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	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		In the 38th Division the 10th and 16th Welch were broken up and their men transferred to strengthen the four remaining Welch Battalions in the Division, while the 17th Welch was amalgamated into the 18th Welch.
		The 38th Division were holding the line at Albert and to the north of it and the first task of the 114th (Welch) Brigade was to cross the River Ancre, a tributary of the River Somme, which they did gallantly on the night of the 21stAugust.
		The French sent three Divisions and the British four Divisions, among them the 28th Division from France, in which were the 1st Welch and the 23rd Welch, which joined as a Pioneer Battalion a year later, and the 27th Division, containing the 11th Welch.
	www.rrw.org.uk /museums/cardiff/fact_sheets/10.htm (7267 words)

	Wikinfo \| Battle of Scimitar Hill
		Two divisions of General Sir Frederick Stopford's IX Corps were landed at Suvla on the night of August 6 while a simultaneous breakout was made from the long-stagnant Anzac sector to the south of Suvla.
		Despite reinforcements arriving in the form of the 53rd (Welsh) Division on August 9 and the 54th (East Anglian) Division on August 10, any hope the British had of a swift victory at Suvla were now gone as the Turks consolidated their hold on the surrounding ridges.
		On August 10 the 53rd Division made another attack at Scimitar Hill which was another massive failure for the British and effectively ruined the division as a fighting unit within two days of it landing.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Battle_of_Scimitar_Hill (1110 words)

	British Army Divisions - North-West Europe - www.canadiansoldiers.com
		The Guards Armoured Division was formed in the United Kingdom in 1941, and after many reorganizations, moved to Northwest Europe on 28 Jun 1944, where it fought until the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		In 1939, the Armoured Division (Egypt) was a Regular Division; it was redesignated the 7th Armoured Division in 1940.
		The division moved to Normandy in Jun 1944, but due to a shortage of replacement troops in British 2nd Army, the 59th (as the most junior division ashore) was broken up for reinforcements.
	www.canadiansoldiers.com /mediawiki-1.5.5/index.php?title=British_Army_Divisions_-_North-West_Europe (1100 words)

	Combat Mission British Uniforms
		The Division was broken up, with some units serving in Iceland, and the Division reassembled in the UK in June 1942.
		In October 1944, the division was finally committed to action in the Scheldt fighting, and remained in Northwest Europe until after the cessation of hostilities in May 1945.
		53rd (Welsh) Division was organized in September 1939, and after several more reorganizations in the United Kingdom, where it remainded from 1939 until D-Day, landed in Normandy on 27 June 1944.
	britmods.freehosting.net /cmbrit.htm (1346 words)

	William GURNEY
		Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.
		Several of the Divisions units left between November 1914 and February 1915 to act as reinforcements to Divisions already in the field.
		Meanwhile, the 60th Division pushed across the road to Nablus, and the 53rd across the eastern road.
	spiller.rootschat.net /william_gurney.htm (476 words)

	53rd (Welsh) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 53rd (Welsh) Division was a Territorial Army division.
		On March 26, 1917, the 53rd Division bore the brunt of the First Battle of Gaza where the three brigades, along with the 161st Brigade of the 54th Division, had to advance across exposed ground, withstanding shrapnel, machine gun and rifle fire, to capture the Turkish fortifications.
		It was disbanded to reform the 2nd Infantry Division in Germany in early 1947.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_53rd_(Welsh)_Division (431 words)

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		In the division reserve was Combat Command Reserve under Colonel JOHN L. This Combat Command was composed of the 17th Tank Battalion (-A) and the 38th Armored Infantry Battalion (-C). The division's advance was slow in the face of determined resistance from dug-in positions and pill boxes.
		As the forces of the Division continued their advance to the south on the east side of the canal line, having effected the crossing of the canal, mounting numbers of prisoners were being taken.
		As the Division was withdrawn from the attacked sector and given a narrower front to the south of it, interest was placed on the new sector in relation to what the enemy would attempt in conjunction with the above operation and what he actually had in the southern sector.
	home.comcast.net /~johnstonww/N-7AD-AAR-44-10.doc (7406 words)

	42 Divisional History
		The Division was first formed in 1908 as the East Lancashire Division, with its headquarters at Preston.
		The Division was stationed in the United Kingdom and was disbanded in October 1943.
		Armoured Division, remaining as the Infantry Brigade in that Division until the end of the war.
	www.kellybadge.co.uk /42SqnHistory/42divisionhistory.htm (570 words)

	Wikinfo \| Third Battle of Gaza
		While some of the infantry divisions were raw and inexperienced (such as the 60th Division which was a 2nd-line Territorial Force unit), the mounted divisions were battle-hardened and confident.
		Finally the infantry of the 53rd Division arrived along with the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade and with artillery support made another assault on November 6 which lasted for two days until finally on the morning of November 8 the Turks abandoned Khuweilfe because of developments elsewhere on the front.
		The Anzac Mounted Division, advancing to the east against Jemmameh, had less success and did not manage to capture their objective until November 9 when it was reached by the 3rd Light Horse Regiment.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2443 words)

