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Anglian) Infantry Division</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:54th_division_sign_WW1.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/54th_division_sign_WW1.svg/150px-54th_division_sign_WW1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="195" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/54th_division_sign_WW1.svg/225px-54th_division_sign_WW1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/54th_division_sign_WW1.svg/300px-54th_division_sign_WW1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="515" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Divisional_insignia_of_the_British_Army" title="Divisional insignia of the British Army">Shoulder insignia</a> of the 54th (East Anglian) Division, First World War</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Active</th><td class="infobox-data">1908–1919<br />1920–1943</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 typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_the_British_Army.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img 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" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Size</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Peacetime HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Warley,_Essex" title="Warley, Essex">Warley, Essex</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Engagements</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Battle of Gallipoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Gaza" title="First Battle of Gaza">First Battle of Gaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mughar_Ridge" title="Battle of Mughar Ridge">Battle of Mughar Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jerusalem_(1917)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Jerusalem (1917)">Battle of Jerusalem (1917)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Action_of_Tell_%27Asur" class="mw-redirect" title="Action of Tell 'Asur">Action of Tell 'Asur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arara" title="Battle of Arara">Battle of Arara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em;">Notable<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Julian_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Byng_of_Vimy" title="Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy">the Hon. Julian Byng</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Vere_Ferrers_Townshend" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Vere Ferrers Townshend">Charles Townshend</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Barker" title="Evelyn Barker">Evelyn Barker</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Lomax" title="Cyril Lomax">Cyril Lomax</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Ian_Freeland" title="Ian Freeland">Sir Ian Freeland</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;">Second World War division sign</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:54_inf_div_-vector.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/54_inf_div_-vector.svg/100px-54_inf_div_-vector.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/54_inf_div_-vector.svg/150px-54_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/54_inf_div_-vector.svg/200px-54_inf_div_-vector.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Military unit</div> <p>The <b>54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division</b> was an <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">division</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a>. The division was raised in 1908 following the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> (TF) as the <b>East Anglian Division</b>. During the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> the division fought at <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_Eastern_theatre_of_World_War_I" title="Middle Eastern theatre of World War I">Middle East</a>. The division was disbanded after the war but reformed in the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> in 1920. During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> it was a <a href="/wiki/Home_Service_Battalions" title="Home Service Battalions">home service</a> division and did not see any combat service abroad and was disbanded in late 1943 but many of its component units went to see service in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Normandy Campaign</a> and <a href="/wiki/Western_Front_(World_War_II)" title="Western Front (World War II)">North-western Europe</a> from June 1944 to May 1945. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Formation">Formation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Territorial_Force" title="Territorial Force">Territorial Force</a> (TF) was formed on 1 April 1908 following the enactment of the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Reserve_Forces_Act_1907" title="Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907">Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907</a> (7 Edw.7, c.9) which combined and re-organised the old <a href="/wiki/Volunteer_Force_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Volunteer Force (Great Britain)">Volunteer Force</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Honourable_Artillery_Company" title="Honourable Artillery Company">Honourable Artillery Company</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Yeomanry" title="Yeomanry">Yeomanry</a>. On formation, the TF contained 14 <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Division_(military)" title="Division (military)">divisions</a> and 14 mounted yeomanry <a href="/wiki/Brigade" title="Brigade">brigades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Westlake3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Westlake3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the divisions was the <b>East Anglian Division</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-Conrad_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conrad-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The infantry of the division was composed of the <a href="/wiki/Essex_Brigade" title="Essex Brigade">Essex</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Midland_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="East Midland Brigade">East Midland</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norfolk_and_Suffolk_Brigade" class="mw-redirect" title="Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade">Norfolk and Suffolk Brigades</a>. Divisional headquarters was based at Claremont House in <a href="/wiki/Warley,_Essex" title="Warley, Essex">Warley</a>, while the infantry brigades were headquartered at <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex">Brentwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bedford" title="Bedford">Bedford</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a>. Its subunits were spread across <a href="/wiki/East_Anglia" title="East Anglia">East Anglia</a> and the <a href="/wiki/East_Midlands" title="East Midlands">East Midlands</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><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> </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=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While on annual training, the division was ordered to mobilize on 4 August 1914, concentrating in the vicinity of <a href="/wiki/Brentwood,_Essex" title="Brentwood, Essex">Brentwood</a> by 10 August. After moving to <a href="/wiki/Chelmsford" title="Chelmsford">Chelmsford</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bury_St_Edmunds" title="Bury St Edmunds">Bury St Edmunds</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Norwich" title="Norwich">Norwich</a> on 20 August, the division served on coast defence duty. Three battalions – the 4th battalion <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">Suffolk Regiment</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_Regiment" title="Cambridgeshire Regiment">Cambridgeshire</a>, and 1st <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Hertfordshire Regiment">Hertfordshire</a> – were sent to France between November 1914 and February 1915. They were replaced in April by the 8th Hampshires, <a href="/wiki/10th_(County_of_London)_Battalion_(Hackney),_London_Regiment" title="10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment">10th Londons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Rifles" title="Finsbury Rifles">11th London</a>. The battalions of the division were reorganized to include four companies in January 1915, and in May it concentrated near <a href="/wiki/St_Albans" title="St Albans">St Albans</a>, preparing to be sent overseas. Its destination was revealed to be <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_campaign" title="Gallipoli campaign">Gallipoli</a> on 8 July. Leaving behind the divisional artillery and most of the train, the division departed St. Albans for <a href="/wiki/Devonport,_Plymouth" title="Devonport, Plymouth">Devonport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> between 20 and 30 July, boarding transports for <a href="/wiki/Mudros" class="mw-redirect" title="Mudros">Mudros</a>, where it began arriving on 6 August.