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title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Role</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_infantry" title="Heavy infantry">Heavy infantry</a></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;">Patron</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/King_George_V" class="mw-redirect" title="King George V">King George V</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1116488514">.mw-parser-output .treeview ul{padding:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .treeview li{padding:0;margin:0;list-style-type:none;list-style-image:none}.mw-parser-output .treeview li 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the Somme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Second Battle of the Somme">Second Battle of the Somme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Arras" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of Arras">Second Battle of Arras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindenburg_Line" title="Hindenburg Line">Hindenburg Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amiens_(1918)" title="Battle of Amiens (1918)">Third Battle of Picardy</a></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> </div></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/Rudolph_Lambart,_10th_Earl_of_Cavan" title="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan">Earl of Cavan</a></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>Guards 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> that was formed in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">Great War</a> in France in 1915 from battalions of the <a href="/wiki/Foot_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="Foot Guards">Guards regiments</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">Regular Army</a>. The division served on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> for the duration of the First World War. The division's insignia was the "All Seeing Eye". </p><p>There was also a Guards Division in the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> which was formed on 12 June 1945 from the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a> which had undergone reorganisation. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&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-heading4"><h4 id="Formation">Formation</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 1915, during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> (1914–1918), <a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">George V</a> approved the formation of a <b>Guards Division</b> and in August 1915 the division was formed at <a href="/wiki/Lumbres" title="Lumbres">Lumbres</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Saint-Omer" title="Saint-Omer">St Omer</a>, France.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke30_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke30-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">4th (Guards) Brigade</a> was transferred complete from the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Division</a> and redesignated as the <a href="/wiki/1st_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Guards Brigade</a>; the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Guards Brigade</a> was formed with two battalions from <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and two more transferred from <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st (Guards) Brigade</a>, <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 Division</a>; and the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Guards Brigade</a> likewise with two more battalions from England and two transferred from <a href="/wiki/20th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="20th Brigade (United Kingdom)">20th Brigade</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th Division</a>. Soon after formation, each brigade formed a <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">machine gun</a> (M.G.) <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">company</a> of 16 machine guns, and between March and May 1916 each brigade was also provided with a <a href="/wiki/Trench_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Trench mortar">Trench Mortar</a> (T.M.) Battery of eight <a href="/wiki/Stokes_mortar" title="Stokes mortar">3" Stokes Mortars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division was provided with three artillery brigades<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – LXXIV, LXXV and LXXVI Brigades, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">RFA</a> each of four <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">batteries</a> of four <a href="/wiki/18_pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="18 pounder">18 pounder</a> guns – from the <a href="/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish) Division</a><sup id="cite_ref-Becke68_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke68-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a howitzer brigade – LXI (<a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">Howitzer</a>) Brigade, RFA of four batteries of four <a href="/wiki/4.5%22_howitzer" class="mw-redirect" title="4.5" howitzer">4.5" howitzers</a> – from the <a href="/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern) Division</a> which remained in England when the division was posted to <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke23_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke23-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 16th (Irish) Division also provided the Divisional <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_Column" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammunition Column">Ammunition Column</a>, two field companies of <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> and the signal company (<a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineer_Signals_Service" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Engineer Signals Service">Royal Engineer Signals Service</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke68_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke68-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The third field company joined from 7th Division. The <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_(military)" title="Pioneer (military)">pioneers</a> were the 4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a> which joined from England on 18 August.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="War_service">War service</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: War service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1915, the Guards Division took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Battle of Loos</a> (26 September – 8 October) and <a href="/wiki/Hohenzollern_Redoubt" title="Hohenzollern Redoubt">Hohenzollern Redoubt</a> (18 – 19 October). In 1916, it fought in the later stages of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme" title="Battle of the Somme">Battle of the Somme</a>, in particular the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Flers%E2%80%93Courcelette" title="Battle of Flers–Courcelette">Battle of Flers–Courcelette</a> (15 – 16 and 20 – 22 September), the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Morval" title="Battle of Morval">Battle of Morval</a> (25 – 28 September), and the <a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Lesboeufs" class="mw-redirect" title="Capture of Lesboeufs">Capture of Lesboeufs</a> (25 September). In 1917, it saw action in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a> (or the Third Battle of Ypres) including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pilckem_Ridge" title="Battle of Pilckem Ridge">Battle of Pilckem Ridge</a> (31 August – 2 July), the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Poelcappelle" title="Battle of Poelcappelle">Battle of Poelcappelle</a> (9 October), and the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="First Battle of Passchendaele">First Battle of Passchendaele</a> (12 October). It then took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai_(1917)" title="Battle of Cambrai (1917)">Battle of Cambrai</a> (24 November – 3 December).