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53rd (Welsh) Division (285 words) |
 | The Welsh Division was a Territorial Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war. |
| The Division served in Egypt, Gallipoli and Palestine. |
| Left the Division and was disbanded by June. |
| HISTORY OF THE 53rd (WELSH) DIVISION (613 words) |
| The 53rd was a pre-war Territorial Force division which served in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine but never on the Western Front. |
| The book opens with the detailed order of battle of the division as it was on the outbreak of war, a state of affairs that didn't last long; between November 1914 and February 1915 six battalions were posted independently to various formations in the BEF in Flanders. |
| Five of its battalions were sent to the Western Front to join the reconstituted 34th Division and their places were taken by Indian/Gurkha battalions, leaving one British battalion per brigade; the old and new orders of battle are compared in the text. |
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