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 54th (East Anglian) Division <a href="/wiki/Landing_at_Suvla_Bay" title="Landing at Suvla Bay">landed at Suvla</a> on 10 August in the <a href="/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallipoli Campaign">Gallipoli Campaign</a>, as a part of <a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="IX Corps (United Kingdom)">IX Corps</a> under <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Stopford" title="Frederick Stopford">Lieutenant-General Stopford</a>. By the end of 11 August, ten battalions and the divisional headquarters had landed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936130-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the evacuation of the Gallipoli peninsula the division was ordered to re-embark from Gallipoli on 26 November, and returned to Mudros between 3 and 8 December. On 9 December, it included 240 officers and 4,480 other ranks, including reinforcements. It began embarking for Egypt on 13 December, and arrived in Alexandria on 18 December. On the next day, it was concentrated at <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Bishr" title="Sidi Bishr">Sidi Bishr</a> before moving to Mena Camp near <a href="/wiki/Cairo" title="Cairo">Cairo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the <a href="/wiki/Senussi_campaign" title="Senussi campaign">Senussi uprising</a>, the 161st Brigade was sent into the <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_(Egypt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert (Egypt)">Western Desert</a> on 28 December 1915. Between 11 and 15 February 1916, the divisional artillery, which had been sent to France in November 1915 and attached to the <a href="/wiki/33rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="33rd Division (United Kingdom)">33rd Division</a>, rejoined the division at Mena.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 161st Brigade returned to the division on 5 March, without the 4th Essex, which returned on 23 March. The division took over the southern section of the Suez Canal defences on 2 April,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Expeditionary_Force" title="Egyptian Expeditionary Force">Egyptian Expeditionary Force</a> under <a href="/wiki/Archibald_Murray" title="Archibald Murray">General Archibald Murray</a>.<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> </p><p> Then in the <a href="/wiki/Sinai_and_Palestine_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinai and Palestine Campaign">Sinai and Palestine Campaign</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Gaza" title="First Battle of Gaza">First Battle of Gaza</a>, on 26 March 1917, the 161st Brigade and divisional artillery were in reserve while the <a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh) Division</a> carried out the main attack. These reserves were committed as the battle progressed resulting in the British gaining a foothold in the <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> defences but the British commander called off the attack as night fell. In the <a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Gaza" title="Second Battle of Gaza">Second Battle of Gaza</a>, the 1/4th and 1/5th Battalions of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Norfolk Regiment</a> sustained 75 per cent casualties (about 1,200 men).<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> It took part in the successful <a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Gaza" title="Third Battle of Gaza">Third Battle of Gaza</a> as part of <a href="/wiki/XXI_Corps_(United_Kingdom)" title="XXI Corps (United Kingdom)">XXI Corps</a> led by <a href="/wiki/Edward_Bulfin" title="Edward Bulfin">General Bulfin</a>, and by the end of 1917 <a href="/wiki/Edmund_Allenby,_1st_Viscount_Allenby" title="Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby">Edmund Allenby</a>'s forces had taken <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a>. The division fought in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jaffa_(1917)" title="Battle of Jaffa (1917)">Battle of Jaffa</a> on 21 and 22 December.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut,_October_1918_(Q_12477).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg/220px-Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg/330px-Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg/440px-Norfolk_Regiment_soldiers_resting_on_the_road_to_Beirut%2C_October_1918_%28Q_12477%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="582" /></a><figcaption>Men of the Norfolk Regiment resting on the road to Beirut, late October 1918</figcaption></figure> <p>The 162nd Brigade participated in the Fight at Ras el'Ain during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tell_%27Asur" title="Battle of Tell 'Asur">Battle of Tell 'Asur</a> on 12 March 1918. The division fought in the attack at Berukin on 9 and 10 April/ In September 1918 the division took part in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sharon" title="Battle of Sharon">Battle of Sharon</a> between 19 and 23 September. After the end of the battle, the division concentrated at <a href="/wiki/Hableh" title="Hableh">Hableh</a> on 24 September and was ordered to move to <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a> three days later. It began advancing to Haifa on 28 September through <a href="/wiki/Atlit_(modern_town)" title="Atlit (modern town)">Atlit</a>, and finished concentrating there on 4 October, where it improved communications. The division was ordered to begin the advance to <a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a> on 20 October, which was conducted by brigade group in daylong intervals. The advance began three days later, through <a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Acre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naqoura" title="Naqoura">Naqoura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon" title="Tyre, Lebanon">Tyre</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sidon" title="Sidon">Sidon</a>. The division reached Beirut between 31 October and 5 November, as the war with the Ottoman Empire ended on 31 October.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division moved back by sea to <a href="/wiki/El_Qantara,_Egypt" title="El Qantara, Egypt">El Qantara</a> from 28 November, beginning with the 163rd Brigade, and then moved to Helmie, where it concentrated on 7 December without its artillery and train. The divisional artillery and train arrived via El Qantara by 14 December, except for the CCLXXII Brigade, which marched from Beirut to <a href="/wiki/Tulkarm" title="Tulkarm">Tulkarm</a> before entraining for Helmie on 9 December. The demobilization of the division began on 6 January 1919 with the disbandment of the three brigade trench mortar brigades. The division personnel filled the time with educational courses in January as they were gradually demobilized. By 22 May only six battalions remained, and on 29 May the <a href="/wiki/77th_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="77th Brigade (United Kingdom)">77th Brigade</a> joined the division and was renumbered as the 161st Brigade. The CII Brigade joined and temporarily became the division artillery on 1 June. The Territorial units were reduced to cadre strength and the war-time units were disbanded, with the division ceasing to exist in Egypt on 30 September 1919.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Between_the_wars">Between the wars</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Between the wars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The division was disbanded after the Great War when the whole of the Territorial Force was disbanded. However, it was reformed in 1920 as the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> (TA) and the division was reconstituted with <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eastern Command (United Kingdom)">Eastern Command</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936131-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> initially with a similar composition to before the First World War but, over the next few years, with a much different composition. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buildup_to_the_Second_World_War">Buildup to the Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Buildup to the Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Throughout the 1930s, <a href="/wiki/Causes_of_World_War_II" title="Causes of World War II">tensions built</a> between <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Germany</a> and the United Kingdom as well as its <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">allies</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell19863–4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell19863–4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During late 1937 and throughout 1938, German demands for the annexation of Czechoslovakia's <a href="/wiki/Sudetenland" title="Sudetenland">Sudetenland</a> led to an <a href="/wiki/International_crisis" title="International crisis">international crisis</a>. In an attempt to avoid war, British <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister (United Kingdom)">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a> met the German <a href="/wiki/Chancellor_of_Germany" title="Chancellor of Germany">Chancellor</a> <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> in September and brokered the <a href="/wiki/Munich_Agreement" title="Munich Agreement">Munich Agreement</a>. The agreement averted immediate war and allowed Germany to annex the Sudetenland.