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke30_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke30-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg/220px-4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg/330px-4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg/440px-4thColdstreamGuardsHouthulstForestBattleOfPeolcappelle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption>Four men of the 4th (Pioneer) Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a> perched on a wrecked gun outside a German concrete blockhouse on the outskirts of Houthulst Forest, Belgium, 9 October 1917.</figcaption></figure> <p>In February 1918, British<sup id="cite_ref-reduced_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reduced-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> divisions on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> were reduced from a 12-battalion to a 9-battalion basis (brigades from four to three battalions).<sup id="cite_ref-Becke28_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke28-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">4th Guards Brigade</a> was formed on 8 February 1918 by taking a battalion from each of the brigades: </p> <ul><li>3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards from 1st Guards Brigade</li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Irish_Guards" title="Irish Guards">Irish Guards</a> from the 2nd Guards Brigade and</li> <li>4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a> from the 3rd Guards Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The 4th Guards Brigade was transferred to the <a href="/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st Division</a> at noon on the same day.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke16_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke16-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 25 February, the <a href="/wiki/Pioneer_(military)" title="Pioneer (military)">pioneer</a> battalion – 4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards –  was reorganized from a four-company to a three-company basis.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke27_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke27-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Hundred_Days_Offensive,_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg/220px-The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg/330px-The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg/440px-The_Hundred_Days_Offensive%2C_August-november_1918_Q7446.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="592" /></a><figcaption>Mayor of Maubeuge presenting the Guards Division with a flag as an appreciation from the town which was taken by the division on 9 November 1918. Major-General <a href="/wiki/Torquhil_Matheson" title="Torquhil Matheson">Torquhil Matheson</a> is seen receiving the flag, 14 November 1918.</figcaption></figure> <p>1918 saw the return of the war of movement. It had to withstand the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (German Empire)">German Army</a>'s <a href="/wiki/German_spring_offensive" title="German spring offensive">Spring Offensive</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Michael" title="Operation Michael">First Battles of the Somme</a> (1 – 25 March) then switched over to counter-attack in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Battle of the Somme (1918)">Second Battles of the Somme</a> (21 – 23 August), the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_(1918)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Arras (1918)">Second Battle of Arras</a> (26 August – 3 September), the <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_the_Hindenburg_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Battles of the Hindenburg Line">Battles of the Hindenburg Line</a> (12 September – 12 October), and in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Final_Advance_in_Picardy&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Final Advance in Picardy (page does not exist)">Final Advance in Picardy</a> including the battles of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Selle" title="Battle of the Selle">Selle</a> and of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Sambre_(1918)" title="Battle of the Sambre (1918)">Sambre</a>. Its final action was the Capture of <a href="/wiki/Maubeuge" title="Maubeuge">Maubeuge</a> on 9 November.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke31_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke31-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It ended the war with <a href="/wiki/VI_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="VI Corps (United Kingdom)">VI Corps</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Army_(United_Kingdom)" title="Third Army (United Kingdom)">British Third Army</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-war">Post-war</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Post-war"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_of_11_November_1918" title="Armistice of 11 November 1918">Armistice of 11 November 1918</a>, the division was in and around Maubeuge, and on 17 November it regained 4th Guards Brigade which was broken up and the battalions returned to their original brigades. The next day it began the march on Germany and crossed the frontier on 11 December. By 19 December it had reached the <a href="/wiki/Cologne" title="Cologne">Cologne</a> area. Units started returning to England on 20 February 1919 and the last had completed the move by 29 April.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke31_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke31-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Guards Division</b> was reformed during the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> on 12 June 1945 by the reorganization and redesignation of the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen34_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division retained all of its original units,<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but with some changes: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5th_Guards_Armoured_Brigade" title="5th Guards Armoured Brigade">5th Guards Armoured Brigade</a> (three armoured battalions and one motorized infantry battalion) was converted to infantry as <a href="/wiki/5th_Guards_Armoured_Brigade" title="5th Guards Armoured Brigade">5th Guards Brigade</a><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen156_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen156-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen236_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen236-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">32nd Guards Infantry Brigade</a> remained unchanged except that 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Guards" title="Welsh Guards">Welsh Guards</a> (originally the reconnaissance unit of the Guards Armoured Division<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was converted to infantry<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis4043_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis4043-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and joined the brigade<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen280_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen280-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Household_Cavalry_Composite_Regiment" title="Household Cavalry Composite Regiment">2nd Household Cavalry Regiment</a> was