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Division</li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/220px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/330px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg/440px-British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="87" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Divisional_insignia_of_the_British_Army" title="Divisional insignia of the British Army">Divisional insignia</a> since 1940<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">18 June 1809 - present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Branch</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="710" data-file-height="406" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Armoured <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Part of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Commander_Field_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Commander Field Army">Field Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Garrison/HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bulford_Camp" title="Bulford Camp">Bulford Camp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">1810–1814: Fighting 3rd<br />From 1916: The Iron Division, Ironsides, or Iron Sides</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Palestine_Emergency" class="mw-redirect" title="Palestine Emergency">Palestine Emergency</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq War</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.army.mod.uk/who-we-are/formations-divisions-brigades/3rd-united-kingdom-division/">Official website</a></span></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;">Current<br />commander</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Martin_(British_Army_officer)" title="James Martin (British Army officer)">James Martin</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Insignia</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> First World War</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd_Division_WW1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/3rd_Division_WW1.svg/100px-3rd_Division_WW1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/3rd_Division_WW1.svg/150px-3rd_Division_WW1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/3rd_Division_WW1.svg/200px-3rd_Division_WW1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="276" data-file-height="276" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>3rd (United Kingdom) Division</b>, also known as The Iron Division, is a <a href="/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">regular army</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. It was created in 1809 by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Wellesley,_1st_Duke_of_Wellington" title="Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington">Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington</a>, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Portuguese_Army" title="Anglo-Portuguese Army">Anglo-Portuguese Army</a>, for service in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>, and was known as the Fighting 3rd under <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Picton" title="Thomas Picton">Sir Thomas Picton</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Napoleonic_Wars" title="Napoleonic Wars">Napoleonic Wars</a>. The division fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a>, as well as during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a>. As a result of bitter fighting in 1916, during the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a>, the division became referred to as the 3rd (Iron) Division, or the Iron Division or Ironsides. During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, the division (now known as the 3rd Infantry Division) fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> including a rearguard action during the <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_Evacuation" class="mw-redirect" title="Dunkirk Evacuation">Dunkirk Evacuation</a>, and played a prominent role in the <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day landings of 6 June 1944</a>. The division was to have been part of a proposed <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Corps" title="Commonwealth Corps">Commonwealth Corps</a>, formed for a <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">planned invasion of Japan</a> in 1945–46, and later served in the <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">British Mandate of Palestine</a>. During the Second World War, the insignia became the "pattern of three" — a black triangle trisected by an inverted red triangle. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Napoleonic_Wars">Napoleonic Wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Napoleonic Wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was part of the Allied British and Portuguese forces that took part in the <a href="/wiki/Peninsular_War" title="Peninsular War">Peninsular War</a>. It fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bussaco" title="Battle of Bussaco">Battle of Bussaco</a> in September 1810,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Fuentes_de_O%C3%B1oro" title="Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro">Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro</a> in May 1811<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_El_Bod%C3%B3n" title="Battle of El Bodón">Battle of El Bodón</a> in September 1811,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before further combat at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Ciudad_Rodrigo_(1812)" title="Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1812)">Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo</a> in January 1812,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Badajoz_(1812)" title="Siege of Badajoz (1812)">Siege of Badajoz</a> in March 1812<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Salamanca" title="Battle of Salamanca">Battle of Salamanca</a> in July 1812.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also fought at the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Burgos" title="Siege of Burgos">Siege of Burgos</a> in September 1812<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vitoria" title="Battle of Vitoria">Battle of Vitoria</a> in June 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-cannon81_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon81-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It then pursued the French army into France and saw action at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pyrenees" title="Battle of the Pyrenees">Battle of the Pyrenees</a> in July 1813,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nivelle" title="Battle of Nivelle">Battle of Nivelle</a> in November 1813<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nive" title="Battle of the Nive">Battle of the Nive</a> in December 1813.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After that it fought at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Orthez" title="Battle of Orthez">Battle of Orthez</a> in February 1814<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Toulouse_(1814)" title="Battle of Toulouse (1814)">Battle of Toulouse</a> in April 1814.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to Picton, the fighting by the 3rd was so intense at the Battle of Vitoria, that the division lost 1,800 men (over one third of all Allied losses at the battle) having taken a key bridge and village, where they were subjected to fire by 40 to 50 <a href="/wiki/Cannons" class="mw-redirect" title="Cannons">cannons</a>, and a counter-attack on the right flank (which was open because the rest of the army had not kept pace).<sup id="cite_ref-cannon81_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon81-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd held their ground and pushed on with other divisions to capture the village of <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ar%C3%AD%C3%B1ez" class="extiw" title="es:Aríñez">Arinez</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cannon81_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cannon81-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Waterloo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Waterloo.svg/220px-Battle_of_Waterloo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Waterloo.svg/330px-Battle_of_Waterloo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Battle_of_Waterloo.svg/440px-Battle_of_Waterloo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="790" /></a><figcaption>Map of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> the 3rd Division holding the centre under Alten</figcaption></figure> <p>The 3rd Division was also present at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Quatre_Bras" title="Battle of Quatre Bras">Battle of Quatre Bras</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Waterloo" title="Battle of Waterloo">Battle of Waterloo</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Waterloo_campaign" title="Waterloo campaign">Waterloo campaign</a> under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Charles_Alten" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Alten">Charles Alten</a> K.C.B. (Count Carl von Alten).