. 1 Field Ambulance</li> <li>No. 2 Field Ambulance</li> <li>No. 3 Field Ambulance</li> <li>Royal Naval Sanitary Section</li></ul> </td> <td><b>Divisional Troops</b> <ul><li>Armoured Motor Machine-Gun Squadron</li> <li>RN Divisional Cyclist Company</li> <li>RND Divisional Train, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">ASC</a></li> <li>19th Mobile Veterinary Section AVC</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <dl><dt>Organisation in France, July 1916</dt></dl> <p>Organisation at the end of July 1916 on the Western Front, having been renamed the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division and transferred to Army command. </p> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/188th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="188th Brigade (United Kingdom)">188th Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>1st Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infantry</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Royal Marines Light Infantry</li> <li>6th (Howe) Battalion</li> <li>8th (Anson) Battalion</li> <li>188th Trench Mortar Battery</li></ul> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_(Royal_Naval)_Brigade" title="2nd (Royal Naval) Brigade">189th Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>1st (Drake) Battalion</li> <li>2nd (Hawke) Battalion</li> <li>5th (Nelson) Battalion</li> <li>7th (Hood) Battalion</li> <li>189th Trench Mortar Battery</li></ul> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/190th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="190th Brigade (United Kingdom)">190th Brigade</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/7th_(Extra_Reserve)_Battalion,_Royal_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers">7th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_(Extra_Reserve)_Battalion,_Bedfordshire_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment">4th (Extra Reserve) Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1/1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">HAC</a></li> <li>10th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Dublin_Fusiliers" title="Royal Dublin Fusiliers">Royal Dublin Fusiliers</a></li> <li>190th Machine Gun Company, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">MGC</a></li> <li>190th Trench Mortar Battery</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b>Royal Engineers</b> <ul><li>No. 1 Company</li> <li>No. 2 Company</li> <li>No. 3 Company</li> <li>63rd Divisional Signals Company</li></ul> <p><b>Royal Army Medical Corps</b> </p> <ul><li>1st (Royal Naval) Field Ambulance (later 148th FA)</li> <li>2nd (Royal Naval) Field Ambulance (later 149th FA)</li> <li>3rd (Royal Naval) Field Ambulance (later 150th FA)</li> <li>63rd Sanitary Section</li></ul> </td> <td><b>Royal Artillery</b> <ul><li>CCCXV (2/I Northumbrian) Brigade, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a> (RFA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_East_Riding_Artillery_Volunteers" title="2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers">CCCXVI (2/II Northumbrian) Brigade</a>, RFA (broken up August 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_(Seaham)_Durham_Artillery_Volunteer_Corps" title="2nd (Seaham) Durham Artillery Volunteer Corps">CCCXVII (2/III Northumbrian) Brigade</a>, RFA</li> <li><a href="/wiki/205_(3rd_Durham_Volunteer_Artillery)_Battery_Royal_Artillery" title="205 (3rd Durham Volunteer Artillery) Battery Royal Artillery">CCCXVIII (2/IV Northumbrian) (Howitzer) Bde</a>, RFA</li> <li>X.63, Y.63 and Z.63 Medium Mortar Batteries, RFA</li> <li>V.63 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery, RFA</li> <li>63rd Divisional Ammunition Column, RFA</li></ul> </td> <td><b>Divisional Troops</b> <ul><li>14th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment" title="Worcestershire Regiment">Worcestershire Regiment</a><br /><small>(Pioneers)</small></li> <li>63rd Divisional Train, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">ASC</a><br /><small>(761, 762, 763 & 764 Companies ASC)</small></li> <li>53rd Mobile Veterinary Section AVC</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1916 reorganisation reduced the division to two brigades of naval infantry and one army brigade. There were changes among the army units. In the 190th Brigade, the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and Honourable Artillery Company battalions were replaced with the <a href="/wiki/Artists_Rifles" title="Artists Rifles">1/28th London Regiment</a> (Artists Rifles) and the 1/4th <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> during 1917 and the 2nd <a href="/wiki/Royal_Irish_Regiment_(1684%E2%80%931922)" title="Royal Irish Regiment (1684–1922)">Royal Irish Regiment</a> joined the 188th Brigade in 1918.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaker1996_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaker1996-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to the losses the division suffered at Passchendaele and Welsh Ridge, the Howe and Nelson battalions were disbanded with the personnel absorbed into the remaining naval battalions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBashton2015_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBashton2015-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battles">Battles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Battles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Belgium_(1914)" title="German invasion of Belgium (1914)">German invasion of Belgium</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Antwerp_(1914)" title="Siege of Antwerp (1914)">Siege of Antwerp</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Anzac_Cove" title="Landing at Anzac Cove">Landing at Anzac Cove</a> (4 battalions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Cape_Helles" title="Landing at Cape Helles">Landing at Cape Helles</a> (2 battalions)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Krithia" title="Second Battle of Krithia">Second Battle of Krithia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Krithia" title="Third Battle of Krithia">Third Battle of Krithia</a></li> <li>Action of Achi Baba Nullah</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ancre" title="Battle of the Ancre">Battle of the Ancre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operations_on_the_Ancre,_January%E2%80%93March_1917" title="Operations