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	British 54th (East Anglian) Division - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British 54th (East Anglian) Division was a Territorial Army division.
		During the First World War the division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East.
		The division landed at Suvla on August 10.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_54th_(East_Anglian)_Division (176 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The defence of Gaza was the responsibility of XX Corps which had three divisions in the front line (53rd, 3rd and 54th from west to east) and two in reserve (7th and 19th).
		East of Gaza, the XXII Corps was more thinly spread with the 26th and 16th divisions stretched from Atawineh to Hareira and the 27th Division defending Beersheba on the extreme left (east) flank.
		It was planned that the 60th Division would go on to capture the Turkish on the hill of Tel el Sheria during the night but the Turks fired a nearby ammunition dump during their retreat, making the attack unadvisable.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/third_battle_of_gaza.htm (2419 words)

	BATTLE OF SARI BAIR BOOKS SOURCE, FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS
		He was later reinforced with two Territorial_Army divisions; the 53rd (Welsh) Division and the 54th (East Anglian) Division and one division of dismounted yeomanry; the 2nd Mounted Division.
		Three divisions defended the Asian shore of the Dardanelles and three divisions of the Turkish_XVI_Corps defended the Gulf_of_Saros north of Bulair at the neck of the peninsula.
		The 2nd Mounted Division were called to join the attack and in a feat of the sort of glorious folly for which the British gentleman soldier is renowned, they advanced, marching in extended formation, straight across the salt lake, under fire the whole way.
	www.lilbooks.com /Battle_of_Sari_Bair (2039 words)

	Third Battle of Gaza - MindSharer Article Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		The advance of the Anzac Mounted Division was held up at the Tel el Saba redoubt—by the time it was captured the attack was running many hours behind schedule and the possibility of launching the combined infantry and mounted assault on the town before nightfall looked slim.
		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.
	articles.mindsharer.com /html/Third_Battle_of_Gaza (2392 words)

	Infantry Divisionss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The division fought in France with the BEF and later in the Far East.
		13th Division - Readopted the sign it wore in WW I. it was reformed in Greece in the winter of 1945-46 during the campaign against the ELAS drafted from British units returning from the 4th Indian Division.
		The tulip of the 212th was previously worn by the Lincolnshire Division, and the Seaxes of the 223rd marked the brigade's association with Essex.
	www.hypospace.net /equipment/inf_formations.htm (1274 words)

	54th (East Anglian) Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The East Anglian Division was a Territorial Force Division already in existence at the outbreak of the war.
		The Division served in Gallipoli and Palestine, serving in Palestine until the Armistice (31 October 1918).
		The batteries were attached to the 33rd Division and the officers men were attached to the 2nd, 7th and 12th Divisions.
	www.warpath.orbat.com /divs/54_div.htm (155 words)

	British 51st (Highland) Division - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation British 51st (Highland) Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The British 51st (Highland) Division was a Territorial Army division that fought on the Western Front in France during the First World War.
		The division's insignia was a stylised 'HD' inside a red circle.
		During the Second World War the division was also referred to as the "Highway Decorators" by other divisions who became used to discovering the 'HD' insignia painted wherever the Highlanders had passed through.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/British-51st-Highland-Division.html (360 words)

	British
		British 3rd Infantry Division The British 3rd Infantry Division was part of the ill-fated D-Day.
		British 5th Infantry Division The British 5th Infantry Division was a World War II infantry division.
		British East Africa British East Africa was a 1920, when it became the colony of Kenya.
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	The 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918
		The Division took part in several of the engagements that are now considered to comprise the Battle of the Somme 1916.
		The Division was part of the opening attack (The First Battle of the Scarpe (first phase of the Arras Offensive)), which was very successful and made (for the time) an astonishing advance of several miles.
		This Brigade was reconstructed from the 164th (North Lancashire) Brigade from the West Lancashire Division on 18 April 1915.
	www.1914-1918.net /51div.htm (2141 words)