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Crimean_War">Crimean War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Crimean War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 3rd Division took part in the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a> and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Alma" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Alma">Battle of Alma</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1854%E2%80%931855)" title="Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)">Siege of Sevastopol</a>. It was under the command of Lieutenant-General <a href="/wiki/Richard_England_(British_Army_officer,_born_1793)" title="Richard England (British Army officer, born 1793)">Sir Richard England</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_Boer_War">Second Boer War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second Boer War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_Boer_War" title="Second Boer War">Second Boer War</a> (1899–1902) the division began under the command of General <a href="/wiki/William_Forbes_Gatacre" title="William Forbes Gatacre">Gatacre</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1902 the army was restructured, and a 3rd Infantry division was established permanently at <a href="/wiki/Bordon_Camp" title="Bordon Camp">Bordon</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/I_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="I Corps (United Kingdom)">1st Army Corps</a>, comprising the <a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">5th</a> and <a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">6th</a> Infantry Brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_World_War">First World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_German_Spring_Offensive,_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg/220px-The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg/330px-The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg/440px-The_German_Spring_Offensive%2C_March-july_1918_Q6506.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="635" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Fusiliers" title="Royal Scots Fusiliers">Royal Scots Fusiliers</a> watching the 7th (Service) Battalion, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a> marching up to the outpost line, 3rd Division, 11 April 1918.</figcaption></figure> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">First World War</a> the 3rd Division was a permanently established <a href="/wiki/Regular_army" title="Regular army">Regular Army</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the war as part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_I)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War I)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF). The 3rd Division served on the <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_I)" title="Western Front (World War I)">Western Front</a> in France and Belgium for four years, from 1914 to 1918. During this time, it was nicknamed "The Iron Division". Its first commander during the war, <a href="/wiki/Major-general_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Hamilton" title="Hubert Hamilton">Hubert Hamilton</a>, was killed by shellfire near <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9thune" title="Béthune">Béthune</a> in October 1914. The division served in many major battles of the war, including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mons" title="Battle of Mons">Battle of Mons</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Great_Retreat" title="Great Retreat">Great Retreat</a>, and later the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Ypres" title="First Battle of Ypres">First Battle of Ypres</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele" title="Battle of Passchendaele">Battle of Passchendaele</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Inter-War_Period">Inter-War Period</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Inter-War Period"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the end of the First World War, the division was stationed in southern England where it formed part of <a href="/wiki/Southern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Southern Command (United Kingdom)">Southern Command</a>. In 1937, one of its brigades, the 9th Infantry Brigade, was commanded by <a href="/wiki/Brigadier_(United_Kingdom)" title="Brigadier (United Kingdom)">Brigadier</a> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Montgomery" title="Bernard Montgomery">Bernard Montgomery</a>. He assumed command of the 3rd Division shortly before Britain declared war on <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> in September 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Second_World_War">Second World War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France_1940">France 1940</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: France 1940"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F2419.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="605" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a> on <a href="/wiki/Military_exercise" title="Military exercise">exercise</a> wearing snow suits, 4 February 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 3rd Infantry Division, under the command of Major-General Bernard Montgomery was sent overseas to France in late September 1939, just under a month after the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen,_p._43-44_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen,_p._43-44-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There the division became part of <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-general_(United_Kingdom)" title="Lieutenant-general (United Kingdom)">Lieutenant General</a> <a href="/wiki/Alan_Brooke,_1st_Viscount_Alanbrooke" title="Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke">Alan Brooke</a>'s <a href="/wiki/II_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="II Corps (United Kingdom)">II Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> (BEF).<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen,_p._43-44_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen,_p._43-44-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<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_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_France_1940_F3238.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2362" data-file-height="1762" /></a><figcaption>Troops from the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Middlesex_Regiment" title="Middlesex Regiment">Middlesex Regiment</a>, 3rd Division, training on the Vickers machine gun at Gondecourt, 21 March 1940.</figcaption></figure> <p>In May 1940, after several months of relative inactivity, the <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(Wehrmacht)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (Wehrmacht)">German Army</a> launched its <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">attack in the west</a> which resulted in the BEF being split up from the <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a>, evacuated from <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dunkirk" title="Battle of Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a>. Due to Montgomery's strict training regime, the 3rd Division suffered comparatively few casualties and earned a reputation as one of the best British divisions in France. During the evacuation Montgomery was promoted to temporary command of II Corps and Brigadier <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Anderson_(British_Army_officer)" title="Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)">Kenneth Anderson</a> took temporary control of the division before, in July, Major General <a href="/wiki/James_Gammell" title="James Gammell">James Gammell</a> assumed command.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen,_p._43-44_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen,_p._43-44-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_the_United_Kingdom_1939-45_H8379.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2370" data-file-height="1772" /></a><figcaption>Gunners of the 20th Anti-Tank Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, haul a 2-pdr anti-tank gun up a steep slope during training at Verwood in Dorset, 22 March 1941.</figcaption></figure> <p>For over a year after Dunkirk the composition of 3rd Division remained largely unchanged (except that the motorcycle battalion was converted into <a href="/wiki/3rd_(Royal_Northumberland_Fusiliers)_Reconnaissance_Regiment" title="3rd (Royal Northumberland Fusiliers) Reconnaissance Regiment">3rd (RNF) Reconnaissance Regiment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Reconnaissance_Corps" title="Reconnaissance Corps">Reconnaissance Corps</a>). Then, in September 1941, the <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_East" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters East">7th Guards Brigade</a> was transferred to help create the <a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards Armoured Division</a>, and, in November, the <a href="/wiki/37th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Brigade (United Kingdom)">37th Infantry Brigade Group</a> joined the 3rd Division and was renumbered 7th Brigade with the following composition:<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The brigade anti-tank companies were disbanded during 1941 and <a href="/wiki/92nd_(Loyals)_Light_Anti-Aircraft_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery">92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery</a>, formerly the 7th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Loyal_Regiment_(North_Lancashire)" title="Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)">Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)</a>, joined the division in March 1942. In June 1942, 3rd Infantry Division was reorganised as a 'Mixed' Division, with <a href="/wiki/33rd_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">33rd Tank Brigade</a> replacing 7th Infantry Brigade. By early 1943, the experiment with 'mixed' divisions was abandoned, and division reverted to being an infantry formation, 33rd Tank Brigade being replaced by <a href="/wiki/185th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="185th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">185th Infantry Brigade</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Joslen_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joslen-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="France_1944">France 1944</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: France 1944"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_Normandy_1944_B5039.