on the Ancre, January–March 1917">Actions of Miraumont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1917)" title="Battle of Arras (1917)">Battle of Arras</a> <ul><li>Second Battle of the Scarpe</li> <li>Battle of Arleu</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Second Battle of Passchendaele">Second Battle of Passchendaele</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/Passage_of_the_Grand_Honelle" class="mw-redirect" title="Passage of the Grand Honelle">Passage of the Grand Honelle</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>21 – 29 September 1914 Brigadier-General <a href="/w/index.php?title=George_Grey_Aston&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="George Grey Aston (page does not exist)">Sir George Aston</a></li> <li>29 September 1914 – 12 October 1916 Major-General <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Paris_(Royal_Marines_officer)" title="Archibald Paris (Royal Marines officer)">Archibald Paris</a></li> <li>12 – 16 October 1916 Brigadier-General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecil_de_Rougemont&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecil de Rougemont (page does not exist)">Cecil de Rougemont</a> <i>acting</i></li> <li>16 – 17 October 1916 Brigadier-General <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Trotman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Trotman (page does not exist)">Charles Trotman</a> <i>acting</i></li> <li>17 October 1916 – 19 February 1917 Major-General <a href="/wiki/Cameron_Shute" title="Cameron Shute">Cameron Shute</a></li> <li>19 February 1917 – 30 August 1918 Major-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lawrie_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Lawrie (British Army officer)">Charles Lawrie</a></li> <li>30 August 1918 – 1919 (disbandment) Major-General <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Blacklock" title="Cyril Blacklock">Cyril Blacklock</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: See 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F. (1929). <i>Military Operations Gallipoli: Inception of the Campaign to May 1915</i>. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. I (1st ed.). London: Heinemann. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/464479053">464479053</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Operations+Gallipoli%3A+Inception+of+the+Campaign+to+May+1915&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Great+War+Based+on+Official+Documents+by+Direction+of+the+Historical+Section+of+the+Committee+of+Imperial+Defence&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Heinemann&rft.date=1929&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F464479053&rft.aulast=Aspinall-Oglander&rft.aufirst=C.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorbett1920" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Corbett" title="Julian Corbett">Corbett, J. S.</a> (2009) [1938]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/navaloperations01corb"><i>Naval Operations</i></a>. History of the Great War based on Official Documents. Vol. I (2nd repr. Imperial War Museum and Naval & Military Press ed.). London: Longmans, Green. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-489-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-489-5"><bdi>978-1-84342-489-5</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naval+Operations&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Great+War+based+on+Official+Documents&rft.edition=2nd+repr.+Imperial+War+Museum+and+Naval+%26+Military+Press&rft.pub=Longmans%2C+Green&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-489-5&rft.aulast=Corbett&rft.aufirst=J.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnavaloperations01corb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorbett1929" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Corbett" title="Julian Corbett">Corbett, J. S.</a> (1929) [1921]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/navaloperations00newbgoog"><i>Naval Operations</i></a>. History of the Great War based on Official Documents. Vol. II (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/220474040">220474040</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Vol. III (2nd ed.). London: Longmans, Green. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/867968279">867968279</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Naval+Operations&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Great+War+based+on+Official+Documents&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Longmans%2C+Green&rft.date=1940&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F867968279&rft.aulast=Corbett&rft.aufirst=J.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnavaloperations03corb&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCorrigan2003" class="citation book cs1">Corrigan, G. (2003). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/mudbloodpoppycoc0000corr"><i>Mud, Blood and Poppycock</i></a></span>. London: Cassell. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-30435-955-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-30435-955-6"><bdi>0-30435-955-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mud%2C+Blood+and+Poppycock&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Cassell&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-30435-955-6&rft.aulast=Corrigan&rft.aufirst=G.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmudbloodpoppycoc0000corr&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEdmonds1925" class="citation book cs1">Edmonds, J. E. (1925). <i>Military Operations France and Belgium, 1914: Antwerp, La Bassée, Armentières, Messines and Ypres October–November 1914</i>. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/220044986">220044986</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Operations+France+and+Belgium%2C+1914%3A+Antwerp%2C+La+Bass%C3%A9e%2C+Armenti%C3%A8res%2C+Messines+and+Ypres+October%E2%80%93November+1914&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Great+War+Based+on+Official+Documents+by+Direction+of+the+Historical+Section+of+the+Committee+of+Imperial+Defence&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Macmillan&rft.date=1925&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F220044986&rft.aulast=Edmonds&rft.aufirst=J.+E.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFalls1940" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Falls" title="Cyril Falls">Falls, C.