CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>48th (South Midland) Division - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"53c03957-6165-4a2c-b16f-01aa825006d0","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"48th_(South_Midland)_Division","wgTitle":"48th (South Midland) Division","wgCurRevisionId":1257260961,"wgRevisionId":1257260961,"wgArticleId":1033528,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use dmy dates from March 2015","EngvarB from December 2017","CS1 maint: location missing publisher","Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I","Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II","Military units and formations established in 1908","1908 establishments in the United Kingdom"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en", "wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"48th_(South_Midland)_Division","wgRelevantArticleId":1033528,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":50000,"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q2474468","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture", "bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready","ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","mediawiki.page.media","ext.scribunto.logs","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp", "ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.6"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/1200px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1973"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/800px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1315"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/640px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1052"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="48th (South Midland) Division - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-48th_South_Midland_Division rootpage-48th_South_Midland_Division skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/?wmf_source=donate&wmf_medium=sidebar&wmf_campaign=en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Formation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Formation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Formation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Formation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-First_World_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First_World_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>First World War</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-First_World_War-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle First World War subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-First_World_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-1914" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1914"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>1914</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1914-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1915–1918" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1915–1918"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>1915–1918</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1915–1918-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interwar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interwar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Interwar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interwar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Second_World_War" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Second_World_War"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Second World War</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Second_World_War-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Second World War subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Second_World_War-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-France_and_Dunkirk" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#France_and_Dunkirk"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>France and Dunkirk</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-France_and_Dunkirk-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Home_defence_and_training" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Home_defence_and_training"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Home defence and training</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Home_defence_and_training-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Postwar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Postwar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Postwar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Postwar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-General_officer_commanding" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General_officer_commanding"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>General officer commanding</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General_officer_commanding-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">48th (South Midland) Division</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 3 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-3" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">3 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%B4%DA%A9%D8%B1_%DB%B4%DB%B8_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C)" title="لشکر ۴۸ (میدلند جنوبی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="لشکر ۴۸ (میدلند جنوبی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%93%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%96%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94-48_(%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%94)" title="הדיוויזיה ה-48 (בריטניה) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="הדיוויזיה ה-48 (בריטניה)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/48e_(South_Midland)_Infanteriedivisie" title="48e (South Midland) Infanteriedivisie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="48e (South Midland) Infanteriedivisie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2474468#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Edit interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Edit links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:48th_(South_Midland)_Division" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&oldid=1257260961" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=48th_%28South_Midland%29_Division&id=1257260961&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlQ%C4%B1sald%C4%B1c%C4%B1s%C4%B1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F48th_%28South_Midland%29_Division"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrKodu&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2F48th_%28South_Midland%29_Division"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=48th_%28South_Midland%29_Division&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q2474468" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Infantry division of the British Army</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">South Midland Division<br />48th (South Midland) Division<br />48th (South Midland) Infantry Division<br />48th Infantry (Reserve) Division</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:WW1_British_48th_Division.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/220px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="362" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/330px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg/440px-WW1_British_48th_Division.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="104" data-file-height="171" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <a href="/wiki/Divisional_insignia_of_the_British_Army" title="Divisional insignia of the British Army">divisional insignia</a>. Historian <a href="/wiki/Michael_Chappell" title="Michael Chappell">Michael Chappell</a> comments that starting in 1918 the white diamond "was painted on helmets ... with regimental badges superimposed" upon it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChappell198624_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEChappell198624-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1908–1919<br />1920–1945</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 class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data">Infantry, home defence, and training</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Peacetime HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warwick" title="Warwick">Warwick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Fanshawe_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Fanshawe (British Army officer)">Robert Fanshawe</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Harold_Walker_(British_Army_officer)" title="Harold Walker (British Army officer)">Sir Harold Walker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowther_Roberts" title="Frank Crowther Roberts">Frank Roberts</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Thorne" title="Andrew Thorne">Sir Andrew Thorne</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Identification<br />symbol</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:48_inf_div_-vector.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/48_inf_div_-vector.svg/100px-48_inf_div_-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/48_inf_div_-vector.svg/150px-48_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/48_inf_div_-vector.svg/200px-48_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="540" data-file-height="540" /></a></span><br />Divisional insignia adopted following the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> in 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>48th (South Midland) Division</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. Part of the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> (TF) and raised in 1908, the division was originally called the <b>South Midland Division</b>, and was redesignated as the 48th (South Midland) Division in 1915. During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, the division saw service on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> before being transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Italian_Front_(World_War_I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian Front (World War I)">Italian Front</a> in November 1917 and remaining there for the rest of the war. </p><p>Reformed in 1920 in the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) as the <b>48th (South Midland) Infantry Division</b>, it saw active service in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> with the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF) in <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Belgium</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">France</a> before being <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">evacuated from Dunkirk</a> to the United Kingdom. It was converted into a training reserve division in December 1942, remaining in the United Kingdom in that status for the rest of the war. Disbanded after the war, the division was not reformed again. In both <a href="/wiki/World_war" title="World war">world wars</a>, the division raised a second line reserve formation; the <a href="/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland) Division</a> in the First World War, and <a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st Division</a> in the Second World War. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1901, following lessons learned from the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> and <a href="/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_I" title="Causes of World War I">diplomatic clashes</a> with the growing <a href="/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom</a> sought to reform the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> so it would be able to engage in European affairs if required. This task fell to <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Haldane,_1st_Viscount_Haldane" title="Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane">Richard Haldane</a> who implemented several policies known as the <a href="/wiki/Haldane_Reforms" title="Haldane Reforms">Haldane Reforms</a>. As part of these reforms, the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Reserve_Forces_Act_1907" title="Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907">Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907</a> created a new <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> by merging the existing <a href="/wiki/Yeomanry" title="Yeomanry">Yeomanry</a> and <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">Volunteer Force</a> in 1908.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19884–6_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19884–6-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This resulted in the creation of 14 Territorial Divisions, including the South Midland Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19886-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke2013xxviii_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke2013xxviii-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As part of the legislation, the territorials were only liable to serve within the United Kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19886-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Haldane envisioned that the territorials would take over the defence of the country against what was perceived as a very real threat of invasion, which would allow the regular army to be deployed aboard. In addition, Haldane saw the territorials as a source of reinforcements for the regular army. Six months following mobilisation, during which time the troops would have come up to an acceptable training standard, Haldane was confident that up to a quarter of the men would opt to go and fight abroad.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19886-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett1991215_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett1991215-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHall201120_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHall201120-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 1910 edition of the <a href="/wiki/Hazell,_Watson_and_Viney" title="Hazell, Watson and Viney">Hazell's Annual</a> reported that, in 1909, "The South Midland Division ... had 13 units up to or over establishment, and the others very little below it."