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1st (UK) Division

division of the British Army
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Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[1]
  • Instance of: infantry division[2]
  • Military branch: British Army[3]
  • Location: Fulford[4]
  • Part of: Commander Field Army[5]
  • Inception: 1809[6]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1978[7]
  • Participated in conflict: Iraq War[8], Third Battle of Ypres[9]
  • Parent organization or unit: Field Army[10]
  • Official website: https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/about-the-army/formations-divisions-and-brigades/1st-united-kingdom-division/[11]
  • Replaces: 4th Armoured Division[12]
  • Replaced by: 1st Armoured Division[13]
  • Different from: 1st Armoured Division[14], 1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom)[15]
  • Social media followers: 6638[16], 5709[17], 9249[18]

Related Entities

Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke United Kingdom

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Vicarage · 2026-10-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Military branch → British Army
    Instance of → British Army division, infantry division
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Official website: https://www.army.mod.uk/learn-and-explore/about-the-army/formations-divisions-and-brigades/1st-united-kingdom-division/"
  2. 4w ago · PasschendaeleMuseum · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +1978-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Wikidata description → division of the British Army
    Participated in conflict → Iraq War, Third Battle of Ypres
    Replaced by → 1st Armoured Division
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: British Army division"
  3. 4w ago · PasschendaeleMuseum · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Location → Fulford
    Conflict → —
    Replaces → —
    Instance of → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Inception: 1809"
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