transferred from <a href="/wiki/XXX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XXX Corps (United Kingdom)">XXX Corps</a> on 12 June 1945 as the new reconnaissance unit<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis10_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis10-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Guards_Tank_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th Guards Tank Brigade</a> (three tank battalions) was converted to infantry as <a href="/wiki/6th_Guards_Tank_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Guards Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th Guards Brigade</a> and joined the division on 19 June<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen157_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen157-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen239_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen239-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Middlesex_Artillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Middlesex Artillery (page does not exist)">92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a> joined the division on 12 June from <a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th Infantry Division</a> as the third field artillery regiment to match three infantry brigades<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen47_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen47-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bellis96_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis96-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Allan_Adair" title="Allan Adair">Sir Allan Adair</a> remained in command of the reorganized division.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen34_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 1947, the division was disbanded.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_of_battle">Orders of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Orders of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours collapsible" style="width:100%; background:transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3">Orders of Battle – August 1915, November 1918, June 1945 </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <dl><dt>On formation, August 1915<sup id="cite_ref-Becke28_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke28-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/1st_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Guards Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Grenadier_Guards" title="Grenadier Guards">Grenadier Guards</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Coldstream_Guards" title="Coldstream Guards">Coldstream Guards</a></li> <li>3rd Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Irish_Guards" title="Irish Guards">Irish Guards</a></li> <li>1st Guards Brigade <a href="/wiki/Machine_gun" title="Machine gun">M.G.</a> Company</li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a></b> <ul><li>LXXIV Brigade, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">RFA</a> <ul><li>A, B, C and D Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art14g_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art14g-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>LXXIV Brigade <a href="/wiki/Ammunition_Column" class="mw-redirect" title="Ammunition Column">Ammunition Column</a></li></ul></li> <li>LXXV Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C and D Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art14g_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art14g-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>LXXV Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>LXXVI Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C and D Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art14g_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art14g-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>LXXVI Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>LXI (<a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">Howitzer</a>) Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A (H), B (H), C (H) and D (H) Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art14h_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art14h-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>LXI (H) Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>Divisional Ammunition Column</li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Mounted Troops</b> <ul><li>Household Cavalry Division <a href="/wiki/Squadron_(army)" title="Squadron (army)">Squadron</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Household Cavalry <a href="/wiki/Bicycle_infantry" title="Bicycle infantry">Cyclist</a> <a href="/wiki/Company_(military_unit)" title="Company (military unit)">Company</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a></b> </p> <ul><li>55th, 75th and 76th Field Companies</li> <li>Guards Divisional Signal Company</li></ul> <p><b>Pioneers</b> </p> <ul><li>4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li></ul> <p><b>Medical</b> </p> <ul><li>3rd, 4th and 9th Field Ambulances, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">RAMC</a></li> <li>46th Mobile Veterinary Section, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Veterinary_Corps" title="Royal Army Veterinary Corps">AVC</a></li></ul> <p><b>Guards Divisional Train, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">ASC</a></b> </p> <ul><li>11th, 124th, 168th and 436th Companies</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/2nd_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd Guards Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Scots_Guards" title="Scots Guards">Scots Guards</a></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Irish Guards</li> <li><span class="nowrap">2nd Guards Brigade M.G. Company</span></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/3rd_Guards_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Guards Brigade (United Kingdom)">3rd Guards Brigade</a></b> <ul><li>1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Scots Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Welsh_Guards" title="Welsh Guards">Welsh Guards</a></li> <li>3rd Guards Brigade M.G. Company</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3"> <hr /> <dl><dt>At the end of the war, November 1918<sup id="cite_ref-Becke28_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke28-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b>1st Guards Brigade</b> <ul><li>2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, Irish Guards</li> <li>1st Guards <a href="/wiki/Trench_mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="Trench mortar">T.M.</a> Battery<sup id="cite_ref-LTM_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LTM-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Royal Artillery</b> <ul><li>LXXIV Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C and D (H) Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art18_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art18-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>LXXV Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C and D (H) Batteries<sup id="cite_ref-Art18_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Art18-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>Divisional Ammunition Column</li> <li>Trench Mortar Batteries <ul><li>X and Y Guards Medium<sup id="cite_ref-MTM_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MTM-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Royal Engineers</b> <ul><li>55th, 75th and 76th Field Companies</li> <li>Guards Divisional Signal Company</li></ul> <p><b>Pioneers</b> </p> <ul><li>4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li></ul> <p><b>Machine Gunners</b> </p> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Guards_Machine_Gun_Regiment" title="Guards Machine Gun Regiment">Guards Machine