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell1986258–275_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell1986258–275-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chamberlain had intended the agreement to lead to further peaceful resolution of issues, but relations between both countries soon deteriorated.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell1986277–278_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell1986277–278-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 15 March 1939, Germany breached the terms of the agreement by invading and occupying the <a href="/wiki/Protectorate_of_Bohemia_and_Moravia" title="Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia">remnants of the Czech state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBell1986281_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBell1986281-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response, on 29 March, the British <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_War" title="Secretary of State for War">Secretary of State for War</a> <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Hore-Belisha,_1st_Baron_Hore-Belisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1st Baron Hore-Belisha">Leslie Hore-Belisha</a> announced plans to increase the Territorial Army from 130,000 men to 340,000 and in so doing double the number of territorial divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The plan of action was for the existing units to recruit over their allowed establishments (aided by an increase in pay for territorials, the removal of restrictions on promotion that had been a major hindrance to recruiting during the preceding years, the construction of better quality barracks, and an increase in supper-time rations) and then form Second Line divisions from small cadres that could be built upon.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMessenger199447_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMessenger199447-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result, the 54th was to provide cadres to form a Second Line duplicate unit, which would become the <a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th Infantry Division</a> following the start of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200360_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200360-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April, limited <a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Conscription in the United Kingdom">conscription</a> was introduced. At that time 34,500 militiamen, all aged 20, were conscripted into the regular army, initially to be trained for six months before being deployed to the forming second line units.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMessenger199449_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMessenger199449-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEFrench200164_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEFrench200164-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite the intention for the army to grow in size, the programme was complicated by a lack of central guidance on the expansion and duplication process and issues regarding the lack of facilities, equipment and instructors.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGibbs1976518-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPerry198848_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPerry198848-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<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=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Upon the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a> in September 1939, the 54th Division, commanded by <a href="/wiki/Major-General_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Priestman_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Priestman (British Army officer)">John Priestman</a>, a Regular Army officer, and serving under <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Command_(United_Kingdom)" title="Eastern Command (United Kingdom)">Eastern Command</a>, was mobilised for full-time war service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Comprising still the <a href="/wiki/Essex_Brigade" title="Essex Brigade">161st</a>, <a href="/wiki/162nd_(East_Midland)_Brigade" title="162nd (East Midland) Brigade">162nd</a> and <a href="/wiki/163rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="163rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">163rd Infantry Brigades</a> and divisional troops, the division absorbed hundreds of conscripts and spent the first few months of the war, after guarding various designated 'vulnerable points', training for eventual overseas service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIWM2017_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIWM2017-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The division remained in the United Kingdom as a local defence formation, being downgraded to a Lower Establishment in January 1942. The division was disbanded and broken up on 14 December 1943. Its component units would take part in the <a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Normandy Campaign</a> as support units, with the HQ <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> becoming HQ 8th <a href="/wiki/Army_Group_Royal_Artillery" title="Army Group Royal Artillery">Army Group Royal Artillery</a> and HQ <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> becoming HQ Royal Engineers for the <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a>. The divisional HQ was redesignated HQ Lines of Communication (54th Division) for the <a href="/wiki/21st_Army_Group" title="21st Army Group">21st Army Group</a>. The division was not reformed in the post-war Territorial Army in 1947 but the <a href="/wiki/Essex_Brigade" title="Essex Brigade">161st</a> and <a href="/wiki/162nd_(East_Midland)_Brigade" title="162nd (East Midland) Brigade">162nd Infantry Brigades</a> both survived until disbandment in the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIWM2017_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIWM2017-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Postwar">Postwar</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Postwar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The formation became known as East Anglian District<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> when the <a href="/wiki/Army_Reserve_(United_Kingdom)#Postwar_and_Cold_War" title="Army Reserve (United Kingdom)">Territorial Army</a> was reformed on 1 January 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1961 it became a district headquarters as <b>54th (East Anglian) Division/District</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was disbanded on the reduction of the TA into the <a href="/wiki/Territorial_and_Army_Volunteer_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve">Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve</a> on 1 April 1967, when many individual TA units lost their identities.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The district headquarters itself formed the core of the structure for the creation of <a href="/wiki/Eastern_District_(British_Army)" title="Eastern District (British Army)">Eastern District</a> under <a href="/wiki/Land_Command" title="Land Command">HQ UK Land Forces</a> in 1972.