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British 4th Infantry Division
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The British '''4th Infantry Division''' served during
World War II in France in 1940, North Africa and
Italy. It fought at the
Battle of Monte Cassino. The 4th Division's history traces back to the
Battle of Salamanca in
1812 during the
Peninsula War.
See
British 4th Division (World War I) for the division's
World War I history.
Currently the 4th Division is an infantry division based in south-east
England. For a period prior to 1992 it was an
armoured division based in Germany.
The division's current insignia is a
tiger.
World War II formation
; '''10th Infantry Brigade''' :
*2nd Battalion, the
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
*2nd Battalion, the
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
*1st Battalion, the
Royal Warwickshire Regiment (''until May 1940'')
*1/6th Battalion, the
East Surrey Regiment
; '''11th Infantry Brigade''' (until June 1942) :
*2nd Battalion, the
Lancashire Fusiliers
*1st Battalion, the East Surrey Regiment
*1st Battalion, the
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
*5th Battalion, the
Northamptonshire Regiment (''from January 1940'')
; '''12th Infantry Brigade''' :
*2nd Battalion, the
Royal Fusiliers
*1st Battalion, the
South Lancashire Regiment (''until June 1940'')
*1st Battalion, the
Black Watch (''until March 1940'')
*6th Battalion, the
Black Watch (''from March 1940'')
*1st Battalion, the
Royal West Kent Regiment (''from September 1940'')
; '''21st Tank Brigade''' (June 1942 - December 1943) :
*48th
Royal Tank Regiment
*12th Royal Tank Regiment
*145th Royal Armoured Corps
; '''28th Infantry Brigade''' (from December 1943) :
*2nd Battalion, the
Somerset Light Infantry
*2nd Battalion, the
King's Regiment (Liverpool)
*1st Battalion, the
Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
*2/4nd Battalion, the
Hampshire Regiment
Current formation
*2nd Infantry Brigade
*145th Home Counties Brigade
*49th Eastern Brigade
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