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHall1910213_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHall1910213-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the Territorial Force as a whole peaked at a strength of 276,000 men; 26,000 men short of the peacetime establishment set by Haldane's reforms. However, between 1910 and 1914, the overall strength of the force had declined to 250,000, 52,000 short of the peacetime establishment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19886-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In peacetime, the divisional <a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> was in the <a href="/wiki/The_Old_Barracks,_Warwick" title="The Old Barracks, Warwick">Old Barracks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Warwick" title="Warwick">Warwick</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1914">1914</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1914"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg/220px-British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="281" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg/330px-British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg/440px-British_Army_cyclists_recruiting_poster_WWI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="546" data-file-height="698" /></a><figcaption>Recruiting poster for the South Midland Divisional <a href="/wiki/Army_Cyclist_Corps" title="Army Cyclist Corps">Cyclist Company</a></figcaption></figure> <p>On the outbreak of war, the division composed the <a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">Warwickshire Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/144th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="144th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">Gloucester and Worcester Brigade</a> and the <a href="/wiki/145th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="145th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">South Midland Brigade</a>. In August 1914, the South Midland Division departed for its annual summer training camp. The <a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade</a>, for example, departed for <a href="/wiki/Rhyl" title="Rhyl">Rhyl</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>. Following the declaration of war, the division was mobilised and moved south to take up defensive positions along the southern coast.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter201126,_30_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter201126,_30-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarrisWhippy20088_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarrisWhippy20088-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Due to German-invasion scares, the division-numbering 6,000 men-moved to <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>. While there was no invasion, the division remained in the area on defensive duties and to continue training.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchinson2008209_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchinson2008209-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwan201523_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESwan201523-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the opening weeks of the war, as the Territorials were not required to be deployed overseas, the troops were asked to volunteer. By the end of August, more than 70 battalions across the Territorial Force had volunteered with the number rising higher as the year progressed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimkins200743–46_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESimkins200743–46-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1915–1918"><span id="1915.E2.80.931918"></span>1915–1918</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1915–1918"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Battle_of_the_Somme,_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg/220px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg/330px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg/440px-The_Battle_of_the_Somme%2C_July-november_1916_Q1081.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="587" /></a><figcaption>Lieutenant Baxter's Platoon, C Company, 1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, resting in a cornfield near Lavieville, September 1916.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg/220px-Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg/330px-Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg/440px-Ministry_of_Information_First_World_War_Official_Collection_Q25808.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption>General <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Lambart,_10th_Earl_of_Cavan" title="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan">The Earl of Cavan</a>, commanding the British forces in Italy, inspecting troops of the 48th Division, Granezza, <a href="/wiki/Asiago" title="Asiago">Asiago</a>, September, 1918.</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 1915, with the threat of a German invasion having subsided, the South Midland Division was dispatched to France with the territorials who had volunteered for overseas service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201367_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201367-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 May 1915 the division was numbered, becoming the 48th (South Midland) Division and the brigades in the division were also numbered, the Warwickshire Brigade became the 143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade, the Gloucester and Worcester Brigade became the 144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Infantry Brigade and the South Midland Brigade became the 145th (South Midland) Infantry Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The members of the division who did not, or were not able to, volunteer for overseas service, were transferred to newly created second line units intended for home defence. These second line units were eventually formed into the <a href="/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland) Division</a> and, following the passing of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Service_Act_1916" title="Military Service Act 1916">Military Service Act 1916</a>, deployed to France in February 1916.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201346_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201346-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOgle19938_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOgle19938-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a> in 1916, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pozi%C3%A8res" title="Battle of Pozières">Battle of Pozières</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Third Battle of Ypres</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November 1917, the division was sent to Italy, where it remained until the end of the War. It fought the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Piave_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Piave River">on Asiago Plateau</a> (15–16 June 1918) and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vittorio_Veneto" title="Battle of Vittorio Veneto">Battle of Vittorio Veneto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="">48th (South Midland) Division (1914–1918)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LLT_48Div_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LLT_48Div-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p><a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">143rd (Warwickshire) Brigade</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Rifles" title="Birmingham Rifles">1/5th Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment">1/6th Battalion</a>, Royal Warwickshire Regiment</li> <li>1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment</li> <li>1/8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until September 1918)<sup id="cite_ref-75Bde_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75Bde-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>143rd Machine Gun Company, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> (formed 8 January 1916; moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)</li> <li>143rd Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/144th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="144th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">144th (Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Bristol_Rifles#Territorial_Force" title="City of Bristol Rifles">1/4th (City of Bristol) Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Gloucestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_Gloucestershire_Regiment#1/6th_Gloucesters" title="6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment">1/6th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Rifles" title="Worcestershire Rifles">1/7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment</a></li> <li>1/8th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment" title="Worcestershire Regiment">Worcestershire Regiment</a> (until September 1918)<sup id="cite_ref-75Bde_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75Bde-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>144th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 23 January 1916; moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)</li> <li>144th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/145th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="145th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">145th (South Midland) Brigade</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Gloucestershire_Rifle_Volunteers#1/5th_Gloucesters" title="2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers">1/5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment</a> (until September 1918)<sup id="cite_ref-75Bde_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75Bde-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a></li> <li>1/1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</li> <li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment" title="Royal Berkshire Regiment">Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment)</a></li> <li>145th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 11 January 1916, moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)</li> <li>145th Trench Mortar Battery (formed 14 June 1916)</li></ul> <p>Mounted Troops </p> <ul><li>'B' Squadron, <a href="/wiki/1st_King_Edward%27s_Horse" class="mw-redirect" title="1st King Edward's Horse">1st King Edward's Horse</a> (joined 24 April 1915, joined <a href="/wiki/IV_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="IV Corps (United Kingdom)">IV Corps</a> Cavalry Regiment on 13 May 1916)</li> <li>South Midland Divisional <a href="/wiki/Army_Cyclist_Corps" title="Army Cyclist Corps">Cyclist Company</a> (formed on 3 December 1914, joined <a href="/wiki/VIII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VIII Corps (United Kingdom)">VIII Corps</a> Cyclist Battalion on 14 May 1916)</li></ul> <p>48th (South Midland) Divisional Artillery </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Volunteer_Artillery" title="Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery">XXCL (I South Midland) Brigade</a> <ul><li>1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Gloucestershire Batteries</li> <li>I South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_South_Midland_Brigade,_Royal_Field_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery">CCXLI (II South Midland) Brigade</a> <ul><li>1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Worcestershire Batteries</li> <li>II South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Warwickshire_Volunteer_Artillery" title="1st Warwickshire Volunteer Artillery">CCXLII (III South Midland) Brigade</a> (became an Army Field Artillery Brigade on 20 January 1917) <ul><li>1/1st, 1/2nd, 1/3rd Warwickshire Batteries</li> <li>III South Midland Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_South_Midland_Brigade,_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="4th South Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery">CCXLIII (IV South Midland) (Howitzer) Brigade</a> (broken up 16 October 1916) <ul><li>1/4th, 1/5th Warwickshire (H) Batteries</li> <li>IV South Midland (H) Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>48th Divisional Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>Heavy Artillery <ul><li><a href="/wiki/South_Midland_(Warwickshire)_Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="South Midland (Warwickshire) Royal Garrison Artillery">South Midland (Warwickshire) Heavy Battery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="Royal Garrison Artillery">Royal Garrison Artillery</a> (left 16 April 1915)</li></ul></li> <li>Trench Mortar Batteries <ul><li>V/48 Heavy Trench Mortar Battery (formed 21 April 1916, disbanded 10 November 1917)</li> <li>X/48, Y/48 and Z/48 Medium Mortar Batteries, RFA (formed 15 March 1916; on 21 March 1918 Z was absorbed by X and Y)</li></ul></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Divisional_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers">48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>474th (1/1st South Midland) Field Company (left 4 December 1914, rejoined 1 May 1915)</li> <li>475th (1/2nd South Midland) Field Company</li> <li>1/1st West Lancashire Field Company (attached 18–28 April 1915)</li> <li>7th Field Company (joined 29 April 1915, left 17 June 1915)</li> <li>477th (2/1st South Midland) Field Company (joined 10 June 1915)</li> <li>48th (South Midland) Divisional Signal Company<sup id="cite_ref-Lord_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lord-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Pioneer_(military)" title="Pioneer (military)">Pioneers</a> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_(Cinque_Ports)_Battalion,_Royal_Sussex_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment">1/5th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment</a> (joined 21 August 1915)</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Machine Gun">Machine Gun</a> Units </p> <ul><li>251st Machine Gun Company (joined 16 November 1917, moved to 48th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on 22 March 1918)</li> <li>48th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> (formed 22 March 1918 with 143rd, 144th, 145th and 251st Companies)</li></ul> <p>Medical and Veterinary </p> <ul><li>1/1st South Midland Field Ambulance, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a></li> <li>1/2nd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps</li> <li>1/3rd South Midland Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps</li> <li>1st South Midland Mobile Veterinary Section <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="Royal Army Veterinary Corps">Army Veterinary Corps</a></li> <li>48th (1/1st South Midland) Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps (formed 21 February 1915, left for III Corps 4 April 1917)</li> <li>48th (1/1st South Midland) Ambulance Workshop (joined in concentration area, absorbed in Divisional Supply Column on 4 April 1916)</li></ul> <p>Divisional Train, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">Army Service Corps</a> </p> <ul><li>459th (Divisional Headquarters) Company, ASC</li> <li>460th (Warwickshire Brigade) Company, ASC</li> <li>461st (Gloucester and Worcester Brigade) Company, ASC</li> <li>462nd (South Midland Brigade) Company, ASC</li></ul> <p>Others </p> <ul><li>242nd Divisional Employment Company (formed 16 June 1917)</li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interwar">Interwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Interwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the war, the 48th Divisional Signal Company was posted to <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/Norperforce" class="mw-redirect" title="Norperforce">Norperforce</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division was disbanded in June 1919, along with the rest of the Territorial Force. However, the Territorial Force was reformed in 1920 as the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) and the 48th Division was reconstituted as the 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Interwar_period" title="Interwar period">interwar period</a>, the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a> envisioned that, during future conflicts, the Territorial Army would be used as the basis for future expansion so as to avoid raising a new <a href="/wiki/Kitchener%27s_Army" title="Kitchener's Army">Kitchener's Army</a>. However, as the 1920s and 1930s wore on, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Government of the United Kingdom">British Government</a> prioritised funding for the regular army over the territorials, allowing recruitment and equipment levels to languish.