	Suffolk Regiment
		04 Aug 1914 at Portman Road, Ipswich in the Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th Div).
		04 Aug 1914 at Bury St. Edmunds in the Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade, East Anglian Division (54th Div).
		Formed in Egypt from the Suffolk Yeomanry a dismounted Yeomanry Regiment on 05 Jan 1917 in the 230th Brigade, 74th Division.
	www.geocities.com /warpath_14_18/regts/suffolks.htm (234 words)

	British 53rd (Welsh) Division - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation British 53rd (Welsh) Division (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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.
		Despite gaining the advantage towards the end of the day, the British commander called off the attack so that the division's casualties, close to 3,500, were suffered in vain.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/British-53rd-Welsh-Division.html (288 words)

	The 54th (East Anglian) Division, 1914-1918
		The Division was a formation created by the establishment of the Territorial Force in 1908.
		After gradual demobilisation, the Division was disbanded in Egypt in September 1919, and was reformed at home in 1920.
		54th Divisional Train ASC (The original Divisional Train, composed of 483, 484, 485 and 486 Companies ASC, did not embark for Gallipoli, and was transferred to 27th Division in February 1916.
	www.1914-1918.net /54div.htm (551 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)

	Paradox Interactive Forums - 1914-1924 'British interests; British honour; British obligations'
		The news that the 9th Division was to participate in the offensive gave great heart to the ex-First Lord, who began to busy himself with preparations for his brigade’s role in the battle.
		When 99th Brigade, from 33rd Division, was successful in achieving its objectives, it found that its flank was vulnerable to fire from a sector of the German line that was due to be attacked later in the afternoon.
		All five divisions making up the two corps were to take part in a coordinated offensive after an intense artillery bombardment, in which the attacking troops were to assemble at their starting positions during the night.
	www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?p=3999106 (5946 words)

	WWI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The 52nd Division were given the objective of the Turk’s main stronghold at Ali Muntar, which had had been made into a nest of machine guns largely manned by Germans.
		The 52nd Division had lost over 1300 men in their failed attempt to recapture Ali Muntar, while the number of casualties amongst the 54th Division was twice as bad.
		Three divisions, aided by a heavy artillery presence, bombarded the garrison for six days before the attack began in order to fool the Turks into believing that another full frontal attack was imminent.
	users.bigpond.net.au /toolaroo/essex.htm (4283 words)

	The 7th Battalion, 1919-1939 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On 23rd February, the temporary Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel M. Beevor, was transferred to the 8th Battalion and Lieutenant-Colonel C. Pank, a former officer of the Bat-talion, was appointed to the command in his place.
		The Battalion served with the Army of the Rhine from February to October, forming part of the 122nd (1st London) Brigade of 41st (London) Division, and was engaged in holding the line covering the Cologne bridgehead.
		Lieutenant-Colonel Murray was succeeded in the command of the Battalion by Major W. Pringle, and at the end of 1936 the Battalion was transferred from 132nd (Middlesex and Kent) Brigade of 44th (Home Counties) Division, in which it had been serving since 1920, to 162nd (East Midland) Brigade of 54th (East Anglian) Division.
	www.prole.demon.co.uk /middlesex/7bw.html (1457 words)

	British IX Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		His replacement in command of the corps was Lieutenant General Julian Byng.
		29th Division - (moved from VIII Corps at Helles)
		Following the British evacuation of Gallipoli, the corps was moved to France in 1916.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_IX_Corps (192 words)

	7th Field Ambulance
		The cemetery was named from the 7th Australian Field Ambulance, which landed on Gallipoli in September, 1915; but of the graves in it, over 300 were brought in from earlier cemeteries after the Armistice, and the great majority are not Australian, but belonged, probably, to the 54th (East Anglian) Division.
		The cemetery is on low ground, close under the shelter of a hill between Chailak Dere and Aghyl Dere.
		It is about 190 metres east of the Anzac-Suvla road.
	battlefields1418.50megs.com /7th_field_ambulance.htm (218 words)