</a> (1992) [1940]. <i>Military Operations France and Belgium 1917: The German Retreat to the Hindenburg Line and the Battles of Arras</i>. History of the Great War Based on Official Documents by Direction of the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Vol. I (Imperial War Museum and Battery Press ed.). London: <a href="/wiki/HMSO" class="mw-redirect" title="HMSO">HMSO</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-89839-180-6" title="Special:BookSources/0-89839-180-6"><bdi>0-89839-180-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Military+Operations+France+and+Belgium+1917%3A+The+German+Retreat+to+the+Hindenburg+Line+and+the+Battles+of+Arras&rft.place=London&rft.series=History+of+the+Great+War+Based+on+Official+Documents+by+Direction+of+the+Historical+Section+of+the+Committee+of+Imperial+Defence&rft.edition=Imperial+War+Museum+and+Battery+Press&rft.pub=HMSO&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=0-89839-180-6&rft.aulast=Falls&rft.aufirst=C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGilbert2006" class="citation book cs1">Gilbert, M. (2006). <i>The Somme: Heroism and Horror in the First World War</i>. New York: <a href="/wiki/Henry_Holt_and_Company" title="Henry Holt and Company">Henry Holt and Company</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-80508-127-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-80508-127-5"><bdi>0-80508-127-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Somme%3A+Heroism+and+Horror+in+the+First+World+War&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Henry+Holt+and+Company&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-80508-127-5&rft.aulast=Gilbert&rft.aufirst=M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHart2005" class="citation book cs1">Hart, P. (2005). "The Last Shake on the Ancre". <i>The Somme</i>. Cassell Military Paperbacks. London: <a href="/wiki/Cassell_(publisher)" title="Cassell (publisher)">Cassell</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-30436-735-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-30436-735-4"><bdi>0-30436-735-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Last+Shake+on+the+Ancre&rft.btitle=The+Somme&rft.place=London&rft.series=Cassell+Military+Paperbacks&rft.pub=Cassell&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-30436-735-4&rft.aulast=Hart&rft.aufirst=P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJerrold1923" class="citation book cs1">Jerrold, D. (2009) [1923]. <i>The Royal Naval Division</i> (Imperial War Museum and N & M Press ed.). London: Hutchinson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-261-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-261-7"><bdi>978-1-84342-261-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Naval+Division&rft.place=London&rft.edition=Imperial+War+Museum+and+N+%26+M+Press&rft.pub=Hutchinson&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-261-7&rft.aulast=Jerrold&rft.aufirst=D.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcCarthy1995" class="citation book cs1">McCarthy, C. (1995). <i>The Third Ypres: Passchendaele, the Day-By-Day Account</i>. London: Arms & Armour Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-85409-217-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-85409-217-0"><bdi>1-85409-217-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Third+Ypres%3A+Passchendaele%2C+the+Day-By-Day+Account&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Arms+%26+Armour+Press&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=1-85409-217-0&rft.aulast=McCarthy&rft.aufirst=C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNicholson1962" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/G._W._L._Nicholson" title="G. W. L. Nicholson">Nicholson, G. W. L.</a> (1962). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110826165151/http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/CEF_e.pdf"><i>Canadian Expeditionary Force 1914–1919</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Official History of the Canadian Army in the First World War. Ottawa: Queen's Printer and Controller of Stationery. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59609928">59609928</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/his/docs/CEF_e.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 26 August 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">23 March</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Canadian+Expeditionary+Force+1914%E2%80%931919&rft.place=Ottawa&rft.series=Official+History+of+the+Canadian+Army+in+the+First+World+War&rft.pub=Queen%27s+Printer+and+Controller+of+Stationery&rft.date=1962&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F59609928&rft.aulast=Nicholson&rft.aufirst=G.+W.+L.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca%2Fdhh-dhp%2Fhis%2Fdocs%2FCEF_e.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSellers1995" class="citation book cs1">Sellers, Leonard (1995). <i>The Hood Battalion</i>. Barnsley: Pen and Sword Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84468-008-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84468-008-5"><bdi>978-1-84468-008-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Hood+Battalion&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+and+Sword+Books&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=978-1-84468-008-5&rft.aulast=Sellers&rft.aufirst=Leonard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFThompson2001" class="citation book cs1">Thompson, J. (2001). <i>The Royal Marines, From Sea Soldiers to a Special Force</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Pan_Books" title="Pan Books">Pan Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-33037-702-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-33037-702-7"><bdi>0-33037-702-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Marines%2C+From+Sea+Soldiers+to+a+Special+Force&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Pan+Books&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=0-33037-702-7&rft.aulast=Thompson&rft.aufirst=J.