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="783" /></a><figcaption>Men of 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Rifles" title="Royal Ulster Rifles">Royal Ulster Rifles</a> pause during the move inland from <a href="/wiki/Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword Beach</a>, 6 June 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 3rd British Infantry Division was the first British formation to land at <a href="/wiki/Sword_Beach" title="Sword Beach">Sword Beach</a> on <a href="/wiki/Normandy_landings" title="Normandy landings">D-Day</a>, 6 June 1944, as part of the <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Normandy" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Normandy">invasion of Normandy</a>, part of the larger <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Operation Overlord</a>. For the assault landing, 3rd British Division was organised as a Division Group, with other formations temporarily under its command. These included <a href="/wiki/27th_Armoured_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="27th Armoured Brigade">27th Armoured Brigade</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherman_DD" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman DD">Sherman DD</a> amphibious tanks of 13/18th Hussars, and the Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry and East Riding of Yorkshire Yeomanry) , <a href="/wiki/1st_Special_Service_Brigade" title="1st Special Service Brigade">1st Special Service Brigade</a> and <a href="/wiki/41_Commando" title="41 Commando">No. 41 (Royal Marine) Commando</a>, with <a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Armoured_Support_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Marines Armoured Support Group">5th Royal Marine Independent Armoured Support Battery</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cromwell_tank" title="Cromwell tank">Centaur IV</a> close support tanks), and specialist units of the <a href="/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th Armoured Division</a>: <a href="/wiki/22nd_Dragoons" title="22nd Dragoons">22nd Dragoons</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sherman_Crab" class="mw-redirect" title="Sherman Crab">Sherman Crab</a> mine clearing tanks), <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> 77 and 79 Assault Squadrons of 5th Assault Regiment (<a href="/wiki/Churchill_AVRE" class="mw-redirect" title="Churchill AVRE">Churchill AVRE</a> tanks for obstacle demolition).<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division's own artillery were all self-propelled (the artillery field regiments with <a href="/wiki/M7_Priest" title="M7 Priest">M7 Priest</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-blueyonder76_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-blueyonder76-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the anti-tank regiment: <a href="/wiki/M10_tank_destroyer" title="M10 tank destroyer">M10 tank destroyer</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) and the SP field guns and RM Centaurs were able to fire from their landing craft during the run-in to the beach. In addition, 3rd Division had 101 Beach Sub-Area HQ and No. 5 and <a href="/wiki/6th_Beach_Group" title="6th Beach Group">No. 6 Beach groups</a> under command for the assault phase: these included additional engineers, transport, pioneers, medical services and vehicle recovery sections which would hold and manage the beach landing area after the initial assault.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 3rd Division's brigades were organised as <a href="/wiki/Brigade_group" title="Brigade group">brigade groups</a> for the assault, with 8 Brigade Group making the first landing, followed by 185 Brigade Group and 9 Brigade Group in succession during the morning and early afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-Ellis_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ellis-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<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_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg/220px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg/330px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg/440px-The_British_Army_in_North-west_Europe_1944-45_BU1226.jpg 2x" data-file-width="759" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption>Men of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/East_Yorkshire_Regiment" title="East Yorkshire Regiment">East Yorkshire Regiment</a> clearing houses in <a href="/wiki/Venray" title="Venray">Venray</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>, 17 October 1944.</figcaption></figure> <p>The 3rd Infantry Division fought through the <a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Caen" title="Battle for Caen">Battle for Caen</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Charnwood" title="Operation Charnwood">Operation Charnwood</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Goodwood" title="Operation Goodwood">Operation Goodwood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilliams200424_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilliams200424-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Low_countries_and_Germany">Low countries and Germany</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Low countries and Germany"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division participated in the <a href="/wiki/Siegfried_Line_campaign" title="Siegfried Line campaign">Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine</a> and fought in the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Western_Allied_invasion_of_Germany" title="Western Allied invasion of Germany">Allied invasion of Germany</a>. For the campaign in Normandy, the division was commanded by Major-General <a href="/wiki/Tom_Rennie" title="Tom Rennie">Tom Rennie</a> until he was wounded on 13 June 1944; Major-General <a href="/wiki/Lashmer_Whistler" title="Lashmer Whistler">'Bolo' Whistler</a>, a highly popular commander, took command on 23 June 1944.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the campaign in Normandy, two posthumous <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Crosses</a> were awarded to units under its command. In August 1944, corporal <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Bates" title="Sidney Bates">Sidney Bates</a> of 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a> and in March 1945 <a href="/wiki/Private_(rank)" title="Private (rank)">Private</a> <a href="/wiki/James_Stokes" title="James Stokes">James Stokes</a> of the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Shropshire_Light_Infantry" title="King's Shropshire Light Infantry">King's Shropshire Light Infantry</a>, both units part of the 185th Infantry Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> During the often intense fighting from Sword Beach to Bremen, the 3rd Division suffered 2,586 killed with over 12,000 wounded.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the German surrender, the division moved towards central Germany. It was then ordered to Berlin, to become part of the Western Allied garrison, but before a move could be made it was sent to Belgium. It was intended that the division would be flown to the United States, from where it would join <a href="/wiki/Operation_Downfall" title="Operation Downfall">the assault on Japan</a>. With the <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">surrender of Japan</a> and the end of the Second World War, the move was cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006200_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006200-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post_War_and_Cold_War">Post War and Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Post War and Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Cold_War" title="Cold War">Cold War</a></div> <p>The division remained in Europe until October 1945, when it left for the Middle East. After spending time in Egypt and undertaking <a href="/wiki/Internal_security" title="Internal security">internal security</a> operations during the <a href="/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine" title="Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine">Jewish insurgency</a>, it was disbanded in June 1947. Sources differ on the specifics. The Imperial War Museum stated it was disbanded in Palestine while historians Lord and Watson stated the division first returned to the UK in April 1947 before being disbanded. However, they also note that at least one source (although not specified by the authors) claimed that the division was still active in Palestine until February 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006200_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006200-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IWM_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWM-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> and the need for a divisional-sized strategic reserve based in the UK, the 3rd Infantry Division was reformed at Colchester, England, on 14 December 1950. In April 1951, the division helped form the signals regiment for the <a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a>, which served in the Korean War. In November, the entire formation was dispatched to Egypt to garrison the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Canal" title="Suez Canal">Suez Canal Zone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During this period, the Egyptian government abrogated the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Egyptian_Treaty_of_1936" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936">Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936</a>, which was the basis for British troops to remain in the canal area. The ensuing political landscape saw increased animosity to the British presence, eventually resulting in an agreement to withdraw.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDarwin1988163,_207–208_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDarwin1988163,_207–208-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division departed for the UK during 1954, where it returned to Colchester and its role as the British Army's strategic reserve. March 1955 saw troops deployed to Cyprus, during the <a href="/wiki/Cyprus_Emergency" title="Cyprus Emergency">Cyprus Emergency</a>. The following year, the division was mobilised for <a href="/wiki/Operation_Musketeer_(1956)" title="Operation Musketeer (1956)">Operation Musketeer</a>, the attack on Egypt during the <a href="/wiki/Suez_Crisis" title="Suez Crisis">Suez Crisis</a>. In the event of a successful invasion, the division would have severed as a follow-up formation and occupied <a href="/wiki/Port_Said" title="Port Said">Port Said</a>. Only the divisional headquarters was dispatched, and the division was ultimately not deployed. In April 1959, the divisional headquarters moved from Colchester to Bulford.