 | | 3rd Division | | Army | Regular Army | | Formed | 18 June 1809 | | Demobilised | Permanent | | | | The British 3rd Division, known as the Iron Division, was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. The Division went on to fight at the battle of Waterloo, the Crimean War and the Second Boer War. Image File history File links British_3rd_Infantry_Division1. ...
June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWI This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War I. Divisions were either infantry or cavalry. ...
The British 2nd Division was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. ...
The British 4th Division was was originally formed in 1809 by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War. ...
1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
The Most Noble Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (c. ...
The Peninsular War (1808-1814) was a major conflict during the Napoleonic Wars. ...
Combatants France Anglo-Allied/Prussian Commanders Napoléon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington Gebhard von Blücher Strength 73,000 67,000 Anglo-Allied 60,000 Prussian (but only 25,000 engaged) Casualties 34,000 23,000 Map of the Waterloo campaign The Battle of Waterloo, fought on June 18, 1815...
The Crimean War lasted from 28 March 1854 until 1856 and was fought between Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, the Ottoman Empire (to some extent), and Piedmont-Sardinia. ...
The Second Boer War, also known as the South African War, was fought from October 11, 1899 until May 31, 1902. ...
During the First World War it was a permanently established Regular Army division that was amongst the first to be sent to France at the outbreak of the war. It served on the Western Front for the duration. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machine guns, and poison gas. ...
A division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to fifteen thousand soldiers. ...
Western Front was a term used during the First and Second World Wars to describe the contested armed frontier between lands controlled by Germany to the East and the Allies to the West. ...
See British 3rd Infantry Division for World War II history. The British 3rd Infantry Division was part of the ill_fated British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk early in World War II. It was the first British division to land at Sword beach on D-Day. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrination, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons such as the atom bomb. ...
The division's I insignia was an St Andrew's Cross over a circle in yellow. Saint Andrew (Greek: Andreas, manly), called in the Orthodox tradition Protocletos, or the First-called, is the Christian Apostle, brother of Saint Peter. ...
Unit history
Formation - 7th Brigade (to October 18, 1915)
- 3rd Battalion, The Worcester Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment
- 1/4th Battalion, The South Lancashire Regiment
- 1st Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment
- 2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish Rifles
- 1/1st Battalion, the Honourable Artillery Company
The brigade moved to the 25th Division in October 1915 and was replaced by the 76th Brigade. October 18 is the 291st day of the year (292nd in Leap years). ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
The Regiment of the Infantry of the Line that became to be known as The Royal Ulster Rifles dates backs to the reign of King George III. In 1793 there was some expansion of the Armed Forces to meet the commitments of the war with France. ...
The Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) is the oldest surviving regiment in the British Army, and the second most senior. ...
- 8th Brigade
The following battalions joined the brigade for periods in 1914 and 1915. Categories: Stub | British Army regiments ...
The Royal Scots Fusiliers is a Regiment of the British army. ...
- 2nd Battalion, the Royal Irish Regiment (from August 1914 to March 1915)
- 4th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (from August 1914 to November 1915)
The following battalions joined the brigade for periods in 1915 and 1916. In the British Army, there have been two regiments titled the Royal Irish Regiment Royal Irish Regiment The Royal Irish Regiment was formed in 1684 by the Earl of Granard from independent companies in Ireland. ...
The following battalions left the brigade for the 76th Brigade when it joined the division in October 1915: The Reforms In 1881, under Childers reforms, the continuation of Cardwells reforms, the army was further overhauled, with the regular, militia and volunteer battalions of the army being brought intor one structure, as well as being given connections with cities and counties. ...
Battalions of the London Regiment early 1900s by Richard Caton Woodville (1856-1927) The London Regiment is a Territorial Army regiment in the British Army. ...
- 2nd Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment (from October 1914)
- 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders (from August 1914)
- 1/4th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders (from February 1915)
- 9th Brigade
Other battalions to serve with the brigade were: The Gordon Highlanders was a British Army infantry regiment from 1881 until 1994. ...
THE ROYAL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS Nomenclature One of Englands premier county regiments, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers can trace its ancestory back to the year 1674. ...
The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) was a regiment in the British Army. ...
The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Waless Own) (the 14th of Foot) amalgamated with the East Yorkshire Regiment (the 15th of Foot) in 1958 to form The Prince of Waless Own Regiment of Yorkshire. ...
- 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment) (from November 1914 to January 1916)
- 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment (from August 1914 to November 1915)
- 1st Battalion, the Royal Scots Fusiliers (from August 1914 to April 1916)
The brigade moved to the 28th Division for a brief period in early 1915. The Liverpool Scottish is a unit of the British Territorial Army, also known simply as The Scottish. It was formed in 1900 as a battalion of the Kings Regiment (Liverpool) from Scotsmen living in Liverpool, England. ...
The Royal Scots Fusiliers is a Regiment of the British army. ...
- 76th Brigade (from October 15 1915)
- 8th (Service) Battalion, The King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
- 13th (Service) Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
- 10th (Service) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 2nd Battalion, The Suffolk Regiment
- 1st Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders
- 1/4th Battalion, the Gordon Highlanders (until February 1916)
The brigade joined the division from the 25th Division in October 1915. October 15 is the 288th day of the year (289th in Leap years). ...
The Royal Welch Fusiliers is a British army regiment, part of the Prince of Wales Division. ...
Battles
External links - The British Army in the Great War: The 3rd Division
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