British 5th Division

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British Army formation infantry division

The British 5th Division was a key infantry formation of the British Army that saw distinguished service in major campaigns such as the Napoleonic Wars and both World Wars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
British 5th Division canonical	3
British 5th Infantry Division	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army formation ⓘ infantry division ⓘ
activeDuringConflict	World War I ⓘ surface form: First World War Napoleonic Wars ⓘ World War II ⓘ surface form: Second World War
allegiance	United Kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	5th Division ⓘ 5th Infantry Division ⓘ
branch	British Army ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
disbandedIn	1947 ⓘ
formedIn	1809 ⓘ
garrison	United Kingdom ⓘ
notableCommander	Field Marshal Harold Alexander ⓘ surface form: Harold Alexander Philip Currie ⓘ Sir Charles Warren ⓘ Horace Smith-Dorrien ⓘ surface form: Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien Sir James Leith ⓘ Sir Thomas Picton ⓘ
participatedIn	Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ Battle of Alma ⓘ Battle of Anzio ⓘ Battle of Bussaco ⓘ Battle of Dunkirk ⓘ Battle of France ⓘ surface form: Battle of France (1940) Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro ⓘ Battle of Inkerman ⓘ Battle of Mons ⓘ Battle of the Nive ⓘ surface form: Battle of Nive Battle of Nivelle ⓘ Battle of Quatre Bras ⓘ Battle of Salamanca ⓘ Battle of Vittorio Veneto ⓘ Battle of Waterloo ⓘ First Battle of Ypres ⓘ surface form: Battle of Ypres (1914) First Battle of the Aisne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Aisne (1914) First Battle of the Marne ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Marne (1914) Battle of the Somme ⓘ Crimean War ⓘ Great Retreat (1914) ⓘ Italian campaign ⓘ surface form: Italian Campaign (World War II) Italian Front ⓘ surface form: Italian Front (World War I) North-West Europe campaign ⓘ surface form: Northwest Europe Campaign (1944–1945) Peninsular War ⓘ Battle of the Piave River ⓘ surface form: Second Battle of the Piave River Second Boer War ⓘ Allied invasion of Sicily ⓘ surface form: Sicily Campaign Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) ⓘ surface form: Siege of Sevastopol (Crimean War) Waterloo Campaign ⓘ Western Front ⓘ surface form: Western Front (World War I)

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Salamanca → notableUnit → British 5th Division ⓘ

Battle of Quatre Bras → notableUnit → British 5th Division ⓘ

Ponte Grande bridge → securedBy → British 5th Division ⓘ

this entity surface form: British 5th Infantry Division

Battle of Le Cateau → involvedUnit → British 5th Division ⓘ