<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 class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="General_officers_commanding">General officers commanding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: General officers commanding"><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">See also: <a href="/wiki/General_officer_commanding" title="General officer commanding">General officer commanding</a></div> <p>General Officers Commanding have included:<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><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: left; border-spacing: 2px; border: 1px solid darkgray;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Appointed </th> <th>General officer commanding </th></tr> <tr> <td>August 1908 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brigadier" title="Brigadier">Brigadier-General</a> <a href="/wiki/John_Hasluck_Campbell" title="John Hasluck Campbell">John H. Campbell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 1910 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Major_General_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="Major General (United Kingdom)">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Julian_Byng,_1st_Viscount_Byng_of_Vimy" title="Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy">the Hon. Julian H.G. Byng</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>October 1912 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Townshend_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Townshend (British Army officer)">Charles V.F. Townshend</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 June 1913 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Francis_Inglefield" title="Francis Inglefield">Francis S. Inglefield</a> (sick)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 October 1915 </td> <td>Brigadier-General F.F.W. Daniell (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 October 1915 </td> <td>Major-General Francis S. Inglefield (sick)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 October 1915 </td> <td>Brigadier-General <a href="/wiki/Henry_Hodgson_(British_Army_officer)" title="Henry Hodgson (British Army officer)">Henry Hodgson</a> (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 November 1915 </td> <td>Major-General Francis S. Inglefield<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 April 1916 </td> <td>Major-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Steuart_Hare" title="Steuart Hare">Steuart W. Hare</a> (sick)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 March 1917 </td> <td>Brigadier-General Henry George Sandilands (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 April 1917 </td> <td>Major-General Sir Steuart Hare (leave)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 January 1918 </td> <td>Brigadier-General Davison Bruce Stewart (acting)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 March 1918 </td> <td>Major-General Sir Steuart Hare<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1923 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Duncan_(British_Army_officer,_born_1872)" title="John Duncan (British Army officer, born 1872)">John Duncan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1927 </td> <td>Major-General Sir <a href="/wiki/Torquhil_Matheson" title="Torquhil Matheson">Torquhil G. Matheson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1930 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Francis_Marshall_(British_Army_officer)" title="Francis Marshall (British Army officer)">Francis J. Marshall</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1934 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Russell_Mortimer_Luckock" title="Russell Mortimer Luckock">Russell M. Luckock</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>September 1938 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/John_Priestman_(British_Army_officer)" title="John Priestman (British Army officer)">John H.T. Priestman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>February 1941 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Evelyn_Barker" title="Evelyn Barker">Evelyn H. Barker</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1943 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Wainwright_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Wainwright (British Army officer)">Charles B. Wainwright</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1943 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Colin_Callander" title="Colin Callander">Colin B. Callander</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Lomax" title="Cyril Lomax">Cyril E.N. Lomax</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1948 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Chilton" title="Maurice Chilton">Maurice S. Chilton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>April 1950 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Charles_Firth_(British_Army_officer)" title="Charles Firth (British Army officer)">Charles E.A. Firth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>January 1951 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Stockwell" title="Hugh Stockwell">Hugh C. Stockwell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1951 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Leslie_Lockhart" title="Leslie Lockhart">Leslie K. Lockhart</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>December 1952 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Roger_Bower" title="Roger Bower">Roger H. Bower</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1955 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Reginald_Harding" title="Reginald Harding">Reginald P. Harding</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 1958 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Talbot_(British_Army_officer)" title="Dennis Talbot (British Army officer)">Dennis E.B. Talbot</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>March 1961 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Ian_Freeland" title="Ian Freeland">Ian H. Freeland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>July 1963 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Richard_Fyffe" title="Richard Fyffe">Richard A. Fyffe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 1965 </td> <td>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Fergus_Ling" title="Fergus Ling">Fergus A.H. Ling</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Orders_of_battle">Orders of battle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Orders of battle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1910">1910</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 1910"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>East Anglian Division (1910)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart1910131–132_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart1910131–132-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade <ul><li>4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment</li> <li>5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment</li> <li>4th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment</li> <li>5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment</li></ul></li> <li>East Midland Brigade <ul><li>5th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment</li> <li>4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment</li> <li>1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment</li> <li>1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment</li></ul></li> <li>Essex Brigade <ul><li>4th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li> <li>5th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li> <li>6th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li> <li>7th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>Divisional Artillery <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Norfolk_Artillery_Volunteers" title="1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers">1st East Anglian Brigade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Royal Field Artillery">Royal Field Artillery</a> (RFA) <ul><li>1st Norfolk Battery</li> <li>2nd Norfolk Battery</li> <li>3rd Norfolk Battery</li> <li>1st East Anglian Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Essex_Artillery_Volunteers#Territorial_Force" title="1st Essex Artillery Volunteers">2nd East Anglian Brigade</a>, RFA <ul><li>1st Essex Battery</li> <li>2nd Essex Battery</li> <li>3rd Essex Battery</li> <li>2nd East Anglian Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>3rd East Anglian (Howitzer) Brigade, RFA <ul><li>1st Suffolk Battery</li> <li>2nd Suffolk Battery</li> <li>3rd East Anglian Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_East_Anglian_Brigade,_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery">4th East Anglian Brigade</a>, RFA <ul><li>1st Hertfordshire Battery</li> <li>2nd Hertfordshire Battery</li> <li>Northamptonshire Battery</li> <li>4th East Anglian Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Anglian_(Essex)_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="East Anglian (Essex) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery">East Anglian (Essex) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery</a></li></ul></li> <li>Divisional Engineers <ul><li>1st East Anglian Field Company, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> (RE)</li> <li>2nd East Anglian Field Company, RE</li> <li>East Anglian Divisional Telegraph Company, RE</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Service_Corps" title="Royal Army Service Corps">Army Service Corps</a> <ul><li>East Anglian Transport and Supply Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> <ul><li>1st East Anglian Field Ambulance</li> <li>2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance</li> <li>3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_World_War_2">First World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: First World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>54th (East Anglian) Division (1914–1918)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127–129_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127–129-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>161st (Essex) Brigade <ul><li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Essex_Regiment" title="Essex Regiment">Essex Regiment</a></li> <li>1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Battalion,_Essex_Regiment" title="6th