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	The First Gaza Engagement
		The 54th Division, which was encamped on the night of the 25th about Inseirat, would press forward across the Ghuzze in readiness to support the 53rd, and was to assist the Imperial Mounted Division if the latter were strongly attacked.
		So confident were the brigadiers of Chauvel's division that they were in no danger from the enemy, that no precautions were taken against noise or lights, and the course of the column was clearly marked by the striking of matches as the men lit their pipes and cigarettes.
		The gap between the right of the 54th Division and the Ghuzze was partly filled by the Camel Brigade; and the Anzac and Imperial Mounted Divisions, crossing the wady during the night and early morning, remained in readiness for action if the Turks should attack the infantry.
	www.members.optushome.com.au /pasu/first_gaza.htm (11290 words)

	British 54th (East Anglian) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 54th (East Anglian) Division was a Territorial Army division.
		The division landed at Suvla on August 10.
		During the First Battle of Gaza, on March 26, 1917, the 161st Brigade and divisional artillery were in reserve while the 53rd Division carried out the main attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_54th_(East_Anglian)_Division (176 words)

	CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In January 1917, Murray was required to send the British 42nd Division to France, leaving him with only three infantry divisions; the 52nd (Lowland), 53rd (Welsh) and 54th (East Anglian) divisions.
		The main assault would be carried out by the 53rd Division, under the command of Major General A.G. Dallas, with the support of one brigade (the 161st Brigade) of the 54th Division.
		The two mounted divisions and the camel brigade would provide screens on the flanks; the Anzac Mounted Division would surround Gaza to the east and north while the Imperial Mounted Division and camel brigade were positioned on the eastern flank to hold off Turkish reinforcements from elsewhere in the Gaza-Beersheba line.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=First_Battle_of_Gaza (1563 words)

	The First Gaza Engagement
		The 54th Division, which was encamped on the night of the 25th about Inseirat, would press forward across the Ghuzze in readiness to support the 53rd, and was to assist the Imperial Mounted Division if the latter were strongly attacked.
		So confident were the brigadiers of Chauvel's division that they were in no danger from the enemy, that no precautions were taken against noise or lights, and the course of the column was clearly marked by the striking of matches as the men lit their pipes and cigarettes.
		The gap between the right of the 54th Division and the Ghuzze was partly filled by the Camel Brigade; and the Anzac and Imperial Mounted Divisions, crossing the wady during the night and early morning, remained in readiness for action if the Turks should attack the infantry.
	members.optusnet.com.au /~pasu/first_gaza.htm (11290 words)

	History for 6th Infantry Division
		It was one of the 102 Infantry Divisions mobilized in 1917 for the American Expeditionary Force to fight the Germans Army in WWI.
		Patches were authorized, however the divisions were never mobilized due to the fact that 2 atomic bombs were dropped on Japan ending the war.
		The 6th Infantry Division was deactivated at Fort Ord, California February 1949 and reactivated at Fort Ord 1950 - deactivated at Fort Ord, California in 1956.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,100005\|700696,00.html (957 words)

	www.China-Defense.com
		The division number is represented by the first and fourth digits (##) and the regiment is represented by the second digit (and).
		Each division typically has three regiments and would be represented by the number in the second position of the registration number.
		From the matrix it can be determined the unit is the 3rd Division (1xx4x) and the regiment is the 3rd in the division or the 9th Regiment.
	www.china-defense.com /aviation/numbering-system/plaaf_num_sys-1.html (356 words)

	British 53rd (Welsh) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 53rd (Welsh) Division was a Territorial Army division.
		The division landed at Suvla on August 9.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_53rd_Division (234 words)

	The battle for the Kiretch Tepe Sirt, 15 August 1915 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Divisions were fraught with bad luck, confusion and badly directed attacks, and little ground was made by the 12
		Division and the 162nd Brigade were by now exhausted and could only dig in and consolidate their gains on top of the Kiretch Tepe Ridge.
		Division fighting for its life, a sensational rumour was passed round.
	www.bedfordregiment.org.uk /id16.html (3417 words)

	Australians at War
		The 54th Battalion was raised in Egypt on 16 February 1916 as part of the "doubling" of the AIF.
		Reflecting the composition of the 2nd, the 54th was predominantly composed of men from New South Wales.
		The 54th was part of the initial assault and suffered casualties equivalent to 65 per cent of its fighting strength.
	www.awm.gov.au /units/unit_11241.asp (505 words)

	St Marys Soldiers
		Member soldiers of his 54th Battalion had seen him killed and because there was no body (it was thought that the Germans buried the body after taking his paybook) he was declared KIA on the 20th July, 1916.
		The British 1st Division took over and the 2nd Australian Tunnelling Co (under the command of Major E N Milligan) was asked to tunnel the dunes and plant mines under the German lines.
		In the centre was Gough's 5th Army of 16 divisions and north was the 1st French army with 3 kilometres, and 5 divisions were a separate force under Rawlinson.
	www.stmarysregisters.com.au /stmarysww1soldiers.htm (9021 words)

