The 53rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that fought in both the First and Second World Wars. Originally raised in 1908 as the Welsh Division, part of the Territorial Fo
53rd (Welsh) Division commemoration plaque - Ramleh military cemetery.
Universal Carriers and motorcycles of the 1/4th Battalion, Welch Regiment, on manoeuvres at Keady in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, 22 July 1941.
With bayonets fixed, men of the 7th Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers charge down a bank on an assault course at Teddesley Hall, Penkridge in Staffordshire, England, 27 March 1942.
Fusilier W. Nodder of the Royal Welch Fusiliers writes home from his slit trench before the attack on Evrecy, Normandy, France, 16 July 1944.
The 158th Infantry Brigade was an infantry brigade of the British Army that served in both the First and Second World Wars, before being disbanded in 1968. Throughout its existence the brigade was ass
53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division
…First World War in early August 1914. In 1915, the Welsh Division was numbered as the 53rd (Welsh) Division and the brigades became, respectively, the 158th (North Wales) Brigade the 159th (Cheshire) Brigade and the 160th (Welsh Border) Brigade. Some original battalions were detached early in the First World War to reinforce…
A Universal Carrier of the 1st Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment being pulled across the Meuse-Escaut (Maas-Schelde) canal on a raft, near Lommel, 19 September 1944.