The 5th Infantry Division was a regular army infantry division of the British Army. It was established by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington for service in the Peninsular War, as part of the Ang
Black Watch at Quatre Bras
Men of the 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, undergoing anti-gas respirator inspection behind breastworks just in front of the Yser Canal, spring 1915.
Officers of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, at Burnt Farm, about 400 yards from Wulverghem Church and 500 yards from the front line. Left to right: Lieutenant Wheeler, Lieutenant Wood (standing), Captain R.E. Partridge, Lieutenant Morley.
Tommies of the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in France, May 1916.
Battle of Arras (1940)
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The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British forces advanced int
5th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)
…launched its attack in the West on 10 May 1940 and the 5th Division saw action in the battles of Belgium and France in May–June 1940, including the Battle of Arras, supported by the 1st Army Tank Brigade, on 21 May 1940 and at the Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal from 26 to 28 May 1940, and then was withdrawn to…
The Matilda I tank was armed with a machine-gun
Matilda I in France, showing the cramped driver's compartment and the hatch obstructing the turret
Matilda II on exercise in Britain in 1941