	54th. Virginia Infantry
		Stewart's division and Trigg's brigade were moved forward northwestwardly, in the direction of Brotherton's house, on the Chattanooga road.
		The 54th Virginia was formed on the right of Trigg's battle line, the 6th and 7th Florida were to the left, Kelly's brigade was on their right, so the line continued uninterrupted across as much space as possible.
		The culpability of the 54th Virginia in this narrowly averted fiasco is unknown.
	54th.va.inf.8m.com /chickamauga.html (3046 words)

	After Action Reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The 7 battalions of Jagers with the 2 divisions of von der Marwitz's cavalry together with 6 batteries of guns and a couple of independent mg companies were allowed to set up on most of the 6 foot by 7 foot table.
		Unfortunately for the 54 Reserve Division the British managed to slip the 2nd battalion Worcesteshire Regt in before they could take the woods although that too was eventually blown away by artillery fire finally allowing the 54th Division reservists to take their objective.
		The division had a wide open German flank in the opening turns of game as it was only faced by the right flank of the German 22nd Res Inf Div and was making good progress until it ran into the advanced elements of the German 8th Inf Div.
	pages.zdnet.com /sfclarke/id19.html (6770 words)

	Division Units
		Division Rear Echelon landed on Normandy's Omaha White Beach on June 24, 1944, with combat elements of the division.
		In a division which gained fame as the first team of the First Army, the battalion which came to be called "Anti-anything" had a reputation for straight shooting and uncommon versatility in the business of total war.
		The 3rd Armored Division Supply Battalion is a direct descendant of the 15th Quartermaster Battalion formed at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, on April 15, 1941, by a cadre of 165 enlisted men and 17 officers of the 2nd Armored Division's 14th Quartermaster.
	www.3ad.com /history/wwll/spearehead.west/chapters/units.htm (10180 words)

	Comando Supremo: Axis Forces in Sicily (July, 1943)
		The Livorno Division as the only truly mobile Italian division on Sicily and was (considered by the Germans and most Italians) to be far superior to the other divisions.
		The mobile and tactical groups assigned to XII and XVI Corps were, along with the Livorno Division and, until approximately 16 July, 15th PzG Division, part of the mobile reserve controlled by the Sixth Italian Army.
		In Sicily the division was generally employed as combat groups (kampfgruppen) to meet tactical requirements.
	www.comandosupremo.com /Sicily.html (1210 words)

	54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
		The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that participated in the American Civil War which was the first formal Army unit to be comprised of African-Americans.
		This unit, organized by the governor of Massachusetts, John A. Andrew and commanded by Colonel Robert Gould Shaw after the passage of the Emancipation Proclamation, was created for the express purpose of proving that African-Americans could be good soldiers.
		This recruitment group was later knows as "The Black Committee." The 54th left Boston, Massachusetts to fight for the Union on May 28, 1863.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/54th-massachusetts-volunteer-infantry.html (442 words)

	56th (1st London) Division
		The 1st London Division was a Territorial Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war.
		The Division was broken up early in 1915 and the Battalions went to serve in various other units.
		The Division was reformed (see below) in France in February 1916 and this was when the Division and Brigades were numbered.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /divs/56_div.htm (404 words)

	Units - 56 FD Regt
		The 54th Battery was formed as the 32nd Battery, C. on 1 April 1912 then later redesignated as the 54th Battery, C. also on 2 February 1920.
		The 54th Battery (then the 32nd Battery) formed the nucleus of the 13th Battery of the 4th Brigade of the Second Division.
		The 54th Battery was first part of 1 RCHA then the 2nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment of the First Division.
	www.artillery.net /english/units56fdregt.htm (389 words)

	Camps Division Histories
		The Division (less Arty, 64th Inf Brig and 107th Engrs) is attached to the Fr 9th Division north of the Rhone-Rhine Canal in the La Chapelle sector.
		Nov 9, 128th Inf reverts to the Division, and the leading elements of the regiment relieve units of the Fr 15th Colonial Division at Peuvillers and l 1/2 km east of Breheville.
		Division finally holds a line from 3/4 km south of Peuvillers, along the road from Damvillers to Jametz, the southwestern edge of the Bois Demange, the woods west of Thinte Rau, to 2 1/4 km south of Jametz; Fr 15th Colonial Division on right, 5th Division on left.
	www.skyenet.net /~jhartwell/camps_division_histories.htm (8033 words)

	54th North Carolina Troops (54th North Carolina Infantry)
		After reporting to General Ewell, we were assigned to Early's Division again, and had the honor of bringing up the retreat to Hanover Junction, and not being pressed at this time by military exigencies, were allowed to spend a quiet Sabbath in camp.
		At midnight our division was ordered to the point of attack, a distance of four miles over a most rugged path on the mountain side.
		Our division was assigned to General Pegram, and sent nine miles west of the city on the Boydtown Plank road, where we went into some cabins that had been built by other troops for winter quarters.
	www.newrivernotes.com /nc/54nct.htm (5287 words)

