British 3rd Infantry Division

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The British 3rd Infantry Division was part of the ill-fated British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk early in World War II. It was the first British division to land at 'Sword' beach on 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.

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

External links

• 3 (UK) Division (http://www.army.mod.uk/unitsandorgs/subsections/div3.htm)

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