Battalion, Essex Regiment">1/6th Battalion</a>, Essex Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Battalion,_Essex_Regiment" title="7th Battalion, Essex Regiment">1/7th Battalion</a>, Essex Regiment</li> <li>161st Machine Gun Company, <a href="/wiki/Machine_Gun_Corps" title="Machine Gun Corps">Machine Gun Corps</a> (formed 23 April 1916, moved to 54th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 19 April 1918)</li> <li>161st Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 17 May 1917)</li></ul></li> <li>162nd (East Midland) Brigade <ul><li>1/5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Northamptonshire_Rifle_Volunteer_Corps" title="1st Northamptonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps">1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1/1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Cambridgeshire_Regiment" title="Cambridgeshire Regiment">Cambridgeshire Regiment</a> (to France, February 1915)</li> <li>1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (to France, November 1914)</li> <li>2/1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment (joined February 1915 from <a href="/wiki/2nd_East_Anglian_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd East Anglian Division">2nd East Anglian Division</a> to replace 1/1st Cambridgeshires, returned to 2nd East Anglian Division in April of that year)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames1978112_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames1978112-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>1/10th (County of London) Battalion, <a href="/wiki/London_Regiment_(1908%E2%80%931938)" title="London Regiment (1908–1938)">London Regiment</a> (Hackney) (from April 1915)</li> <li>1/11th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (<a href="/wiki/Finsbury_Rifles" title="Finsbury Rifles">Finsbury Rifles</a>) (from April 1915)</li> <li>162nd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Company (formed 26 April 1916, moved to 54th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 19 April 1918)</li> <li>162nd Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 5 May 1917)</li></ul></li> <li>163rd (Norfolk and Suffolk) Brigade <ul><li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Norfolk Regiment</a></li> <li>1/5th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment</li> <li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Suffolk_Regiment" title="Suffolk Regiment">Suffolk Regiment</a> (to France, November 1914)</li> <li>1/5th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Wight_Rifles" title="Isle of Wight Rifles">1/8th (Isle of Wight Rifles, Princess Beatrice's) Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hampshire_Regiment" title="Royal Hampshire Regiment">Hampshire Regiment</a> (from 19 April 1915)</li> <li>163rd Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps (formed 1 May 1916, moved to 54th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps 19 April 1918)</li> <li>163rd Trench Mortar Battery (formed by 4 May 1917)</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>54th (East Anglian) Divisional Artillery <sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Norfolk_Artillery_Volunteers" title="1st Norfolk Artillery Volunteers">1/I East Anglian Brigade</a>, RFA (numbered CCLXX Brigade on 26 May 1916 and CCLXXII Brigade on 21 December 1916) <ul><li>1/1st Norfolk Battery (became A Battery on 26 May 1916)</li> <li>1/2nd Norfolk Battery (became B Battery on 26 May 1916)</li> <li>1/3rd Norfolk Battery (became C Battery on 26 May 1916, broken up between A and B Batteries on 21 December 1916)</li> <li>1/I East Anglian Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Essex_Artillery_Volunteers#1/II_East_Anglian_Brigade" title="1st Essex Artillery Volunteers">1/II East Anglian Brigade</a>, RFA (numbered CCLXXI Brigade on 26 May 1916) <ul><li>1/1st Essex Battery (became A Battery on 26 May 1916)</li> <li>1/2nd Essex Battery (became B Battery on 26 May 1916)</li> <li>1/3rd Essex Battery (became C Battery on 26 May 1916, broken up between A and B Batteries on 20 December 1916)</li> <li>C (Howitzer) Battery (joined 20 December 1916 from CCLXXII (H) Brigade)</li> <li>1/II East Anglian Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li>1/III East Anglian Brigade (Howitzers) (numbered CCLXXII (H) Brigade on 28 May 1916, broken up 21 December 1916) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Suffolk_Artillery_Volunteer_Corps" title="1st Suffolk Artillery Volunteer Corps">1/1st Suffolk Battery (Howitzers)</a> (became A (Howitzer) Battery 28 May 1916, to CCLXXI Brigade 21 December 1916)</li> <li>1/2nd Suffolk Battery (Howitzers) (became B (Howitzer) Battery 28 May 1916, to CCLXX Brigade 21 December 1916)</li> <li>1/III East Anglian Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_East_Anglian_Brigade,_Royal_Field_Artillery#1/IV_East_Anglian_Brigade" title="4th East Anglian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery">1/IV East Anglian Brigade</a>, RFA (numbered CCLXXIII Brigade on 29 May 1916 and CCLXX Brigade on 21 December 1916) <ul><li>1/1st Hertfordshire Battery (became A Battery on 29 May 1916)</li> <li>1/2nd Hertfordshire Battery (became B Battery on 29 May 1916, broken up between A and C Batteries on 21 December 1916)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northamptonshire_Battery,_Royal_Field_Artillery" title="Northamptonshire Battery, Royal Field Artillery">1/1st Northamptonshire Battery</a> (became C Battery on 29 May 1916, became B Battery on 21 December 1916)</li> <li>C (Howitzer) Battery (joined 21 December 1916 from CCLXXII (H) Brigade)</li> <li>1/IV East Anglian Brigade Ammunition Column</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Anglian_(Essex)_Heavy_Battery,_Royal_Garrison_Artillery" title="East Anglian (Essex) Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery">1/1st East Anglian (Essex) Heavy Battery, RGA</a> (left in England when division went to Gallipoli; later served in France)</li> <li>54th (East Anglian) Divisional Ammunition Column (detachment accompanied division to Gallipoli, while the remainder were sent to France in November 1915, where they became the <a href="/wiki/55th_(West_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="55th (West Lancashire) Infantry Division">55th (West Lancashire) Divisional Ammunition Column</a> January 1916)</li></ul> <p>Divisional artillery after August 1916 reorganisation: </p> <ul><li>CCLXX Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C (H) Batteries</li></ul></li> <li>CCLXXI Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, 440 (H) Batteries</li></ul></li> <li>CCLXXIII Brigade, RFA <ul><li>A, B, C (H) Batteries</li></ul></li> <li>Trench Mortars (joined on 3 October 1917, left 2 March 1918) <ul><li>X.54 Medium Trench Mortar Battery</li> <li>Y.54 Medium Trench Mortar Battery</li> <li>Z.54 Medium Trench Mortar Battery</li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li>Divisional Engineers <ul><li>1/1st East Anglian Field Company, RE (joined <a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd Division</a> in France on 5 January 1915)</li> <li>/2nd East Anglian Field Company, RE (renumbered 484th Field Company on 1 February 1917)</li> <li>2/1st East Anglian Field Company (formed after mobilisation; renumbered 485th Field Company on 1 February 1917), RE</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Fortress_Royal_Engineers" title="Kent Fortress Royal Engineers">1st Kent Fortress Field Company</a>, RE (joined 1 July 1916; renumbered 495th (1st Kent) Field Company on 1 February 1917)</li> <li>54th (East Anglian) Divisional Signal Company, RE</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Army_Medical_Corps" title="Royal Army Medical Corps">Royal Army Medical Corps</a> <ul><li>1st East Anglian Field Ambulance (joined <a href="/wiki/29th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="29th Division (United Kingdom)">29th Division</a> in January 1915)</li> <li>2nd East Anglian Field Ambulance</li> <li>3rd East Anglian Field Ambulance</li> <li>2/1st East Anglian Field Ambulance (formed after mobilisation)</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_World_War_2">Second World War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Second World War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>54th (East Anglian) Infantry Division (Second World War)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/161st_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="161st Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">161st Infantry Brigade</a> (until 17 December 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003349_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003349-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>1/4th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Essex_Regiment" title="Essex Regiment">Essex Regiment</a> (left 20 July 1940)</li> <li>1/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment (until 14 December 1940)</li> <li>2/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment (left 18 September 1939)</li> <li>2/5th Battalion, Essex