	56th (1st London) Division
		The 1st London Division was a Territorial Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war.
		The Division was broken up early in 1915 and the Battalions went to serve in various other units.
		The Division was reformed (see below) in France in February 1916 and this was when the Division and Brigades were numbered.
	orbat.com /site/warpath/divs/56_div.htm (404 words)

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		The estimated Turkish strength in Gaza was 4,000 with a further 11,000 troops in the vicinity.
		The British forces involved in the attack numbered 22,000 and comprised the 53rd and 54th Divisions, two brigades from each of the Anzac and Imperial Mounted Divisions plus the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade.
		The plan was for the 53rd Division to have crossed the Wady Ghuzze by 5 am and be in position to assault Ali Muntar, south-east of Gaza, at 8 am after a preparatory bombardment from the artillery.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/512-26757.aspx (1516 words)

	World War 2 Timelines 1939-1945 - Scandinavia 1940 - Worldwar-2.net
		The Finnish 9th Division begins an offensive on the Raate road, which leads to the almost complete destruction of Russian 44th division in 2 days.
		The Finnish 9th Division is transferred from Suomussalmi to Kuhmo.
		The Finnish 9th Division launches an attack with the aim of destroying the Russian 54th Division in Kuhmo.
	www.worldwar-2.net /timelines/war-in-europe/scandinavia/scandinavia-index-1940.htm (1267 words)

	1/8th Bn. Hampshire Regiment ( The Isle of Wight Rifles) WW1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Posted to the 54th Division April 1915 replaced the 4th Suffolk, joined the 4th and 5th Norfolk regiments and the 5th Suffolk regiment in the 163rd Brigade under Brigadier General Brunker.
		Under protest of the ninth division the operation as postponed 24 hours, on the afternoon of the 12th the 163rd brigade moved forwardthe objective was some huts about a mile ahead of its outpost line.
		The 54th found its new positions fairly well consolidated and the 8th Hampshire spent 3 months in this sector first going to Hill 60 where the smell of unburied bodies was very offensive.
	www.pauljerrard.com /ww1/Battalions/1_8th.html (617 words)

	[No title]
		Congress rebels that are in the fray in 54th and 55th divisions are adding fizz to the contest.
		The contest is, however, going to be triangular in the 54th division that has been culled out of the old 23rd and 25th divisions that were strongholds of the CPI(M) and the Congress respectively.
		Congress rebel Ummadi Venkata Rao is in the fray as an independent and the TDP candidate Yelamarti Srikant is known to all as the owner of the locality bar.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2005091508510300.htm&date=2005/09/15/&prd=th& (508 words)

	The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Vijayawada News : Polling held in city amid curfew-like conditions
		The poll percentage recorded in the elections held on September 24 was 43.83 in the 45 divisions.
		The CPI candidate in 49th division, Donepudi Sankar, told newspersons that polling was very slow, as it was, and the heavy police presence was keeping voters away.
		A sudden spurt in the pace of polling was noticed in the polling stations of the 55th division in the afternoon.
	www.hindu.com /2005/10/01/stories/2005100118510300.htm (544 words)

	The Essex Regiment in 1914-1918 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		May 1915 : formation became 161st Brigade, 54th Division.
		Attached to 73rd Division, January to October 1917.
		September 1914 : attached to 53rd Brigade, 18th Division.
	www.1914-1918.net /essex.htm (482 words)

	54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
		Although the Union was not able to take and hold the exceptionally secure fort, the 54th regiment was widely acclaimed for its valor and the event helped encourage the further enlistment and mobilization of African Americans which Abraham Lincoln once noted was a key development that helped secure final victory in the Civil War.
		Decades later, William Harvey Carney, the flag bearer of the unit during that attack became the first African-American awarded the Medal of Honor.
		Later in the war, the 54th fought a rear-guard action covering the Union retreat at the Battle of Olustee.
	www.kiwipedia.com /en/54th-massachusetts.html (442 words)

	52nd (Lowland) Division
		The Division served at Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine and finally France arriving in April 1918.
		Left the Division May/Jun 1915 and remained on Scottish Coast Defences.
		Joined the Division 17 Mar 1916 and was made up of three re-equiped Royal Horse Artillery Btys.
	ordersofbattle.darkscape.net /site/warpath/divs/52_div.htm (370 words)

	1st Line Territorial Force Infantry Division 1918
		One of the most apparent differences is that the number of infantry battalions in Divisions on the Western Front was reduced from 13 to 10 (including the pioneer battalion).
		The 43rd and 44th Division were sent to India in 1914, and by the end of the war they had lost much of their infantry which had been sent mostly to the Middle-East as reinforcements.
		Another exception was the 53rd Division which changed to the Indian establishment between 4 June and 29 August 1918.
	www.win.tue.nl /~drenth/BritArmy/Divisions/tf_divs1918.html (273 words)

	Essex Regiment
		04 Aug 1914 at Brentwood in the Essex Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th Div).
		Formed at Warley in Sep 1914 in the 53rd Brigade, 18th Division.
		Formed at Fleet from the 66th Provisional Bn on 01 Jan 1917 in the 213th Brigade, 71st Division.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /regts/essex.htm (247 words)

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