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The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War. The division was reformed in 1995 as an administrative division covering Wales and the English regions of West Midlands, East Midlands and East. Its headquarters were in Shrewsbury. It was disbanded on 1 April 2012.

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rdf:type	Military Unit
rdfs:label	5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
rdfs:comment	The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War. The division was reformed in 1995 as an administrative division covering Wales and the English regions of West Midlands, East Midlands and East. Its headquarters were in Shrewsbury. It was disbanded on 1 April 2012.
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Garrison	Copthorne, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Branch	British Army
command structure	Commander Land Forces
identification symbol	1914(xsd:integer) dbkwik:resource/hB-02CS37rXKuh2GBrCr8A==
Nickname	The Fighting Fifth The Globe Trotters The Gypsies
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Type	Infantry
Caption	Insignia of the 5th Division
Dates	1906(xsd:integer) 1929(xsd:integer) 1958(xsd:integer) 1968(xsd:integer) 1995(xsd:integer)
Unit Name	5(xsd:integer)
notable commanders	Lieut. Gen. Thomas Picton Maj. Gen. Gerard Bucknall Maj. Gen. Herbert Plumer Maj. Gen. Thomas Morland
Battles	dbkwik:resource/oD4Sy13ru2HFv9elMUeilw== dbkwik:resource/nrznhm617ERE6FxBnBhphg== Battle of Quatre Bras Battle of Surabaya Second Battle of Ypres Battle of Vitoria Battle of Mons Battle of Nivelle Battle of Sabugal First Battle of Ypres dbkwik:resource/GuyXT_JgZbLmSK4Wz9EmsA== Battle of Bussaco Battle of Salamanca Battle of Waterloo Battle of Le Cateau dbkwik:resource/vy-X7-2YxqdwB3l2E4dDiw== dbkwik:resource/v2LzNAhh6tk3VM6uPgZ3yw== Battle of the Nive dbkwik:resource/6eSjM3LB3xhHxpPs1GsDsQ== dbkwik:resource/1u9snnVulGGxDVCdlZq8cw== dbkwik:resource/3VSf306taRMfdRMHnpzH_w== dbkwik:resource/gl19h_NxqVBMkdsPkYyuzA== dbkwik:resource/5lgH68ONyDASm86khRyaAA== First World War Peninsula War Second World War Post War Waterloo Campaign
abstract	The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsula War, as part of the Anglo-Portuguese Army, and was active for most of the period since, including the First World War and the Second World War. The division was reformed in 1995 as an administrative division covering Wales and the English regions of West Midlands, East Midlands and East. Its headquarters were in Shrewsbury. It was disbanded on 1 April 2012.

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