	Royal Welsh Fusilers
		04 Aug 1914 at Wrexham in the North Wales Brigade, Welsh Division (53rd Div).
		Formed at Llandudno by the Welsh National Executive Committee on 02 Nov 1914 in the 113th Brigade, 38th Division.
		Formed by the Welsh National Executive Committee as a Bantam Bn in Mar 1915 attached to the 38th Division.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /regts/r_wel_fus.htm (381 words)

	53rd (Welsh) Division
		The Welsh Division was a Territorial Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war.
		Between June and August 1918 the Division was reduced to one British Infantry unit per Brigade, the shortfall was made up with Indian units.
		The artillery did not go to Gallipoli with the 53rd Division, it remained in the UK until Nov 1915 when it went to France.
	orbat.com /site/warpath/divs/53_div.htm (285 words)

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		The division was relieved of its extended front by the 15th Scottish Division on the north and the 53rd Welsh Division on the south.
		The 7th Armored Division (- the units in TF BIDDLE), in corps reserve, was directed to be prepared to pass through the bridgehead and attack to the east, and also to be prepared to counterattack against a German thrust from the north.
		This operation ceased as the division was relieved in the zone of the VIII Corps (British) by the 15th Scottish and 51st Highlander Divisions.
	home.comcast.net /~johnstonww/N-7AD-AAR-44-11.doc (6051 words)

	Roll of Honour - Merionethshire - Dolgellau and District War Memorial
		Private 7264 (Bontyrarran or Meyrick Square 2nd Battalion, The Welsh Regiment 1st Division Wounded in action near Givenchy and died in military hospital At Boulogne on the 27th February 1915.
		Born in Breage, Cornwall and enlisted in Wrexham.
		Born in Prestain Radnor, and enlisted in Shrewsbury.
	www.roll-of-honour.com /Merionethshire/Dolgellau.html (3245 words)

	HISTORY OF THE 53rd (WELSH) DIVISION...
		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.
	www.naval-military-press.com /books/titles/1000.htm (514 words)

	Bulge 1944 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Due to the exceptionally bad weather in which aircraft could not fly the 6th Airborne Division (paras) were rushed by boat and truck to the Ardennes and took up a position between Dinart and Marche-en-Famenne right at the tip of the German offensive.
		The counter offensive on the 3rd January led by Battalions of the 6th Airborne Division supported by tanks of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry and the 23rd Hussars were first to become involved.
		On the 8th January in snow storm and bitter cold the 51st Highland Division with support of tanks of the 1st Northamptonshire Yeomanry relieved an exhausted 53rd Welsh Division which had been fighting for four days and nights in the area around “Hotton”.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /george.monaghan/html/bulge_1944.htm (841 words)

	1939 - 1945
		After four years training in Britain it returned to France as part of the 53rd (Welsh) Division, which included a regular brigade.It landed in Normandy towards the end of June 1944: it was engaged in the crossing of the Odon and then in the advance firstly into Belgium and later, Holland.
		The 52nd Division was withdrawn via Cherbourg in the middle of June.
		With the approach of D-Day the role of the Division was changed and it landed in Belgium in October 1944.
	www.army.mod.uk /rhf/regimental_history/yrs_1939_1945.htm (982 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The divisions were assigned numbers in April 1915 so that, for example, the 'East Anglian Division' became the 54th Division.
		For instance, the second line 'Wessex Division' was originally called the '2nd Wessex Division' (later the 45th Division) and the second line battalion for the 1/5th East Surreys was the 2/5th East Surreys.
		The 42nd and 52nd divisions were sent to Gallipoli as reinforcements for the Helles front in May and June of 1915.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Territorial_Army (1835 words)

	The Royal Regiment of Wales
		The 3rd Battalion was mobilized for war as part of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in Northern Ireland.
		In the summer of 1912 it was transferred to the 11th Armoured Division and trained for armoured warfare.
		The 11th Armoured Division's role was to protect the right flank of this drive as far as the Maas.
	www.rrw.org.uk /museums/brecon/fact_sheets/24.htm (2601 words)

	Forums at the Society - Beersheba 1917 - a Welshman's participation?
		As whether or not it was impossible for a member of the Welsh Fusiliers to have participated in the charge, it is not impossible, but the reasons cited sound a bit unlikely.
		During the Battle of Beersheba on October 31, 1917, the division, as part of Chetwode's XX Corps, captured the Turkish fortications west of Beersheba.
		The 53rd Div was the left flank of the attack at Beersheba and LH charge was on the right with the British 74th and 60th in between.
	www.militaryhorse.org /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6919 (3250 words)

	1st 1st Welsh Field Ambulance - Great War Forum
		I think they were with the 53rd Welsh Division in which case they will presumably have gone to Egypt and then to Suvla Bay at Gallipoli with them, and back to Egypt afterwards.
		It is noted that the 1/1 Welsh FA was transferred from the Division on 21 August 1918 to serve with the Desert Mounted Corps.
		It altered its title on being absorbed into the new Welsh Division TF in 1908 and was apparently up to strength by 1911.
	1914-1918.invisionzone.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=67159&... (709 words)

