The 43rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of Britain's Territorial Army. The division was first formed in 1908, as the Wessex Division. During the First World War, it was broken-up and never
Soldiers of 4th Bn, Wiltshire Regiment, climbing the sheer face of a chalk quarry during 'toughening up' training at Leeds, Kent, 18 September 1941.
A Humber Armoured Car of 43rd Recce Regiment entering the water from a landing craft during wading trials at Weymouth, Dorset, 5 February 1944.
The British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, inspects men of 4th Bn, Somerset Light Infantry, during a tour of forces preparing to invade Normandy, 12 May 1944.
Troops of 4th battalion Dorsetshire regiment C company sheltering from mortar fire during Operation Jupiter, 10 July 1944.
Operation Jupiter (1944)
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Operation Jupiter was an offensive by VIII Corps of the British Second Army from 10 to 11 July 1944. The operation took place during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. The objective of th
43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division
…counter-attack against them in the evening being destroyed by the divisional artillery. The division's first major offensive action of its own was Operation Jupiter, to take Hill 112, which had been briefly captured by British armour during 'Epsom' but had to be abandoned. The attack on 10 July was supported by all…
Memorial to the 43rd (Wessex) Division on Hill 112.
15 cm Nebelwerfer 41 in France