Regiment</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(County_of_London)_Battalion_(Hackney),_London_Regiment" title="10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment">5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment</a> (left 18 September 1939)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_(County_of_London)_Battalion_(Hackney),_London_Regiment" title="10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney), London Regiment">7th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment</a> (left 18 September 1939)</li> <li>161st Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 10 July 1940)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/162nd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="162nd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">162nd Infantry Brigade</a> (until 10 November 1942 and from 5 September 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003350_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003350-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Bedfordshire_and_Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment">Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment</a></li> <li>1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Hertfordshire_Regiment" title="Hertfordshire Regiment">Hertfordshire Regiment</a> (to September 1942)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (to September 1942)</li> <li>162nd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 1 February 1940, disbanded 14 July 1941)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/163rd_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" title="163rd Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">163rd Infantry Brigade</a> (redesignated 53rd Infantry Brigade 18 September 1939)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003351_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003351-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>5th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a> (until 17 September 1939)</li> <li>6th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment (until 17 September 1939)</li> <li>7th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment (until 17 September 1939)</li> <li>2/4th Battalion, Essex Regiment (from 18 September 1939 until 11 April 1943)</li> <li>5th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (from 18 September 1939 until 1 November 1943)</li> <li>7th (Hackney) Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment (from 18 September 1939, disbanded 10 October 1942)</li> <li>163rd Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 1 February 1940, disbanded 14 July 1941)</li> <li>6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Own_Royal_Regiment_(Lancaster)" title="King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)">King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)</a> (from 16 October until 11 December 1942)</li> <li>1st Buckinghamshire Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Oxfordshire_and_Buckinghamshire_Light_Infantry" title="Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry">Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry</a> (from 12 December 1942 until 30 May 1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Battalion,_King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)">5th Battalion, King's Regiment (Liverpool)</a> (from 18 July 1943 until 1 November 1943)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/198th_Infantry_Brigade_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="198th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)">198th Infantry Brigade</a> (from 20 December 1940)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003382_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003382-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Irish" title="Liverpool Irish">8th (Irish) Battalion</a>, <a href="/wiki/King%27s_Regiment_(Liverpool)" title="King's Regiment (Liverpool)">King's Regiment (Liverpool)</a></li> <li>6th Battalion, <a href="/wiki/Border_Regiment" title="Border Regiment">Border Regiment</a></li> <li>7th Battalion, Border Regiment (until 9 December 1942)</li> <li>198th Infantry Brigade Anti-Tank Company (formed 30 July 1940, disbanded 14 July 1941)</li> <li>2nd Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (from 9 December 1942)</li></ul></li></ul> </div> <dl><dt>Divisional troops</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1184024115"><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>HQ 54th Divisional Artillery, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery" title="Royal Artillery">Royal Artillery</a> (became <a href="/wiki/8th_Army_Group_Royal_Artillery" title="8th Army Group Royal Artillery">8th Army Group Royal Artillery</a> 1 May 1943) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Essex_Artillery_Volunteers#World_War_II" title="1st Essex Artillery Volunteers">85th (East Anglian) Field Regiment</a> (to 24 August 1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/86th_(East_Anglian)_(Hertfordshire_Yeomanry)_Field_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" title="86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery">86th (East Anglian) (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment</a> (to 9 June 1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Essex_Artillery_Volunteers#World_War_II" title="1st Essex Artillery Volunteers">134th Field Regiment</a> (to 10 February 1942)</li> <li>168th Field Regiment (from 9 June 1942 to 9 June 1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_(Suffolk_Yeomanry)_Anti-Tank_Regiment,_Royal_Artillery" class="mw-redirect" title="55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery">55th (Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regiment</a> (to 21 February 1943)</li> <li>19th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (from 21 April 1942 to 9 September 1942)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li>HQ 54th Divisional Engineers, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers" title="Royal Engineers">Royal Engineers</a> (to <a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne Division</a> 20 May 1943) <ul><li>248th (East Anglian) Field Company (to 16 September 1939)</li> <li>249th (East Anglian) Field Company (to 6th Airborne Division 20 May 1943)</li> <li>286th Field Company (to 20 May 1943)</li> <li>289th Field Park Company (to 2 March 1942)</li> <li>250th Field Company (from September, to <a href="/wiki/East_Lancashire_Royal_Engineers#42nd_Divisional_Engineers" title="East Lancashire Royal Engineers">42nd Divisional Engineers</a> 20 October 1939)</li> <li>556th Field Company (from 4 January 1940 to 29 December 1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/591st_(Antrim)_Field_Company,_Royal_Engineers" class="mw-redirect" title="591st (Antrim) Field Company, Royal Engineers">591st (Antrim) Field Company</a> (from 1 January 1942, to 6th Airborne Division 20 May 1943)</li></ul></li> <li>54th (East Anglian) Divisional Signals, <a href="/wiki/Royal_Corps_of_Signals" title="Royal Corps of Signals">Royal Corps of Signals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_Battalion,_Reconnaissance_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="54th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps">54th Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps</a> (formed 15 July 1941 from <a href="/wiki/21st_Battalion,_Royal_Fusiliers" class="mw-redirect" title="21st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers">21st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers</a>; reduced to 54th Independent Reconnaissance Company 1 January 1942; 54th Independent Reconnaissance Squadron 6 June 1942; to <a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish) Infantry Division</a> 9 February 1943)<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen200389-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div> <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=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The divisional artillery did not accompany the division to Gallipoli. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 May</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Army+Commands&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gulabin.com%2Farmynavy%2Fpdf%2FArmy%2520Commands%25201860-.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936125_27-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1936">Becke 1936</a>, p. 125.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEHart1910131–132-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHart1910131–132_28-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHart1910">Hart 1910</a>, pp. 131–132.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127–129-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBecke1936127–129_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFBecke1936">Becke 1936</a>, pp. 127–129.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJames1978112-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJames1978112_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJames1978">James 1978</a>, p. 112.