British 3rd Infantry Division

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The 3rd Infantry Division was a Regular British Army division that served during the Second World War .

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Formation
• 2.1 Support Units
• 3 Battles
• 4 Today
• 5 External links

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.

When General Bernard Montgomery commanded the division during World War II, the insignia was the 'pattern of three' - a black triangle trisected by an inverted red triangle.

The British 3rd Division is sometimes referred to as the 'Iron Division,' a nickname earned during the bitter fighting of 1916. See British 3rd Division (World War I) for the division's World War I history.

Currently the 3rd Division is the only division at continual operational readiness in the United Kingdom and comprises three mechanised brigades; the 1st, 12th and 19th.

Formation

8th Brigade

• 1st Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the East Yorkshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the South Lancashire Regiment

9th Brigade

• 2nd Battalion, the Lincolnshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the King's Own Scottish Borderers
• 2nd Battalion, the Royal Ulster Rifles

185th Brigade

• 2nd Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment
• 1st Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment
• 2nd Battalion, the King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Support Units

• 2nd Bn. The Middlesex Regiment
• 3rd Reconnaisance Regt. The Northumberland Fusiliers
• 15th/19th Hussars

Battles

• Battle of Dunkirk
• Battle of Normandy
• Invasion of Germany

Today

3rd Division today serves as one of the British Army's two operational ready divisions (the other being British 1st Armoured Division in Germany). Under the divisional command are three ready brigades:

• 1 Mechanised Brigade
• 12 Mechanised Brigade
• 19 Light Brigade

In April 2007, 52 Infantry Brigade will be transferred to the operational command of 3 Division.

External links

• [3 (UK) Division]

 

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