43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). First formed as the Wessex Division in the Territorial Force in 1908, the division was broken up during World War I and never served as a complete formation. Reformed in the TA in 1920, it served with distinction in World War II in the campaign in North West Europe from June 1944 until May 1945, suffering heavy casualties but gaining an excellent reputation and was known to the Germans as the Yellow Devils. The division was reformed again in the postwar TA, becoming 43rd (Wessex) Division/District in 1961 and finally being disbanded in 1967.
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Arthur Floyer-AclandArthur PercivalBaptist CrozierCecil FirbankCharles Coleman (British Army officer)Charles Hull (British Army officer)Charles James Blomfield (Indian Army officer)Charles Walter AllfreyColin DonaldEdward Northey (British Army officer)Eric SixsmithGeorge ErskineGeorge William SymesHugh BorradaileIvor Thomas (British Army officer)John ChurcherJohn CubbonJohn Holden (British Army officer)Louis BolsMichael HalfordRobert Pollok (British Army officer)William Kirkpatrick (British Army officer)
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army (TA). First formed as the Wessex Division in the Territorial Force in 1908, the division was broken up during World War I and never served as a complete formation. Reformed in the TA in 1920, it served with distinction in World War II in the campaign in North West Europe from June 1944 until May 1945, suffering heavy casualties but gaining an excellent reputation and was known to the Germans as the Yellow Devils. The division was reformed again in the postwar TA, becoming 43rd (Wessex) Division/District in 1961 and finally being disbanded in 1967.
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43-тя Уессекська піхо́тна диві ...... ршої та Другої світової війни.
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De 43e (Wessex) Infanteriedivi ...... log en de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Die 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Div ...... en Weltkrieg eingesetzt wurde.
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La 43e division d'infanterie ( ...... on Market Garden aux Pays-Bas.
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The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Div ...... nally being disbanded in 1967.
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Formation patch of the 43rd Division, World War II
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'Fighting Wessex Wyverns'
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'The Wicked Wyvern'
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'Yellow Devils'
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Wessex Division
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43-тя Уессекська піхо́тна диві ...... ршої та Другої світової війни.
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De 43e (Wessex) Infanteriedivi ...... log en de Tweede Wereldoorlog.
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Die 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Div ...... en Weltkrieg eingesetzt wurde.
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La 43e division d'infanterie ( ...... on Market Garden aux Pays-Bas.
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The 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Div ...... nally being disbanded in 1967.
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43-тя піхотна дивізія (Велика Британія)
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43e (Wessex) Infanteriedivisie
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43e division d'infanterie (Royaume-Uni)
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
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제43웨섹스 보병사단
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43rd (Wessex) Division/District
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43rd (1st Wessex) Division
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43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
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Wessex Division
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'Fighting Wessex Wyverns'
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'The Wicked Wyvern'
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'Yellow Devils'
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