56e division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni)

56e division d'infanterie
Insigne de la division pendant la Première Guerre mondiale.
Création	1908–1919, 1920–1946, 1947–1961
Pays	Royaume-Uni
Allégeance	Forces armées britanniques
Branche	Army Reserve
Type	Division
Rôle	Infanterie Guerre blindée
Garnison	Broad Street (1914) Finsbury Barracks (1939)
Ancienne dénomination	1st London Division 56th (1st London) Division 1st London Infantry Division 56th (London) Infantry Division 56th (London) Armoured Division
Guerres	Première Guerre mondiale Seconde Guerre mondiale
Batailles	Campagne de Birmanie
Commandant historique	Sir Charles Amyatt Hull Sir Claude Liardet Sir Montagu Stopford Douglas Graham Sir Gerald Templer Sir Harold Pyman

La 56^e division d'infanterie est une division d'infanterie de l'armée territoriale de l'armée britannique, qui a servi sous plusieurs titres et désignations différentes. La division a servi dans les tranchées du front occidental pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Démobilisée après la guerre, la division fut réformée en 1920 et retrouva son service actif pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale en Tunisie et en Italie. La division fut de nouveau dissoute en 1946 et réformée d'abord en tant que formation blindée, puis en tant que division d'infanterie avant sa dissolution finale en 1961.

Notes et références

• (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « 56th (London) Infantry Division » (voir la liste des auteurs).

Voir aussi

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Liens externes

• The Long, Long Trail
• 56 Infantry Division (1942–43)
• 56 Infantry Division (1943–45)
• Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)
• The Regimental Warpath 1914–1918 (archive site)
• Graham Watson, The Territorial Army 1947
• British Army units from 1945 on