Gun Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></li></ul> <p><b>Medical</b> </p> <ul><li>3rd, 4th and 9th Field Ambulances, RAMC</li> <li>46th Mobile Veterinary Section, AVC</li></ul> <p><b>Divisional Employment Company</b> </p> <ul><li>Guards</li></ul> <p><b>Guards Divisional Train, ASC</b> </p> <ul><li>11th, 124th, 168th and 436th Companies</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b>2nd Guards Brigade</b> <ul><li>3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, Scots Guards</li> <li>2nd Guards T.M. Battery<sup id="cite_ref-LTM_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LTM-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><b>3rd Guards Brigade</b> <ul><li>1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Scots Guards</li> <li>1st Battalion, Welsh Guards</li> <li>3rd Guards T.M. Battery<sup id="cite_ref-LTM_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LTM-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1945">1945</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1945"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Order of battle when reformed from the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>, June 1945<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen34_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <p><b><a href="/wiki/5th_Guards_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Guards Brigade">5th Guards Brigade</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen156_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen156-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen236_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen236-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>k<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2nd Battalion, Irish Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Royal Artillery</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/55th_(Wessex)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">55th (Wessex) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Middlesex_Artillery&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Middlesex Artillery (page does not exist)">92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>m<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/153rd_(Leicestershire_Yeomanry)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">153rd (Leicestershire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery</a></li> <li>75th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery</li> <li><a href="/wiki/94th_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">94th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery</a></li></ul> <p><b>Royal Engineers</b> </p> <ul><li>14th Field Company</li> <li>615th Field Company</li> <li>148th Field Park Company</li> <li>11th Bridging <a href="/wiki/Troop" title="Troop">Troop</a></li></ul> <p><b>Signals</b> </p> <ul><li>Guard Division Signals, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">RCS</a><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Reconnaissance</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Household_Cavalry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Household Cavalry Regiment">2nd Household Cavalry Regiment</a><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>o<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b>Infantry</b> </p> <ul><li>1st Independent MG Company<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>p<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/6th_Guards_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Guards Brigade">6th Guards Brigade</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen157_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen157-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen239_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen239-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>4th Battalion, Grenadier Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th Battalion, Coldstream Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3rd Battalion, Scots Guards<sup id="cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>l<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/32nd_Guards_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Guards Infantry Brigade">32nd Guards Infantry Brigade</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Joslen280_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen280-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>5th Battalion, Coldstream Guards</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Scots Guards</li> <li>3rd Battalion, Irish Guards</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>q<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_members">Notable members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">2nd Lieutenant</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Kipling" title="John Kipling">Jack Kipling</a>, son of the famous author <a href="/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling" title="Rudyard Kipling">Rudyard Kipling</a>, served with the Guards Division in France as a platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion, Irish Guards. He was aged just 18, his birthday being only a month before, and was killed in the 1915 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Loos" title="Battle of Loos">Battle of Loos</a>, yet exactly how he died still remains a mystery even nearly 100 years later. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Commanders">Commanders</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Commanders"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division had the following <a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General Officers Commanding</a> (GOCs):<sup id="cite_ref-Mackie183_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mackie183-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Becke25_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke25-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>From</th> <th>Name</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>15 August 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigadier-General">Brigadier-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Frederick_James_Heyworth" title="Frederick James Heyworth">F. J. Heyworth</a></td> <td>temporary </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 August 1915</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Rudolph_Lambart,_10th_Earl_of_Cavan" title="Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan">Earl of Cavan</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 January 1916</td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Feilding" title="Geoffrey Feilding">G. P. T. Feilding</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 September 1918</td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Torquhil_Matheson" title="Torquhil Matheson">T. G. Matheson</a></td> <td>disestablished 1919 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 September 1942</td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Allan_Adair" title="Allan Adair">A. H. S. Adair</a></td> <td>on re-establishment<i><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>r<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1945</td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Charles_Oakes_Marriott" title="John Charles Oakes Marriott">J. C. O. Marriott</a></td> <td> </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=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&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:r1239009302">.