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200153_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200153-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Chichester,_4th_Baron_Templemore" title="Arthur Chichester, 4th Baron Templemore">Baron Templemore</a>, as part of a <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> debate on the Territorial Army, stated that the division - on 1 October 1924 - mustered 338 officers and 7,721 other ranks.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historian David French highlights that "by April 1937 the Territorial Army had reached less than 80 per cent of its shrunken peacetime establishment" and "Its value as an immediate reserve was, therefore, limited."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200153_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200153-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Edward Smalley comments that "48th Divisional Signals operated on an improvised organizational structure" for most of the 1930s, due to being below 50 per cent strength. He further highlights how the TA, and the division in particular, "never kept pace with technological developments." In 1937, the division was operating just two radio sets on a full-time basis and had to borrow additional units from the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd Infantry Division</a> for annual training camps.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmalley201588–89_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESmalley201588–89-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:British_training_exercises_in_France,_26_January_1940_(49784223326).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png/220px-British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png/330px-British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png/440px-British_training_exercises_in_France%2C_26_January_1940_%2849784223326%29.png 2x" data-file-width="2319" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption>An officer briefs his <a href="/wiki/Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">section</a> leaders during an <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercise</a> in the snow by men of the 1/7th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a>, between Douai and Orchies, France, 26 January 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>On the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>, the 48th Division was mobilised in early September 1939, under the command of <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major General</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowther_Roberts" title="Frank Crowther Roberts">Frank Roberts</a>, who had won the <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> (VC) in the Great War. After spending a few months in England training the division, now commanded by Major General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Thorne" title="Andrew Thorne">Sir Andrew Thorne</a> after Roberts' retirement in December, landed in France in early January 1940<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377–78_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377–78-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and became part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF), the first complete division of the TA to do so. The division came under command of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Dill" title="John Dill">Sir John Dill</a>'s <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps</a>. Soon after their arrival, the 48th Division exchanged some of its units with the Regular divisions. For example, in the <a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">143rd Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/5th_(Huntingdonshire)_Battalion,_Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="5th (Huntingdonshire) Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment">5th Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="Northamptonshire Regiment">Northamptonshire Regiment</a> was exchanged with the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a>, a Regular Army unit, and transferred to the <a href="/wiki/11th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_East" class="mw-redirect" title="11th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters South East">11th Infantry Brigade</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th Infantry Division</a>. This was official policy within the BEF and was, in theory, intended to strengthen the inexperienced Territorial divisions with experienced Regulars.<sup id="cite_ref-BMH_48_39_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BMH_48_39-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France_and_Dunkirk">France and Dunkirk</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: France and Dunkirk"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Germans invaded France and the Low Countries</a> on 10 May 1940, the BEF moved forward to occupy pre-planned positions in Belgium, but the rapid German breakthrough into France caused it to <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">retreat towards Dunkirk</a>. </p><p>On 23 May, 48th Division was pulled out to form a new defence line along the canal between <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">Saint-Omer</a> and the coast. Lord Gort's BEF story describes the distinguished and heroic defence by General Thorne, commanding the 48th Division and the delaying actions of his 145th Brigade at <a href="/wiki/Cassel,_Nord" title="Cassel, Nord">Cassel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hazebrouck" title="Hazebrouck">Hazebrouck</a> and 144th Brigade at Wormhoudt, saying that "it was their defence on the western side of the corridor in the closing stages that allowed so many of their comrades to pass into safety". The 48th and 44th Divisions withstood repeated attacks along the 20 mile frontage. On 28 May when the front began to crumble all around them, they were ordered to continue to hold for a few more hours. The garrison from 145 Brigade at Hazebrouck was overrun but some elements at Cassel and 144 Brigade at Wormhoudt withdrew that night. The remnants of 44th division and 48th Division were attached to 1st Corps and the last to leave the beaches on 30 May.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the same time frame the 48th divisional CRA (Commander, Royal Artillery), <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier</a> <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lawson,_4th_Baron_Burnham" title="Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham">Edward Lawson</a>, was sent with 'X Force' of artillery, machine guns and infantry ahead of the division to occupy the chosen positions.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the unexpected surrender of Belgian forces on 27 May 1940 led to a gap appearing between 48th Division in action around Saint-Omer and the coast at <a href="/wiki/Nieuwpoort,_Belgium" title="Nieuwpoort, Belgium">Nieuwpoort</a>. Until <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II Corps</a> could arrive to plug this gap, Lawson was responsible for what the <i>Official History</i> calls 'the most dangerously exposed part of the bridgehead'.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was ordered by the commander of the Dunkirk perimeter, the <a href="/wiki/III_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="III Corps (United Kingdom)">III Corps</a> commander <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Forbes_Adam" title="Ronald Forbes Adam">Ronald Adam</a>, to improvise a defence line along the canal and prevent the Germans breaking through to the vital beaches east of Dunkirk where much of the BEF was waiting to be evacuated. At 11.00 on 28 May, advanced German troops reached the canal line, but Lawson seized on the Territorial gunners of the <a href="/wiki/London_Heavy_Brigade,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="London Heavy Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery">53rd (London) Medium Regiment, RA</a> who were marching towards Dunkirk having fired off all their ammunition and destroyed their guns. Together with detachments of Regular gunners from both the 2nd Medium and 1st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiments, and sappers from 7th Field Company, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a>, they fought as infantry to hold the line. They came under heavy mortar and machine gun fire, and the Germans seized a <a href="/wiki/Bridgehead" title="Bridgehead">bridgehead</a> at Nieuwpoort, but all subsequent attacks that day were repulsed. Brigadier Lawson's scratch force was relieved next day and then <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">evacuated to Britain</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Chronology_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chronology-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="">48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1939–40) </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p>143rd Infantry Brigade<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">143rd Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li>1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Regiment" title="Northamptonshire Regiment">Northamptonshire Regiment</a>(until 29 January 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (from 29 January 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>144th Infantry Brigade<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/144th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="144th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">144th Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Gloucestershire_Rifle_Volunteers#5th_Gloucesters" title="2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers">5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (until 5 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (from 5 February 1940 until 9 December 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_Regiment" title="South Staffordshire Regiment">South Staffordshire Regiment</a> (from 9 December 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>145th Infantry Brigade <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/145th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="145th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">145th Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li>4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (until 5 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (from 5 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>145th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Divisional Troops </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/67th_(South_Midland)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">67th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (until 31 January 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(South_Midland)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">68th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/99th_(Buckinghamshire_Yeomanry)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">99th (Buckinghamshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (until 1 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18th Field Regiment, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> (from 1 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 31 January 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/115th_(North_Midland)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">115th (North Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (from 19 May 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Own_Worcestershire_Hussars" title="Queen's Own Worcestershire Hussars">53rd (Worcestershire Yeomanry) Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Divisional_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers">48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>224th (South Midland) Field Company</li> <li>225th (South Midland) Field Company (until 16 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>226th (South Midland) Field Company<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9th Field Company (from 16 February 1940) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>227th (South Midland) Field Park Company<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Divisional_Signals" class="mw-redirect" title="48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals">48th (South Midland) Divisional Signals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Lothians_and_Border_Horse" title="Lothians and Border Horse">Lothians and Border Horse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="Royal Armoured Corps">Royal Armoured Corps</a> (until 27 April 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Home_defence_and_training">Home defence and training</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Home defence and training"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 48th Division, much depleted in numbers, completed its return to the United Kingdom on 1 June. The division, commanded from 18 June by Major General <a href="/wiki/Roderic_Petre" title="Roderic Petre">Roderic Petre</a>, was subsequently posted to <a href="/wiki/Western_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Western Command (United Kingdom)">Western Command</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Southern Command (United Kingdom)">Southern Command</a>, and <a href="/wiki/VIII_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VIII Corps (United Kingdom)">VIII Corps</a> under Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Harold_Franklyn" title="Harold Franklyn">Harold Franklyn</a> and began training in preparation to repel <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">Operation Sea Lion</a>, the German invasion of England, which proved abortive.