The 49th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army. The division fought in the First World War in the trenches of the Western Front, in the fields of France and Flanders. During t
Badge worn at the top of the sleeve between the wars and early in the Second World War, made of white metal.
Badge, second pattern, adopted in Iceland during the Second World War.
British troops returning from leave, Mailly Maillet, November 1916. The group of soldiers includes men of the Lancashire Fusiliers, York and Lancaster Regiment, and the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), from the 49th Division.
Some members of the 1/6th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's Regiment testing gas equipment on board the Polish liner MS Sobieski, April 1940. She was lying off Gourock, Scotland and had been used as a troopship for some months.
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The Hallamshire Battalion was an infantry battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment, part of the British Army in existence from 1859.
Men of the Hallamshire Battalion manning a 6-pounder anti-tank gun, Holland, November 1944.
Men of the Hallamshire Battalion with civilians, Holland, April 1945.