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><b>Websites</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaker1996" class="citation web cs1">Baker, C. (1996–2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1914-1918.net/63div.htm">"The 63rd (Royal Naval) Division in 1914–1918"</a>. <i>The Long Long Trail: The British Army in the Great War of 1914–1918</i>. Chris Baker/Milverton Associates<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Long+Long+Trail%3A+The+British+Army+in+the+Great+War+of+1914%E2%80%931918&rft.atitle=The+63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division+in+1914%E2%80%931918&rft.date=1996%2F2010&rft.aulast=Baker&rft.aufirst=C.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1914-1918.net%2F63div.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBashton2015" class="citation web cs1">Bashton, N.S. (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://royalnavaldivision.info">"Royal Naval Division .info"</a>. <i>Royal Naval Division .info</i>. NS Bashton<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 April</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Royal+Naval+Division+.info&rft.atitle=Royal+Naval+Division+.info&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Bashton&rft.aufirst=N.S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Froyalnavaldivision.info&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <p><b>Books</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCaesar2004" class="citation book cs1">Caesar, A. (2004). "Brooke, Rupert Chawner (1887–1915)". <i><a href="/wiki/Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford Dictionary of National Biography">Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</a></i> (online, May 2008 ed.). London: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/186625821">186625821</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Brooke%2C+Rupert+Chawner+%281887%E2%80%931915%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+Dictionary+of+National+Biography&rft.place=London&rft.edition=online%2C+May+2008&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F186625821&rft.aulast=Caesar&rft.aufirst=A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFColeman2014" class="citation book cs1">Coleman, E. C. (2014). <i>Khaki Jack: The Royal Naval Division in the First World War</i>. Gloucester: Amberley. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-0469-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4456-0469-5"><bdi>978-1-4456-0469-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Khaki+Jack%3A+The+Royal+Naval+Division+in+the+First+World+War&rft.place=Gloucester&rft.pub=Amberley&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-4456-0469-5&rft.aulast=Coleman&rft.aufirst=E.+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFoster1918" class="citation book cs1">Foster, Rev. H. C. (1918). <i>At Antwerp and the Dardanelles</i>. London: Mills & Boon. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/32790523">32790523</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=At+Antwerp+and+the+Dardanelles&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Mills+%26+Boon&rft.date=1918&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F32790523&rft.aulast=Foster&rft.aufirst=Rev.+H.+C.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSparrowMcBean_Ross1918" class="citation book cs1">Sparrow, G.; McBean Ross, J. N. (1918). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/onfourfrontswith00spar"><i>On Four Fronts with the Royal Naval Division</i></a> (1st ed.). London: Hodder & Stoughton. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/759725906">759725906</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">3 January</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=On+Four+Fronts+with+the+Royal+Naval+Division&rft.place=London&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=1918&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F759725906&rft.aulast=Sparrow&rft.aufirst=G.&rft.au=McBean+Ross%2C+J.+N.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fonfourfrontswith00spar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <p><b>Websites</b> </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/royalnavaldivision.asp">"Royal Naval Division service records 1914–1919"</a>. London: <a href="/wiki/The_National_Archives_(United_Kingdom)" title="The National Archives (United Kingdom)">The National Archives</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 December</span> 2014</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Royal+Naval+Division+service+records+1914%E2%80%931919&rft.place=London&rft.pub=The+National+Archives&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalarchives.gov.uk%2Fdocumentsonline%2Froyalnavaldivision.asp&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A63rd+%28Royal+Naval%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</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="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (United Kingdom) Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd (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="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (UK) Armoured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-West)_(Bosnia)" title="Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)">Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-East)_(Iraq)" title="Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)">Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)</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="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="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="13th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st</a>/<a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd</a> (Scottish)</li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/Devon_and_Cornwall_County_Division" title="Devon and Cornwall County Division">Devon and Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_County_Division" title="Dorset County Division">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_and_North_Riding_County_Division" title="Durham and North Riding County Division">Durham and North Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Division" title="Essex County Division">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Division" title="Hampshire County Division">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Division" title="Norfolk County Division">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Division" title="Northumberland County Division">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Division" title="West Sussex County