	Centre for First World War Studies
		Bowker remained in India until January 1916 when he took command of 1/6th Battalion Essex Regiment, part of 161st Brigade, 54th (East Anglian) Division T F, in Egypt.
		Bowker was removed from his command within a month of 74th Division being concentrated near Abbeville.
		Commanders of British formations that were re-deployed from Palestine to the Western Front in 1918 were scrutinised by the Military Secretary’s office at GHQ and often replaced simply on age grounds.
	www.firstworldwar.bham.ac.uk /donkey/bowker.htm (212 words)

	payne1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the 18th October 1917, CHP was reposted, for the final time, to the 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, and left from Southampton, by sea, for Alexandria, Egypt, as part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force (54th [East Anglian] Division).
		The 1/4th Battalion's casualties in the Battle of Megiddo are unknown, but those of the whole parent Division (54th East Anglian), were 535.
		At this juncture, CHP's history of chest trouble was formally confirmed when he was hospitalised on 26th June 1918 with a diagnosis of bronchitis (not a common complaint in June in the Middle East, other than in those with chronically weakened lungs), and subsequently evacuated to the Military General Hospital in Alexandria, Egypt.
	www.powell76.freeserve.co.uk /MyFathersWar.htm (4435 words)

	Encyclopedia: British Divisions in WWII
		List of military divisions — List of British divisions in WWII
		This page is a list of British divisions that fought in World War II.
		It is intended to provide a central point to access information about British formations of that size.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/British-Divisions-in-WWII (164 words)

	Reinforcements Promised. \| NZETC
		The General, in his Third Despatch to the Secretary of State for War, goes on to say:— “During June your Lordship became persuaded of the bearing of these facts, and I was promised three regular divisions, plus the infantry of two territorial divisions.
		The infantry of the 53rd and 54th Divisions were of the Territorial Force, and likewise were inexperienced in war.
		These were the troops it was determined to lead against seasoned soldiers—inured to hardship and fighting for their native soil—the veterans of the Turkish Regular Army.
	www.nzetc.org /tm/scholarly/tei-WaiNewZ-c13-2.html (397 words)

	Index of the Divisions of the British Army
		Index of the Divisions of the British Army
		7th Armoured Division [WW2], by Leslie J. Dinning.
		History of the British 7th Armoured Division, by Ian A. Paterson
	www.regiments.org /formations/lists/ukdivxref.htm (107 words)

	Eastern District [UK]
		Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Buckinghamshire transferred to South East Dist; absorbed East Midland Dist (Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland), and transferred to UK Land Forces
		Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk merged with North East District (Cleveland, Durham, Humberside, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, Yorkshire), to form
		South East District (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Kent, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Sussex) to form
	www.regiments.org /formations/uk-cmdarmy/uk-d-ea.htm (469 words)

	5th Battalion 1908 to 1919 Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		During August, the 5th (Reserve) Battalion was also raised, initially from over age/unfit personnel as a home service Battalion.
		The Battalion was re-designated 2nd/5th Battalion in January 1915 and served with 69th (2nd East Anglian) Division in Home Forces until it’s disbandment in February 1918.
		The 3rd/5th Battalion was raised as a training and draft finding Battalion.
	www.bedfordregiment.org.uk /id5.html (195 words)

	54th (East Angelican) Division in 1941 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Commanded by Maj Gen M.B.Beckwith-Smith, the division was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Singapore in Feb 1942.
		Whilst many of its men never fired a round during the defense of Singapore, it suffered appalling losses at the hands of the Japanese while POW on the Thailand-Burma Railway.
		Reproduction in any form prohibited without express permission.
	orbat.com /site/history/historical/uk/54thdivision1941.html (139 words)

	Untitled Document
		The Ghost Division: 7th Panzer Division in France, 1940
		US 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th Cavalry Divisions
		Soviet Union: Rifle Regiments 1939-45 Part I: 1st to 10th Divisions
	www.ordersofbattle.darkscape.net /site/history/1939-45 (191 words)

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