British 53rd (Welsh) Division
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53rd (Welsh) Division Army Territorial Army Formed 1908 Demobilised Previous Next 52nd (Lowland) 54th (East Anglian)

The British 53rd (Welsh) Division was a Territorial Army division. During World War I the division fought at Gallipoli and in the Middle East.

Unit History

World War I

The division landed at Suvla on August 9.

Palestine.

World War II

Formation

The division comprised three infantry brigades. Some original battalions were detached early in the war to reinforce other divisions.

; 158th (North Wales) Brigade :

• 1/5th (Flintshire) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
• 1/6th (Caernarvonshire and Anglesey) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
• 1/7th (Merioneth and Montgomery) Battalion, the Royal Welch Fusiliers
• 1/1st Battalion, the Herefordshire Regiment

; 159th (Cheshire) Brigade :

• 1/4th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment
• 1/5th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until February 1915)
• 1/7th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment
• 2/5th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until April 1915)
• 2/6th Battalion, the Cheshire Regiment (until April 1915)
• 1/4th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment
• 1/5th Battalion, the Welsh Regiment

; 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade :

• 2/4th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
• 1/4th Battalion, the Royal Sussex Regiment
• 2/4th Battalion, the Royal West Kent Regiment
• 2/10th Battalion, the Middlesex Regiment
• 1/1st Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment (until February 1915)
• 1/3rd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment (until February 1915)

Battles

• Battle of Gallipoli
  • Battle of Sari Bair

External Links

The British Army in the Great War: The 53rd (Welsh) Division

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