4th Infantry Division

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The 4th Infantry Division is a historic British Army infantry formation that has served in multiple major conflicts, including both World Wars.

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4th Infantry Division canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf infantry division
activePeriod 1809–1919
1919–1947
1956–2012
alliance NATO
conflict Cold War
Crimean War
First World War
linked to: World War I

Napoleonic Wars
Peninsular War
Second Boer War
Second World War
linked to: World War II

War in Afghanistan
country United Kingdom
disbanded 2012
formedIn 1809
garrison Aldershot
Colchester
militaryBranch British Army
motto Steadfast
nickname The Fighting Fourth
notableEngagement Battle of Arras (1917)
Battle of Bussaco
Battle of Cambrai (1917)
linked to: Battle of Cambrai

Battle of Colenso
Battle of France (1940)
linked to: Battle of France

Battle of Inkerman
Battle of Monte Cassino
Battle of Salamanca
Battle of Spion Kop
Battle of Vitoria
Battle of the Alma
linked to: Battle of Alma

Battle of the Somme
Dunkirk evacuation
linked to: Battle of Dunkirk

Gothic Line offensive
Italian Campaign (World War II)
linked to: Italian campaign

Siege of Sevastopol (Crimean War)
Third Battle of Ypres
partOf British Army
role infantry
serviceBranch British Army
size division
theatre Afghanistan
Italian Front (World War II)
linked to: Italian campaign

Western Front (World War I)
linked to: Western Front

Western Front (World War II)
type line infantry division

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Sir Neville Lyttelton commanded 4th Infantry Division
Edmund Hakewill-Smith commanded 4th Infantry Division