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the war, the divisions of the British Army were divided between "Higher Establishment" and "Lower Establishment" formations. The former were intended for deployment overseas for field operations, whereas the latter were strictly for home defence in a static role.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198865_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198865-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench2001188_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench2001188-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During November 1941, the division was placed on the "Lower Establishment" and assigned to <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">I Corps District</a>, commanded by Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Henry_Willcox" title="Henry Willcox">Henry Willcox</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H18710.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1933" data-file-height="1748" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 1/7th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Royal Warwickshire Regiment</a>, digging in with entrenching tools during training at Horncastle, 15 April 1942.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the winter of 1942–43, the British Army overhauled its training of recruits. The 48th was one of three divisions that were changed from "Lower Establishment" units to "Reserve Divisions".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198866_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198866-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 20 December, the division was renamed the <b>48th Infantry (Reserve) Division</b>, becoming a training formation in the process. This reorganisation took place during 1943 and the division held this training role for the remainder of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198866_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198866-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These three divisions were supplemented by a fourth training formation (the <a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th Infantry (Reserve) Division</a>), which was raised on 1 January 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003103_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003103-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 48th Infantry (Reserve) Division was assigned to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Northern Command (United Kingdom)">Northern Command</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soldiers who had completed their corps training were sent to these training divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200168-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The soldiers were given five weeks of additional training at the <a href="/wiki/Section_(military_unit)" title="Section (military unit)">section</a>, <a href="/wiki/Platoon" title="Platoon">platoon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a> level, before undertaking a final three-day <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercise</a>. Troops would then be ready to be sent overseas to join other formations.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200168-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Training was handled in this manner to relieve the "Higher Establishment" divisions from being milked for replacements for other units and to allow them to intensively train without having to cope with recruits.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, from 17 October 1942 until 30 September 1943, the <a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">10th Tank Brigade</a> was assigned to the division for the holding and training of reinforcements to armoured units.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 7 November 1943, the <a href="/wiki/145th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="145th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">145th Infantry Brigade</a> was disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 June 1944, the 48th Infantry (Reserve) Division, along with the other training divisions (the <a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a>, <a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a>, and the 80th), had a combined total of 22,355 men. Of this number, only 1,100 were immediately available as replacements for the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>, at the time of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a> and the Battle of Normandy.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200752_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200752-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining 21,255 men were considered ineligible for service abroad due to a variety of reasons, ranging from medical, not being considered fully fit or insufficiently trained. Over the following six months, up to 75 per cent of these men were deployed to reinforce the 21st Army Group, following the completion of their training and having met the required fitness levels.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200748–51_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200748–51-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Stephen Hart wrote that, by September, the 21st Army Group "had bled <a href="/wiki/Commander-in-Chief,_Home_Forces" title="Commander-in-Chief, Home Forces">Home Forces</a> dry of draftable riflemen", due to the losses suffered in the Battle of Normandy, leaving the army in Britain (with the exception of the <a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division</a>) with just "young lads, old men and the unfit".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200749–50_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200749–50-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Due to the decreased need for such a formation, the division was disbanded after the war on 1 November 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="toccolours collapsible collapsed" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="">48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1941–45) </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <p>143rd Infantry Brigade<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/143rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="143rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">143rd Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li>1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until 3 October 1942) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (until 13 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>143rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (until 1 April 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (until 9 November 1941))<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Somerset_Light_Infantry" title="Somerset Light Infantry">Somerset Light Infantry</a> (from 16 November 1941 until 3 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">Suffolk Regiment</a> (from 4 September 1942 until 26 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Green_Howards" title="Green Howards">Green Howards</a> (from 13 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/West_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="West Yorkshire Regiment">West Yorkshire Regiment</a> (from 26 July until 23 August 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Wellington%27s_Regiment" title="Duke of Wellington's Regiment">Duke of Wellington's Regiment</a> (from 28 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/York_and_Lancaster_Regiment" title="York and Lancaster Regiment">York and Lancaster Regiment</a> (from 1 August 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Sherwood_Foresters" title="Sherwood Foresters">Sherwood Foresters</a> (23-31 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (from 24 August 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>144th Infantry Brigade<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/144th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="144th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">144th Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li>5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (until 21 April 1941, then converted into 48th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_Corps" title="Reconnaissance Corps">Reconnaissance Corps</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>8th Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (until 9 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>144th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (11 February 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>11th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment (until 1 January 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry (from 20 April 1941 until 13 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>31st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Ulster Rifles</a> (19-27 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7th Battalion, Royal Ulster Rifles (from 27 September 1942 until 14 November 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>17th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Fusiliers" title="Royal Fusiliers">Royal Fusiliers</a>(from 10 December 1942 until 19 November 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (from 2 November 1943 until 9 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Inniskilling_Fusiliers" title="Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers">Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers</a> (from 19 November 1943 until 9 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Cameronians_(Scottish_Rifles)" title="Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)">Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)</a> (from 23 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Seaforth_Highlanders" title="Seaforth Highlanders">Seaforth Highlanders</a> (from 24 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>10th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Black_Watch" title="Black Watch">Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)</a> (from 22 July 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/London_Scottish_(regiment)" title="London Scottish (regiment)">London Scottish</a> (from 10 September 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>145th Infantry Brigade (until 6 November 1943) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/145th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="145th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">145th Infantry Brigade</a></div> <ul><li>4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (until 2 November 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (until 12 December 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>145th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (until 11 February 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (until 10 December 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)</a> (from 12 December 1942 until 6 November 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>5th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (from 3 January 1943 until 6 November 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>10th Tank Brigade (from 17 October 1942 until 30 September 1943) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">10th Tank Brigade</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/108th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">108th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/109th_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">109th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/143rd_Regiment_Royal_Armoured_Corps" title="143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps">143rd Regiment Royal Armoured Corps</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Divisional Troops </p> <ul><li>68th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 22 August 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 12 February 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>24th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 22 August 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>23rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 13 February 1941 until 14 November 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/173rd_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="173rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">173rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (from 12 January 1942 until 30 March 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/180th_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="180th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">180th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (from 26 December 1942 until 31 August 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/120th_(South_Midland)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="120th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">120th (South Midland) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> (from 1 September 1944)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>168th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 10 April 1945 until 29 June 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>12th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 9 July 1945)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>53rd Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (until 14 October 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>93rd Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 12 November 1941 until 7 August 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>96th Anti-tank Regiment, Royal Artillery (from 5 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>48th (South Midland) Divisional Engineers, Royal Engineers <ul><li>224th Field Company(until 13 March 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>226th Field Company <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>9th Field Company (until 12 November 1941) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>792nd Field Company (from 30 May 1945) <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>227th Field Park Company (until 13 December 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Divisional Field Stores, 77th Section<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Divisional Field Stores, 77th Platoon<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608_60-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>48th Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (until 19 December 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>48th (Reserve) Divisional Signals, Royal Corps of Signals (from 20 December 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Reconnaissance <ul><li>5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment (from 12 July 1941, converted into <a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Reconnaissance_Regiment" title="43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment">48th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps</a> 14 October,<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> transferred to <a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division</a> 18 November 1941)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>48th Independent Company, <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_Corps" title="Reconnaissance Corps">Reconnaissance Corps</a> (joined from <a href="/wiki/15th_Battalion,_Reconnaissance_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps">15th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps</a> 4 January 1942,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> redesignated <a href="/wiki/48th_Independent_Reconnaissance_Squadron" class="mw-redirect" title="48th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron">48th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron</a> 6 June 1942; transferred to <a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th (Reserve) Division</a> 3 January 1943).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Postwar">Postwar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was not reformed in the Territorial Army in 1947. In 1961 the division became a district headquarters as <b>48th (South Midland) Division/District</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was disbanded on the reduction of the TA into the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Army_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve">Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve</a> on 1 April 1967, when many individual TA units lost their identities.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district headquarters itself formed the core of the structure for the creation of <a href="/wiki/Western_District_(British_Army)" title="Western District (British Army)">West Midlands District</a> under <a href="/wiki/Land_Command" title="Land Command">HQ UK Land Forces</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_officer_commanding">General officer commanding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: General officer commanding"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General officer commanding</a></div> <p>Commanders included: </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Appointed </th> <th>General officer commanding </th></tr> <tr> <td>April 1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier_General_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier General (United Kingdom)">Brigadier-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Herbert_Raitt" title="Herbert Raitt">Herbert Raitt</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1911 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Thorneycroft" title="Alexander Thorneycroft">Alexander Thorneycroft</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1 July 1912 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Keir" title="John Keir">John Keir</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 July 1914 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Edward_Graham_(British_Army_officer)" title="Edward Graham (British Army officer)">Edward Graham</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 August 1914 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Henry_Heath_(British_Army_officer)" title="Henry Heath (British Army officer)">Henry Heath</a> (<i>sick, 7 May 1915</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 May 1915 </td> <td>Brigadier-General W. K. McClintock (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May 1915 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Robert_Fanshawe_(British_Army_officer)" title="Robert Fanshawe (British Army officer)">Sir Robert Fanshawe</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 June 1918 </td> <td>Brigadier-General J Steele <i>(acting)</i><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 July 1918 </td> <td>Major-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Harold_Walker_(British_Army_officer)" title="Harold Walker (British Army officer)">Harold Walker</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1923 </td> <td>Major-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Percy_Radcliffe_(British_Army_officer)" title="Percy Radcliffe (British Army officer)">Percy Radcliffe</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1926 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Tait_Pitman" title="Thomas Tait Pitman">Thomas Tait Pitman</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1930 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Ivo_Vesey" title="Ivo Vesey">Ivo Vesey</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1931 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Cuthbert_Fuller" title="Cuthbert Fuller">Cuthbert Fuller</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1935 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Butler_(British_Army_officer)" title="Stephen Butler (British Army officer)">Stephen Butler</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1939 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Frank_Crowther_Roberts" title="Frank Crowther Roberts">Frank Crowther Roberts</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 October 1939 </td> <td>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lawson,_4th_Baron_Burnham" title="Edward Lawson, 4th Baron Burnham">Honorable Edward Lawson</a> (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 October 1939 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Thorne" title="Andrew Thorne">Andrew Thorne</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 June 1940 </td> <td>Brigadier James Muirhead (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 June 1940 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Roderic_Petre" title="Roderic Petre">Roderic Loraine Petre</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 October 1941 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Edward_Grassett" class="mw-redirect" title="Arthur Edward Grassett">Arthur Grassett</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 November 1941 </td> <td>Brigadier James Muirhead (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 December 1941 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Hayman_Hayman-Joyce" title="Hayman Hayman-Joyce">Hayman Hayman-Joyce</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 August 1943 </td> <td>Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Philip_Bowden-Smith" title="Philip Bowden-Smith">Philip Bowden-Smith</a> (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 September 1943 </td> <td>Brigadier William Leslie Dibben (<i>acting</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 September 1943 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Horatio_Pettus_Mackintosh_Berney-Ficklin" class="mw-redirect" title="Horatio Pettus Mackintosh Berney-Ficklin">Horatio Berney-Ficklin</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 March 1944 (until 1946) </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/William_Bradshaw_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Bradshaw (British Army officer)">William Bradshaw</a> <sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1961 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Worsley_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Worsley (British Army officer)">John Worsley</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1963 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Willoughby_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Willoughby (British Army officer)">John Willoughby</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1965 (until April 1967) </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Peter_Gillett" title="Peter Gillett">Peter Gillett</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <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=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1259569809">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/32px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/48px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/64px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:United_Kingdom" title="Portal:United Kingdom">United Kingdom portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Carrington_(British_Army_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Carrington (British Army officer)">Charles Carrington</a>, a member of the division and subsequent author.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Poulton-Palmer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ronald Poulton-Palmer">Ronald Poulton-Palmer</a>, captain of the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England national rugby union team</a> and a member of the division who was killed in 1915.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Footnotes</dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-75Bde-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-75Bde_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-75Bde_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-75Bde_22-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">1/8th <a href="/wiki/Royal_Warwickshire_Regiment" title="Royal Warwickshire Regiment">Warwicks</a>, 1/8th <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_Regiment" title="Worcestershire Regiment">Worcs</a> and 1/5th <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Regiment" title="Gloucestershire Regiment">Glosters</a> left the division on 11 and 12 September 1918 and proceeded to the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">BEF</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> where they joined <a href="/wiki/75th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="75th Brigade (United Kingdom)">75th Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The divisional artillery was originally organised as 9 batteries of four <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_BLC_15-pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance BLC 15-pounder">15 pounders</a> and 2 batteries of four <a href="/wiki/BL_5-inch_howitzer" title="BL 5-inch howitzer">5" howitzers</a>. By January 1917, it had been re-armed with modern weapons and reorganised with 6 batteries of six <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18-pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="Ordnance QF 18-pounder">18 pounders</a> and 2 batteries of six <a href="/wiki/QF_4.5-inch_howitzer" title="QF 4.5-inch howitzer">4.5" howitzers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Having entered military service, a recruit was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/General_Service_Corps" title="General Service Corps">General Service Corps</a>. They would then undertake six weeks training at a Primary Training Centre and take aptitude and intelligence tests. The recruit would then be posted to a Corps Training Centre specialising in the arm of the service they were joining. For those who would be joining the infantry, corps training involved a further sixteen week course. For more specialised roles, such as signallers, it could be up to thirty weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200168-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The war establishment—the paper strength—of a "Higher Establishment" infantry division in 1944 was 18,347 men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003130–131_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003130–131-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <dl><dt>Citations</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-3"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEChappell198624-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEChappell198624_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFChappell1986">Chappell 1986</a>, p. 24.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30072623">"Badge, formation, 48th (South Midland) Infantry Division"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</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=Imperial+War+Museum&rft.atitle=Badge%2C+formation%2C+48th+%28South+Midland%29+Infantry+Division&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F30072623&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19884–6-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19884–6_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerry1988">Perry 1988</a>, pp. 4–6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry19886-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry19886_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerry1988">Perry 1988</a>, p. 6.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke2013xxviii-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke2013xxviii_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFitzM._Stacke2013">FitzM. Stacke 2013</a>, p. xxviii.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBeckett1991215-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBeckett1991215_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBeckett1991">Beckett 1991</a>, p. 215.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHall201120-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHall201120_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHall2011">Hall 2011</a>, p. 20.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHall1910213-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHall1910213_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHall1910">Hall 1910</a>, p. 213.