<sup id="cite_ref-IWM_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWM-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330–31_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200330–31-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1961, elements of the division were <a href="/wiki/Operation_Vantage" title="Operation Vantage">dispatched to Kuwait</a> to deter an Iraqi invasion; signals personnel were sent to assist with the <a href="/wiki/1961_British_Cameroons_referendum" title="1961 British Cameroons referendum">British Cameroons referendum</a>; and other troops were sent to Kenya. Exercises in Libya followed in 1963, which also established the division in an <a href="/wiki/Airlift" title="Airlift">air-portable</a> role. Elements were dispatched to Cyprus, in February 1964, to support the forming <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Peacekeeping_Force_in_Cyprus" title="United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus">United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus</a>. That lasted until August, when the UN force was activated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 1 April 1968, the <a href="/wiki/Land_Command#Predecessors" title="Land Command">Army Strategic Command</a> was formed in the UK, with a goal of supporting <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> forces from as far north as Norway to as far south as Turkey; to provide internal security operations world-wide; and to undertake limited operations in conjunction with allies. The 3rd Division was assigned to this command, and from 1969 onwards was the primary British formation that would reinforce European-based NATO forces in the event of the Cold War heating up. Under <a href="/wiki/Operation_Banner" title="Operation Banner">Operation Banner</a>, the division also deployed troops to Northern Ireland for four-month tours of duty.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKneenSutton1996253–254,_256_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKneenSutton1996253–254,_256-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1974, the division returned to Cyprus in response to the <a href="/wiki/Turkish_invasion_of_Cyprus" title="Turkish invasion of Cyprus">Turkish invasion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Armoured_division">Armoured division</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Armoured division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1975 <a href="/wiki/Mason_Review" title="Mason Review">Mason Review</a>, a government <a href="/wiki/White_paper" title="White paper">white paper</a>, outlined a new defence policy that removed the UK-based divisional-sized strategic reserve and also resulted in the restructure of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army_of_the_Rhine" title="British Army of the Rhine">British Army of the Rhine</a> (BAOR). With its role eliminated, the 3rd Division was disbanded. It was reformed in <a href="/wiki/Soest,_Germany" title="Soest, Germany">Soest</a>, Germany, on 1 September 1977, as the 3rd Armoured Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor20106–7_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor20106–7-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMason197523_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMason197523-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its reformation increased the BAOR to four divisions, for the first time since the end of the 1950s. Each division consisted of two armoured regiments, three mechanised infantry battalions, and two artillery regiments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIsby1988331–332_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIsby1988331–332-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodd1977374_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodd1977374-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mason Review removed brigades and replaced them with a concept of task forces or battlegroups. It was intended that the division could form up to five battlegroups, with each commanded by either an armoured regiment or an infantry battalion. These groups were to be formed for a specific task and allocated the required forces needed. The divisional commander (<a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">general officer commanding</a> (GOC)) would oversee these battlegroups, but early training showed this to be impractical. To compensate, the divisional headquarters was increased to 750 men (wartime strength) and included two brigadiers. Each officer would command a flexible task force, which consisted of the battlegroups the GOC had formed. The division's task forces were named Task Force Echo and Task Force Foxtrot. These were not a reintroduction of a brigade command structure and had no administrative responsibilities. The approach intended to provide greater flexibility in tailoring forces to meet unforeseen events and allow for an overall reduction in the size of a division by 700 men.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDodd1977375_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDodd1977375-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDeVore2009281–282_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDeVore2009281–282-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The task force concept was dropped by the end of the decade, having been deemed to have not met expectations. The division then comprised the 6th and the 33rd Armoured Brigades, with each made up of two mechanised infantry battalions and one armoured regiment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIsby1988332_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIsby1988332-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStone1998224_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStone1998224-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlume20074_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlume20074-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1981, <a href="/wiki/John_Nott" title="John Nott">John Nott</a>, the Secretary of State for Defence for the government <a href="/wiki/1979_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1979 United Kingdom general election">elected in 1979</a>, announced the <a href="/wiki/1981_Defence_White_Paper" title="1981 Defence White Paper">1981 Defence White Paper</a>. It, like the Mason Review, aimed to balance the British military in line with the nation's financial resources and save manpower. Resultingly, the BAOR was restructured from four armoured divisions of two brigades, into a force of three divisions of three brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor20107_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor20107-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENott198117_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENott198117-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The division then comprised the <a href="/wiki/4th_Light_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="4th Light Brigade Combat Team">4th</a> (based in <a href="/wiki/M%C3%BCnster" title="Münster">Münster</a>), the 6th (Soest), and the 33rd Armoured Brigades (<a href="/wiki/Paderborn" title="Paderborn">Paderborn</a>). During the 1980s, the 33rd Armoured Brigade joined the <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th Armoured Division</a> and in exchange the 3rd Armoured Division received the <a href="/wiki/19th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="19th Brigade (United Kingdom)">19th Infantry Brigade</a> (Colchester, England).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlume20075_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlume20075-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1983, the 6th Armoured Brigade converted into the 6th Airmobile Brigade and maintained that role until 1988.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIsby1988332_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIsby1988332-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECordesman1988140_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECordesman1988140-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The end of the 1980s saw the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> and the end of the Cold War. In July 1990, the British government announced <a href="/wiki/Options_for_Change" title="Options for Change">Options for Change</a>. This framework sought to restructure the British military based on the new strategic situation, allow for further cost saving measures to be enacted, and to reduce the BAOR by half.