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British 3rd Infantry Division

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Image: British_3rd_Infantry_Division2.png 100px|right|3rd Division insignia The British '''3rd Infantry Division''' was part of the ill-fated British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Battle of Dunkirk Dunkirk early in World War II. It was the first British division to land at 'Sword' beach on Battle of Normandy 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

Battles
*Battle of Dunkirk *Battle of Normandy *Invasion of Germany

External links

- 3 (UK) Division Category:British infantry divisions 03 de:3. Britische Infanteriedivision