	GO BRITANNIA! Wales: Sacred Places - Llandaff (Thlan daff) Cathedral
		Unlike most Welsh churches, Llandaff is not named after a saint, but rather the area in which it is located.
		Of further interest are the Illtyd (Ithtid) Chapel, dedicated to the memory of the 53rd Welsh Infantry Division; the Rossetti Triptych; the font; a painting by Murillo Madonna and Child; the Teilo Chapel; the Lady Chapel; and the lovely stained glass windows from some of Britain's most distinguished post-war craftsmen and artists.
		Also on display is a relic of the pre-Norman church and the 10th century Celtic Cross that was hidden from Cromwell's soldiers but rediscovered in 1870 as part of a wall and now situated in the south aisle.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/wales/sacred/llandaff.html (1028 words)

	53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division [British] 1939-1945
		The history of the 53rd (Welsh) Division in the Second World War (London : William Clowes, 1956) xvii, 233 p.
		Red crown and dragon : 53rd Welsh Division in North-West Europe, 1944-1945 (London : Tom Donovan Publishing, 1996) 224 p.
		Welsh bridges to the Elbe : the story of the Royal Engineers - 53rd (Welsh) Division, bridge builders of the Northern France and North-West Europe campaign (Oxford : Boldacre, 2000) 277 p.
	www.unithistories.com /units_british/53InfDiv.html (97 words)

	British 160 Brigade at AllExperts
		The 160 (Wales) Brigade, British Army, was originally part of the Territorial Army's 53rd (Welsh) Division in the First and Second World Wars.
		Postwar it was for a time 160th (South Wales) Brigade of the 53rd Division until the Territorial Army was reorganised as the TAVR.
		It is now a regional brigade coming under the 5th Division based in Shrewsbury.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/br/british_160_brigade.htm (234 words)

	Llandudno & French Connection
		It was during the first world war that the Llandudno Brigade (Royal Welch Fusiliers) a major part of the 38th Welsh Division and the 53rd Welsh Division Territorial Army Volunteers took part of the battle of the Somme.
		In two days of fighting, the 38th Welsh Division (which included all the Llandudno volunteers) lost 1,187 men with 2,806 wounded and brought about the total destruction of Mametz village by shelling.
		After the war, the people of Llandudno (including returning survivors from the 38th Welsh Division) contributed generously to the fund for the reconstruction of the village of Mametz.
	www.greatorme.org.uk /French.html (510 words)

	The Great War 1914-
		The 11th (Service) Battalion went to Macedonia (Salonika) in November where it was engaged alongside the Serbs against Austrians, Germans and Bulgarians until the end of the war in an inhospitable terrain made worse by the presence of malarial mosquitoes.
		In 1916, 10 battalions were engaged in the battle of the Somme, including those in 38th Division, which fought with great heroism at Mametz Wood.
		Two new Territorial battalions were formed in Egypt in 1917 when three Yeomanry regiments, the Denbighshire, and the Welsh Horse and Montgomeryshire Yeomanry were converted to infantry to form the 24th and 25th Battalions.
	www.wrexham-connection.co.uk /greatwar.htm (1043 words)

	British Divisions WW2
		Researching the activities of British units which fought in WW2 is becoming more and more commonplace; either for those with an interest in specific regiments or divisions, or for family historians.
		For each division all the units that served with it are listed, with details of where it served and in which major battles.
		For the moment I have only listed divisions which saw active service during WW2 - those that remained in Britain and supplied drafts are not shown.
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /british_divisions_ww2.htm (236 words)

	RugbyDevelopment - Dukes' war memorial tribute : Rygbi Pontypridd Rugby - Official Website (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The stone is dedicated to members of the 53rd Welsh Division and the 5th (Glamorgan) Battalion the Welch Regiment, many of whom were residents of Pontypridd and the surrounding area, who were involved in liberating the Dutch city of s-Hertogenbosch during October 1944.
		At the end of the battle the 53rd Welsh Division had lost 123 dead, 75 missing and 270 wounded.
		My father said we should flee to the air-raid shelter on the sandy field that was located on the crossing "Orthenseweg" and "Aartshertogenlaan and so we fled to the shelter with many people, while still under the fire of the grenades.
	www.ponty.net /development/article_zoom.php?article_id=1560221 (850 words)

	The 53rd (Welsh) Division, 1914-1918
		The Division moved to Gallipoli (less two of its artillery Brigades) arriving there by early July 1915.
		53rd Divisional Train ASC (The original Divisional Train, composed of 479, 480, 481 and 482 Companies, did not embark for Gallipoli, and was transferred to 11th Division in June 1916.
		The Train of the 29th Division, itself formerly the Wessex Divisional Train, joined in Egypt in March 1916.
	www.1914-1918.net /53div.htm (808 words)

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