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETaylor20108–9_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETaylor20108–9-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During September and October 1992, the division relocated from Germany to <a href="/wiki/Bulford_Camp" title="Bulford Camp">Bulford</a>, Wiltshire where it was reorganised as a <a href="/wiki/Mechanized_infantry" title="Mechanized infantry">mechanized infantry</a> division known as the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBlume20077_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBlume20077-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post–Cold_War"><span id="Post.E2.80.93Cold_War"></span>Post–Cold War</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Post–Cold War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following its reorganisation, the 3rd (United Kingdom) Division (also referred to as the 3rd (UK) Mechanised Division) was assigned to the <a href="/wiki/Allied_Rapid_Reaction_Corps" title="Allied Rapid Reaction Corps">Allied Rapid Reaction Corps</a>, a newly formed <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> HQ that was administered by the UK. Around 8,400 strong, it comprised the <a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st</a> (Tidworth) and the 19th (Mechanised) Brigades (Catterick), in conjunction with the 5th (Airborne) Brigade (Aldershot), the <a href="/wiki/2nd_Signal_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Signal Brigade (United Kingdom)">2nd (National Communications) Brigade</a> (Corsham), and the <a href="/wiki/43rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="43rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">43rd (Wessex) Brigade</a> (Exeter). The 1st and 19th Brigades each contained a <a href="/wiki/Challenger_1" title="Challenger 1">Challenger 1</a> tank-equipped armoured regiment, an armoured infantry battalion carried in <a href="/wiki/Warrior_tracked_armoured_vehicle" title="Warrior tracked armoured vehicle">Warrior tracked armoured vehicles</a>, and two mechanised infantry battalions carried in <a href="/wiki/Saxon_(vehicle)" title="Saxon (vehicle)">Saxon</a> <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carriers</a>. In the event of a major emergency, as part of agreements between the UK and Italy, the division could be reinforced by the <a href="/wiki/132nd_Armored_Brigade_%22Ariete%22" title="132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"">132nd Armored Brigade "Ariete"</a>. During the 1990s, the division deployed troops to Angola, the Falkland Islands, Kosovo, Northern Ireland as part of <a href="/wiki/Operation_Banner" title="Operation Banner">Operation Banner</a>, and Rwanda.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331_44-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELordWatson200331-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeyman199714,_27_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeyman199714,_27-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ARRC_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARRC-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most notably, in December 1995, following the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Dayton_Agreement" title="Dayton Agreement">Dayton Agreement</a>, the division was the first British formation deployed as part of the <a href="/wiki/Implementation_Force" title="Implementation Force">Implementation Force</a> to serve as peacekeepers in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a> and remained through 1996. The British contribution to this force eventually came under the guidance of the <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-West)_(Bosnia)" title="Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)">Multi-National Division (South-West)</a>, which was administered by the 3rd Division for six months. Command then rotated to the <a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (UK) Armoured Division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201449–50_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201449–50-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During 1999, the 5th Airborne Brigade was converted into the <a href="/wiki/12th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">12th Mechanised Brigade</a> (still based at Aldershot). The division's tanks were replaced by 165 <a href="/wiki/Challenger_2" title="Challenger 2">Challenger 2s</a>. By the early 2000s, the formation's strength ranged from 18–21,600, depending on the source.<sup id="cite_ref-ARRC_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ARRC-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeyman20023_(UK)_Division_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeyman20023_(UK)_Division-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Afghanistan_and_Iraq">Afghanistan and Iraq</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Afghanistan and Iraq"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Telic" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Telic">Operation Telic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Operation_Herrick" title="Operation Herrick">Operation Herrick</a></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/United_States_invasion_of_Afghanistan" title="United States invasion of Afghanistan">United States invasion of Afghanistan</a>, in December 2001, the divisional headquarters was dispatched to <a href="/wiki/Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/International_Security_Assistance_Force" title="International Security Assistance Force">International Security Assistance Force</a>. It oversaw a multinational brigade until command was handed over to other NATO forces.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201452_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201452-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2006 onwards, <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Helmand" title="Task Force Helmand">Task Force Helmand</a> (based on a reinforced brigade) was formed to conduct stabilisation and counter-insurgency missions in <a href="/wiki/Helmand_Province" title="Helmand Province">Helmand Province</a>. Between April and October 2007, the division's 12th Mechanised Brigade was deployed to serve as the core of Task Force Helmand; it was replaced by the division's newly added <a href="/wiki/52nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="52nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">52nd Infantry Brigade</a> from October through to April 2008; the 19th Brigade deployed between April and October 2009; the 4th Mechanised Brigade undertook a tour between April and October 2010; the 12th Brigade returned between April and October 2021; followed by the 4th Brigade (joined the division in 2008) until April 2013; and the division's final deployment to Task Force Helmand came between April and October 2013, when then the 1st Brigade was dispatched. The task force was maintained until 2014, consisting of 1st Armoured Division units, when it was disbanded following the British withdrawal.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201452–54_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201452–54-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 2003, following the initial stage of the <a href="/wiki/2003_Invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="2003 Invasion of Iraq">2003 Invasion of Iraq</a> and start of security and stabilisation responsibilities, the 19th Mechanised Brigade was deployed to <a href="/wiki/Basra" title="Basra">Basra</a>, Iraq, to replace the 1st (UK) Armoured Division's <a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Brigade (United Kingdom)">7th Armoured Brigade</a>. This was followed by the divisional headquarters, which replaced the 1st (UK) Armoured Division on 11 July. The <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-East)_(Iraq)" title="Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)">Multi-National Division (South-East)</a> was subsequently formed to oversee all <a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Force_%E2%80%93_Iraq" title="Multi-National Force – Iraq">Multi-National Forces</a> in southern Iraq. The British portion of this force was based around a reinforced brigade, which came from different parent formations and were rotated through several deployments.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201451–52_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201451–52-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2011120_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2011120-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 3rd Division held operational control of the Multi-National Division until December 2003, when it passed command to other forces. The 3rd Division's headquarters undertook additional tours of Iraqi between July 2006 and January 2007 as well as in 2008, during these periods it also controlled the Multi-National Division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStewart201379_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStewart201379-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBaileyIronStrachan2013xvi_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBaileyIronStrachan2013xvi-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between April and November 2004, the division's 1st Mechanised Brigade was dispatched to Iraq under the oversight of the Multi-National Division; the 12th Mechanised Brigade was deployed between April and October 2005; the 19th Brigade between November 2006 and June 2007; the 1st Mechanized Brigade returned between June and December 2007; and the division's final deployment, under the oversight of the Multi-National Division, was made by the newly added 4th Mechanised Brigade between December 2007 and June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201451–52_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201451–52-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECarney2011120_69-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECarney2011120-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Army_2020">Army 2020</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Army 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 2005, the 19th Mechanised Brigade was converted into the 19th Light Brigade. It then moved from Catterick to Northern Ireland in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year, the <a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Brigade_and_Headquarters_North_East" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Infantry Brigade and Headquarters North East">4th Mechanised Brigade</a> moved from Germany and joined the division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeyman200737_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeyman200737-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed, during April 2007, with the addition of the 52nd Infantry Brigade.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201413_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201413-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the late 2000s, the division comprised the 1st Mechanised Brigade (based at Tidworth), the 12th Mechnised Brigade (Aldershot), the 19th Light Brigade, and the 52nd Infantry Brigade (Edinburgh).