52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division

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British Army division Territorial Force formation infantry division

The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was a British Army Territorial Force formation, largely recruited from Scotland’s Lowlands, that served with distinction in both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division canonical 3
52nd (Lowland) Division 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army division ⓘ
Territorial Force formation ⓘ
infantry division ⓘ
allegiance British Crown ⓘ
associatedRegion Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowlands of Scotland

Scotland ⓘ
branch British Army ⓘ
category British Army infantry division of World War I ⓘ
British Army infantry division of World War II ⓘ
Scottish military unit ⓘ
component 155th (South Scottish) Infantry Brigade ⓘ
156th (Scottish Rifles) Infantry Brigade ⓘ
157th (Highland Light Infantry) Infantry Brigade ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War

World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
country United Kingdom ⓘ
disbanded post-World War II ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
formationYear 1908 ⓘ
garrison Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Lowlands
mottoLanguage English ⓘ
nickname Scottish Division ⓘ
surface form: Lowland Division
notableCommander Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith ⓘ
Major-General John Hill ⓘ
Major-General Neil Ritchie ⓘ
notableEngagement Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ
Battle of Romani ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
Operation Infatuate ⓘ
Rhineland campaign ⓘ
Battle of Gaza ⓘ
surface form: Third Battle of Gaza
notableFor high proportion of Scottish personnel ⓘ
service in both World Wars ⓘ
partOf Territorial Army ⓘ
Territorial Force ⓘ
peacetimeRole reserve formation ⓘ
raisedAs Territorial Force division ⓘ
recruitmentArea Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Lowland Scotland

Central Lowlands of Scotland ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Lowlands
role infantry ⓘ
service British Army reserve forces ⓘ
specialisation air-transportable operations ⓘ
mountain warfare ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Battle of Gallipoli ⓘ
surface form: Gallipoli campaign

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: North-West Europe campaign of 1944–1945

Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
type infantry formation ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

British Second Army → includedUnit → 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
British Egyptian Expeditionary Force → includedFormation → 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 52nd (Lowland) Division
Walcheren 1944 → notableUnit → 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
Operation Infatuate → notableUnit → 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
Battle of Romani → militaryUnit → 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division ⓘ
this entity surface form: 52nd (Lowland) Division