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Becke, Pt 3b, pp. 33–7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Macartney-Filgate, pp 3–5.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003349-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003349_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 349.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003350-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003350_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 350.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003351-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003351_36-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 351.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003382-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJoslen2003382_37-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFJoslen2003">Joslen 2003</a>, p. 382.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090107162635/http://www.ra39-45.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/laa/page13.html">19 LAA Rgt at Ra 39–45.</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Frederick, pp. 11, 289.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Kemsley, Riesco & Chamberlin, pp. 1–4.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Northcote Parkinson, p. 31.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output 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Imperial War Museum<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">5 August</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Badge%2C+Formation%2C+54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division+%26+162nd+Infantry+Brigade&rft.pub=Imperial+War+Museum&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwm.org.uk%2Fcollections%2Fitem%2Fobject%2F30071818&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBecke1936" class="citation book cs1">Becke, Major A. F. (1936). <i>Order of Battle of Divisions Part 2A. The Territorial Force Mounted Divisions and the 1st-Line Territorial Force Divisions (42–56)</i> (2007 Naval & Military Press reprint ed.). 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Becke,<i>History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3b: New Army Divisions (30–41) and 63rd (R.N.) Division</i>, London: HM Stationery Office, 1939/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-847347-41-X" title="Special:BookSources/1-847347-41-X">1-847347-41-X</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBell1986" class="citation book cs1">Bell, P.M.H. (1986). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/originsofsecondw00bell"><i>The Origins of the Second World War in Europe</i></a></span> (2nd 1997 ed.). 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Manchester: Manchester University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-2595-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7190-2595-2"><bdi>978-0-7190-2595-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Commonwealth+Armies%3A+Manpower+and+Organisation+in+Two+World+Wars&rft.place=Manchester&rft.series=War%2C+Armed+Forces+and+Society&rft.pub=Manchester+University+Press&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-0-7190-2595-2&rft.aulast=Perry&rft.aufirst=Frederick+William&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWatsonRinaldi2018" class="citation book cs1">Watson, Graham E.; Rinaldi, Richard A. (2018). <i>The Corps of Royal Engineers: Organization and Units 1889–2018</i>. Tiger Lily Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-171790180-4"><bdi>978-171790180-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Corps+of+Royal+Engineers%3A+Organization+and+Units+1889%E2%80%932018&rft.pub=Tiger+Lily+Books&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-171790180-4&rft.aulast=Watson&rft.aufirst=Graham+E.&rft.au=Rinaldi%2C+Richard+A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWestlake1992" class="citation book cs1">Westlake, Ray (1992). <i>British Territorial Units 1914–18</i>. Men-at-Arms Series. Vol. 245. Osprey. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-168-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85532-168-7"><bdi>978-1-85532-168-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=British+Territorial+Units+1914%E2%80%9318&rft.series=Men-at-Arms+Series&rft.pub=Osprey&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-1-85532-168-7&rft.aulast=Westlake&rft.aufirst=Ray&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAtkinson1952" class="citation book cs1">Atkinson, C. T. (1952). <i>The Royal Hampshire Regiment 1914–1918</i> (2003 Naval & Military Press reprint ed.). Glasgow: Robert Maclehose & Co. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781843426936" title="Special:BookSources/9781843426936"><bdi>9781843426936</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Hampshire+Regiment+1914%E2%80%931918&rft.place=Glasgow&rft.edition=2003+Naval+%26+Military+Press+reprint&rft.pub=Robert+Maclehose+%26+Co.&rft.date=1952&rft.isbn=9781843426936&rft.aulast=Atkinson&rft.aufirst=C.+T.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurrows1923" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Burrows, John W. (1923). <i>Essex Units in the War, 1914-1919</i>. Vol. 5: Essex Territorial Infantry Brigade (4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th Battalions). Southend-on-Sea: J.H. Burrows & sons. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/4045637">4045637</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Essex+Units+in+the+War%2C+1914-1919&rft.place=Southend-on-Sea&rft.pub=J.H.+Burrows+%26+sons&rft.date=1923&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F4045637&rft.aulast=Burrows&rft.aufirst=John+W.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFairWolton1923" class="citation book cs1">Fair, A.; Wolton, E. D. (1923). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=njp.32101058678523&view=1up&seq=9"><i>The History of the 1/5th Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment</i></a>. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59761790">59761790</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+1%2F5th+Battalion%2C+The+Suffolk+Regiment&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Eyre+and+Spottiswoode&rft.date=1923&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F59761790&rft.aulast=Fair&rft.aufirst=A.&rft.au=Wolton%2C+E.+D.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dnjp.32101058678523%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGibbons1921" class="citation book cs1">Gibbons, Thomas (1921). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015062995645&view=1up&seq=7"><i>With the 1/5th Essex in the East</i></a> (2009 Naval & Military Press reprint ed.). London: Benham and Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781847349798" title="Special:BookSources/9781847349798"><bdi>9781847349798</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=With+the+1%2F5th+Essex+in+the+East&rft.place=London&rft.edition=2009+Naval+%26+Military+Press+reprint&rft.pub=Benham+and+Company&rft.date=1921&rft.isbn=9781847349798&rft.aulast=Gibbons&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dmdp.39015062995645%26view%3D1up%26seq%3D7&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMurphy1928" class="citation book cs1">Murphy, Charles Cecil Rowe (1928). <i>The History of the Suffolk Regiment, 1914-1927</i> (2002 Naval & Military Press reprint ed.). London: Hutchinson. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1847341608" title="Special:BookSources/1847341608"><bdi>1847341608</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+History+of+the+Suffolk+Regiment%2C+1914-1927&rft.place=London&rft.edition=2002+Naval+%26+Military+Press+reprint&rft.pub=Hutchinson&rft.date=1928&rft.isbn=1847341608&rft.aulast=Murphy&rft.aufirst=Charles+Cecil+Rowe&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNorthamptonshire_Regiment_Regimental_History_Committee1932" class="citation book cs1">Northamptonshire Regiment Regimental History Committee (1932). <i>The Northamptonshire Regiment, 1914-1918</i> (2005 Naval & Military Press reprint ed.). Aldershot: Gale & Polden. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781845742706" title="Special:BookSources/9781845742706"><bdi>9781845742706</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+Northamptonshire+Regiment%2C+1914-1918&rft.place=Aldershot&rft.edition=2005+Naval+%26+Military+Press+reprint&rft.pub=Gale+%26+Polden&rft.date=1932&rft.isbn=9781845742706&rft.au=Northamptonshire+Regiment+Regimental+History+Committee&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetre1922" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-long-vol">Petre, F. Loraine (1922). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076666364"><i>The History of the Norfolk Regiment, 1685-1918</i></a>. Vol. 2: 4th August 1914 to 31st December 1918. Norwich: Jarrold & Sons/Empire Press. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/1013369401">1013369401</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+Norfolk+Regiment%2C+1685-1918&rft.place=Norwich&rft.pub=Jarrold+%26+Sons%2FEmpire+Press&rft.date=1922&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F1013369401&rft.aulast=Petre&rft.aufirst=F.