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Conrad-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Conrad_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Conrad_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFConrad1996" class="citation web cs1">Conrad, Mark (1996). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://marksrussianmilitaryhistory.info/BRIT14.html">"The British Army, 1914"</a><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+British+Army%2C+1914&rft.date=1996&rft.aulast=Conrad&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmarksrussianmilitaryhistory.info%2FBRIT14.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWestlake2011" class="citation book cs1">Westlake, Ray (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WbbNDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90"><i>The Territorials, 1908–1914: A Guide for Military and Family Historians</i></a>. Pen & Sword. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1848843608" title="Special:BookSources/978-1848843608"><bdi>978-1848843608</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+Territorials%2C+1908%E2%80%931914%3A+A+Guide+for+Military+and+Family+Historians&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1848843608&rft.aulast=Westlake&rft.aufirst=Ray&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DWbbNDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPT90&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTECarter201126,_30-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarter201126,_30_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFCarter2011">Carter 2011</a>, pp. 26, 30.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHarrisWhippy20088-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHarrisWhippy20088_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHarrisWhippy2008">Harris & Whippy 2008</a>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchinson2008209-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchinson2008209_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMitchinson2008">Mitchinson 2008</a>, p. 209.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESwan201523-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESwan201523_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSwan2015">Swan 2015</a>, p. 23.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESimkins200743–46-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESimkins200743–46_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSimkins2007">Simkins 2007</a>, pp. 43–46.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201367-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201367_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFitzM._Stacke2013">FitzM. Stacke 2013</a>, p. 67.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/regiment012.htm">"The Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918"</a>. <i>50megs.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 June</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=50megs.com&rft.atitle=The+Royal+Warwickshire+Regiment+1914-1918&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fbattlefields1418.50megs.com%2Fregiment012.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201346-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFitzM._Stacke201346_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFitzM._Stacke2013">FitzM. Stacke 2013</a>, p. 46.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEOgle19938-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOgle19938_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFOgle1993">Ogle 1993</a>, p. 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677–83_20-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1936">Becke 1936</a>, pp. 77–83.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LLT_48Div-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LLT_48Div_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBaker" class="citation web cs1">Baker, Chris. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1914-1918.net/48div.htm">"The 48th (South Midland) Division in 1914-1918"</a>. The Long, Long Trail<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division+in+1914-1918&rft.pub=The+Long%2C+Long+Trail&rft.aulast=Baker&rft.aufirst=Chris&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.1914-1918.net%2F48div.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Farndale, p. 94.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRinaldi" class="citation web cs1">Rinaldi, Richard A. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140124134241/http://orbat.com/site/uk_orbats/files/6/RE%20World%20War%20I.pdf">"Royal Engineers, World War I"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. Orbat.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://orbat.com/site/uk_orbats/files/6/RE%20World%20War%20I.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 24 January 2014.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Royal+Engineers%2C+World+War+I&rft.pub=Orbat.com&rft.aulast=Rinaldi&rft.aufirst=Richard+A.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Forbat.com%2Fsite%2Fuk_orbats%2Ffiles%2F6%2FRE%2520World%2520War%2520I.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Lord-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Lord_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lord & Watson, p. 159.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Haldane.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200153-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200153_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200153_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrench2001">French 2001</a>, p. 53.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1925/jul/22/the-territorial-force#S5LV0062P0_19250722_HOL_53">"THE TERRITORIAL FORCE: HL Deb 22 July 1925 vol 62 cc243-66"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)</a></i>. 22 July 1925<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 November</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=Parliamentary+Debates+%28Hansard%29&rft.atitle=THE+TERRITORIAL+FORCE%3A+HL+Deb+22+July+1925+vol+62+cc243-66&rft.date=1925-07-22&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Flords%2F1925%2Fjul%2F22%2Fthe-territorial-force%23S5LV0062P0_19250722_HOL_53&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESmalley201588–89-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESmalley201588–89_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFSmalley2015">Smalley 2015</a>, pp. 88–89.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377–78-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377–78_31-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, pp. 77–78.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BMH_48_39-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BMH_48_39_32-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPalmer2012" class="citation web cs1">Palmer, Rob (22 January 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194944/http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/48-Infantry-Division-1939-.pdf">"48th (South Midland) Infantry Division (1939)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. British Military History. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk/webeasycms/hold/uploads/bmh_document_pdf/48-Infantry-Division-1939-.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 23 September 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=48th+%28South+Midland%29+Infantry+Division+%281939%29&rft.pub=British+Military+History&rft.date=2012-01-22&rft.aulast=Palmer&rft.aufirst=Rob&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmilitaryhistory.co.uk%2Fwebeasycms%2Fhold%2Fuploads%2Fbmh_document_pdf%2F48-Infantry-Division-1939-.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lord Gort's Story of the BEF, Evening Dispatch 17 October 1941 p.3 accessed 31 June 2023</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ellis, <i>France & Flanders</i>, Ch. VIII <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-8.html">[1]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Ellis-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Ellis_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Ellis, <i>France & Flanders</i>, Ch. IX <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/UK-NWE-Flanders-9.html">[2]</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Butler & Bradford, pp. 158–9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bryant, pp. 144–5, 149.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Richards.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Chronology-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Chronology_39-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://53rdmediumregtra.webs.com/unitchronolgy19391946.htm">Chronology at 53rd Regt website.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200376_40-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 76.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003328_41-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 328.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003329_42-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 329.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003330_43-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 330.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-12"><sup><i><b>m</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-13"><sup><i><b>n</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-14"><sup><i><b>o</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-15"><sup><i><b>p</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-16"><sup><i><b>q</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-17"><sup><i><b>r</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-18"><sup><i><b>s</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-19"><sup><i><b>t</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-20"><sup><i><b>u</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-21"><sup><i><b>v</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-22"><sup><i><b>w</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-23"><sup><i><b>x</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-24"><sup><i><b>y</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-25"><sup><i><b>z</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-26"><sup><i><b>aa</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-27"><sup><i><b>ab</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-28"><sup><i><b>ac</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-29"><sup><i><b>ad</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-30"><sup><i><b>ae</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-31"><sup><i><b>af</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-32"><sup><i><b>ag</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-33"><sup><i><b>ah</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-34"><sup><i><b>ai</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-35"><sup><i><b>aj</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-36"><sup><i><b>ak</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-37"><sup><i><b>al</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-38"><sup><i><b>am</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-39"><sup><i><b>an</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-40"><sup><i><b>ao</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-41"><sup><i><b>ap</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-42"><sup><i><b>aq</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-43"><sup><i><b>ar</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-44"><sup><i><b>as</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-45"><sup><i><b>at</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-46"><sup><i><b>au</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377_44-47"><sup><i><b>av</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">TNA WO 167/505</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198865-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198865_46-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerry1988">Perry 1988</a>, p. 65.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench2001188-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench2001188_47-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrench2001">French 2001</a>, p. 188.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198866-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198866_48-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198866_48-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFPerry1988">Perry 1988</a>, p. 66.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEForty2013Reserve_Divisions_49-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFForty2013">Forty 2013</a>, Reserve Divisions.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003103-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003103_50-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 103.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200168-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200168_51-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFFrench2001">French 2001</a>, p. 68.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003198_53-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 198.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200752-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200752_54-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart2007">Hart 2007</a>, p. 52.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003130–131-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003130–131_55-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, pp. 130–131.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200748–51-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200748–51_57-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart2007">Hart 2007</a>, pp. 48–51.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart200749–50-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart200749–50_58-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart2007">Hart 2007</a>, pp. 49–50.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/written-answers/1945/nov/27/territorial-army#S5CV0416P0_19451127_CWA_87">"Territorial Army: HC Deb 27 November 1945 vol 416 cc1248-9W"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Hansard" title="Hansard">Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)</a></i>. 27 November 1945<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 July</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=Parliamentary+Debates+%28Hansard%29&rft.atitle=Territorial+Army%3A+HC+Deb+27+November+1945+vol+416+cc1248-9W&rft.date=1945-11-27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.parliament.uk%2Fhistoric-hansard%2Fwritten-answers%2F1945%2Fnov%2F27%2Fterritorial-army%23S5CV0416P0_19451127_CWA_87&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608_60-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200377,_608_60-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, pp. 77, 608.