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHeyman200737_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHeyman200737-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, the 19th Brigade was disbanded leaving the division with just four brigades.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner201415_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner201415-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2010" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010">Strategic Defence and Security Review of 2010</a> outlined the <a href="/wiki/Army_2020" title="Army 2020">Army 2020</a> plan. This project aimed to restructure the army from one optimized for the <a href="/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021)" title="War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)">War in Afghanistan</a>, to one that was more flexible and included the establishment of a "Reaction Force" and an "Adaptable Force". The latter would be based around the 1st (United Kingdom) Division, while the 3rd Division would serve as the basis for the Reaction Force. The division's new role required it to be held in a state of high readiness, ready to be deployed to undertake operations on short notice, and all its forces were concentrated around the <a href="/wiki/Salisbury_Plain_Training_Area" title="Salisbury Plain Training Area">Salisbury Plain Training Area</a>. The restructured division then contained the 1st, 12th, and 20th Brigades. These were all renamed from "Mechanised" brigades to "Armoured Infantry" brigades, with each containing an armoured cavalry regiment for reconnaissance, an armoured regiment equipped with Challenger 2 <a href="/wiki/Main_battle_tank" title="Main battle tank">main battle tanks</a>, two armoured infantry battalions carried in Warriors, and one infantry battalion carried in <a href="/wiki/Cougar_(MRAP)" title="Cougar (MRAP)">Mastiff</a> <a href="/wiki/Infantry_mobility_vehicle" title="Infantry mobility vehicle">infantry mobility vehicles</a> (this battalion being described as a 'heavy protected mobility' battalion). The division also included the <a href="/wiki/101st_Logistic_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="101st Logistic Brigade">101st Logistic Brigade</a>, and could be supported by the <a href="/wiki/16_Air_Assault_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="16 Air Assault Brigade Combat Team">16 Air Assault Brigade</a> as part of the reaction force.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETanner20146–7,_18–19,_28–29_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETanner20146–7,_18–19,_28–29-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 2016, the division had a strength of around 16,000 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Further changes occurred following the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Defence_and_Security_Review_2015" title="Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015">2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review</a>, which resulted in <a href="/wiki/Army_2020_Refine" title="Army 2020 Refine">Army 2020 Refine</a> that was implemented in 2019. Army 2020 Refine saw the <a href="/wiki/1st_Artillery_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Artillery Brigade (United Kingdom)">1st Artillery Brigade</a>, the <a href="/wiki/25_(Close_Support)_Engineer_Group" title="25 (Close Support) Engineer Group">25th Engineer Group</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/7th_Air_Defence_Group" title="7th Air Defence Group">7th Air Defence Group</a> all added to the division.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENeadsGalbreath2023336_80-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENeadsGalbreath2023336-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MOD2019_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MOD2019-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, the 7th Air Defence Group was resubordinated to <a href="/wiki/Allied_Rapid_Reaction_Corps" title="Allied Rapid Reaction Corps">HQ ARRC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future_Soldier">Future Soldier</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Future Soldier"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:3rd_(UK)_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png/420px-3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png" decoding="async" width="420" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png/630px-3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png/840px-3rd_%28UK%29_Division_-_Future_Soldier_2024_organization.png 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="1203" /></a><figcaption>3rd (UK) Division organization November 2024 (click to enlarge)</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><b>3rd (UK) Division</b>, in <a href="/wiki/Bulford" title="Bulford">Bulford</a><sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Under the 2021 <a href="/wiki/Future_Soldier_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Future Soldier (United Kingdom)">Future Soldier programme</a>, the division is organised as such:<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Deep_Reconnaissance_Strike_Brigade_Combat_Team" title="1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team">1st Deep Reconnaissance Strike Brigade Combat Team</a> (Tidworth)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">12th Armoured Brigade Combat Team</a> (Bulford)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_Armoured_Brigade_Combat_Team_(United_Kingdom)" title="20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team (United Kingdom)">20th Armoured Brigade Combat Team</a> (Bulford)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>101 Operational Sustainment Brigade (Aldershot)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>25 (Close Support) Engineer Group (Perham Down)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>4th Military Intelligence Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)">Intelligence Corps</a> (Bulford)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>7th Military Intelligence Battalion, Intelligence Corps (Bristol)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1st Signal Regiment, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a> (Perham Down)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>3rd Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Bulford)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>15th Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Perham Down)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>71st Signal Regiment, Royal Corps of Signals (Bexley Heath)<sup id="cite_ref-FSG_84-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FSG-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Iron_Division_nickname">The Iron Division nickname</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: The Iron Division nickname"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the First World War, the division obtained the nickname "the ironsides" and "The Iron Division.<sup id="cite_ref-IWM_40-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWM-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Norman_Scarfe" title="Norman Scarfe">Norman Scarfe</a>, the divisional historian for the period 1943-1945, argued against a continuation of the nickname beyond the First World War. He wrote that while it was a complement to be associated with the term, it was a nickname "earned by quite different groups of units in quite different circumstances, not by the 3rd Division in its Assault form. '<a href="/wiki/Ironside_(cavalry)" title="Ironside (cavalry)">Ironsides</a>' is surely another not entirely justifiable reference to <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a>, where <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Cromwell" title="Oliver Cromwell">Cromwell</a> did his recruiting; and Iron, a symbol of strength and resolution of the 3rd Division in the Four Years' War, can also suggest inflexibility and cruelty, rust and robots. The distinction of being British [in comparison to the <a href="/wiki/3rd_Canadian_Division" title="3rd Canadian Division">3rd Canadian Division</a>], on the other hand, is open to only one interpretation. It is the most suitable of all titles. There was only one 3rd British Division fighting in Europe, and from D-Day until the Germans were defeated the men of the division deserved the honour of their name."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006xxix_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006xxix-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The separation of traditions was also suggested by Lieutenant-Colonel T. F. Furnell, secretary of the Association of the 3rd (Iron) Division, who in a reunion speech to Second World War 3rd Division veterans stated "You of the 3rd British Division have more than lived up to the tradition of the Iron Division."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006xxix_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScarfe2006xxix-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum" title="Imperial War Museum">Imperial War Museum</a> highlighted that while the nickname was earned during the First World War, it continued on through the Second World War and indicated Major-General Bernard Montgomery (who took command in 1939) referred to the division as such.<sup id="cite_ref-IWM_40-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IWM-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Delaforce" title="Patrick Delaforce">Patrick Delaforce</a>, Montgomery told an officer "I knew it in the last war – it was known as the 'Iron Division' then and it is going to be known as the "Iron Division" in this war."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelaforce19951_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelaforce19951-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The modern-day division still refers to itself as such.<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=17" 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 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Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing. pp. 79–89. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-40943-737-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-40943-737-6"><bdi>978-1-40943-737-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Chapter+6%3A+Southern+Iraq+2003%E2%80%932004%3A+Multi-National+Command&rft.btitle=British+Generals+in+Blair%27s+Wars&rft.place=Farnham%2C+Surrey&rft.pages=79-89&rft.pub=Ashgate+Publishing&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-40943-737-6&rft.aulast=Stewart&rft.aufirst=Andrew&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+%28UK%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStone1998" class="citation book cs1">Stone, David (1998). <i>Cold War Warriors: The Story of the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment (Berkshire and Wiltshire)</i>. London: Leo Cooper. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-850-52618-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-850-52618-9"><bdi>978-0-850-52618-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Cold+War+Warriors%3A+The+Story+of+the+Duke+of+Edinburgh%27s+Royal+Regiment+%28Berkshire+and+Wiltshire%29&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Leo+Cooper&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-850-52618-9&rft.aulast=Stone&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+%28UK%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTanner2014" class="citation book cs1">Tanner, James (2014). <i>The British Army since 2000</i>. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-593-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78200-593-3"><bdi>978-1-78200-593-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+British+Army+since+2000&rft.place=Oxford&rft.pub=Osprey+Publishing&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-78200-593-3&rft.aulast=Tanner&rft.aufirst=James&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+%28UK%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2010" class="citation web cs1">Taylor, Claire (2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN05714/SN05714.pdf">"A Brief Guide to Previous British Defence Reviews (SN/IA/5714)"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>House of Commons Library: International Affairs and Defence Section</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 October</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=House+of+Commons+Library%3A+International+Affairs+and+Defence+Section&rft.atitle=A+Brief+Guide+to+Previous+British+Defence+Reviews+%28SN%2FIA%2F5714%29&rft.date=2010&rft.aulast=Taylor&rft.aufirst=Claire&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fresearchbriefings.files.parliament.uk%2Fdocuments%2FSN05714%2FSN05714.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+%28UK%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWilliams2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Andrew_Williams_(novelist)" title="Andrew Williams (novelist)">Williams, Andrew</a> (2004). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/ddaytoberlin0000will"><i>D-Day to Berlin</i></a></span>. 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Salisbury: Headquarters 3 (UK) Division. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-71102-820-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-71102-820-3"><bdi>978-0-71102-820-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Iron+Division%3A+The+History+of+the+3rd+Division+1809-2000&rft.place=Salisbury&rft.edition=3rd.&rft.pub=Headquarters+3+%28UK%29+Division&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-0-71102-820-3&rft.aulast=McNish&rft.aufirst=Robin&rft.au=Bray%2C+Paul&rft.au=Messenger%2C+Charles&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A3rd+%28UK%29+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_(UK)_Division&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: External 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_and_Parachute_Division" title="Guards and Parachute Division">Guards and Parachute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Division" title="Union Division">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (United Kingdom) Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd (United Kingdom) Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Post-Cold_War_period" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-Cold War period</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish,_Welsh_and_Irish_Division" title="Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division">Scottish, Welsh and Irish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (UK) Armoured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-West)_(Bosnia)" title="Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)">Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-East)_(Iraq)" title="Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)">Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cold_War" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cold War</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">16th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armoured</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="56th (London) Infantry Division">56th (London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="13th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st</a>/<a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd</a> (Scottish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Artillery_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West">Artillery Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Gurkha_Division" title="17th Gurkha Division">17th Gurkha Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of British divisions in World War II">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Armoured_formations_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British Armoured formations of World War II">Armoured</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(Staffordshire)_Infantry_Division" title="59th (Staffordshire) Infantry Division">59th (Staffordshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="61st Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">61st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="66th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">66th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/70th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="70th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">70th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/76th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="76th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">76th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">77th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/78th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="78th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">78th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/80th_Infantry_(Reserve)_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="80th Infantry (Reserve) Division (United Kingdom)">80th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Invasion <a href="/wiki/British_County_Divisions" title="British County Divisions">"County Divisions"</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Devon_and_Cornwall_County_Division" title="Devon and Cornwall County Division">Devon and Cornwall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorset_County_Division" title="Dorset County Division">Dorset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durham_and_North_Riding_County_Division" title="Durham and North Riding County Division">Durham and North Riding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex_County_Division" title="Essex County Division">Essex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hampshire_County_Division" title="Hampshire County Division">Hampshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincolnshire_County_Division" title="Lincolnshire County Division">Lincolnshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_County_Division" title="Norfolk County Division">Norfolk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_County_Division" title="Northumberland County Division">Northumberland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Sussex_County_Division" title="West Sussex County Division">West Sussex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorkshire_County_Division" title="Yorkshire County Division">Yorkshire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Anti-Aircraft</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_Anti-Aircraft_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="12th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom)">12th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deception</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>See <a href="/wiki/British_deception_formations_in_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British deception formations in World War II">British deception formations in World War II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">African</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(African)_Division" title="1st (African) Division">1st (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_(African)_Division" title="2nd (African) Division">2nd (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(African)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="11th (African) Division">11th (African)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(East_Africa)_Division" title="11th (East Africa) Division">11th (East Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=12th_Division_(SDF)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="12th Division (SDF) (page does not exist)">12th (SDF)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81st_(West_Africa)_Division" title="81st (West Africa) Division">81st (West Africa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/82nd_(West_Africa)_Division" title="82nd (West Africa) Division">82nd (West Africa)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beauman_Division" title="Beauman Division">Beauman Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Marines_Division" title="Royal Marines Division">Royal Marines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Y_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Y