+Loraine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbabel.hathitrust.org%2Fcgi%2Fpt%3Fid%3Dmdp.39015076666364&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWebster1930" class="citation book cs1">Webster, F. A. M. (1930). <i>The History of the Fifth Battalion the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (T.A.)</i>. London: Frederick Warne & Co. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/17648450">17648450</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+History+of+the+Fifth+Battalion+the+Bedfordshire+and+Hertfordshire+Regiment+%28T.A.%29&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Frederick+Warne+%26+Co.&rft.date=1930&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F17648450&rft.aulast=Webster&rft.aufirst=F.+A.+M.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A54th+%28East+Anglian%29+Infantry+Division" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <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=54th_(East_Anglian)_Infantry_Division&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span 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style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Active</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_and_Parachute_Division" title="Guards and Parachute Division">Guards and Parachute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Division" title="Union Division">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (United Kingdom) Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd (United Kingdom) Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Post-Cold_War_period" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Post-Cold War period</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish,_Welsh_and_Irish_Division" title="Scottish, Welsh and Irish Division">Scottish, Welsh and Irish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Combat units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st (UK) Armoured</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-West)_(Bosnia)" title="Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)">Multi-National Division (South-West) (Bosnia)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Multi-National_Division_(South-East)_(Iraq)" title="Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)">Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cold_War" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cold War</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative units</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division" title="Guards Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Division" title="King's Division">King's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Light_Division" title="Light Division">Light</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Wales%27s_Division" title="Prince of Wales's Division">Prince of Wales's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Division" title="Queen's Division">Queen's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Division" title="Scottish Division">Scottish</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">16th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Armoured</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49th_(West_Riding)_Infantry_Division" title="49th (West Riding) Infantry Division">49th (West Riding)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="56th (London) Infantry Division">56th (London)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_(United_Kingdom)_Division" class="mw-redirect" title="1st (United Kingdom) Division">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="5th Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="13th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">13th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="40th Division (United Kingdom)">40th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_(Northumbrian)_Infantry_Division" title="50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division">50th (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_(Highland)_Division" title="51st (Highland) Division">51st</a>/<a href="/wiki/52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division" title="52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division">52nd</a> (Scottish)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division">53rd (Welsh)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Artillery_Brigade_and_Headquarters_South_West" class="mw-redirect" title="1st Artillery Brigade and Headquarters South West">Artillery Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Commonwealth_Division" title="1st Commonwealth Division">1st Commonwealth Division</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_Gurkha_Division" title="17th Gurkha Division">17th Gurkha Division</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Second_World_War_(list)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Second World War (<a href="/wiki/List_of_British_divisions_in_World_War_II" title="List of British divisions in World War II">list</a>)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Airborne</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">1st Airborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Airborne_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)">6th Airborne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/British_Armoured_formations_of_World_War_II" class="mw-redirect" title="British Armoured formations of World War II">Armoured</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Armoured_Division" title="Guards Armoured Division">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1st_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="6th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="9th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">9th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="10th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">10th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="11th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">11th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="42nd Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">42nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom)">79th</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infantry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="Guards Division (United Kingdom)">Guards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_British_1st_Division_during_the_World_Wars" class="mw-redirect" title="History of the British 1st Division during the World Wars">1st</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">2nd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="3rd Division (United Kingdom)">3rd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">4th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">5th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" class="mw-redirect" title="6th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">6th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="7th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">7th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="8th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">8th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9th_(Highland)_Infantry_Division" title="9th (Highland) Infantry Division">9th (Highland)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_(Eastern)_Infantry_Division" title="12th (Eastern) Infantry Division">12th (Eastern)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_(Scottish)_Infantry_Division" title="15th (Scottish) Infantry Division">15th (Scottish)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="18th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">18th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_(Northumbrian)_Division" title="23rd (Northumbrian) Division">23rd (Northumbrian)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="36th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">36th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division" title="38th (Welsh) Infantry Division">38th (Welsh)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_(East_Lancashire)_Infantry_Division" title="42nd (East Lancashire) Infantry Division">42nd (East Lancashire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_(Wessex)_Infantry_Division" title="43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division">43rd (Wessex)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_(Home_Counties)_Division" title="44th (Home Counties) Division">44th (Home Counties)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="45th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">45th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_Infantry_Division_(United_Kingdom)" title="46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)">46th</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_(London)_Infantry_Division" title="47th (London) Infantry Division">47th (London)</a></li> <li><a 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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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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