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Daniell, pp. 288–9.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frederick, pp. 11, 111.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kemsley, Riesco & Chamberlin, pp. 1–4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.recce.adsl24.co.uk/regts/80th.htm">80th Reconnaissance Regiment at The Reconnaissance Corps website.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMOD" class="citation web cs1">MOD. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121012223835/https://www.army.mod.uk/structure/28439.aspx">"148 (West Midlands) Brigade - History of the Brigade"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.army.mod.uk/structure/28439.aspx">the original</a> on 12 October 2012<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">18 April</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=148+%28West+Midlands%29+Brigade+-+History+of+the+Brigade&rft.au=MOD&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.army.mod.uk%2Fstructure%2F28439.aspx&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFT_F_Mills2006" class="citation web cs1">T F Mills (26 May 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070816080229/http://www.regiments.org/formations/uk-cmdarmy/uk-d-mid.htm">"West Midland District"</a>. <i>regiments.org</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.regiments.org/formations/uk-cmdarmy/uk-d-mid.htm">the original</a> on 16 August 2007.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=regiments.org&rft.atitle=West+Midland+District&rft.date=2006-05-26&rft.au=T+F+Mills&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.regiments.org%2Fformations%2Fuk-cmdarmy%2Fuk-d-mid.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Watson & Rinaldi, p. 289.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPaxton1972" class="citation book cs1">Paxton, J. (1972). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=l43JDQAAQBAJ&q=HQ+UK+Land+Forces+1972+9+district+headquarters&pg=PA104"><i>The Statesman's Year-Book 1972-73: The Encyclopaedia for the Businessman-of-The-World</i></a>. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 104. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-27101-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-230-27101-2"><bdi>978-0-230-27101-2</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+Statesman%27s+Year-Book+1972-73%3A+The+Encyclopaedia+for+the+Businessman-of-The-World&rft.pages=104&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan+UK&rft.date=1972&rft.isbn=978-0-230-27101-2&rft.aulast=Paxton&rft.aufirst=J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dl43JDQAAQBAJ%26q%3DHQ%2BUK%2BLand%2BForces%2B1972%2B9%2Bdistrict%2Bheadquarters%26pg%3DPA104&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMackie2015207_69-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMackie2015">Mackie 2015</a>, p. 207.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke193677-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke193677_70-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1936">Becke 1936</a>, p. 77.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin refbegin-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em"> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBecke1936" class="citation book cs1">Becke, Major A.F. (1936). <i>Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Stationery_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="His Majesty's Stationery Office">His Majesty's Stationery Office</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-871167-12-4" title="Special:BookSources/1-871167-12-4"><bdi>1-871167-12-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Order+of+Battle+of+Divisions+Part+2A.+The+Territorial+Force+Mounted+Divisions+and+the+1st-Line+Territorial+Force+Divisions+%2842%E2%80%9356%29&rft.place=London&rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office&rft.date=1936&rft.isbn=1-871167-12-4&rft.aulast=Becke&rft.aufirst=Major+A.F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBecke1937" class="citation book cs1">Becke, Major A.F. (1937). <i>Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2B. The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th) with The Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/His_Majesty%27s_Stationery_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="His Majesty's Stationery Office">His Majesty's Stationery Office</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-871167-00-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-871167-00-0"><bdi>1-871167-00-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Order+of+Battle+of+Divisions+Part+2B.+The+2nd-Line+Territorial+Force+Divisions+%2857th%E2%80%9369th%29+with+The+Home-Service+Divisions+%2871st%E2%80%9373rd%29+and+74th+and+75th+Divisions&rft.place=London&rft.pub=His+Majesty%27s+Stationery+Office&rft.date=1937&rft.isbn=1-871167-00-0&rft.aulast=Becke&rft.aufirst=Major+A.F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeckett1991" class="citation book cs1">Beckett, Ian Frederick William (1991). <i>The Amateur Military Tradition, 1558-1945</i>. Manchester: Manchester University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-719-02912-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-719-02912-0"><bdi>0-719-02912-0</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+Amateur+Military+Tradition%2C+1558-1945&rft.place=Manchester&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1991&rft.isbn=0-719-02912-0&rft.aulast=Beckett&rft.aufirst=Ian+Frederick+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Bryant" title="Arthur Bryant">Sir Arthur Bryant</a>, <i>The Turn of the Tide, 1939–1943</i>, London: Collins, 1957.</li> <li>Lt-Col Ewan Butler and Maj J.S. Bradford, <i>The Story of Dunkirk</i>, London: Hutchinson/Arrow, nd.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCarter2011" class="citation book cs1">Carter, Terry (2011) [1997]. <i>Birmingham Pals: 14th, 15th & 16th (Service) Battalions of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment; A History of the Three City Battalions Raised in Birmingham in the Great War</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-8488-4422-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-8488-4422-3"><bdi>978-1-8488-4422-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Birmingham+Pals%3A+14th%2C+15th+%26+16th+%28Service%29+Battalions+of+the+Royal+Warwickshire+Regiment%3B+A+History+of+the+Three+City+Battalions+Raised+in+Birmingham+in+the+Great+War&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Military&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-8488-4422-3&rft.aulast=Carter&rft.aufirst=Terry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChappell1986" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Chappell" title="Michael Chappell">Chappell, Mike</a> (1986). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/britishbattleins00mike"><i>British Battle Insignia 1914–18</i></a></span>. Men-At-Arms. Vol. I. London: <a href="/wiki/Osprey_Publishing" title="Osprey Publishing">Osprey</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-850-45727-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-850-45727-8"><bdi>978-0-850-45727-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Battle+Insignia+1914%E2%80%9318&rft.place=London&rft.series=Men-At-Arms&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-0-850-45727-8&rft.aulast=Chappell&rft.aufirst=Mike&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbritishbattleins00mike&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>David Scott Daniell, <i>Cap of Honour: The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment (The 28th/61st Foot) 1694–1950</i>, London: Harrap, 1951.* <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Ellis" title="Lionel Ellis">Major L. F. Ellis</a>, <i>History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The War in France and Flanders 1939–1940</i>, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954. (Online at <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-NWE-Flanders/index.html">[3]</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Farndale" title="Martin Farndale">General Sir Martin Farndale</a>, <i>History of the Royal Regiment of Artillery: Western Front 1914–18</i>, Woolwich: Royal Artillery Institution, 1986, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-870114-00-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-870114-00-0">1-870114-00-0</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFitzM._Stacke2013" class="citation book cs1">FitzM. Stacke, H. (2013) [1928]. <i>Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War</i>. Vol. I. Luton: Andrews UK. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-781-50847-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-781-50847-3"><bdi>978-1-781-50847-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Worcestershire+Regiment+in+the+Great+War&rft.place=Luton&rft.pub=Andrews+UK&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-781-50847-3&rft.aulast=FitzM.+Stacke&rft.aufirst=H.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFForty2013" class="citation book cs1">Forty, George (2013) [1998]. <i>Companion to the British Army 1939–1945</i> (ePub ed.). New York: <a href="/wiki/The_History_Press" title="The History Press">Spellmount</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-750-95139-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-750-95139-5"><bdi>978-0-750-95139-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Companion+to+the+British+Army+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=New+York&rft.edition=ePub&rft.pub=Spellmount&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-0-750-95139-5&rft.aulast=Forty&rft.aufirst=George&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrench2001" class="citation book cs1">French, David (2001) [2000]. <i>Raising Churchill's Army: The British Army and the War Against Germany 1919–1945</i>. Oxford: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-199-24630-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-199-24630-4"><bdi>978-0-199-24630-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Raising+Churchill%27s+Army%3A+The+British+Army+and+the+War+Against+Germany+1919%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-0-199-24630-4&rft.aulast=French&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall1910" class="citation book cs1">Hall, Hammond (1910). <i>Hazell's Annual for 1910</i>. <a href="/wiki/Hazell,_Watson_and_Viney" title="Hazell, Watson and Viney">Hazell, Watson and Viney</a>. <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/163066551">163066551</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Hazell%27s+Annual+for+1910&rft.pub=Hazell%2C+Watson+and+Viney&rft.date=1910&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F163066551&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Hammond&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHall2011" class="citation book cs1">Hall, Brian (2011) [1997]. <i>Aspects of Birmingham: Discovering Local History</i>. Barnsley. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84884-422-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84884-422-3"><bdi>978-1-84884-422-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aspects+of+Birmingham%3A+Discovering+Local+History&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-84884-422-3&rft.aulast=Hall&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarrisWhippy2008" class="citation book cs1">Harris, Clive; Whippy, Julian (2008). <i>The Greater Game: Sporting Icons Who Fell in The Great War</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-844-15762-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-844-15762-4"><bdi>978-1-844-15762-4</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+Greater+Game%3A+Sporting+Icons+Who+Fell+in+The+Great+War&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Military&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-1-844-15762-4&rft.aulast=Harris&rft.aufirst=Clive&rft.au=Whippy%2C+Julian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHart2007" class="citation book cs1">Hart, Stephen Ashley (2007) [2000]. <i>Colossal Cracks: Montgomery's 21st Army Group in North-west Europe, 1944–45</i>. Mechanicsburg: <a href="/wiki/Stackpole_Books" title="Stackpole Books">Stackpole Books</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-811-73383-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-811-73383-0"><bdi>978-0-811-73383-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Colossal+Cracks%3A+Montgomery%27s+21st+Army+Group+in+North-west+Europe%2C+1944%E2%80%9345&rft.place=Mechanicsburg&rft.pub=Stackpole+Books&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-0-811-73383-0&rft.aulast=Hart&rft.aufirst=Stephen+Ashley&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHaldane,_J._Aylmer_L._Sir2005" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Aylmer_Haldane" title="Aylmer Haldane">Haldane, J. Aylmer L. Sir</a> (2005). <i>The insurrection in Mesopotamia, 1920</i>. London: The Imperial War Museum in association with The Battery Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1904897169" title="Special:BookSources/1904897169"><bdi>1904897169</bdi></a>. <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/60688896">60688896</a>. <a href="/wiki/OL_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OL (identifier)">OL</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openlibrary.org/books/OL22727753M">22727753M</a>. 1904897169.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+insurrection+in+Mesopotamia%2C+1920&rft.place=London&rft.pub=The+Imperial+War+Museum+in+association+with+The+Battery+Press&rft.date=2005&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F60688896&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fopenlibrary.org%2Fbooks%2FOL22727753M%23id-name%3DOL&rft.isbn=1904897169&rft.au=Haldane%2C+J.+Aylmer+L.+Sir&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJoslen2003" class="citation book cs1">Joslen, H. F. (2003) [1960]. <i>Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945</i>. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84342-474-1"><bdi>978-1-84342-474-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Orders+of+Battle%3A+Second+World+War%2C+1939%E2%80%931945&rft.place=Uckfield%2C+East+Sussex&rft.pub=Naval+and+Military+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-1-84342-474-1&rft.aulast=Joslen&rft.aufirst=H.+F.