Division">West Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/1st_(African)_Division" title="1st (African) Division">1st (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_(African)_Division" title="2nd (African) Division">2nd (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(African)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (African) Division">11th (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(East_Africa)_Division" title="11th (East Africa) Division">11th (East Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/81st_(West_Africa)_Division" title="81st (West Africa) Division">81st (West Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauman_Division" title="Beauman Division">Beauman Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Y Division (United Kingdom)">Y Division</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/9th_(Scottish)_Division" title="9th (Scottish) Division">9th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(Irish)_Division" title="10th (Irish) Division">10th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_(Northern)_Division" title="17th (Northern) Division">17th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_(Eastern)_Division" title="18th (Eastern) Division">18th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/21st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="21st Division (United Kingdom)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Division (United Kingdom)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Division (United Kingdom)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/30th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="30th Division (United Kingdom)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Division (United Kingdom)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="34th Division (United Kingdom)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/36th_(Ulster)_Division" title="36th (Ulster) Division">36th (Ulster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="39th Division (United Kingdom)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(1/2nd_London)_Division" title="47th (1/2nd London) Division">47th (1/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/45th_(2nd_Wessex)_Division" title="45th (2nd Wessex) Division">45th (2nd Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_(2nd_West_Lancashire)_Division" title="57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division">57th (2nd West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_(2/1st_London)_Division" title="58th (2/1st London) Division">58th (2/1st London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_North_Midland)_Division" title="59th (2nd North Midland) Division">59th (2nd North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_(2/2nd_London)_Division" title="60th (2/2nd London) Division">60th (2/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(2nd_West_Riding)_Division" title="62nd (2nd West Riding) Division">62nd (2nd West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(2nd_Northumbrian)_Division" title="63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division">63rd (2nd Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_(2nd_Highland)_Division" title="64th (2nd Highland) Division">64th (2nd Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_(2nd_Lowland)_Division" title="65th (2nd Lowland) Division">65th (2nd Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(2nd_East_Lancashire)_Division" title="66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division">66th (2nd East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_(2nd_Home_Counties)_Division" title="67th (2nd Home Counties) Division">67th (2nd Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(2nd_Welsh)_Division" title="68th (2nd Welsh) Division">68th (2nd Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/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 class="mw-selflink selflink">63rd (Royal Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="71st Division (United Kingdom)">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="72nd Division (United Kingdom)">72nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="73rd Division (United Kingdom)">73rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Yeomanry)_Division" title="74th (Yeomanry) Division">74th (Yeomanry)</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/wiki/1st_Mounted_Division" title="1st Mounted Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Mounted_Division" title="2nd Mounted Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Mounted_Division" title="3rd Mounted Division">2/2nd</a> (later 3rd)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Mounted_Division" title="4th Mounted Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/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="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/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="/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="/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="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colonial Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Colonial</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-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">Cavalry</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="/w/index.php?title=1st_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">5th</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="Crimean_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Crimean War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_during_the_Crimean_War" title="List of British divisions during the Crimean 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"> <ul><li><a href="/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="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Highland Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li></ul> </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="Napoleonic_Wars_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Napoleonic Wars (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Army_formations_during_the_French_Revolutionary_and_Napoleonic_Wars" title="List of British Army formations during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars">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"> 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