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/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British divisions in World War I">List of British divisions in World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of British divisions in World War II">List of British divisions in World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards Division</a> for the administrative formation</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=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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-columns references-column-width reflist-lower-alpha"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The basic organic unit of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> was, and is, the <a href="/wiki/Artillery_battery" title="Artillery battery">Battery</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MOD_RA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD_RA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When grouped together they formed brigades, in the same way that infantry battalions or cavalry regiments were grouped together in brigades. At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a>, a field artillery brigade of <a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">headquarters</a> (4 officers, 37 <a href="/wiki/Other_ranks_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Other ranks (UK)">other ranks</a>), three batteries (5 and 193 each), and a brigade ammunition column (4 and 154)<sup id="cite_ref-LLT_WAB_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LLT_WAB-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had a total strength just under 800 so was broadly comparable to an infantry battalion (just over 1,000) or a cavalry regiment (about 550). Like an infantry battalion, an artillery brigade was usually commanded by a <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)">lieutenant colonel</a>. These figures refer to brigades of three 6-gun batteries; artillery brigades of <a href="/wiki/Kitchener%27s_Army" title="Kitchener's Army">Kitchener's Army</a> were reorganized on a four 4-gun basis in January and February 1915,<sup id="cite_ref-Becke65_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke65-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Becke23_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke23-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> so strengths would be approximately unchanged. Artillery brigades were redesignated as regiments in 1938.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-reduced-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-reduced_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">As distinct from the Australian, Canadian and the New Zealand divisions which remained on a 12-battalion basis.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Art14g-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Art14g_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Art14g_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Art14g_28-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Sixteen <a href="/wiki/18_pounder" class="mw-redirect" title="18 pounder">18 pounder</a> guns.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke126_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke126-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Art14h-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Art14h_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sixteen <a href="/wiki/4.5%22_howitzer" class="mw-redirect" title="4.5" howitzer">4.5" howitzers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke126_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke126-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Arrived in France 5 August 1915. Broken up 20 June 1916 and held as reinforcements for <a href="/wiki/1st_Life_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Life Guards">1st Life Guards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Arrived in France 13 August 1915. Broken up 27 May 1916 and held as reinforcements for <a href="/wiki/2nd_Life_Guards" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Life Guards">2nd Life Guards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Horse_Guards" title="Royal Horse Guards">Royal Horse Guards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-LTM-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-LTM_34-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LTM_34-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-LTM_34-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eight 3-inch <a href="/wiki/Stokes_mortar" title="Stokes mortar">Stokes mortars</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke127_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke127-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Art18-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Art18_35-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Art18_35-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Eighteen 18-pounder guns and six <a href="/wiki/QF_4.5-inch_howitzer" title="QF 4.5-inch howitzer">QF 4.5-inch howitzer</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke127_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke127-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MTM-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MTM_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Six <a href="/wiki/2-inch_Medium_Mortar" class="mw-redirect" title="2-inch Medium Mortar">2-inch Medium Mortars</a> each.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke127_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke127-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">Formed 1 March 1918 from 1st, 2nd and 3rd Guards Brigade and 4th (Divisional) M.G. Companies.<sup id="cite_ref-Becke29_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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">Converted from a Motor Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis4043_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis4043-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ConvFromAmd-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ConvFromAmd_39-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Converted from an Armoured Battalion.<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis4043_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis4043-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Transferred from the <a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th Infantry Division</a> on 12 June 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen47_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen47-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bellis96_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis96-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Redesignated from Guard Armoured Division Signals, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">RCS</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Transferred from <a href="/wiki/XXX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XXX Corps (United Kingdom)">XXX Corps</a> on 12 June 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis10_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis10-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">1st Independent MG Company was formed from the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers_battalions_in_World_War_II#4" title="List of Royal Northumberland Fusiliers battalions in World War II">4th Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers" title="Royal Northumberland Fusiliers">Royal Northumberland Fusiliers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen34_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen34-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">2nd Battalion, Welsh Guards was the reconnaissance unit of the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was converted to infantry<sup id="cite_ref-Bellis4043_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bellis4043-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and assigned to <a href="/wiki/32nd_Guards_Infantry_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="32nd Guards Infantry Brigade">32nd Guards Infantry Brigade</a> on 20 June 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen280_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen280-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Sir_Allan_Adair,_6th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Allan Adair, 6th Baronet">A. H. S. Adair</a> was in command of the Guards Armoured Division when it was renamed the Guards Division.