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Capt Walter Kemsley & Capt Michael R. Riesco, <i>The Scottish Lion on Patrol: Being the History of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment, 1943–46</i>, Bristol: White Swan Press, 1950/Revised edn (Tim Chamberlin, ed), Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2011, ISBN 978-1-39901-874-6.</li> <li>Cliff Lord & Graham Watson, <i>Royal Corps of Signals: Unit Histories of the Corps (1920–2001) and its Antecedents</i>, Solihull: Helion, 2003, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-874622-92-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-874622-92-2">1-874622-92-2</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMackie2015" class="citation web cs1">Mackie, Colin (2015). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112744/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf">"Senior Army Appointments: 1860-"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. www.gulabin.com. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201860-.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 4 March 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 November</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Senior+Army+Appointments%3A+1860-&rft.pub=www.gulabin.com&rft.date=2015&rft.aulast=Mackie&rft.aufirst=Colin&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gulabin.com%2Farmynavy%2Fpdf%2FArmy%2520Commands%25201860-.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitchinson2008" class="citation book cs1">Mitchinson, K. W. (2008). <i>England's Last Hope: The Territorial Force, 1908-14</i>. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-230-57454-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-230-57454-0"><bdi>978-0-230-57454-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=England%27s+Last+Hope%3A+The+Territorial+Force%2C+1908-14&rft.place=New+York&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-230-57454-0&rft.aulast=Mitchinson&rft.aufirst=K.+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOgle1993" class="citation book cs1">Ogle, Henry (1993). Glover, Michael (ed.). <i>The Fateful Battle Line: The Great War journals and sketches of Captain Henry Ogle</i>. London: Leo Cooper. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-85052-560-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-85052-560-8"><bdi>0-85052-560-8</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+Fateful+Battle+Line%3A+The+Great+War+journals+and+sketches+of+Captain+Henry+Ogle&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Leo+Cooper&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-85052-560-8&rft.aulast=Ogle&rft.aufirst=Henry&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerry1988" class="citation book cs1">Perry, Frederick William (1988). <i>The Commonwealth Armies: Manpower and Organisation in Two World Wars</i>. War, Armed Forces and Society. Manchester: <a href="/wiki/Manchester_University_Press" title="Manchester University Press">Manchester University Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-719-02595-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-719-02595-2"><bdi>978-0-719-02595-2</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+Commonwealth+Armies%3A+Manpower+and+Organisation+in+Two+World+Wars&rft.place=Manchester&rft.series=War%2C+Armed+Forces+and+Society&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-719-02595-2&rft.aulast=Perry&rft.aufirst=Frederick+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPlews2024" class="citation book cs1">Plews, Derek A. (2024). <i>A Brilliant Little Victory: The 48th (South Midland) Division on the Western and Italian Fronts During the First World War</i>. <a href="/wiki/Helion_(publisher)" title="Helion (publisher)">Helion</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1804514290" title="Special:BookSources/978-1804514290"><bdi>978-1804514290</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Brilliant+Little+Victory%3A+The+48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division+on+the+Western+and+Italian+Fronts+During+the+First+World+War&rft.pub=Helion&rft.date=2024&rft.isbn=978-1804514290&rft.aulast=Plews&rft.aufirst=Derek+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Huw Richards, 'Lawson, Edward Frederick, fourth Baron Burnham (1890–1963)', <i>Oxford Dictionary of National Biography</i>, Oxford: University Press, 2004–15.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSimkins2007" class="citation book cs1">Simkins, Frederick Peter (2007) [1988]. <i>Kitchener s Army: The Raising of the New Armies 1914 1916</i>. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Military. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-844-15585-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-844-15585-9"><bdi>978-1-844-15585-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kitchener+s+Army%3A+The+Raising+of+the+New+Armies+1914+1916&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Military&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=978-1-844-15585-9&rft.aulast=Simkins&rft.aufirst=Frederick+Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmalley2015" class="citation book cs1">Smalley, Edward (2015). <i>The British Expeditionary Force, 1939–40</i>. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-137-49419-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-137-49419-1"><bdi>978-1-137-49419-1</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+British+Expeditionary+Force%2C+1939%E2%80%9340&rft.place=Basingstoke&rft.pub=Palgrave+Macmillan&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-137-49419-1&rft.aulast=Smalley&rft.aufirst=Edward&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSwan2015" class="citation book cs1">Swan, Jonathan (2015). <i>Chelmsford in the Great War</i>. Your Towns and Cities in the Great War. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-473-82114-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-473-82114-9"><bdi>978-1-473-82114-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Chelmsford+in+the+Great+War&rft.place=Barnsley&rft.series=Your+Towns+and+Cities+in+the+Great+War&rft.pub=Pen+%26+Sword+Books&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-473-82114-9&rft.aulast=Swan&rft.aufirst=Jonathan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatsonRinaldi2018" class="citation book cs1">Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018). <i>The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018</i>. Tiger Lily Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4"><bdi>978-171790180-4</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+Corps+of+Royal+Engineers%3A+Organization+and+Units+1889%E2%80%932018&rft.pub=Tiger+Lily+Books&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-171790180-4&rft.aulast=Watson&rft.aufirst=Graham+E.&rft.au=Rinaldi%2C+Richard+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A48th+%28South+Midland%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=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.1914-1918.net/48div.htm">The British Army in the Great War: The 48th (South Midland) Division</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.patriotfiles.com/index.php?name=Sections&req=viewarticle&artid=6694&page=1">The Patriot Files: British Southern Command on 3 September 1939</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://53rdmediumregtra.webs.com">53rd London Medium Regiment website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140124134241/http://orbat.com/site/uk_orbats/files/6/RE%20World%20War%20I.pdf">Richard A. Rinaldi, <i>Royal Engineers, World War I</i> at Orbat.com</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://140th-field-regiment-ra-1940.co.uk">The battle at Cassel</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Divisions_of_the_British_Army" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:British_Army_Divisions" title="Template:British Army Divisions"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:British_Army_Divisions" title="Template talk:British Army Divisions"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:British_Army_Divisions" title="Special:EditPage/Template:British Army Divisions"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Divisions_of_the_British_Army" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Divisions of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></div></th></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="Active" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Active</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_and_Parachute_Division" title="Guards and Parachute Division">Guards and Parachute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Division" title="Union Division">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 href="/wiki/63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division" title="63rd (Royal Naval) Division">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"> <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/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?useformat=desktop&type=1x1&usesul3=0" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&oldid=1257260961">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&oldid=1257260961</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Infantry_divisions_of_the_British_Army_in_World_War_I" title="Category:Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I">Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War I</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Infantry_divisions_of_the_British_Army_in_World_War_II" title="Category:Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II">Infantry divisions of the British Army in World War II</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_established_in_1908" title="Category:Military units and formations established in 1908">Military units and formations established in 1908</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1908_establishments_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Category:1908 establishments in the United Kingdom">1908 establishments in the United Kingdom</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_March_2015" title="Category:Use dmy dates from March 2015">Use dmy dates from March 2015</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:EngvarB_from_December_2017" title="Category:EngvarB from December 2017">EngvarB from December 2017</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">CS1 maint: location missing publisher</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 14 November 2024, at 01:23<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=48th_(South_Midland)_Division&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-858ddf96d-9ltbr","wgBackendResponseTime":150,"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"1.580","walltime":"1.841","ppvisitednodes":{"value":14563,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":258510,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":20826,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":14,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":9,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":176158,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":0,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 1558.361 1 -total"," 35.06% 546.341 171 Template:Sfn"," 14.34% 223.493 2 Template:Reflist"," 13.27% 206.824 24 Template:Cite_book"," 11.23% 174.933 1 Template:British_Army_Divisions"," 10.94% 170.533 1 Template:Navbox_with_collapsible_groups"," 10.44% 162.730 1 Template:Infobox_military_unit"," 9.79% 152.573 11 Template:Cite_web"," 9.18% 143.120 1 Template:Infobox"," 6.19% 96.530 2 Template:Short_description"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.963","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":7851982,"limit":52428800},"limitreport-logs":"anchor_id_list = table#1 {\n [\"CITEREFBaker\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBecke1936\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBecke1937\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFBeckett1991\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFCarter2011\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFChappell1986\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFConrad1996\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFitzM._Stacke2013\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFForty2013\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFFrench2001\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHaldane,_J._Aylmer_L._Sir2005\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHall1910\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHall2011\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHarrisWhippy2008\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFHart2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMOD\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMackie2015\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFMitchinson2008\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFOgle1993\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPalmer2012\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPaxton1972\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPerry1988\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFPlews2024\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFRinaldi\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSimkins2007\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSmalley2015\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFSwan2015\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFT_F_Mills2006\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWatsonRinaldi2018\"] = 1,\n [\"CITEREFWestlake2011\"] = 1,\n}\ntemplate_list = table#1 {\n [\"Army\"] = 1,\n [\"British Army Divisions\"] = 1,\n [\"Cite book\"] = 23,\n [\"Cite web\"] = 11,\n [\"DEFAULTSORT:48 Infantry Division\"] = 1,\n [\"Efn\"] = 6,\n [\"EngvarB\"] = 1,\n [\"Flag\"] = 1,\n [\"ISBN\"] = 2,\n [\"Infobox military unit\"] = 1,\n [\"Joslen-OOB\"] = 1,\n [\"Main\"] = 7,\n [\"Notelist\"] = 1,\n [\"Portal\"] = 1,\n [\"Refbegin\"] = 1,\n [\"Refend\"] = 1,\n [\"Reflist\"] = 1,\n [\"See also\"] = 1,\n [\"Sfn\"] = 171,\n [\"Short description\"] = 1,\n [\"Use dmy dates\"] = 1,\n}\narticle_whitelist = table#1 {\n}\nciteref_patterns = table#1 {\n}\n"},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.eqiad.main-d948c7fb8-f45z8","timestamp":"20241206101522","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"48th (South Midland) Division","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/48th_(South_Midland)_Division","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2474468","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q2474468","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2004-10-02T07:31:19Z","dateModified":"2024-11-14T01:23:30Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/d\/dd\/WW1_British_48th_Division.svg","headline":"fromer infantry division of the British Army"}</script> </body> </html>