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A portrait of the division's first general officer commanding, Roland Hill, by George Dawe. During the Napoleonic Wars (1803–1815), the British Army grew in size. On 18 June 1809, Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley, commander of the British forces in Spain and Portugal, ordered the creation of four divisions, including the 2nd Division. [7]
The 2nd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was formed and disestablished numerous times between 1809 and 2012. It was raised by Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley for service in the Peninsular War (part of the Coalition Wars of the Napoleonic Wars) as the 2nd Division.
The 2nd Division was an infantry division of the British Army, which was formed and disbanded several times over a 200-year period. It was raised in 1854, to take part in the Crimean War against the Russian Empire. [2] It played an important role in the Battle of Inkerman, and was engaged throughout the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855). [3]
The 2nd Infantry Division was a British Army formation that had an on and off again existence for around 200-years. It fought during the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Boer War, and both World Wars. It fought in numerous famous battles, including playing a vital role in the rout of the Imperial Guard at the end of the Battle of Waterloo.
2nd Infantry Division: Existing N/A UK, France, Belgium, British India, Burma Battle of France, Battle of Kohima, Burma campaign 1944–45: Regular Army The division ended the war in India. [135] [129] 2nd (African) Division: 19 July 1940: 24 November 1940: East Africa, Italian Somaliland, Abyssinia did not see combat Regular Army
British infantry the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment aboard Sherman tanks near Argentan, 21 August 1944 Men of the British 22nd Independent Parachute Company, 6th Airborne Division being briefed for the invasion, 4–5 June 1944 Canadian chaplain conducting a funeral service in the Normandy bridgehead, 16 July 1944 American troops on board a LCT, ready to ride across the English Channel to France ...
History of the British 1st Division during the world wars; List of wartime orders of battle for the British 1st Division (1809–1945) 2nd Infantry Division (United Kingdom) List of orders of battle for the British 2nd Division; 3rd (UK) Division; List of wartime orders of battle for the British 3rd Division (1809–1945) 4th Infantry Division ...
A 2-pdr anti-tank gun of 44 Battery, 13th Anti-Tank Regiment, 2nd Division in the snow near Beuvry, 15 February 1940. The crew wear snow suits and the gun is camouflaged with white sheets. This is the British Expeditionary Force order of battle on 9 May 1940, the day before the German forces initiated the Battle of France .