Difference between revisions of "56th Division, British Army"

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| specific_type = Infantry division
 
| specific_type = Infantry division
 
| size_at_full_strength = 19,000
 
| size_at_full_strength = 19,000
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| unit_name1 = London Division
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| unit_name1 = 1st London Division
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| unit_name1_start_date = 1/4/1908
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| unit_name1_end_date = 12/5/1915
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| unit_name1_end_date = April 1915<ref>{{RefOB|2A|145|}}</ref>
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Renaming of territorial divisions.
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| unit_name1_reason_for_change = Division temporarily broken up and later re-formed.
 
| unit_name2 = 56th (1st London) Division
 
| unit_name2 = 56th (1st London) Division
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| unit_name2_start_date = 12/5/1915
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| unit_name2_start_date = February 1915
 
| unit_name2_end_date = unknown
 
| unit_name2_end_date = unknown
 
| start_date = 1/4/1908
 
| start_date = 1/4/1908
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*{{WarDiaryTNA|http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/browse/r/h/C138550|WO 95/2931-2963}}
  
 
=== Unit histories ===
 
=== Unit histories ===
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*{{RefTLLT|http://www.1914-1918.net/56div.htm|The 56th (1st London) Division in 1914-1918}}
 
*{{RefTLLT|http://www.1914-1918.net/56div.htm|The 56th (1st London) Division in 1914-1918}}
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*Alan MacDonald, ''Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916'' (Iona Books, 2008, revised edition).
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**Excerpts and background information available at [http://www.gommecourt.co.uk/ the author's website].
  
  

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56th Division, British Army
Years active: 1/4/1908 – unknown
Country: United Kingdom
Service: British Army
Branch: Territorial Force
Type: Formation
Specific type: Infantry division
Full size: 19,000
Sources for overview:
Created: 1/4/1908. 
Sources for created:
Name1: 1st London Division
Name1 Start: 1/4/1908
Name1 End: April 1915[1]
Reason for change: Division temporarily broken up and later re-formed.
Sources for name1:
Name2: 56th (1st London) Division
Name2 Start: February 1915
Name2 End: unknown
Reason for change:
Sources for name2:
Alternate names:
Sources for alternate names:
Disbanded: unknown. 
Sources for disbanded:
For more information on what infobox fields mean, see documentation at military unit, command structure and theatre of war.
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 167th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 168th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: 169th Infantry Brigade, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: 01/11/1915
End date: 31/05/1919
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Mounted Troops, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Artillery, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Engineers and Pioneers, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
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Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Machine Gun Units, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Medical Services, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Veterinary Services, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Command structure
Relationship type: Tactical
Subordinate unit: Divisional Train, 56th Division, UK
Subordinate level: Brigade
Start date: unknown
End date: unknown
Sources:
Theatre of war
Theatre name: France, Belgium and Germany
Date entered: 01/11/1915
Date left: 31/05/1919
Sources:


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Other sources

  • Template:RefTLLT
  • Alan MacDonald, Pro Patria Mori: The 56th (1st London) Division at Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 (Iona Books, 2008, revised edition).

References

  1. ↑ Template:RefOB
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