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen11_16-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen11-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></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=Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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-Becke30-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Becke30_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke30_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1935">Becke 1935</a>, p. 30</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Becke29-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Becke29_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1935">Becke 1935</a>, p. 29</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MOD_RA-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MOD_RA_3-0">^</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="https://web.archive.org/web/20131023001138/http://www.army.mod.uk/artillery/23445.aspx">"The Royal Artillery"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(United_Kingdom)" title="Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)">Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)</a>. 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href="#cite_ref-Bellis10_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bellis10_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBellis1994">Bellis 1994</a>, p. 10</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joslen157-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen157_22-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen157_22-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen1990">Joslen 1990</a>, p. 157</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joslen239-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen239_23-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen239_23-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen1990">Joslen 1990</a>, p. 239</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joslen47-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen47_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Joslen47_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen1990">Joslen 1990</a>, p. 47</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Bellis96-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Bellis96_25-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Bellis96_25-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBellis1995">Bellis 1995</a>, p. 96</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Guards Division Disbanded". <i>The Times</i>. 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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 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(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 class="mw-selflink selflink">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Invasion <a href="/wiki/British_County_Divisions" title="British County Divisions">"County Divisions"</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devon_and_Cornwall_County_Division" title="Devon and Cornwall County Division">Devon and Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_County_Division" title="Dorset County Division">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_and_North_Riding_County_Division" title="Durham and North Riding County Division">Durham and North Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Division" title="Essex County Division">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Division" title="Hampshire County Division">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Division" title="Norfolk County Division">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Division" title="Northumberland County Division">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Division" title="West Sussex County Division">West Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Division" title="Yorkshire County Division">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">12th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deception</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/British_deception_formations_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British deception formations in World War II">British deception formations in World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">African</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(African)_Division" title="1st (African) Division">1st (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_(African)_Division" title="2nd (African) Division">2nd (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(African)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (African) Division">11th (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(East_Africa)_Division" title="11th (East Africa) Division">11th (East Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Division_(SDF)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Division (SDF) (page does not exist)">12th (SDF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_(West_Africa)_Division" title="81st (West Africa) Division">81st (West Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_(West_Africa)_Division" title="82nd (West Africa) Division">82nd (West Africa)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauman_Division" title="Beauman Division">Beauman Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Y Division (United Kingdom)">Y Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of Indian divisions in World War II">British Army in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British divisions in World War I">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)_in_the_First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Scottish)_Division" title="9th (Scottish) Division">9th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(Irish)_Division" title="10th (Irish) Division">10th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_(Light)_Division" title="14th (Light) Division">14th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_(Northern)_Division" title="17th (Northern) Division">17th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_(Eastern)_Division" title="18th (Eastern) Division">18th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_(Light)_Division" title="20th (Light) Division">20th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="21st Division (United Kingdom)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Division (United Kingdom)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Division (United Kingdom)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Division (United Kingdom)">26th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="30th Division (United Kingdom)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Division (United Kingdom)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="34th Division (United Kingdom)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="35th Division (United Kingdom)">35th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/36th_(Ulster)_Division" title="36th (Ulster) Division">36th (Ulster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="39th Division (United Kingdom)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="41st Division (United Kingdom)">41st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territorial Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(1/2nd_London)_Division" title="47th (1/2nd London) Division">47th (1/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a 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