Division (United Kingdom)">Y Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of Indian divisions in World War II">British Army in India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="First_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">First World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_I" class="mw-redirect" title="List of British divisions in World War I">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Regular Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)_in_the_First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom) in the First World War">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="27th Division (United Kingdom)">27th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="28th Division (United Kingdom)">28th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Scottish)_Division" title="9th (Scottish) Division">9th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(Irish)_Division" title="10th (Irish) Division">10th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_(Northern)_Division" title="11th (Northern) Division">11th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_(Western)_Division" title="13th (Western) Division">13th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_(Light)_Division" title="14th (Light) Division">14th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_(Irish)_Division" title="16th (Irish) Division">16th (Irish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_(Northern)_Division" title="17th (Northern) Division">17th (Northern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_(Eastern)_Division" title="18th (Eastern) Division">18th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_(Western)_Division" title="19th (Western) Division">19th (Western)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_(Light)_Division" title="20th (Light) Division">20th (Light)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/21st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="21st Division (United Kingdom)">21st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="22nd Division (United Kingdom)">22nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="23rd Division (United Kingdom)">23rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="24th Division (United Kingdom)">24th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="25th Division (United Kingdom)">25th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="26th Division (United Kingdom)">26th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/30th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="30th Division (United Kingdom)">30th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="31st Division (United Kingdom)">31st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="32nd Division (United Kingdom)">32nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="34th Division (United Kingdom)">34th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="35th Division (United Kingdom)">35th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th New Army</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/36th_(Ulster)_Division" title="36th (Ulster) Division">36th (Ulster)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="37th Division (United Kingdom)">37th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="39th Division (United Kingdom)">39th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="41st Division (United Kingdom)">41st</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Territorial Force</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_(North_Midland)_Division" title="46th (North Midland) Division">46th (North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(1/2nd_London)_Division" title="47th (1/2nd London) Division">47th (1/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_(South_Midland)_Division" title="48th (South Midland) Division">48th (South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd (Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division" title="54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division">54th (East Anglian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Division">55th (West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="56th (London) Division">56th (1/1st London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd Line</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/45th_(2nd_Wessex)_Division" title="45th (2nd Wessex) Division">45th (2nd Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_(2nd_West_Lancashire)_Division" title="57th (2nd West Lancashire) Division">57th (2nd West Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_(2/1st_London)_Division" title="58th (2/1st London) Division">58th (2/1st London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_(2nd_North_Midland)_Division" title="59th (2nd North Midland) Division">59th (2nd North Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_(2/2nd_London)_Division" title="60th (2/2nd London) Division">60th (2/2nd London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_(2nd_South_Midland)_Division" title="61st (2nd South Midland) Division">61st (2nd South Midland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_(2nd_West_Riding)_Division" title="62nd (2nd West Riding) Division">62nd (2nd West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(2nd_Northumbrian)_Division" title="63rd (2nd Northumbrian) Division">63rd (2nd Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_(2nd_Highland)_Division" title="64th (2nd Highland) Division">64th (2nd Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_(2nd_Lowland)_Division" title="65th (2nd Lowland) Division">65th (2nd Lowland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_(2nd_East_Lancashire)_Division" title="66th (2nd East Lancashire) Division">66th (2nd East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_(2nd_Home_Counties)_Division" title="67th (2nd Home Counties) Division">67th (2nd Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/68th_(2nd_Welsh)_Division" title="68th (2nd Welsh) Division">68th (2nd Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69th_(2nd_East_Anglian)_Division" title="69th (2nd East Anglian) Division">69th (2nd East Anglian)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/63rd_(Royal_Naval)_Division" title="63rd (Royal Naval) Division">63rd (Royal Naval)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/71st_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="71st Division (United Kingdom)">71st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/72nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="72nd Division (United Kingdom)">72nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/73rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="73rd Division (United Kingdom)">73rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/74th_(Yeomanry)_Division" title="74th (Yeomanry) Division">74th (Yeomanry)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="75th Division (United Kingdom)">75th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="3rd Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Mounted_Division" title="1st Mounted Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Mounted_Division" title="2nd Mounted Division">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Mounted_Division" title="3rd Mounted Division">2/2nd</a> (later 3rd)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Mounted_Division" title="4th Mounted Division">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yeomanry_Mounted_Division" title="Yeomanry Mounted Division">Yeomanry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_Boer_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second Boer War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_Army_formations_during_the_Second_Boer_War" title="List of British Army formations during the Second Boer War">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_between_1809%E2%80%931909" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=9th_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="9th Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=10th_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="10th Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=11th_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="11th Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Colonial_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Colonial Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Colonial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cavalry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">Cavalry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Mounted</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1st_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1st Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2nd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2nd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=3rd_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="3rd Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=4th_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="4th Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=5th_Mounted_Division_in_the_Second_Boer_War_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="5th Mounted Division in the Second Boer War (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">5th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Crimean_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Crimean War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_during_the_Crimean_War" title="List of British divisions during the Crimean War">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_between_1809%E2%80%931909" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division between 1809–1909">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Cavalry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Cavalry Division (United Kingdom)">Cavalry</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Highland_Division_(United_Kingdom)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Highland Division (United Kingdom) (page does not exist)">Highland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" 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